Good to see that you left access to the furnace. Many times we build our layout without thinking about maintenance for the equipment in our layout space. Thanks for sharing.
The Penn Central covered hopper was originally built for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1961, so it's a post-1968 repaint and fits perfectly with your era.
RE: Your discussion about switches/turnouts: "Brakeman to BN 1922, the switches are lined for our movement." is how many of the 1:1 scale railroads call it out over the radio. Nice work on that lift-out section!
Great to know, and thanks for this info! One of the real challenges of "proto-freelance" modeling is figuring out how the prototype railroad operated and where it used which engines for which jobs, for any particular point in time. The 1973 BN Annual shows #1922 based in Auburn, WA, which works for me, since it's near Seattle, but now we need to find out when it ended up in Rochelle. Fun stuff!
At 12 minutes I admit those Rapido GP38s sure look nice. But they are too late for my 1970s layout. Now if they come out with the ones that were ordered by SPS but delivered in BN green a couple of those will need to find my layout. After all what early BN modeler couldn't use the first ever Cascade green units.
I always wondered how you might be able to use scenic-ed fabric along the joints of such a lift-out, to blur the edges and not having them look like a geographic fault.
You look a bit like Patrick Stewart from the side views. Anyway, I see you are displaying your new NP/BN Moloco boxcars up front. I got one each of the BN, brown NP and green NP. Purty box cars!
@@muchfunwithtrains You look like you are having so much fun with that layout! I'm a Rio Grande fan of the similar time frame so those new Moloco boxcars would have been seen in D&RGW freights too. Now my next challenge is to get my Overland Brass D&RGW cabooses to roll as if the brakes are not on all the time!
I am using building around my furnace access but have opted for a hinged lift out flap so that in theory I only need disconnect one set of wires. Was it because of your dual height requirements that you went for the full lift out section rather than some form of flap?
Yes. A hinged lift-out flap would have been so much better. But not only did I have the track going across the top which cleared the furnace door, but I also had a workbench down below that I didn't want to have to move. So I went with a removable module. But without these constraints, I definitely would have done a hinged section that would have taken much less time to activate when needed. Thanks for your great question!
Good to see that you left access to the furnace. Many times we build our layout without thinking about maintenance for the equipment in our layout space. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, I'm so glad I did this!
Great video! Thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for your many comments on this channel!
Hi Burr & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Burr & Friends Randy
Thanks Randy!
The Penn Central covered hopper was originally built for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1961, so it's a post-1968 repaint and fits perfectly with your era.
Excellent! Thank you.
RE: Your discussion about switches/turnouts: "Brakeman to BN 1922, the switches are lined for our movement." is how many of the 1:1 scale railroads call it out over the radio. Nice work on that lift-out section!
Thank you!
2 more to go burr
Hard to believe. I need to get back to working on the layout instead of always filming it! :)
Yes looking forward to the centennial edition
Well that cow really messed things up.
LOL, yes it did! I need to glue that puppy down! :)
BN1922 Was thr Rochelle, illinois switcher in 87! I rode and ran her!
Great to know, and thanks for this info! One of the real challenges of "proto-freelance" modeling is figuring out how the prototype railroad operated and where it used which engines for which jobs, for any particular point in time. The 1973 BN Annual shows #1922 based in Auburn, WA, which works for me, since it's near Seattle, but now we need to find out when it ended up in Rochelle. Fun stuff!
At 12 minutes I admit those Rapido GP38s sure look nice. But they are too late for my 1970s layout. Now if they come out with the ones that were ordered by SPS but delivered in BN green a couple of those will need to find my layout. After all what early BN modeler couldn't use the first ever Cascade green units.
It's true. I should have waited. I guess we'll call them stand-ins for the SP&S units until those come out. :)
I always wondered how you might be able to use scenic-ed fabric along the joints of such a lift-out, to blur the edges and not having them look like a geographic fault.
That's a good idea!
You look a bit like Patrick Stewart from the side views. Anyway, I see you are displaying your new NP/BN Moloco boxcars up front. I got one each of the BN, brown NP and green NP. Purty box cars!
Yes, those boxcars are superb. We switched out some of them yesterday, so you'll start seeing them in various trains in future videos.
@@muchfunwithtrains You look like you are having so much fun with that layout! I'm a Rio Grande fan of the similar time frame so those new Moloco boxcars would have been seen in D&RGW freights too. Now my next challenge is to get my Overland Brass D&RGW cabooses to roll as if the brakes are not on all the time!
great job for acces, who make the circuit for the power throttle
Iowa Scaled Engineering (ISE) makes the transceiver circuit, for use in wirelessly connecting their ProtoThrottles to several types of DCC systems.
I am using building around my furnace access but have opted for a hinged lift out flap so that in theory I only need disconnect one set of wires. Was it because of your dual height requirements that you went for the full lift out section rather than some form of flap?
Yes. A hinged lift-out flap would have been so much better. But not only did I have the track going across the top which cleared the furnace door, but I also had a workbench down below that I didn't want to have to move. So I went with a removable module. But without these constraints, I definitely would have done a hinged section that would have taken much less time to activate when needed. Thanks for your great question!