I would alternate The diaphragms one long one short one long one short that way you could run on 0-72. Also does the atlas LED lighting mess with the DCS signal?
Amazing to see more recognition being made towards our grand old Hoosier line. I love seeing stuff like this as I live right next to a stretch of the former Monon’s second division
lol i got the Mrs a New TV for Christmas and this fancy new tv has a option that i am watching a youtube video from my laptop and i just click a icon thats is provided in these options and BOOM ! The Mrs is enjoying Erics Trains ahahahahahha if yall have a tv that allows this, i urge it , its awesome
Great video Eric! Atlas did a great job on those cars! It's amazing how just adding passengers to the cars how it came alive! Thanks for sharing! Have a great and awesome day!
That USRA Heavy Mikado from Lionel you have actually is a good choice of a locomotive to pull those Monon passenger cars since the Monon had those locomotives.
I have a set of these in Lackawanna and R&N. I run them on 072 with a few O54s in there. I put the long diaphragm on the front and short on the rear. Closed up the gap almost completely and allows it to clear the curves just fine. They really are great cars.
Monon rail bed is currently a rail to trail now in northern Indiana . Was just on it before watching your new video today . The SouthShore line will actually be revitalizing some of the existing bed from Hammond down to Schereville . Will be seeing trains again on it soon .
Awesome looking coaches, love what you did with putting people in them. I liked Gary's O gauge comment with alternating the short with the long diaphragms this might work better, either way big thumbs up.
It's funny to me that the soo Line transfer diesel fits those passenger cars perfectly, despite the passenger cars being for monon. Also miss the heavy mikado(i feel model train companies don't do heavy usra engines as much as light usra locomotives)
for what it's worth - i've been very cavalier about using utility and serrated kitchen knives. just two or three days ago - i was sawing through several layers of duck tape - necessarily applying considerable sideways force. (i was attempting to separate two plastic cafeteria trays bound with the tape - tightly together - clam-shell style.) i was taken unawares when the serrated knife in my right hand cut through the last threads of duck tape - ALLOWING THE TRAYS TO BREAK FREE OF EACH OTHER - and the point of the suddenly unimpeded knife sprang forward and stabbed the palm of my left hand. (i should have foreseen THAT danger.) fortunately the cut was not too deep and with a good disinfectant and bandaging the wound closed up quickly with no inflammation. needless to say - i'm much more careful now about keeping my hand and torso out of harm's way.
Very cool set Eric. Monon isn’t something I would’ve expected for you to have in your collection but I’m pleasantly surprised. They have a beautiful paint scheme. Really like the Alaska Railroad passenger train you had on the trestle too. Don’t remember if you made a review on those already. Thanks for sharing. -Will
They made a mistake with the combine car; the interior is backwards, the baggage section should be ahead of the coach section. Yes I know that you could just simply turn the car around, but then everybody will be riding backwards.
Have considered running your trains outdoors? I have a small oval of Lionel Fastrack that use outdoors sometimes... but I run HO scale outdoors mostly.... I got photos published as well. Perhaps being in Georgia you can take your photos to Stone Mountain and photo shoot their
Not certain if you do requests, but on the off chance you do, i'd love to see a review on the new Lionel ten wheeler when that comes out and the dockside switcher.
I'm an HO person, but have my wife's 70 yr old Lionels. Could you use one shorter diaphragm against a longer diaphragm to run on the the 0-72 curve? Am a big passenger fan, and this is a lovely train.
Lmao great video with some laughs. Would mix matching short with long diaphragms help with derailments? Also, so cool you ran them with multiple trains!
The only problem with that is magnets not being strong enough to actually connect or too strong where they don’t separate when uncoupling. I tried using magnets to make brake hoses and finding the perfect magnet for these kinds of things is really difficult
The UNITED Airlines method of boarding passengers 🤣🤣 Limbs may have to be detached to fit in the seats Just remember KISS Keep It Simple Stupid Enjoyed the video though!
Hey I’m Austin I’m 16 I’ve been in this hobby for about 10 years and if your looking for a starter steam locomotive u want an MTH railking. They are great for starting out. Now if u don’t have any track then buy they starter set with the steam engine
Hey Eric, I've started to dabble in scale O . What is considered fair as far as second hand/older stuff goes? I'm looking at a NOS MTH Railking Gp9 listed at it's original MSRP ($299), is it worth that much or should I wait for a better deal?
intermodalman123 It depends on if it’s proto 1, 2, or 3. If it’s Proto 2 or 3 I would pay that price for that engine. If it’s a proto 1 I wouldn’t get it.
Eric, all the crap about the knives is nothing but nanny culture not safety. Nowadays it seems no one except a few want to control everyone like a hovering nanny, since you are a knife collector I am certainly sure you know how to safely handle them. Tell the Nannies have a coke and a smile!
The cutting comment weeks ago was a safety reminder for our youth and for those that don't think about knife safety! Unprofessional to pour on the sarcasm so thick! Lost a subscriber!
Helpful Hint: Watch the entire video. 😀
Are you saying there are people who don't?
eottoe2001 oh yeah. Most don’t.
ericstrains Nooooo!!! Who would do such a thing!😧😔😫
Can you do a second video of your MTH Coarse light express?
0:01THERE'S A CAT
I would alternate The diaphragms one long one short one long one short that way you could run on 0-72. Also does the atlas LED lighting mess with the DCS signal?
Not that I've seen.
was just thinking this same thing
Amazing to see more recognition being made towards our grand old Hoosier line. I love seeing stuff like this as I live right next to a stretch of the former Monon’s second division
lol i got the Mrs a New TV for Christmas and this fancy new tv has a option that i am watching a youtube video from my laptop and i just click a icon thats is provided in these options and BOOM ! The Mrs is enjoying Erics Trains ahahahahahha if yall have a tv that allows this, i urge it , its awesome
I love when you tubers make little but really funny jokes like that!😂
Great looking passenger consist Eric, thanks for the review.
The second I saw M.O.N.O.N coaches, I knew this was gonna be a good video, I was not disappointed
Cannot wait to see a review of the blue and yellow train shown in the video.
Great video Eric! Atlas did a great job on those cars! It's amazing how just adding passengers to the cars how it came alive! Thanks for sharing! Have a great and awesome day!
That USRA Heavy Mikado from Lionel you have actually is a good choice of a locomotive to pull those Monon passenger cars since the Monon had those locomotives.
I have a set of these in Lackawanna and R&N. I run them on 072 with a few O54s in there. I put the long diaphragm on the front and short on the rear. Closed up the gap almost completely and allows it to clear the curves just fine. They really are great cars.
These cars are based off of CNW commuter car prototype. These identical cars were also produced in HO by Rivarossi(all except the observation)
Atlas makes some beautiful stuff
To Eric: it's Atlas
To Chessie: it's Catlas
Monon rail bed is currently a rail to trail now in northern Indiana . Was just on it before watching your new video today . The SouthShore line will actually be revitalizing some of the existing bed from Hammond down to Schereville . Will be seeing trains again on it soon .
Can you do another video of your corse light express from MTH??
I second the idea
👍
I liked when 765 was pulling the cars
Those are really nice cars. I might have to get a few for my collection. 👍
Also, 2:51 😂😂
Awesome looking coaches, love what you did with putting people in them. I liked Gary's O gauge comment with alternating the short with the long diaphragms this might work better, either way big thumbs up.
It's funny to me that the soo Line transfer diesel fits those passenger cars perfectly, despite the passenger cars being for monon. Also miss the heavy mikado(i feel model train companies don't do heavy usra engines as much as light usra locomotives)
When I first looked at the cars I thought they were Pennsylvania Railroad cars
Those monon cars are really nice
for what it's worth -
i've been very cavalier about using utility and serrated kitchen knives.
just two or three days ago -
i was sawing through several layers of duck tape -
necessarily applying considerable sideways force.
(i was attempting to separate two plastic cafeteria trays
bound with the tape - tightly together - clam-shell style.)
i was taken unawares when the serrated knife in my right hand
cut through the last threads of duck tape -
ALLOWING THE TRAYS TO BREAK FREE OF EACH OTHER -
and the point of the suddenly unimpeded knife
sprang forward and stabbed the palm of my left hand.
(i should have foreseen THAT danger.)
fortunately the cut was not too deep and with a good disinfectant and bandaging
the wound closed up quickly with no inflammation.
needless to say -
i'm much more careful now about keeping my hand and torso out of harm's way.
nice video
Beautiful cat!
Ok, I haven't watched the channel in a while, and I love the fact you named your cat Chessie (?) I think thats how you spell it
As soon as I clicked on the video I saw the cat and I got scared lol. Very cool rolling stock! Love the detail
You’re scared of cats?
ericstrains no, it just shocked me how he was on the table lol. I like chessie the cat
Very cool set Eric. Monon isn’t something I would’ve expected for you to have in your collection but I’m pleasantly surprised. They have a beautiful paint scheme. Really like the Alaska Railroad passenger train you had on the trestle too. Don’t remember if you made a review on those already. Thanks for sharing.
-Will
Awsome video Eric
Isn't it to early for snow (packing peanuts) on the layout. Lol !! Great review and unboxing. Have a great weekend. Stay safe.
Ha!
They made a mistake with the combine car; the interior is backwards, the baggage section should be ahead of the coach section. Yes I know that you could just simply turn the car around, but then everybody will be riding backwards.
I always liked the heavyweight cars better than the streamliners .nice video!!
That was fantastic!
i like it when you get passenger cars.
Seems cheesier loves your layout eric
Not sure about Monon but most trains I've seen would have combine direction different & RPO would be in different location.
I like those kind of coaches. They would look great with a Lionel e8. I’m hoping to get an e8 by the end of the year
I have a special type of tool that I use all the time is called Performax Safety Cutter from Menards
Nice passenger cars Eric!!!
Those cars looks like the Polar Express Cars.
Really nice video 👍
I bought a atlas reefer car and for some reason it has plastic wheels and trucks and couplers
Have considered running your trains outdoors? I have a small oval of Lionel Fastrack that use outdoors sometimes... but I run HO scale outdoors mostly.... I got photos published as well. Perhaps being in Georgia you can take your photos to Stone Mountain and photo shoot their
Ben Lahrman I’ve thought about it but it’s too damn hot here in Georgia for me to do that. Ha
Doublehead 765 and 611 together
So many packing peanuts!
Awesome cars! I want some in Long Island!
I had a cat named atlas so I thought it was really ironic to have a cat in the beginning
Great unboxing! Now the guy with no legs needs a o scale wheelchair. Lol.
pilot twist: at 2:50 he put ketchup on his thumb *if that is real blood i will literally vomit*
Love the video still waiting for the Coors Light train review
Not certain if you do requests, but on the off chance you do, i'd love to see a review on the new Lionel ten wheeler when that comes out and the dockside switcher.
I want these, sadly I'm out of a job.
You and I are on the same boat
Isn't it ironic that your name is Not_good?
I'm an HO person, but have my wife's 70 yr old Lionels. Could you use one shorter diaphragm against a longer diaphragm to run on the the 0-72 curve? Am a big passenger fan, and this is a lovely train.
Yes. I've done that before
I just got them cars today in ho scale model cars I got 9 of them from a flee market for 50
i been waiting for a new video from eric
Eric don't forget we put the passenger car 🌞👍from Atlas the big boy on it
What?
The Lionel big boy to look up behind it the passenger cause what you received
Oh now I completely understand
@@angelhelp6819 oh ok
U HAVE DA CAT
On 12:39 you reviewed this model 4 or 5 years ago!
Felix the RailFanner and Planespotter this video has been up for 6 minutes how did you-
@@NOVARailandWeatherEnthusiast he reviewed his model a long time ago but so glad he still has it YAAY :D
Good evening Eric very nice 🚆 car Atlas excellent video nice 👍 keep up the good work to
Lmao great video with some laughs. Would mix matching short with long diaphragms help with derailments? Also, so cool you ran them with multiple trains!
I like this and I dont even own a layout
All you need now is a Monon steam locomotive
Aw cute kitty
It’s also nice that you name your cat after the c&o mascot who’s name is chessie
Eric, I have a question if you put tiny magnets on the ends of the diaphragm. Would they hold diaphragms together?
The only problem with that is magnets not being strong enough to actually connect or too strong where they don’t separate when uncoupling. I tried using magnets to make brake hoses and finding the perfect magnet for these kinds of things is really difficult
See Eric, you should have listened 😂
The UNITED Airlines method of boarding passengers 🤣🤣 Limbs may have to be detached to fit in the seats
Just remember KISS
Keep It Simple Stupid
Enjoyed the video though!
Wait ! Are you going to do a video on butchering chickens ? I believe Lionel did a operating poultry car a few years back.
What soo line locomotive is that? I’ve never seen one like it before.
Hey Owen, it’s a Lima-Hamilton LT-2500 Transfer Diesel. @ericstrains did a review on it back in August 2013.
Joe cool thanks for letting me know it’s an interesting locomotive!
That’s why I got it, because it’s so unusual!
How high is your electrical bill?
*berkshire*
Will you be reviewing bison gs-4
New york
Hey Eric I’m just getting into this hobby and I wanted to ask you what steam locomotive could I buy for a starter?
Hey I’m Austin I’m 16 I’ve been in this hobby for about 10 years and if your looking for a starter steam locomotive u want an MTH railking. They are great for starting out. Now if u don’t have any track then buy they starter set with the steam engine
Get one of Lionel flyer sets like prr NYC or up
JailbreakKing_27 thank man appreciate it!
Love you chessy...
hola buenas noche muchas gracias por subir el video abrazo grande
cut the box how ever you want this is america.
2:50 👀
Hey Eric, I've started to dabble in scale O
. What is considered fair as far as second hand/older stuff goes? I'm looking at a NOS MTH Railking Gp9 listed at it's original MSRP ($299), is it worth that much or should I wait for a better deal?
intermodalman123 It depends on if it’s proto 1, 2, or 3. If it’s Proto 2 or 3 I would pay that price for that engine. If it’s a proto 1 I wouldn’t get it.
When he was taliking about stabbing somebody my brother walked in and herd it
Why is the engine unpainted
Are there any Monon locomotives
Lionel just catalogued a new Monon Light 2-8-2, so that’s an option.
Matt’s Trains ok.
😮
Where do you order you locomotives at
Legacy Station - www.legacystation.com
ericstrains thanks man
2:49
2:50
hey eric ive got 5 mth Chesapeake and Ohio cars i could send them to you for free if you want i dont run them because there to long for my 0 26 layout
At around 3:45 in the video you didn’t sound very enthusiastic
Eric, all the crap about the knives is nothing but nanny culture not safety. Nowadays it seems no one except a few want to control everyone like a hovering nanny, since you are a knife collector I am certainly sure you know how to safely handle them. Tell the Nannies have a coke and a smile!
First
So?
The cutting comment weeks ago was a safety reminder for our youth and for those that don't think about knife safety! Unprofessional to pour on the sarcasm so thick! Lost a subscriber!
Sorry
If it helps, that wasn't directed at you. I was just having fun.