I use to live in Duluth and Iron Range Love the Duluth and Missabe engine and ore cars brought me back 2 my roots thanx a bunch and awesome layout reminds me of the Duluth and Iron Range area for sure great memories
Thank you very much! I was in Duluth on July 2, 1961, the last day any Yellowstones ran (224 & 225), and it made a big impression on me. The layout belongs to a local hobby shop; Just Trains in Concord, CA.
I've been fortunate to visit the Iron Range area and visited all three remaining DM&IR Yellowstones. Its really amazing just how massive they are. The museum in Duluth and the North Shore Scenic Railroad is a must for railfans. Its also worthwhile seeing the Duluth, Superior, Silver Bay, Two Harbors, and Marquette ore docks while they still exist. The massive abandoned GN docks in particular won't be there much longer, being mostly constructed of timber. GN No 3 is gone, and the remnants of the NP dock at loon's landing will be gone soon too. GN Ore Dock # 1 is still standing, the last place where the Edmund Fitzgerald had docked before its tragic loss. The detailing and paint on the MTH M-3/4 is really nice. The only thing I don't like about most plastic and die cast HO model articulated locomotives is the rear engine that pivots separately from the boiler. It allows the locomotive to go through sharper curves (most class 1 brass articulateds have trouble on anything less than 30" radius), but it takes something away from the visual effect of the boiler swing over the front engine in curves. It also necessitates an unrealistic disconnect from the rear engine and the cylinder steam pipes. This has been a feature on these non-brass models since the old Rivarossi locomotives first became available. The only plastic locomotive I know of that has a prototypical solid mounted rear truck (actually the front truck of the locomotive) is the Inter Mountain AC-11 / 12 Cab Forward.
They have 1 of those big boys in there train museum in Duluth Mn. You can look at with other cars and engines some you can walk through I recommend to go there and check out
6:03 - 6:30 Wondering why the pilot is 'nosing' like that side to side.. Thinking may be wheel out of quarter affecting rods/piston rods to bind, or pilot wheels fishy. Otherwise, these are some magnificent Yellowstones.. Also I like the lack of ballast, seeing the whole tie.. kinda cool the way the cork is enough to depict ballast..
Nosing was due to too much weight on the rear engine and not enough on the front engine. . This was fixed after watching the video. The camera tells all! The scenery is a work in progress as the layout is in a hobby shop and the track work is not finished. Then ballast etc. can commence. Thanks for your input.
