WHAT TRAINS DID YOU RUN TODAY?

Lionel 6-18018 Southern Crescent 🌙 from 1992 with ERR upgrade and 1997 Lionel Virginian Rectifier Freight Set set # 6-11934

Ran a more modern train on my middle level. The reason I have this train is because my wife and I took our two children on a trip in 1997 on Amtrack around the country. Great memories.

@CLIFFORD posted:

Mighty Milwaukee Road Hiawatha !

Beautiful train, love it...

Ran my lionel SP Trainmaster and my 3rd rail SP Rdc for my grandson. He loves it when I have two or more consists running at once.

MTH Proto 3 Long Island B6 steam switcher hauling NY box cars:

Arnold

farmerjohn - Another nice video!  Love those Superliner passenger cars (I have some myself) but don't forget - the correct spelling is Amtrak.

PS: I agree with you - train trips usually produce great memories.

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

MTH Proto 3 Long Island B6 steam switcher hauling NY box cars:

Arnold

Good smoker, love those smoking trains..

WM fan, like you, smoke is one of my favorite locomotive features. Most, but not all, of my MTH Railking engines are very good smokers, and I do my best to add the correct amount of smoke fluid at the correct time, so the smoke works well. When a locomotive mysteriously stops smoking, it is always disappointing.

I have never purchased a Lionel Visionline steamer, and may never be able to afford one, but it's amazing smoke (whistle steam, etc.) would be the primary reason for me to splurge for one.

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

WM fan, like you, smoke is one of my favorite locomotive features. Most, but not all, of my MTH Railking engines are very good smokers, and I do my best to add the correct amount of smoke fluid at the correct time, so the smoke works well. When a locomotive mysteriously stops smoking, it is always disappointing.

I have never purchased a Lionel Visionline steamer, and may never be able to afford one, but it's amazing smoke (whistle steam, etc.) would be the primary reason for me to splurge for one.

I understand, that goes for me as well. Love your videos, keep them rolling..

A pair of Williams’ Golden Memory series F3 AA’s in their classic post-war B&O livery take the last curve before gliding in to the station at Cumberland, Maryland.  It will be continuing on from there with it’s consist of Williams aluminum B&O passenger cars to Washington DC.

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Ran the Black Bonnets! Lionel Legacy ATSF 4-8-5 and the MTH Santa Fe F3.

@CLIFFORD posted:

Mighty Milwaukee Road Hiawatha !

Nice looking layout !   The mountains look natural with the backdrop.

UP past and present running at the same time. The lead diesel is my newest engine.

Ran my Weaver RS-3 Yesterday

A train of snowbirds. Seems like the two C628s should be pulling more cars. I ordered a cylindrical hopper yesterday and I’ll be looking for more when I can go to train meets again. I thought that the outdoor Kutztown meet on 3/27 would be too cold, but I might go after all.

A Lionel  New York Central L-3A Mohawk from 1998 strikes a pose shortly before departure. Then it blasts it’s way through the New York countryside with it’s colorful consist of NYC Pacemaker box cars and it’s haunting whistle hooting all the way.  Best Lionel whistle I ever heard.

Ran my Weaver RS-3 with a manifest of All Nations and Vintage Atlas O cars

Here  is my Amtrak train arriving on low level tracks below station

@farmerjohn posted:

Here  is my Amtrak train arriving on low level tracks below station

Super video, love that lower level idea, beautiful video, thanks for sharing.....

@rscott521 posted:

Love that smoking engine..

rscott521 - Regarding your Santa Fe Alco PA ABA consist, would that be two Lionel 'A' units - both powered (6-18952) - and one unpowered 'B' unit (6-18965)?

@PH1975 posted:

rscott521 - Regarding your Santa Fe Alco PA ABA consist, would that be two Lionel 'A' units - both powered (6-18952) - and one unpowered 'B' unit (6-18965)?

That is correct. The unpowered middle unit has the sound. I love the horns on these units. They give out an echo effect.

rscott521 - Yeah, I thought so.  I have the AB consist of that particular Lionel diesel set as well and also love the sound of the multi-chime horn when the horns of both units are blended together.  It's one of my favourite sounding diesel sets!  Great video by the way.  

Last night I ran the East End Local.    this is a local freight that originates in Youngwood Yard.   This train is handled so all work is trailing point switches.   It departs westbound and just past the yard limits switches the Depauw Electric Plant (electrical components).    Then it continues a ways to Scottdale at the bottom of the grade to Connellsville.     At Scottdale, there were 2 pickups at Rogers Overbearing, 2 at the freight station, 1 from the Team Track (public Delivery track on PRR), and one from Superior Oil.    Then there 2 setouts for Rogers, 1 for Cushing Feed, 1 for the Freight Station and 1 for the public delivery track.    

After that the train continued on to Connellsville because there is no room for a run-around at Scottdale.    At Connellsville, the loco was run around the train, the caboose (cabin) set at the rear, and the train started back eastbound.     It passed through Scottdale, and stopped at Alverton.    There it picked up one car from the Freight station and setout one at Havron & Son Elevator, and one at the freight station.

The train continued east and stopped at the west end of Youngwood.    Here it picked up 1 from the freight station and 2 from the Public Delivery Track.    Then it set out 3 at the Public Delivery track and 1 at the Freight station.    then the train continued on into the yard.     The cabin was dropped at the caboose track and the loco run to the engine house.   

I expect tonight, we may classify the incoming cars.

Hey Y'all,

I've had no train time for 2 1/2 weeks.  Yesterday I ran two trains.  My "Project ALCOs" pulled passenger cars.   My 0-4-0 switch engine pulled empty milk cars back to the dairy.  Here's my work-in-progress ALCOs.

And here is my little switcher getting a workout.

Bill

Farmerjohn, Awesome video, great trains running on schedule, Wow. Happy Saturday Everyone...

So, one more attempt at doing a video, Happy Railroading Everyone, enjoy your Saturday...

Larry - Great layout and excellent videos!  Regarding your Santa Fe set, are the engines and passenger cars MTH products or what?

My Legacy Tuscan PRR K4 and PRR Madison passenger cars.

My Williams Bangor & Aroostook

@Lehigh74 posted:

A train of snowbirds. Seems like the two C628s should be pulling more cars. I ordered a cylindrical hopper yesterday and I’ll be looking for more when I can go to train meets again. I thought that the outdoor Kutztown meet on 3/27 would be too cold, but I might go after all.

Very nice, who made the C628s??

@prrjim posted:

Last night I ran the East End Local.    this is a local freight that originates in Youngwood Yard.   This train is handled so all work is trailing point switches.   It departs westbound and just past the yard limits switches the Depauw Electric Plant (electrical components).    Then it continues a ways to Scottdale at the bottom of the grade to Connellsville.     At Scottdale, there were 2 pickups at Rogers Overbearing, 2 at the freight station, 1 from the Team Track (public Delivery track on PRR), and one from Superior Oil.    Then there 2 setouts for Rogers, 1 for Cushing Feed, 1 for the Freight Station and 1 for the public delivery track.    ... .... ...

I expect tonight, we may classify the incoming cars.

This is new to me. In running trains, are you giving real life pick ups and drop offs list of to-do? And what is the Classify the incoming cars, please.? <thank you>

@Ulus Ekerman posted:

Wow, love that mid-train helper, great video, thanks for sharing.

Miggy,

I have written a computer program that generates real switchlists for my cars.    These are based on what types of cars go to what industries, do they have track space etc.    This is similar to the "car-cards" idea you read about in many of the model RR magazines.    To do this stuff,  you need a way to route the cars.    And I find it most fun if the routing is done with a little randomness so I don't always take the easy way out.    All cars are moved by their car type and car number.    Each is taken to the specific industry they are routed to using the train. 

Classify the incoming cars means re-arrange them in the yard based on where they are supposed to go next.    Generally it means putting then together based on what train will take them out of the yard.     I have a "next destination" on my switchlists, so I know how to group the cars for the next time I run trains.

Miggy,

Here is a copy of the switchlist for that train, YCN34.     Youngwood-Connellsville Local.

Hi LeapinLarry,

In your first video posted last Saturday, I noticed how you solved the challenge of having tracks on different levels, but directly above each other, by utilizing a cantilevered rock work.  That is an outstanding solution to an age old problem!  Could you please elaborate on your technique or if it's already posted somewhere point me in the right direction?  My search attempts keep coming up empty!

Thanks in advance.

John

MTH Proto 3 Long Island B6 steam switcher running on DCS hauling Lionel Postwar 2400 series passenger cars: