It just keeps getting better, Ray.😲 Love your updates!🤗 Thank you (and the commenters) for the info on speakers, great and small, hi and lo - very useful/helpful info. 🚂Lawrence

@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061

4 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

That's awesome to see someone modeling the Bessemer RR. As a kid I lived just a few blocks away from the Bessemer yard. As kids we would ride our bikes up too the yard and watch them put together trains. During summer it was really cool because we kept our windows open & you could hear trains coming in & out all night long. When school was in session when the yard wasn't crowded we would cut thru there to get home when we got off the bus. Greg

@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! What yard was this?

@karenhumes8689

4 ай бұрын

The yard in North Bessemer

@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061

4 ай бұрын

​@karenhumes8689 awesome! I have a picture or two where they were burying the bridges at plum creek. I've never seen where (or why) they were removed, so, there's trestles under that dirt! Kinda cool.

As always expected, another great update. Great work.

@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

awesome looking great thanks for sharing.😊😊👍👍

@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Very nice and I love hoppers, both open and covered but I don’t discriminate I love all sorts of rolling stock!

Awesome progress on the layout! Already a first OPS - time flies fast...Regarding your sound dilemma, here's your solution: use both the Tang Band and the iPhone speaker in the same unit. Yeah I know, you'll say duh, but hear me out. Build a low-pass and a high-pass filter for the speakers. It's a simple RC network, couple of parts each, and it'll keep the bass on the Tang Band and the treble on the iPhone. You might even have the resistors and caps lying around...just figure out the cut-off frequency and voila.😃

@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061

4 ай бұрын

It's an interesting idea. Maybe down the road

Oh man this looks like a great opportunity for fun!

Relax don't worry about making mistakes in your operation section, just have fun you will learn what works what doesn't over time.

@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061

4 ай бұрын

Thanks! I really do have a great group that are easy going and happy to share knowledge. I'm in good hands.

Holy hoppers!!! 😀Great update, Ray.

@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061

4 ай бұрын

Lol, wait.....

Just found your channel, great stuff! Thanks for sharing 👍

@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061

4 ай бұрын

Welcome aboard!

"I have to stop buying F units" - famous last words! Really nice update.

@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061

4 ай бұрын

Lololol (Morgan freeman narration: he did not, in fact, stop buying f units) 🤣

@tonyromano6220

4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂 STOP? who the hell ever stops!

@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061

4 ай бұрын

I made this video .... 3 days ago? Pre-ordered the rapido SD-7s since then 😂. At least it's not more f units. 😅

@tonyromano6220

4 ай бұрын

@@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061 ohhh SD7s! Oohhhhh

Definitely looks like you have added some hoppers. Thanks for the update. Good luck with the ops session!

@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061

4 ай бұрын

I probably have this many again still in boxes

@leehanna4929

4 ай бұрын

Never enough hoppers! I’ve got a set of 36 B&LE hoppers and 3 Athearn SD38’s to pull them

First ops is pretty exciting! Good luck, and have a great time!

@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Mark! Coming out for one of yours is on my bucket list.

Love it!

Holy cow. That's a lot of F units... Have you tried any scale sound system speakers? I played with a lot of different speakers myself and I've found those to give the best balance of good base, good high end, and overall the clarity of sound is magnificent. I feel you on getting ready for the ops session, I've got "the big one" coming up myself.

@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061

4 ай бұрын

I did my first scale sound just recently in a rapido u25. It's pretty good, but it lacks the big presence of the tang band, and I think the I phone speakers are still my favorite small speaker solution. That being said, I'm definitely not taking the scale sound out! And it may have a home for me in limited space installs.

Love the layout theme …and some great sounding F’s…the boat looks cool…is it a difficult kit to build (bad instructions) or not the right fit?

@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061

4 ай бұрын

Just not fit. Just poorly REALLY poorly made resin parts. Warped to the point of unusable. Some things off by a half inch or more.

Awesome 😎

@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Wow!

Thank you for sharing. Who made the ore boat kit? Very nice update always look forward to seeing your progress. 👍

@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061

4 ай бұрын

Sylvan. Absolute junk.

@elsdp-4560

4 ай бұрын

I thought so, I bought that kit with three extra center sections just waiting for me to start building, way too late to take it back. I will let you know how mine turns out. Thanks, Gary

hulett unloaders woo-hoo.

The ore unloaders are pronounced 'hugh-lets'. Regardless, your layout looks GREAT!

What sound unit? Ha Wow what nice sound!😂😂😂

@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061

4 ай бұрын

I have a few videos on sound installs on the channel if you want to see what's under the hood.

Do you use Fasttrack jigs?😂😂😂 you answer my questions as soon as I post!

@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061

4 ай бұрын

I build both in the jigs and in place on templates. Partially is what kind of mood I'm in. I find several in a row are nice to build in place

Hello Ray, Love your layout! I didn't quite catch the name of those speakers that you installed. TangBang? Could you please clarify? Cheers, Matt

@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061

4 ай бұрын

Thanks! Here's a link. www.parts-express.com/Tang-Band-T0-2008S-Speaker-Module-2-5-32-x-1-264-943

John's Trains and csxmad channels for ore boat builds.

@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061

3 ай бұрын

Agree. I follow both, really cool stuff in general.

iPhone speaker and what?

@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061

4 ай бұрын

I-phone speaker and tcs dcc is my go to set up. The Tang-Band speaker is my other love affair, posts express has them. The only thing is they're huge. Dummy b unit or steam with BIG tenders only.

@tonyromano6220

4 ай бұрын

@@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061 what version on the TCS?

@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061

4 ай бұрын

@@tonyromano6220 that's an early v4 I think

@tonyromano6220

4 ай бұрын

@@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061 can one load new sounds?