I believe the sidewalks are so tall because flash floods are common on the rare occasions that it does rain. Taller sidewalks means it’s less likely for buildings to be damaged by small floods.
Those diesels look fantastic! I also would really like an in depth look at how you plan to do the catenary lines, as I am wanting to electrify my layout upon it's latest rebuild. Thanks for the update!
That should be in an upcoming layout update as I get it all operable. Right now I'm installing the bascule bridge, and after that, catenary poles will follow.
The Alta continues to come alive! Great work and I especially look forward to seeing the waterways and bridge take shape. If you ever get the opportunity, you can get up close to a Scherzer Lift Bridge just north of San Francisco, at Wingo, CA. It was built in 1921 over what is known as Steamboat Slough for the Northwestern Pacific Railroad. It still sees a train at least twice-a-week.
Thank you! I was trying to remember where along the NWP this type of bridge was. I'll make an expedition out there in the next couple of weeks to get modeling ref to get it just right.
@@InterurbanEra and if you need a ref for Catenary, there is an identical model in Morgan (South Amboy) NJ that was modified in the 80s to accomodate. Essentially 2 bonded pieces of rail bracketed over the span, simple to model.
I don't do modeling or railroading and I only subscribed to your channel because of the Cities Skylines San Francisco historical series (which is discontinued right?). But I think your videos are very nice and relaxing to watch. I enjoy the music so much too. I also really enjoy your artistry in everything you make. Keep it up!
I'm so very glad you stuck around for my scale modeling videos! This is where my time and effort is going for the foreseeable future, yes. I really value viewers like you who are outside the hobby and still enjoy watching, I think its fascinating how (hopefully) good storytelling can transcend explicit hobby interests and into a broader, fun narrative.
Keep in mind that EMD FTAs cannot run without a FTB unit trailing, which houses the starting battery and other essentials for both units. Most were mated together with a permanent drawbar rather than a coupler.
I know that the ATSF extensively rebuilt their examples to run solo in the late 1940s, being the first of any road to give all A units and B units couplers. I do plan to make a drawbarred AB set in addition to this Ex-ATSF unit, so I think you'll really enjoy that.
Always love the production of your video. Great narration and music. For some reason this episode seemed like the music was a little loud over your voice. Might just be my TV. Great layout as always.
Great feedback on the Music. Future episodes have the sound more precisely matched with the narration thanks to your feedback. Be sure to subscribe as I finish off all these locomotives.
I thought I was the only one who had a C625. I must confess though, I bought mine off Ebay many years ago and the paint scheme isnt nearly as cool as your. Cheers Rob
Glad to hear that there are more C625's out in the world. It's such a satisfying kitbash due to its simplicity and the two extra geared axles make the model even more powerful a puller.
The Alta California version has to be a C624 as it has a C424 shell. The difference is in the radiator section, there is a larger, more boxy bulge under that of the C425. Alco actually offered a C624 in their original catalogue for the century series so this would actually be more realistic anyway. Either way, cool model and though I’ve seen a few mentions of people doing this over the years I’ve not seen as many as I’d have expected when I search them on the internet.
@@Traintresta you're right, that is a later phase c424 car body and alco did catalogue them, but none were built which I find odd that there were no takers on it. I guess because the C628 came out in the same series, and they were definitely better luggers, especially with some of the NW units weighing in well over 400,000 lbs.
@@yrunaked4 I’ve done some research on this the past few days which is what led me to this video as I haven’t viewed this channel in recent months. The C624 was catalogued but by the time of production Alco had developed 2800hp with the same engine, so the C628 was what got delivered. Why no C428 instead of the C424 or C425 nobody seems to know but there’s some thinking that Alco recognised the intermediate horsepower requirement in the age of the horsepower race and was proven right with the success of the GP38 and U23B. The C425 was produced by applying the same generator used by the U25, to the C424 to get an extra 100hp. I believe this was originally done at the request of the Erie Lackawanna, hence Alco catalogued two models almost identical in appearance and power. Apparently the C424 was kept in to satisfy the demand from RR’s who did not want to pay the extra cost of the generator for the additional 100hp. The C624 to me, would appear to have only had value to heavy haul roads such as the ore roads who used SD38’s but would have been cool all the same. If Alco had used the 12 cylinder engine from the C420 on the C424 frame, they could have offered a C620 alternative to the SDL39.
HUGE thank you for pointing out the Smith Falls bridge. There's so much good weathering reference for this bridge, it's incredible. I'll definitely be using this for a guide when I finish the paint/weathering for this.
“E69. Nice.” is why I currently have tea in my sinuses.
Hahaha, I couldn't resist when I wrote the script, I felt it needed a little extra joke in there!
I believe the sidewalks are so tall because flash floods are common on the rare occasions that it does rain. Taller sidewalks means it’s less likely for buildings to be damaged by small floods.
That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for this.
Those diesels look fantastic! I also would really like an in depth look at how you plan to do the catenary lines, as I am wanting to electrify my layout upon it's latest rebuild. Thanks for the update!
That should be in an upcoming layout update as I get it all operable. Right now I'm installing the bascule bridge, and after that, catenary poles will follow.
The Alta continues to come alive! Great work and I especially look forward to seeing the waterways and bridge take shape.
If you ever get the opportunity, you can get up close to a Scherzer Lift Bridge just north of San Francisco, at Wingo, CA. It was built in 1921 over what is known as Steamboat Slough for the Northwestern Pacific Railroad. It still sees a train at least twice-a-week.
Thank you! I was trying to remember where along the NWP this type of bridge was. I'll make an expedition out there in the next couple of weeks to get modeling ref to get it just right.
@@InterurbanEra and if you need a ref for Catenary, there is an identical model in Morgan (South Amboy) NJ that was modified in the 80s to accomodate. Essentially 2 bonded pieces of rail bracketed over the span, simple to model.
I don't do modeling or railroading and I only subscribed to your channel because of the Cities Skylines San Francisco historical series (which is discontinued right?). But I think your videos are very nice and relaxing to watch. I enjoy the music so much too. I also really enjoy your artistry in everything you make. Keep it up!
I'm so very glad you stuck around for my scale modeling videos! This is where my time and effort is going for the foreseeable future, yes. I really value viewers like you who are outside the hobby and still enjoy watching, I think its fascinating how (hopefully) good storytelling can transcend explicit hobby interests and into a broader, fun narrative.
Keep in mind that EMD FTAs cannot run without a FTB unit trailing, which houses the starting battery and other essentials for both units. Most were mated together with a permanent drawbar rather than a coupler.
I know that the ATSF extensively rebuilt their examples to run solo in the late 1940s, being the first of any road to give all A units and B units couplers. I do plan to make a drawbarred AB set in addition to this Ex-ATSF unit, so I think you'll really enjoy that.
I don’t think the ATSF were the only road to separate FT A and B units.
If you are still looking for a decoder for the e69 you might try ESU micro or ESU loksound 5.0 micro
I am! I'll look into those since the space for the decoder is VERY tight. Thanks so much for letting me know these exist!
Always love the production of your video. Great narration and music. For some reason this episode seemed like the music was a little loud over your voice. Might just be my TV.
Great layout as always.
Great feedback on the Music. Future episodes have the sound more precisely matched with the narration thanks to your feedback. Be sure to subscribe as I finish off all these locomotives.
I thought I was the only one who had a C625. I must confess though, I bought mine off Ebay many years ago and the paint scheme isnt nearly as cool as your. Cheers Rob
Glad to hear that there are more C625's out in the world. It's such a satisfying kitbash due to its simplicity and the two extra geared axles make the model even more powerful a puller.
The Alta California version has to be a C624 as it has a C424 shell. The difference is in the radiator section, there is a larger, more boxy bulge under that of the C425.
Alco actually offered a C624 in their original catalogue for the century series so this would actually be more realistic anyway. Either way, cool model and though I’ve seen a few mentions of people doing this over the years I’ve not seen as many as I’d have expected when I search them on the internet.
@@Traintresta you're right, that is a later phase c424 car body and alco did catalogue them, but none were built which I find odd that there were no takers on it. I guess because the C628 came out in the same series, and they were definitely better luggers, especially with some of the NW units weighing in well over 400,000 lbs.
@@yrunaked4 I’ve done some research on this the past few days which is what led me to this video as I haven’t viewed this channel in recent months. The C624 was catalogued but by the time of production Alco had developed 2800hp with the same engine, so the C628 was what got delivered. Why no C428 instead of the C424 or C425 nobody seems to know but there’s some thinking that Alco recognised the intermediate horsepower requirement in the age of the horsepower race and was proven right with the success of the GP38 and U23B.
The C425 was produced by applying the same generator used by the U25, to the C424 to get an extra 100hp. I believe this was originally done at the request of the Erie Lackawanna, hence Alco catalogued two models almost identical in appearance and power. Apparently the C424 was kept in to satisfy the demand from RR’s who did not want to pay the extra cost of the generator for the additional 100hp.
The C624 to me, would appear to have only had value to heavy haul roads such as the ore roads who used SD38’s but would have been cool all the same. If Alco had used the 12 cylinder engine from the C420 on the C424 frame, they could have offered a C620 alternative to the SDL39.
@@Traintresta I like that. 🤔 maybe it’s time for my home shops to rebuild some of the old C series or even some of the old RSDs
didn't expect to see the Smiths falls bridge here. love the diesels too, beautiful paint schemes!
HUGE thank you for pointing out the Smith Falls bridge. There's so much good weathering reference for this bridge, it's incredible. I'll definitely be using this for a guide when I finish the paint/weathering for this.