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Model Railroad Operations
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On this channel we take a look at the operations of various model railroads around the country.
Colorado Railroad Museum Dak Dillon Photo Charter
The subsequent video to the Durango photo charter. Again hosted by Dak Dillon Photography, myself and a group of about 30 other photographers spent the day photographing RGS 20 and D&RGW 491 at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, CO.
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Durango and Silverton Dak Dillon Photo Charter
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In this video I took another trip to Colorado from May 17-20th, 2024. The purpose of this trip was to participate in two photo charters hosted by Dak Dillon Photography on the Durango and Silverton as well as the Colorado Railroad Museum. This video covers the D&S Charter, featuring K-36 Mikado #480, pulling a Maintenance of Way consist of ballast hoppers, flatcars loaded with sections of rail,...
Aftermath, Nevada Northern Winter Steam Spectacular, Part 3
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In the third and final installment of my coverage of the Nevada Northern Railway's Winter Steam Spectacular, we follow 93 with the wreck train up the Keystone line with additional shots within yard limits. Despite the blizzard conditions limiting our range of the railroad, it was still an incredible event, and one I look forward to attending again.
Blizzard Conditions, Nevada Northern Winter Steam Spectacular, Part 2
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Day two of the Nevada Northern Railway's Winter Steam Spectacular photography event in Ely, Nevada. In stark contrast to the previous day, a blizzard descended upon us which set back our schedule, but we still managed to get some incredible shots.
The Calm, Nevada Northern Winter Steam Spectacular, Part 1
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Between March 1st and 3rd 2024, I attended the Nevada Northern Railway's Winter Steam Spectacular photography event in Ely, Nevada. This covers the first day, Friday, where 1909 Alco consolidation number 93 and Also RS-3 109 performed various photo run-by's in and around the East Ely Yard. Despite it being winter, there is a distinct lack of snow on the ground, however, this would soon change...
National Narrow Gauge Convention Vlog, Pt. 4
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In the fourth and final installment of this series covering my trip to the 2023 National Narrow Gauge Convention I make a trip to Chama, NM to ride the world-famous Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, the second preserved portion of the Rio Grande narrow gauge, and the highest open-air mountain crossing by rail in the continental US. This was not only the culmination of a fantastic trip to the ...
National Narrow Gauge Convention Vlog, Pt. 3
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In the third installment of this series covering my trip to the 2023 National Narrow Gauge Convention in Denver, CO, we cover four days, Wednesday through Saturday, hence the long length of the video. I visit layouts in the mountains to the west of Denver as well as layouts to the north, including Doug and Barbara Geiger's Granite Mountain Railway, a major inspiration for my own modelling, and ...
National Narrow Gauge Convention 2023 Vlog, Pt. 2
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In the second part of this series of videos covering my trip to the 2023 National Narrow Gauge Convention in Denver, CO, I tour various layouts and model train manufacturers in the Durango area, following my weekend of riding trains on the Durango and Silverton in Part 1. This is followed by the first days of the actual convention as well as layout tours in the Colorado Springs area.
National Narrow Gauge Convention Vlog, Pt. 1
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This first installment of a four-part series covering my trip to the 2023 National Narrow Gauge Convention in Denver, CO. This first part covers my weekend on the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad taking the regular excursion trains between Durango and Silverton, CO as well as the Silverton Mixed charter specially organized for the convention.
70's on Tehachapi, Another Operating Session at La Mesa
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A couple months after my first visit to the La Mesa Club, I again attended another of their Timetable and Train Order sessions, this time modelling the 1970's on Tehachapi.
50's on Tehachapi, an Operating Session at La Mesa
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Back in March I was able to attend one of the La Mesa Model Railroad Club's iconic 1950's operating sessions on their immense layout covering the route between Tehachapi and Mojave, CA. It's been a while since I last uploaded a video. I had a lot going on in my life between my trip to the National Convention and now. For one I graduated college, and I have started a new full time job. Hopefully...
NMRA Gateway 2022 Vlog Finale: The Trip Back Home
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In the fifth and final installment of this vlog series covering my trip to St. Louis for the NMRA Gateway 2022 National Convention. This installment will follow my trip back to the Bay Area by train, travelling via Amtrak's Missouri River Runner, Southwest Chief, and Coast Starlight.
Gateway 2022 NMRA National Convention Vlog, Pt. 4
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In this installment of my Gateway 2022 NMRA National Convention vlog series, we again operate on the Operations Roadshow layout and take a special excursion on the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis.
Gateway 2022 NMRA National Convention Vlog, Pt. 3
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In this installment of my coverage of the Gateway 2022 NMRA National Convention, we'll tour several narrow gauge layouts and operate on the Operations Road Show's modular N scale layout.
Gateway 2022 NMRA Convention Vlog, Pt. 2
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The second installment of my coverage of the 2022 NMRA National Convention. In this video, we'll travel from Chicago to St. Louis on Amtrak's Lincoln Service, and see the sights of the convention at the hotel before touring and operating on some layouts.
Gateway 2022 NMRA Convention Vlog, Pt. 1
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Gateway 2022 NMRA Convention Vlog, Pt. 1
Sierra Central Layout Progress Report 1
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Sierra Central Layout Progress Report 1
Operating Ron Kaiser's Western Pacific
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Operating Ron Kaiser's Western Pacific
California State Railroad Museum/The Magic of Scale Model Railroading [VLOG]
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California State Railroad Museum/The Magic of Scale Model Railroading [VLOG]
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it's a nice video i just hvae one thing to say about when he was talking about the Super C it was train 891 & 189 not 991 & 199.
Im very surprised that anyone would attempt to build Oahu sugar cane layout. I was raised on Maui. Always loving trains, I was kind of shocked at how the culture had completely erased any trace of the cane r.r. only at one crossing did i find the old rails in the concrete. Then in the 80s the tourist board actually buiilt a rail lime from Lahaina to Kaanapali. It was in service hauling tourists for about decade.
Incredible layout. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work!
A great video 😃👍
@@Ken-Kaef Always love your content Ken. Thank you.
@@modelrailroadoperations2023 Thanks Adam, It is nice to have feed back. You may just be able to help me. I use Lenz DCC with tethered throttles which use 5 pin DIN plugs in the layout fascia. Over the years they have become unreliable. I need to replace them. You did an operations video at the La Mesa club. From another You-tube it looks like they use DB15 plugs on their NCE tethered throttles. Am I correct in thinking that? It looks like they work well. I e-mailed them off their website but have not heard back as yet. Cheers Ken
@@Ken-Kaef yes Ken, La Mesa uses NCE tethered throttles for their layout, however they need to modify them to be more robust for the constant plugging in and taking out of the connections. My recommendation is NCE radio throttles for a home layout like yours. It’s what I use on the SCR and you’d be surprised with their range and performance.
@@modelrailroadoperations2023 G'day Adam, Thanks for replying. I agree about radio throttles and did look into getting CVP (Easy DCC) radio throttles to use with the Lenz but decided it was too expensive for me then and now my modelling budget has shrunk even more. At the club I use WiThrottle on an old iPhone and love it. I will e-mail Eric Smith from the OPSIG and see if he can put me onto someone from La Mesa. You will see the plugs I am talking about at the 2 minute point in this you-tube ua-cam.com/video/DQcJYCY-w4I/v-deo.htmlsi=KV8eIKg9iBWrJbRq Cheers Ken
Another train show that goes too slow. Try track speed please.
@@francisdoudney7000 My guy, have you heard of prototypical speeds? Slow is good in model railroading. It allows you to run trains more and emulate the real thing. Maybe you should have a bit more respect for the La Mesa Club and the lengths its members go to make their trains look and preform realistically, slow speeds being one of them.
What a setting. Wow.
Very fine layouts, museum quality! Alas sometimes ruined by trains doing a ridiculous 80 mph. These narrow gaugers are a real time machine into the past.
Why is the cab on the Alco sitting up off the platform?
Concerning all those automobile carriers at the beginning of this video: according to local news about 450,000 automobiles are shipped into San Diego every year. Thanks to the ports of LA/Long Beach being over crowded.
What is all that equipment hanging under combine 212? ✌
Hi Jim how are you doing today? It,s been a long time since I was at your house. I think it,s been about 8 years ago. I do hope you are doing well too. From Neil schwerdt in west valley city Utah.😊
Imagine the movie night at the museum but it was here
Did state belt operate entirely without cabooses?
I love the layout! Plus the collection!
This was awesome to watch, sad i couldn't be there!
A Kodachrome unit in 70's?
Some of these models are incredible. I'm also really interested in modular layouts so it's great to see them done in other scales than HO. The modular scene hasn't really taken off here which has been a shame. Seems like a great idea.
Thanks for the nice report! It was a pleasure hosting!
Likewise for my visit as well Dave.
Great video! Hate that screechy whistle! Man, that’s high pitched!!! Great job on your production. Thanks so much for sharing this with us!
Please tell the engineer that's running that train he's breaking way too many knuckles as he's hitting those cars way too hard. Lol....
Man. This layout is so realistic, it's very inspiring!!! Some of those shots look absolutely real. Your GP 7/9 looks and sounds fantastic.
To bad you cant keep them loud mouth inconsiderate people from talikg. It ruins the whole video
@12:00 The eastbound climb is actually compressed only by half~30` HO scale per mile, according to former museum director/La Mesa club member John Rotsart. The section from the top down to Mojave is considerably more shortened. One other interesting factoid: While the real Tehachapi grade is 2.5%, the club had to decrease it to 2%...lest the mainline run all the way up to and even through the ceiling (!) and it's about a 20' ceiling. Great choice too to skip the middle scenery and jump ahead to the loop. The original (La Mesa/Northern & Gulf) club guys are aging, and that gives them a chance to see the "signature spot" before they have to 'move on to other things.' I hope they all get to (or got to) see it.
No Freaking way!!! My Friend Kirk Henderson is in this video!!! at 2:41
That first train is not a manifest train. It is a unit train. It was only autoracks.
Would have loved to see some proper Amtrak trains for the 70's session. Some late 70's TOFC would be cool too. The TOFC shown appeared to be early 70's and had a lot of the old Athearn PFE trailers painted for many schemes. The club had to run what they had tho.
This layout is always a pleasure to watch on YT. Hopefully I'll manage to see it in person one day. Some of those F units have a fair amount of dust on the - you can see where it has accumulated around details except where handling has removed it.
I hope you do see it. For my money it's at the very top of the stack.
That actual train had the quietest wheels I've ever heard. Not one flat spot! Is the scale operation HO?
It is, and the cars are very heavy.
Cool i like ho trains nd show
Remids me of childhood. So much S.P. and Santa Fe back then.I actually got to go on a ride along with the crew of a local up in Carpinteria to Goleta to lumber drop. Thrill of a life to ride in a bouncing F 7. Thanks Bradley. Little League coaching haf its perks.😂.
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I'm impressed by the PFE train with 47 cars and two helpers in the middle. Most layouts seem to think that 10 is enough cars to run a train.
In my 60+ years of model railroading I believe the La Mesa Club's layout is the finest execution of prototype model railroading in the world. I visited the club several times in the 80's , 90s and 2000s and even had the honor of running a few trains. The life's work of an outstanding group of top shelf modelers and builders. Sadly, many no longer with us. I very much appreciate your good video and it is refreshing to see a new generation of modelers stepping up. Thanks very much!
I did too, back in the early and mid eighties (never formal sessions though--just weekend running). You say some are no longer with us, and I almost don't want to ask who. Last I heard John Rotsart had retired as museum director but was still alive and kickin,' and Paul Lubliner was too, although I don't know if he's still active any more. Paul has a thing for the TV series "Seaview," flying subs and all, I think....
Very very nice video
I'd expect you to get more grief for the double stacks than the passenger trains :-)
Well, the TTX logo well cars didn't appear until the early 1990's and well cars in general were well into the 80's and this is a 70's ops session to be fair.
I had no idea 😂
Cool layout 👍👍👍. Is this O scale, HO scale or O scale 2 track?
HO scale
@@gatblau1thanks!
This layout is most unfortunately compressed at a ratio of 3:5 which explains the absurd height to width relationships (1:1 ...which is impossible) as is visible on the "hills". Using a threefoot rule, Rick Fisher dimensionally proved that statement correct by measuring all at at Ilmon.... a number of decades ago! The entire "Great Mistake" would have looked far more plausible, believable or simply truly realistic had DFW and AFA not gone "curve for curve" but instead selected specific scenes modelled to actual scale, and also compressed (or deleted) the in-between connections of those scenes thereby keeping the same available floor space. ----But WHAT DO I KNOW!?
Well here you are, Paul. I'll defer to your compression figures, as you certainly know more than I do (you being Mr. "N&G Signals," and "Highliner's both.") We two did meet about '83, at tunnel 1/2 when you handed me the throttle and said "Be careful. That (power) transistor on the back is hot." It was. I'll also gather from one of your avatars (elsewhere) that you did build that Lotus Seven. Good to run across you again, and thanks for cutting me in on some of the fun.
Correction. The 3888 on the stock train. Is a 2-10-2. NOT A 2-8-2
Very nice.
Great video 👍 thanks for sharing, I just you would have stayed a little longer on one spot you were moving to fast,😊
This layout needs photo backdrops.
Holographic backdrops are to be preferred.
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Either fast mail number 7 or 8
It can't be the 50's it has BN and NS on it.
WHAT BN & NS are you talking about Cindy??
27:26 That exact combine still exists too, it worked regularly on the Sacramento Daylight until a streamlined combine replaced it around '61. The car has been beautifully restored at Niles Canyon into its 1920's Pullman Green appearance.
At 4:56 it's actually a Santa Fe Type 2-10-2, not a 4-8-2.
Correction noted.
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Great video!
Some day when I grow up I wanna be Adam!
I grew up in Cloverdale, the tracks were practically in my back yard. 2 blocks from the old RR station in Cloverdale. Walked thru the tunnels many times as a kid.