Ho scale 1990s era: DRGW pulling a long manifest train
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- Опубліковано 17 лис 2024
- I went to the TECO train show in Colorado Springs and picked up a few DRGW locomotives for a 1990s era train. The locomotives I bought are all Athearn RTR units. Some locomotive specs might not look like their 90s appearance however, they are amazing pullers and smooth runners on the layout.
Awesome! I lived and worked in Denver during the 80s and 90s. I visited DRGW's major hub there many times. It was a great place for railfanning. I miss those days. Also Southern Pacific and lots of Santa Fe back then, especially the yellow bonnets and blue bonnets.
(I forgot: also a good showing of pre-merger BN there, and an occasional "ketchup-and-mustard" SP/SF motor. I grew up with BN Green and Rock Island Blue 75 miles south in Colorado Springs in the 70s.)
I always hated seeing fallen flags, but as they say, that's the price of progress.
Thanks for this! 👍
Very cool! Must’ve been nice seeing all the railroads at the time. I love Colorado because of its rich railroad history. I actually grew up a block down the old Burnham shops in Denver. I was lucky to see a few unpainted SP and DRGW locomotives stored at the time.
I was at that TECO show running my trains.
Awesome! TECO is a great show.
That's a nice looking train there, young man! And congratulations on getting all the cars right. So many times people run a steam loco, 2 stock cars, then an intermodal car, then a boxcar with roofwalks, back to a new intermodal followed by a caboose. I know it's a little thing, but I am always impressed when someone remembers to keep the era correct on the whole train.
Next time can you show more of your layout? Thanks!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the train! I had a lot of left over rolling stock when I had my old SP/DRGW/ATSF collection. I try to replicate my model trains to be as close as real thing as possible. I will definitely post another layout update as soon as I can. Thanks for watching!
Awsome rio grand units i have a couple of diesel and one steam
Very cool!
A very nice layout and video. I have plans to expand my own HO scale Unitrack layout, though as I'll be modeling the 1940s-50s steam era, I don't think mine will look quite as modern as yours.
That should be fun! that kind of era is pretty nice too.
@@5371productions Indeed. I like all sorts of trains, though I have a soft spot for steam locomotives. I also likely won't be modeling the 1990s era like on your layout, but was fortunate enough to have grown up during that period.
Like those Rio grande locomotives r they scale trains or athearn
Thanks! They are athearn
@@5371productions welcome I thought they were Rio grande locomotives r Sharp looking
Very nice! I have never had a model train, but I was a shortline engineer/conductor for 20 years, so I know my way around railroading. Your setup looks great. Dumb question, but what gauge is that? I hear terms like "HO", but I don't know what that means. Oh, where's the graffiti ? Haha. I rarely see a car anywhere without it.
Thanks! That is HO gauge, HO gauge means that the gauge is the standard 4ft 8 1/2 inches apart but in 1:87th scale. If someone is running Ho scale narrow gauge they refer it as HOn3 “n” meaning narrow and 3 meaning 3 ft apart from each rail. It’s just model railroad terminology we refer it to as.
@@5371productions Something I heard years ago is that HO literally means "Half O." When you consider that O is 1:48 scale, HO scale is almost exactly half the size of O scale, hence the nomenclature. Some model railroaders will use HO scale track for On3.
Hmmmm how many cars on the train?
Approximately 40 cars were being pulled
no weathering or graffitti get buisy and and make it look real