You guys set such unbelievably high standards. Most people not in the hobby would swear it was real. Thank you very much again. Keep it coming😊🙏🏼

This is a layout I need to see.Between the layout , weathering of the cars, and locomotives you folks rock

amazing video of the U.P. great work gentleman

Thanks for another outstanding video of this outstanding layout!!!

AWESOME!!!!! You have made my Playlist called ( Model Trains 100+ cars ). Thank you for sharing and keep up the good work.

This is absolutely gorgeous!

That is just fantastic!

Great video as always!

Great! Nice vídeo! Best regards from Brazil! I Have some lococmotives in HO. Yours videos are a inspiration to me. I uploaded some videos showing my locomotives and trains.

Could the coal be painted gold to make it look like gold was being mined instead of coal? Can the car be masked off effectively to apply the gold color to the coal only? I liked this video....

Cool video nice layout

Geez. I can hardly get a twenty car train on my good sized HO layout.

Questions please: How do you manage to have hundreds of car wheels go over switches without a trace of wobble? How do you manage to get your locos run without the slightest stutter, hitch, pause? How come 283 cars don't jack knife? How come such consistent speed? Surely you must also have a cars department like La Mesa does, sticking to stringent standards? Are your locos with traction rings or without? Sorry, but, your flawless operations leave me with curiosity. Thank you.

@billr991

5 жыл бұрын

I just shoot and edit the videos; but here's my take on it: The layout was designed for reliable operation of long trains. It was built by experienced modelers. Rolling stock must meet rigorous standards. The CMRM volunteers assembling and operating these trains have a lot experience and skill with these kinds of operations.

@lbrendse

4 жыл бұрын

Hello, to answer some of your questions how we managed to get all of the cars not to wobble is to weight them down to NMRA Specs. The Locomotives are cleaned as well as the track every time we run an operation on the layout the reason why 283 wont string line is because the locomotives are spread out though out the train and the speeds on all of the locomotives are the same and tractive effort as well. When you have any train you wanna try to maintain the same speed so little things wont happen like derailments ect.. the museum does have its own car department to make sure that all of their equipment runs good and meets the specs but in this case this is a privately owned and operated train so were in charge of making sure that this train meets and exceeds the NMRA and the museum standards. Our locomotives do not have traction tire rings its just metal on metal I hope that helps and answers some of your questions. anymore questions please fell free to leave more comments thank you for the interest.

@jalbhagwagar3353

4 жыл бұрын

@@lbrendse Thank you very much. I went back to see this awesome video and saw your reply in the comments section. Very educating. While you folks are hobbyists, I put you in the category of "Professional Hobbyists": you're that good.

It left me wondering how long it takes to load 100 cars with coal.

@billr991

5 жыл бұрын

That's a very good question. So I went to Google and typed in "time to load coal train". Some of the links I got: cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/p/56059/705387.aspx www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,57207 cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/p/147095/1631231.aspx A lot of interesting (at least in my opinion) answers.

The only realistic detail missing from this layout would ruin the whole thing: grafitti on the rolling stock.

@billr991

5 жыл бұрын

While many of the trains that are run at special CMRM events such as "Extreme Trains" are contemporary, the layout itself and the museum owned trains are set in the 1970s. In this period freight train graffiti was not widespread and would not be prototypical.

@oaktadopbok665

5 жыл бұрын

@@billr991 Long about the time cabooses started disappearing?

@billr991

5 жыл бұрын

@@oaktadopbok665 Cabooses went away in the 1980s. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caboose for and interesting article about this.

I love it.

Did the locomotive driver wave? Haha.

best in 2x speed

WHAT?!?! This video was made in November 2019!?!

@billr991

5 жыл бұрын

Oops! Fixed. Glad to know somebody reads those descriptions. :-).

I like the brightness of the head lights and dichtlights on these locomotives. I have myself some KATO AC4400CW (UP as well) and I like to upgrade the lights. Could you tell my what kind of LEDs (probably SMD) were used? Thank you.

@billr991

4 жыл бұрын

They are not my locomotives, so I don't have that information. Sorry.

@cmasbrg

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, anyway!

@lbrendse

4 жыл бұрын

cmas brg Hi. These locomotive LEDs are all done by big al Mayo. I believe there SMD 402 603 led I forget off the top of my head.

I really appreciate and enjoy watching these video's but one thing that bothers me most definitely is why aren't there any wildlife (deer,bear,coyote,racoon,squirrel,elk,or even bison anywhere to be found on the layout) trout or bass jumping out of the water eagle's flying high would really make this layout truly come to life besides that you have already out done yourself with this exhibit!!!

@billr991

4 жыл бұрын

There are large number of critters on the layout - both domesticated and wild. They just don't make an obvious appearance in many of the videos.

Lol my coal trains are NS but they have everything from these hoppers to white ones, geez I have a unhealthy mix of coal cars.

Super cool. How did you get the rear light on the SD70ACe dpu to stay lit?

@billr991

5 жыл бұрын

Not my unit. I only did the video, so I don't have the answer.

@waynecunningham3470

5 жыл бұрын

If I had to guess, I would say it was programmed to do that with the CV value on the decoder.

@spacecalander

5 жыл бұрын

@@waynecunningham3470 I understand that it is programmed, it is just not easy to do, most of the time it will work until you move forward, unless it is a scaletrains locomotive which work perfectly in DPU service with the light facing rearward on dim. I have discussed this with tsunami and no real results with keeping light on. I will just stick to scaletrains with loksound for dpu service.

@lbrendse

5 жыл бұрын

Wayne Cunningham All I do is program the decoder on JMRI and it does take a little bit of getting use too but once you get the hang of it it’s pretty simple

@spacecalander

5 жыл бұрын

@@lbrendse Thank you, i have that program but never used to make my consist, i will try it, Thanks again