Trains On Tuesday. This, That And A Visit.
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- A few more bits and pieces around the layout and I'm very pleased that Lucas from the Thompson River Railfan channel was able to drop in for a short running session with Ryan and I. We have been trying to do this since the early days of the pandemic. Lucas shot a short video of his BCR M425 and caboose hauling a grain train while Ryan had his CP AC 6000CW running alongside. Please check out Lucas' video in the link below.
Monday the 29th. Jan. was a warm day with sunny breaks so I also headed out for a train.
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Another interesting video David thank you 👍👌
Thank you Phil, much appreciated.
David, as I think we've mentioned before, Lucas is our Vernon friends' grandson!
Hi Martin, yes, I recall you mentioning that. I hope we will be seeing more operations with Lucas. Cheers, David.
that is a lot of work getting all that track changed, and then on to a opp session with friends. very cool sir.
Hi Sparky, I'm pleased with my work and it seems to work good. Ops is what my layout is all about and there is an operator cab just waiting for you. Cheers, David. P.S. tell me when you're coming and I'll get a six pack of Blue in for you..
Hi David , great to see your visitors running trains at yours . Great update with a bit of everything today ...........Peter
Hi Peter, yes, it was great to have those guys over for a short running session. I hope we can do it more often. Glad you found the video interesting. Cheers, David.
Some excellent progress on the railway and lovely running too. Good to see the snow melting away. Very enjoyable watch this grey morning in the UK. Take care, all the best to you
Thank you Jonathan. I have smoothed out a few kinks in the rails along with upgrading the track to nickel silver. I do seem to have developed an intermittent electrical gremlin along the way but I think it will sort itself out as I progress. It does feel good to have the snow melting but we are still in need of more in the watershed or we will face drought conditions again in the summer. We had a week of that cold damp gloomy gray weather last week but yesterday was warm, 12c. and no wind, it was lovely out. Cheers, David.
Hi David, great video! Good to see you've been making lots of progress with the layout. It didn't take long to fill the yard up with trains! Cheers, Steve
Hello Steve. Yes, January was great for progress and the mood is still strong. I am working on more upgrades which I shall reveal in an upcoming video. The yard is much too small for the operations I would like to be running. I have just tested a full pulp mill rail service and that has resulted in every track in the yard being full and another train sitting on the main line waiting for yard space. I need a 200' X 80' barn lol. David.
Making good progress
Yes, practicing what I preach. It's not without its problems though. A couple of times now I have run a loco into a block, stopped it and the tried to start again only to find it won't move. everything else works using the same controller but that one is dead. I leave it and come back later and it works fine! If/when it happens again I'll get my test equipment out and try to trace it.
very nice to have people over for running! It's quite fun to watch trains run on your layout in videos, must be much more fun to be there watching in person :) nice freight catch at the end! nice episode and take care David :)
Hi John. My layout is built for operations and at present it can keep 7 people busy. I would love to have 7 people to come over regularly to move trains in conjunction with one another. Cheers John, David.
@@trainsontuesday David, I think you made my bucket list :)
@@mysticrailroad It would be a long trip for you John but there is an awful lot to see and do out west here. I'd love to hand over a cab to you and let you work some trains for me.
Track gang been working overtime...always great to have others enjoy your layout...really like the mill scene your developing
Hi Anthony. Yes, I've had a good couple of weeks working on the layout. I too am liking the way the pulp mill is shaping up. Still taking my time with it though, thinking things through. I really enjoyed the running with my visitors, looking forward to more of that.
The Yard is looking good David and your visitor(s) got some shots of areas I have not seen before or maybe but from a different angle. Regards Michael
Hello Michael. Thank you, I am pleased with the yard, it seems to function as good as it looks. I do like to see other peoples perspective when they visit my layout, they always seem to see things differently. In this case I think it may just be that Lucas stands head and shoulder above me. I hope all is well in the valley. Regards, David.
The pulp mill looks great ,I like the work you've done on the yard area,that was one real long container train have a great afternoon.
Hi Ray. Thank you, I have made some great progress on the track work. The pulp mill project has slowed as I figure out a few things. I don't think I should put the roof details on yet as I have some work inside that will require turning the building upside down. I only showed about 2/3 of that intermodal train, I figure it might have been two miles long. Cheers, David.
Nice presentation
Thank you
Great progress on the layout David. I need to get back down in my train room, but work has me tied up at the moment. Sad part I am suppose to be retired. Thanks for sharing. Dave
Thank you Dave. You must set your priorities. I had no problem with work when I retired but I did have to get a part time job just to keep my wife happy. lol. David.
Fantastic share David awesome video enjoyed 👍🏻
Hi Mike, as I make my videos I never know whether or not people will enjoy what they see so it is great to have comments like yours. It is much appreciated, thank you. David.
Another informative video David. You have kept yourself busy and the work looks great.Nice to see the wiring hidden.This sure is fantastic weather we are having.Cheers, Rick.
Thank you Rick. It has been quite a job getting the track lined up and feeding the wires through under the benchwork but I'm glad I have it done. Loving the weather but we still need a snow pack in the hills. Cheers, David.
Very interesting to see all the work you did. 👍Well done I can say.- Interesting running session in all scales.👍Take care, Cheers Andy 🤠
Thank you Andy, I did have a good week or two on that but there is so much more to be done. It was nice to have a couple of extra operators on the layout and very few problems with the operations. I really enjoyed the warm weather and a great intermodal train. Cheers, David.
Nice update David. The yard looks great. I'm working on completing my yard soon. Cool to have and ops session, you guys filled the yard up. Cool catch, I like the sound of the trailing dpu.
Hi John, glad you enjoyed the video. I am pleased with the yard, traffic seems to move through it nicely. I a hoping the ops session will be just the start of more regular operations on the railway. That DPU seemed to be really singing as it went by didn't it? Cheers, David.
Great video david
Thank you.
cool vid on channel lots bin done thanks lee
Thank you Lee, it has been a lot of work but very enjoyable. Cheers, David.
Good morning david
Good morning.
Wow David.
Heaps of progress. 👍
Happy Modelling
Interesting to see double container height on many of your wagons. I don't thing that they do that here 🤔
Hello Mon. Yes, I had a burst of construction energy and got down to fixing some things that have been on the "to do" list for a while. I'm happy with it. We have been hauling containers double stacked for many years now. I would have thought your railways would have been on to that by now. I would love to see the Indian ones. They are not only double stacked but also run under electric wires. The pantographs on those locos are immense. Cheers, David.
Magnificent David
Thank you Scot, glad you enjoyed it.
@@trainsontuesdayanytime mate unfortunately the Warley model show is now not continuing for this year
Hi David, that is some very neat looking track work you have carried out. Those points run on a nice diagonal. Looking forward to seeing them in action with some shunting. Are you running DCC now? I could swear I heard a diesel sound effect as your visitors were affecting operations. Sounded quite good. Good to see some snow on the ground as well, better late than never. As opposed to the Turkish bathhouse weather we are having. I swear I'm growing webbing between my toes. So much for the drought I was promised. They are forecasting a wet Winter now too. Bastards.
Hi Steven, thank you on the track work. The two main lines are separated by 15 scale feet O/C and the yard tracks down to 14'O/C. I'll try to remember to show the yard in action next update. It's still strictly DC but Ryan's loco, an Athearn has a DC sound built in. It seems intermittent but it does sound good, well done for noticing it. We had almost a foot of snow on the ground two weeks ago but it is almost gone now. We still need more. Glad I didn't decide to spend this winter in Aus. Chin up mate, at least your snake is loving it.
Your yard improvements look great David. Nice to see the visiting trains too. What was on the back of the CN Intermodal?
Hi Les. Thank you, in regards to my yard being curved, we have precedent here with the Kamloops CP yard. CN on the other hand is over two miles long and straight as an arrow. I hope we will be seeing more visiting trains, I know Lucas is keen and Ryan always has been. The tail end loco on the intermodal train was one of about 175 ES44AC locos that CN bought second hand from CitiRail Corp. a couple of years ago. They look great in their grey and blue with yellow warning stripes. At least one is still running around with CitiRail printed on the side and someone has put a convincing Conrail logo on the side of one. I have seen both but no pictures or video as of yet.
Hi David, must have missed the notification when your video came out. Nice to see my BCR equipment from different angles, looking forward to my next visit to the Highland Valley Railway. (Just a heads up, BCR 4646 is leading with CN 2514, the train is currently in Jasper).
Hi Lucas. It was great having you over and the comments are great. I think my viewers were pretty impressed and would like to see more. We'll have another session soon but allow a minimum of two hours. If you get any more info on when 4646 is due by please let me know. Cheers, David.