Can We Make This Southern Pacific Daylight Run? Brass Locomotive 

Fun Fact: Steam locomotives drive wheels with no center flange(s) those center wheels would be known as blind drivers.

13:00: the little ladybug running in the foreground is a really nice companion to this beautiful loco☺

Looking really smart there with a rake on. Always preferred diecast to plastic myself. Anybody else notice the ladybug?

I personally don’t like older Bachman daylights or any of theirs steam engines from the 80’s-90’s so cool to see u found a brass one It’s in great shape

From my personal preference, I'm not a fan of the older Bachman daylights or any of their steam engines that were produced during the 80s and 90s. Therefore, it's exciting to hear that you've discovered a brass one that is in excellent condition.

Hello, great job! At the 13th minute, a small beetle wanted to ride on a beautiful steam locomotive.

You done a great job of getting that engine up and going like it should. Congrats to you.

ladies and gentlemen we have it, finally the Daylight returned to the SMT channel!

Now that is one fine looking model train!!!! And getting a Sunset Models GS-4 - what a steal!!!!

my grandpa has a GS4 that he kept up on a display shelf above the bay window in my grandparents old house before he moved out to Wyoming. I remember sometimes standing in the bay window and getting the locomotive down and then hiding behind their recliner and playing with it. He had a bunch of locomotives but when I got around to opening up the box of stuff he gave me I only found 8 locomotives instead of the original like 30 some-odd locomotives that were in there. A lot of SP and BNSF stuff with some SF. There was even a PBNE switcher that I'm actually converting to DCC.

Well I know who I'm sending a non-running locomotive to. You are the greatest when working on non runners. Keep being awesome. 🤟

Nice purchase. It’s a good thing the original owner wrapped the model in plastic, a lot of those older Sunset boxes have petroleum-based foam which breaks down over time and eats into the brass, even when the box is stored in cool, dry conditions. I was shocked to see this phenomenon when a gentlemen brought a collection of older brass into the hobby store I worked at as a teen. Nice looking GS4 you acquired!

I own a few brass engines. And yes, There should be a drawbar. That wire would connect to a screw, that would hold a drawbar. They would also have the rivarossi style metal wire contact. Great job replacing the drawbar, and getting the engine running! With that Can Motor, you might be able to put DCC in it!

One of my favorite things to do is to buy engines that don’t quite work. You open it up and it’s like a single contact that “sliped.” It’s a good way of saving money

Spectacular work and congrats on your first brass model! Now that’s a disease you can’t cure, trust me, I got several brass model and once you buy one, you’ll want more! Thanks for sharing!

I like how you filled this SMT the video looks great as well and it's another great repair.

The Montreal Daylight once again makes a stop in Dunderville as it heads to Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, Kansas City, Tucumcari, & El Paso on its way to Los Angeles!

I did enjoy watching! Love your videos.

Southern Pacific Daylight engines are really amazing. The remaining GS4 steam engine was restored to pull a special train when the USA was celebrating it's bicentennial in the 1970s. Today, the engine is housed with 2 other steam engines in Portland and open to visitors, part of the week. I have an O Gauge version in my collection and enjoy running the engine with some cars. Already got 4 matching cars

Great job again. We had the daylight 4449 steam thrue Minot N D a few years ago. We got to get up close to it was super cool. I love the matching lady bug.

Nice ❤️ 👌 👍 you brought it back to life 😀

WOW!!! Nicely done Harrison! BTW, giving you a shout out in my next video. Had a loco kicking around in "needs repair" box, so I got it running last night! No spoilers here, your just gonna have to wait for the video to drop on April 7th, 2023 at 8am Eastern! :)

As an addendum, I was able to fit the decoder and speaker inside the boiler. No need to rig up wiring between loco and tender.

Thank you Mr Mainline. You have kept inspiring me to get off the chair and get busy. Congratulations on restoring a beautiful model. Cheers Lance 🇦🇺

The Southern Pacific Daylight is my favorite. The Loco and its 15 matching passenger cars is my pride in my collection

Harrison you have a very nice runner. Thanks for the video. It is alway enjoyable to see the old one run again.

since you have a running Daylight model you can have the other Daylight converted to a dummy model to pull beind the powered one then you can have both daylights running as one big train

Such a talented work ethic and superior knowledge..you are the sheldon cooper of model railroading!

Great, this is one of your best engine. Dont know if you heard about a model railroader fan Dayligt Dave. Dave pas away weeks ago. That guy was a great man very fun to exange with. He will be missed

Serenity, you have a runner! W Rusty Lane K9POW in eastern Tennessee

What a beautiful train , loved watching it going round and round .

I seem to learn something new while watching almost all of your restoration videos!!!!!

That’s looking mighty fine! Good job.

Another awesome restoration,good job. Nice looking train! :)

The daylight is easily my all time favorite, just the SP GS’s in general honestly, there’s just something about their design, I’m lucky enough to have a GS-6 in my collection, but I’m looking to get that 4449 soon!

Awesome job with this locomotive, the Daylight has always been my favorite train. I’ll have one of my own one day

SWEET! I was shocked that it couldn’t handle 22 inch radius curves, I have an vintage brass daylight that does them with no issues. There is something truly special about a hand made brass locomotive!

Even the lady bug liked it!!

I hope you gave that ladybug a ride...

very lovely. the GS4’s are beautiful.

13:01 Ladybug! Great work chief she runs like a dream

You did a great job. Thats a beautiful locomotive and consist. Time for another video to install a decoder. Thanks for sharing, you have such wonderful content. Love watchin your videos

Good work. Nice, satisfying run footage.

Way to go Harrison! Dr. Trainkenstein does it again! 😁 That is a beautiful locomotive pulling one of the most beautiful passenger consists ever built. I always enjoy watching your videos.

I mean brass, nice paint, now running? This is the best restoration ever!

That is magnificent. Good work there!

I love Southern Pacific Daylights. Glad see someone talking about them.

Beautiful locomotive and fantastic job of getting it going 👍 Definitely a favorite of mine too 👌

Hello Haul Harrison,I always watch your broadcast in full Admiration,As you got this loco running again, It`s been a few hours, But it runs fine again Haul, I`ve also been a Fan of a number of years now your, And now I wish you and your family,From here from Belgium, A happy Easter in health, Peace and Happiness, I wish you the best, Kind regards from Henk van Zitteren,Machinist at the Belgium State Railways (NMBS)❤😀😉

One thing, when handling high end loco's wear clean cotton or nitrile gloves. Your oily finger prints can etch into the paint if left on the surface. Nice haul. I bought a brass 4-6-4 Milwaukee Road F6 a few months ago and it is gorgeous. Paint is top tier Display queen so it needs a clean and lube to run. 😊

Wow, congrats for that! Normally brass models are hard to adjust to run well, so well done. Also in this case you were lucky that it had already a good motor. And it looks so good :)

Great find. Great to see you get it running too :)

Thanks for the upload to my question

Nice to see a working daylight back on your layout. Nice job

I have an unpainted GS4, same as yours. Runs beautifully. Have fitted leds and TCS WOW steam decoder. Absolute dream to run. Just creeps on speed step 1. Sounds stunning.

This train is on my list, good job of fixing and bringing it back to life

@13:00 there is a passenger trying to get on the train. That speedup effect was cool you should try a shot with the Tilt-shift effect from above!

Well darn it Harrison I was about to drag my old backside off to bed and all of a sudden a new SMT video announcement pops up so I guess I can stay up a little later. Very nice acquisition though I'd keep an eye on the running gear as when you started out it was running extremely quiet to the point it was just wheels on track heard but as she went there was a clicking " chugging " noise almost like the driving rods were loosening or deforming and hitting each other. Also might have to have a word with Nerf Cat as it looks like they're falling down on the job and let a trespasser get on railroad property there right before you hooked up the rest of the train.

Beautiful locomotive! Nice find!

These locs are so beautiful !

It looks so cool. U are very smart. And u know how to fix trains better than I can. I wish I had ur talent

Pretty Sweet Loco 😛

Another save by SMT! Well done!

I am in love with tjat one. I love your set up!!!

Another outstanding job 👏 Keep up the good work.

Good job in making it work. It's always fun to watch how easily you fix these locomotives. I have anxiety issues lubricating the wheels! What a mess.

Lovely looking loco Nice job Nick Australia

You were talking about your job with work with model trains. That sounds like a good job. But I work for CSX, so I get to play with the real toys and if a brake it I don’t have to fix it or pay for it. I love to watch your podcast. I learn a lot from watching your show. Keep up the good work and thank you. Ben

That Mashima can motor really aids to the slow speed crawl. They are a low volt, low amp draw torque monster that companys such as NWSL utilize. I have had several over the years in one diesel or another. Excellent motors and will make your operations a more pleasurable experience.

22 inches are very tight curves for an HO scale 4-8-4. I'm glad you got all the old gunk out and were able to make it run well.

Nice vid Smt!

Now that is the way a Daylight is supposed to look! Really nice. And I was just about to comment that that was probably the easiest disassembly, cleaning and reassembly I've ever seen you do--then it derailed and you cut to "5 hours later". :-)

Saw the lady bug 🐞 crawling next to the Lok . 😂

Great job Harrison very cool!! Thank You!

A great Repair 101 video! I lived for a time in SFO, and had the rare privilege of Standing Beside the actual locomotive, when it came through town and stopped at a station. I was late to work, but so what? This MATTERED!

Nice job, as usual. Don't run over the ladybug. It's bad luck, LOL!!

Hi SMT love the video I got a question when is your next fan mall opening video?

Nice! Excellent work.

Look’s good, nice runner!

Very nice 👍

Love those GS4 class locos, I own both the older bachman worlds fair and the newer daylights

Move aside guys there’s a new daylight in town now

I don't have a Daylight😥 BRASS section(advanced)of the SMT Manual. Well done, Harrison🚂🇨🇦🙋

That is why you are the wizard, congratulations on the daylight. Nice looking train. Does the headlight work.? 😇👌👍

Welcome to the Brass Locomotive Club, You seriously need Broadway Limited Imports Daylight Passenger cars, I think you should read the number which I think if I read this right was 4454 which was the last GS-4 to run on SP in 1958. 4460 is the only other GS series loco besides 4449 that survives today.

I'm from europe and this locomotives are not usually my thing but I'm actually envious.

nicest looking train I’ve seen in a long minute…

great job on your repaire and trouble shoot.

13:09 ladybug trying to blend in with the daylight

Sunset models are amazing I got a HOn3 K-28. From their brand and it’s amazing

12:56 | If you look in front of the locomotive, you have your first passenger, a lady bug!

you have a new channel engine!

It would've been nice to see your process for replacing the lead wheelsets, blinding the center drivers, and kitbashing the tender drawbar - great to see an old brass locomotive running around, though! glad that you got it working :-)

I kept thinking the Daylight was going to pull an Acela

12:55 That Coccinellidae was made for this, always wanted to be a railroader. Even "poses" next to the locomotive once it has stopped.

Nice locomotive ❤️❤️

Daylight looks and runs fantastic Harrison with aloha

Now to put together a Hiawatha consist. I am a huge Milwaukee Road fan. That SP Daylight looks great.

I went on a daylight kick a while back n picked up a Athearn blue box f7 with all the passenger cars for cheap n went installed it with dcc n sound it's one of my best trains now

Very good job on how to disassemble the engine I am about to work on that exact one my self for the first time, I am surprised you did not fix the headlight.