ICG Alton District Layout Tour
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- Опубліковано 6 лип 2024
- My friend Todd @6005EnterTRAINment told me of an operating session on Tony and Joe Pellegrino's ICG layout this week and inviting me along. I'm always looking for new layouts to run on, and looked forward to getting some video.
Unfortunately, I left my house without my GoPro, so the video quality is not as good as normal. All I had was my cell phone, and had to juggle trying to hold it while handling a radio, throttle, and copying track warrants.
This day actually included 2 separate sessions, so we stayed the whole day and ran during both of them. For the first session, I ran the P55 Slingshot Pig Train. After I tied up with that, the next job on the Call Sheet was the SC-4 Through Freight, that included a stop at Federal Yard to swap a block of cars.
For the Second session, I marked up as the Federal Yardmaster. That time was spent sorting cars, coordinating arrivals and departures, and most importantly, sitting on the comfy stool.
The group of operators this day clearly had a lot of experience on this layout. They copied track warrants, switched cars, met trains at passing sidings, and never once left a switch lined wrong or had a cornfield meet.
Be sure to check out the Signal Up Productions Facebook page to see some of the photos I took of the Godfrey depot and Mead Packing background building.
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0:00 Introduction
0:44 Departing with the P55 TOFC Train
11:08 Weathered GP40's leading the SC-4 freight
16:55 Sorting cars at Federal Yard - Розваги
I used to run on this same territory (retired from Union Pacific from the St. Louis to Global Four in Joliet long pool) and it's amazing how easy it was to recognize where I was by looking at the model. Excellent work!
It's great to see an ICG layout. The industries look realistic and unique.
Nice job and good video!
Track warrants are fun to keep up with on a 1:87 scale layout.
Nicely done operational video. Loved the shot of the commemorative loco’s in the background as your 2nd train ran by. Long live the V&O, AM and VM!
I would hope beverages include applicable rule g compliments because that's the way it was then lol
OMG, the Amerucan Eagle the Bicentennial paint scheme very nicely done.
I loved the Mars light on the Cotton Belt engine. I always liked a Mars light on a freight or passenger engine.
I live in Elmhurst Illinois which was on the Iowa Division. I saw those SW units a couple of times a week. Really enjoyed the video awesome train layout and my favorite railroad. Thanks for the run down memory mainline. (See what I did there? LOL 😅)
Awesome layout
Nice layout and they are invited to come over too mine anytime, just let me know when.
I collect GM&O 1961 to 1971 (plus a little rainbow era) and I would love to run those trains on this layout and video them going through Godfrey. That's where I live.
You forgot to mention that you brought your GoPro battery!
Sit on the stool and make the train come to you is real life, not need to walk miles to get to a car.
Excellent Fail. Best part of the video ;)
Expect more fails to be added to future videos!
Just out of curiosity, who was your dispatcher that day?
I cannot remember his name. But the initials were PMJ. He did a great job keeping all those trains moving with no cornfield meets!
Where is this layout? Just curious because I live in Alton.
Maryville.
@@signalupproductions K10 Hobby?
No this is at a private individual's house.
@@signalupproductions Very cool layout