Another great video. Very informative for us over the pond who don't know how American rail roads operate.

@Vigment13

3 жыл бұрын

Greetings! Glad you enjoyed the video. And happy to assist with some education about American railroads. I always enjoy watching videos that describe railroading in England for the same reason. Always something interesting to learn in this great hobby of ours. Thanks for your feedback; much appreciated!

Thank you for a nice ride 😊

@Vigment13

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video. And sorry you didn't like the music. Just ignore it and focus on the trains. Ha! Thanks for the feedback.

Very impressed with your layout, your voice over and total content. Trevis is blessed to have a mentor with your talents and commitment to a great hobby, you likewise are blessed to have his interaction and interest as well!

@rodvance560

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind feedback. Trevis is a neat guy and really knows his trains; a railfan at heart. Glad you're enjoying the Willow Creek. Thanks!

Absolutely Fabulous video. Great layout. Keep them coming

@rodvance560

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your interest in the Willow Creek. Glad you're enjoying the videos. More planned ... just slow in coming. Lots of other model railroading stuff to do! Thanks again.

Looks like a fun layout, love the details and landscaping.

@Vigment13

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It's been a fun, dream layout ... but there's always more to do, of course.

Great. Thanks for sharing !

Nice looking layout with interesting operations but especially nice to see a young man operating the trains. This promotes our hobby to the next generation. Great work!

@Vigment13

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment, and I agree totally with you about Trevis. He really enjoys model railroading and learned a lot about operations during the filming of this series.

Your layout is phenomenal! Very impressive!

@Vigment13

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you are enjoying the Willow Creek. Appreciate your kind feedback. Thanks!

Delightful video. Use of audio rather than captions greatly enhances viewing. Thanks.

@Vigment13

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video. Including narration takes a bit more time but I think it's worth the effort. Glad that you agree. Thanks!

Awesome. Really nice layout. I'm actually friends with Trevor's, he did a really nice job!

@Vigment13

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the compliment. Glad you know Trevis; he did a super job, indeed. We filmed one more video ... stay tuned.

I love your railroad, the videos and your narrative. The author doesn't have an annoying accent nor does he talk just to hear his voice. The music is nicely done and not overpowering.

@Vigment13

6 жыл бұрын

Glad that you enjoy the layout and the videos. Takes a bit of work but they're fun to produce. Appreciate the feedback. Thanks.

thank you share video

@Vigment13

4 жыл бұрын

Glad that you're enjoying the Willow Creek videos. Thanks for the feedback!

I really appreciate these videos! Thanks for posting them. My question is, when you use steam locomotives, how do you turn them around in Spokane? I imagine the diesels work just fine in reverse, but prototypical function would require the steam locomotives face forwards when they head back to the starting yard. Thanks!

@Vigment13

6 жыл бұрын

Good question. First, during an op session, once a train arrives in the Spokane Staging Yard, it's done for that session. It won't come out of staging until the next session. Between sessions, I turn all locomotives in Spokane -- both diesel and steam. Sometimes I back a train out of staging, run it around the reversing loop at Bucky's Crossing and then back into staging, so now the train and loco are reversed. I typically do this for passenger trains. For other trains, I typically man-handle the loco in staging, physically turning it around (so it will come out of staging running "correct direction" forward) and then re-staging it on the head-end of the train. Likewise, I move the caboose to the rear of the train. Glad you're enjoying the videos. Thanks for your comment and question.

Who controls the signals? I’m new to this. 😏

Very well done instructional video. While Trevis is the engineer running the train through the system, when he is walking the train and reviewing the waybills, he is acting as his conductor, is he not? Likewise, when he performs the O/S at Look Out Pass, he is being the tower operator, is that correct?

@Vigment13

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, that's exactly correct. With a 1-person road crew on the Willow Creek, the operator gets to perform all three functions. Keeps things interesting for the operator. Glad you enjoyed the video.

Very awesome videos. Would you do one on setting up your car card system. I see that you have what looks like two stops per car and one is highlighted. If you have the information somewhere else let me know. Thank you again.

@Vigment13

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you're enjoying the videos. At one time I'd planned to do a video about the paperwork used to facilitate operations on the Willow Creek, but I never actually got the video shot. Bummer. The best place to start is with the "Paperwork!" web page on the Willow Creek website: www.sites.google.com/site/willowcreekrr/paperwork If you have questions from there, you may contact me via the email address noted on the "Contact Information" web page; I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have.

@robertwilson4606

5 жыл бұрын

@@Vigment13 thank you for the information. I will look through the website and shoot you an email if I have any questions.

Travis is a very good engineer!

@Vigment13

5 жыл бұрын

Yes he is, indeed. Must have had a good teacher. :-) I'll pass your compliment along to him. Thanks!

@nateshon3eastbroadtoprailr448

5 жыл бұрын

@@Vigment13 Thanks for all these wonderful videos, very informative! I plan to do Timetable and Train Order ops on my layout once it's built. It will be a proto-freelanced 3 foot narrow gauge steam railroad set in the mountains of Pennsylvania in 1933. If you would like to learn more about me and the RR please visit www.tiadaghtonvalleyrr.com/ and thanks for creating this channel and sharing you railroad with us, beautiful work! By the way, what setup are you using for recording and editing your videos? Thanks!

@Vigment13

5 жыл бұрын

@@nateshon3eastbroadtoprailr448 Again, glad you're enjoying the videos. And thanks for the URL to your layout; I'll check it out. Video production: video is recorded using my Panasonic Lumix camera (still photo and video recording capabilities); voice over is recorded using Microsoft Windows 10 Voice Recorder; and Adobe Premier Elements is used to put everything together and to create the final video. Background music is from the KZread library. High greens!

@nateshon3eastbroadtoprailr448

5 жыл бұрын

@@Vigment13 Thanks for the info!

Nice tour. Since Travis is using a phone, does that mean the dispatcher is in another room? How does your dispatcher track each train's movement?

@Vigment13

3 жыл бұрын

Greetings Nick. The DS usually sits in the same room as the layout, at least for now. The phone just makes it easier to communicate than shouting above the crowd. There is a separate video that covers Dispatching: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p5-kldNvgdy9l7Q.html In short, operators OS their position and the DS tracks it on a computer diagram (the computer is not physically/electronically connected to the layout). Hope that helps. Do check out the DS video. Let me know if you still have questions. Thanks!

so in real life do/did engineers have to get out and find a phone?

@Vigment13

5 жыл бұрын

Great question. I thought I'd give you the reply that I got from a good friend of mine who once worked on the Nickle Plate RR. "As I recall, phone boxes located at control points along the road were predecessors of radio-equipped locos and cabooses and remained available in the 60s and 70s (when I was a railroader) for emergency use and for maintenance crews to report and get clearances. If they were needed by a train crew, the fireman or a head brakeman would swing down rather than the engineer. The phones were not used to issue train orders or to OS as those were handled by operators located at stations and towers. However, different railroads operated in different ways in those days, and having required phone contact with a yard or a dispatcher by a train crew stopping in lieu of a Home Signal for a block or yard entrance or at an ordered stop location (e.g., passing siding occupancy) would be similar to operations on the Willow Creek where we advise trains to stop and call in for permission to proceed, as there are no “operators” to OS automatically at the towers and the little phone boxes remind the road crews that they need to use the phone system to contact the yardmasters or dispatcher."

Very nice video and layout, but I really could do without the music 😊