Wow! I never imagined how effectively natural outdoor sunlight and shadows in conjunction with real rocks and vegetation could completely eliminate any artificial or scale model appearance. I even consciously tried to see the presumably real trees in the background as being out of scale and far too large compared to the trains, but I simply could not see any artifice nor even the slightest subconscious "uncanniness" even when consciously and purposefully attempting to do so. Amazing and fascinating! My mind even seemed to insist on seeing your satellite dish as an enormous radio telescope, mentally scaling it up instead of the train down. Thank you for sharing this with everyone!
This has got to be the most realistic model train set up that Iv ever seen on video or real life. The fact that you use real coal with all the staining is so cool . Thanks for sharing. It’s fascinating to watch and to hear the squeaks and creaks . Pure Gold .
Great Layout! LGB tracks for Standard gauge trains faces the fundamental challenge of having track ties and rails already too large, but despite that, you managed to have realistic paint textures, speed and track radius etc.
Really cool! You took the realism of model railroading to another level. Your description of the coal loading, locomotive placement and train handling is very informative. Love the scenery of your layout and weathering of your locomotives and cars.
Dude, this is amazing. Your setup is beautiful. Do you use railpro for your locos? If so, how do your dpus not lose connection due to the railpro remote range. I’ve tried putting a dpu on my long intermodal and the railpro range really made it difficult to happen.
Now I want to build G scale Hulett ore unloader! Anyone have a lake..er, pond on their layout? Someone seriously needs to build one of those complete with working hopper loading like shown here.
Really enjoyed your video, a man after my own heart! I’m on Vancouver Island and currently have about 2600 feet of track. I’ve got a flood loading circle track and have yet to build the flood loader so I was really delighted to see this video! I’m in the process of building a rotary dumper as well but it will likely be another year or two before it’s all done and functional. I also use body mounted Kadee couplers exclusively. I designed a rotary coupler about 8 or 9 years ago and would be happy to share the design with you. I sent the design to Kadee a long time ago but they have yet to introduce one to the market. Where are you located???
You should come to denver Colorado & see the big ten curve here - I model both N scale & G scale ( just starting out ) plus one I get the money I’m going into live steam ) but I think you would love the big ten mountain division in colorado, - I’m apart of a club in denver where your more than welcome to come check it if you ever in denver - if also you don’t mine n scale - - there’s a RU-vid channel ( Moffet modelers )
Thanks fir the invite. I’d love to see it someday. If you have some video up I’ll check them out. I actually named my curve from the same in Colorado. I’ve seen lots of footage of that curve.
Why do those BN SD70MACs have that gawdawful SD70ACE'esq radiator overlay? Looks damn ugly and ruins the model. Should get someone to 3D print some snowplows for them too.
I used weighted Dash 9's for heavy hauling. Mac 70's were factory too light. just a thought. years back I had a 12 ft tall flood loading tower , but never go far enough to build it to hold the coal and flooding operation. massive task. I still have the Kadee rotary coupler that I made. but that was it. Great job you did.
So cool You inspired a fun way to garden FOR hauling COMPOST AND WEEDS NOTE MY GARDEN COMPOST KINDA LOOKS LIKE COAL TOO 😊😊😊 SO COOL. A FUN WAY TO HAVE A G SCALE RAILWAYS IN A HOME GARDEN AND A PRACTICAL WAY TO USE IT ?
Wow! I know that train is expensive!!!! I have ho scale … 105 coal cars 8 locomotives NS…2 gevos 4 sd70ace 1 dash 9 … 1 ES 44AC …and that’s a couple of grand + , 1 locomotives is 289.90 HO with sound decoders… ho much is one G scale locomotive?
Wow !! Very impressive operation !! Over powered trains aren't any fun !! Your operation actually NEEDS the power !! Very cool, well done !! The coal loading operation is pure genius !!
This is some serious realism. Very good work. Just one thing: Your 2 lead locos appear to be SD70MACs, but they have SD70Ace style radiators. Was this a real life rebuild or modification which was done by the railroad?
Love your work Mate, at 17:30 minute mark with the train going around a right hand corner listening to the creaks coming from the sleepers (ties), I'm Australian, that's realism. Do you have steam or just diesel's? Have you considered running a Y6b and a A class doubleheader with another Y6b on the rear? This really nice and well made production. What width is the gauge? Is it 15 mm or 50 mm gauge? I personally don't know the width to your G gauge?
I run g scale which is 1:29. I have one steam loco for now, Sierra railway #3. Check out one of my earlier videos. I plan to get more steam in the future. Glad you enjoyed!
Just listening to those last two that you pushed forward that went down the hump those couplers definitely did kind of a crunch. Hope you don’t break any couplers. You may have to think about putting halfway down the track the cushion breaks or a cushion brake system for the cars rolling down Ease up on those couplers,
I'm shocked that you need a lot of power, I thought for sure G scale trains had an option of some kind, where you could have sanding if you really wanted to add it in the sand fills, but suppose I was wrong.
Outstanding set up, I am in the process of building a g scale layout. Have often thought about being able to load coal or ore. Thank you for this video, great engineering 👍👍👍👍
I live in Cheyenne Wyoming, and I've seen my fare share of coal trains. Even the long ones, maybe a mile long, will only have 3 engines on front, one in the middle and one at the end. Although I think the one at the end, is more to help with braking. I had to wait at a crossing once for 20 minutes as a coal train went by. I think I have seen one coal train with 5 front engines. Plus the middle and end one.
