Here on my channel I enjoy the great hobby of Model Railroading. I currently have a shelf switching layout in a spare bedroom. I enjoy sharing the hobby though my videos and will post whatever I am working on including Layout Progress, Custom Vehicle/Locomotive builds, operating action and whatever else I get into.
The layout improvements and the new locos look great. It’s amazing how finding out how a real railroad operates and unloads can change what we know about our layout and we operate it. I like the unloading clock.
Great update, so many beautiful details to see on your layout. Amazing work building those structures and cool ideas you got ref the coil unloading. Definetely one of the best layouts I'm following right now 👍
Phenomenal layout. Clean uncomplicated and real. Track work is outstanding. Signals are super. Great idea on the front end loader. Some of the best backdrop and presentation out there. Can’t say enough good things about it.
I don’t know where to start. Love the shed with brick base. Love the passenger train. Your panel is frockin awesome. Scenery is on point. Great update John
Waiting to be unloaded is what we truckers call a "live" unload. There's a steel indusrty in Stockton, Ca. on the UP (it might even be on the old Tidewater Southern) that gets coil cars. It's a very similar looking building, but I've never seen it being switched, but they do have the occasional coil car spotted outside the roll up door that goes into the buiding.
Great progress! Love it when I get a notification that you have a new video! I really love that coil industry, really cool How tall is that structure, it almost looks like a foot or so at the peak? Also love the motorman use, I have one hooked up running stack trains in the background, I also love just having the train moving while I work, it's nice just taking a moment and watching it during a small work break.
I agree! the Motorman is such a great addition to a point to point layout... and yes the structure is a little less than a foot. just slightly taller than the prototype structure. Thanks for watching!
Grew up in central NJ, now retired and 900 miles south. The scene @8:20 looks like Marino Ware in So. Plainfield, CR/CSAO WPMA-1 territory out of Manville iirc. Cool stuff, keep up the good work...
Hey John! Everything is looking great, you do some nice work. The Marino facility looks amazing with a nice touch of the unloading clock. Hope you are doing well, looking forward to the next update.
Beautiful layout. Sure wish I was good with scratch building and had a static grass applicator, everytime I want to share where my layouts are I get kinda discouraged when I see others just have such beautiful layouts and higher quality scenery than mine. Glad to be running trains again on my second model layout but hope soon to really complete it and get my main layout it’s beyond deserved new wifi dcc system so I can run my prototypical layout and just have fun with my smaller freelance industrial park one
Don't get discouraged. Everything you do builds on each other and helps you become a better modeler. We all work on things and say "i think i can do better" this is how we improve our skills. You have to keep working, make mistakes, learn from them and have fun. We are our own worst critics... Enjoy the journey and have fun with your trains... :) Thank you for watching - John
@@RailserveJohn appreciate that comment 👍 sure wish I lived in a state with more model rail stores though. Living in Texas the last 15 years id say 15-20 model stores have closed down with two in Houston and one or two left in San Antonio, I remember as a kid hobby lobby used to have literally 3-4 full isles for model railroading now it’s like good luck finding anything other than the same scenery products they have only carried for more than a decade. I’m not a fan of buying things online so train shows are my best bet when buying for the hobby and I work weekends so I tend to have maybe 10-20 minutes to find what I need and leave. This hobby is such a wholesome one and man it’s a good feeling to have a high quality layout operating fully with The ability to run proto like operations, it’s a shame younger generation could care less, it’s also so expensive that it’s very deterring.
Everything's looking awesome! I like that interactivity incorporated at the large industry, I plan on doing something similar. Also, love looking for an excuse to add another loco to the roster :)
Amazing update. Amazing content, as always. Thanks for the inspiration. Ten minutes does seem like a long time but then again if you’re switching other stuff perhaps it’s not that long. As for videos, I’d recommend producing for the sake of producing something beautiful when you’re in the mood, not because RU-vid is pressuring you.
Thanks! yes I'm at the point where if i don't feel like modeling or filming a video, I don't. The best work always comes from a motivated modeler :) Thanks for watching
Lots of great progress, John! Great structures. And I partiicularly like the chain link fences in front of the steel company and the vegetation at the base of the one in the foreground. Cheers from Wisconsin!.
I really enjoyed your update video. The Marino Ware structure looks fantastic and I like the electronics you added for the operations. The new locomotives are a great addition to your fleet. I can't wait to come back and operate on your layout.
John your layout has come a very long way! This update was fantastic and the prgoress is amazing! Can't wait to see more and always closely following your work. kind regards from Switzerland (cheers to Mr Bun...)
Thanks Matt, I hope to add some interior details but with it being enclosed not as much as you have done. I wish i had some "open structures" like you do. Thanks for watching!
I'm using the #50 and #40 mixed grey from Scenic Express. I like it as it's real stone. On some sidings I'm using a natural fine coal mix that has a really nice dark mix. The problem is i threw out the bag many years ago and cant remember the name... hope that helps
So many good ideas and you are making progress. I'm way behind you but have recently dug out my old trains from 25 years ago and when I was a kid and have setup a small shelf layout. Finally got the track laid and wired this past weekend. Not easy trying to remember how things work in this hobby, especially because it has mostly changed. I'm trying to spend as little money as possible to them working to prove I won't lose interest and have the time necessary. Your videos and layout are a great motivator.
Thank You! Honestly the hobby can be a bit overwhelming at times only for the fact that there is so much stuff and potential available these days. Enjoy it and model what makes you happy :) thanks for watching
Thanks! Yes it is in South Plainfield. I didn't know about the old CNJ, LV yard. I really need to research that area more. I grew up there on-top of so much RR history
