Awesome N Scale layout! You have shown how to take N Scale to the next level! Love the Union Pacific! Thanks for sharing!!!!

@johnwhatmore163

4 ай бұрын

Thanks CJ, glad you enjoyed.

I like the high mountains dominating the trains passing through them.

@johnwhatmore163

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Jerry, that's a great thing about N scale...

Great video John - love those scenes at Keddie and the Honeymoon Tunnel 😊

@johnwhatmore163

4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Awesome layout and trains amd videoing 🙌👌😎

@johnwhatmore163

4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

New subscriber, very nice layout, like the sound affects.

@johnwhatmore163

11 күн бұрын

Thanks MW, very happy you picked up on this - sound is so much of the trackside experience - this video took a month of hobby time in the edit suite to match real train sounds with n scale train movements on the layout - my first vid so not sure if it would be worth the effort but I was surprised at how much it made the layout come to life for my own enjoyment. As Boomer says "this hobby is inexhaustible!"

NIce work especially modelling it all from down under!!

@johnwhatmore163

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Duncan, love those mountains in the US...

very nice layout and a great video

@johnwhatmore163

4 ай бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed.

I’m currently sitting in a hotel overlooking Darling Harbour. That’s gotta be Sydney Harbour out that window in the video, isn’t it? Has to be… I grew up here before moving to Melbourne. Very cool!

@johnwhatmore163

11 күн бұрын

Hi Greg, yes glorious Sydney Harbour, Double Bay out the window not Darling Harbour. Love that little creek in the cold wet cow-paddock the locals call Melbourne....

@gregalanharper

10 күн бұрын

@@johnwhatmore163 We used to stay at the Intercontinental Hotel in DB. (Airline staff). That’s a great spot. Is there anywhere to see your track plan? Maybe a past video? Great layout and video though. 👍

Im new subscriber to your channel. Great video

@johnwhatmore163

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Roberto, glad you enjoyed.

Wow...stunning layout... nice view out the window. Sure beats a basement view. Speaking of views did you see Railfan Dan's vid on the potash facility? What fantastic scenery. Talk about inspiration. Hope you post more of this wonderful layout you have created...glad to be your 50th subscriber.

@johnwhatmore163

4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed and thanks for subscribing. Don't think I've seen the potash episode, will check it out. Will post more, but not every week (work intrudes).

@johnwhatmore163

4 ай бұрын

Wait yes, I know the one, just posted recently - near Moab UT. We happened to drive in to Moab on vacation in 2019 on a Friday from northwest, and followed the weekly train coming in. 20 old covered hoppers and a couple of weathered SD40-2's, it was just like an n scale layout. I had no idea there is a railroad, we went for the National Parks (which are unbelievable). If you ever go, the drive from Moab to the potash plant is along a canyon of the Colorado River, can't see much of the railroad but the canyon is spectacular, and it continues northeast of Moab too. We saw the potash ponds from the road at the top of Canyonlands NP, saw some cars at the bottom of the canyon and thought "hmmm looks interesting". The Shafer Trail is the cattle track that takes you down - the descent in our rented Dodge Suburban along the shear cliff edge and switchbacks with a million feet over the edge was terrifying.

Wahou 😮, great job.

@quentinquemet-bancel9268

4 ай бұрын

Juste one question, what is the length to each train please ?

@johnwhatmore163

4 ай бұрын

This train has 27 cars, most have 20 cars to fit in staging tracks with 3 locos.

@quentinquemet-bancel9268

4 ай бұрын

@@johnwhatmore163 ok thanks, so its approximatly a length of 145' or 150'' correct?

@johnwhatmore163

4 ай бұрын

That's pretty close - I think it's around 135" for the 27 cars and 3 locos, or 3.4m.

@quentinquemet-bancel9268

4 ай бұрын

@@johnwhatmore163 its long. But it's perfect scale whit your beautyfull modelrailroad scenery. So thanks for all and have a nice day😉

You need to share this with Railraod Model Craftsman it would be a great article with more coming.

@johnwhatmore163

4 ай бұрын

Thanks William, feels like I would need to do a lot more work to be ready for MFC !

@johnwhatmore163

4 ай бұрын

MRC

Your layout is awesome. Your rock work and scenery really capture the feel of the Canyon. Are you local to the area? Great layout keep it up!

@johnwhatmore163

4 ай бұрын

Thanks John, the layout is in Sydney, Aus. I've been to the Canyon a few times and KZread railfan videos are a great source we couldn't dream of, like Railfan Dan. Lots of ground cover, trees, water, ballast etc still to come. Hope to post another vid in a few weeks.

The train for North Platte is an "intermodal,". Perhaps you misspelled it by accident.

@johnwhatmore163

4 ай бұрын

Yes, not on purpose. Well spotted Glenn.