Thank you so very much for you program. I am 75 years old and no longer able to have a train layouts do to my health and money really enjoy your program.
Thanks for the update Eric, Love the engine house and workbench. Having an actual (comfortable) place to work on engines and projects makes a huge difference.
Hi Eric, I am watching your trains from Kuwait. No train stores over here that I have found. Glad to be able to watch you and the others in the hobby grow.That is great news about writing for the MAG. Layout looking great. Hope you have a great Open House.
Me an my lil guy are going to try to make the drive from Fort Benning Ga for the open house. We love watching your videos. Just wanted to tell you that we love your videos and we appreciate them very much. TY!
Hey Eric.. good to see a mighty pic of an NZR loco there in your workshop. Couldn't quite make out the number, but looks great. Keep up the good work. From a Kiwi.
Congrats on getting a writing gig with Classic Toy Trains! I had a subscription to them.... must have been 20 years ago.. I even still, I consider them to be *the* hobbyists magazine.
Good to see you . I remember when you were working on the metal bridge that you weathered green in the main room. I have been collecting trains and some rolling stock in HO scale. Hope to have a railroad yard soon. No layout just yet. Have a great show in Nov. .
An informative video and well worth the wait. I like what you've done with the garage. I did similar modifications with my last garage. Presently working on a plan for the one I now have. You certainly have made a lot of progress on the layout and I like your storage shelving units. Looking forward to reading your reviews.
Hey Eric, it's great to get a video from you bro and the layout is looking awesome as always, love what you have done in the garage too! Bar some unforeseen emergency, I will definitely be attending the open house this year! Last year I was working in Iowa so attending was impossible, but this year I'm in North Carolina and only 4 to 5 hours drive away, so I will almost definitely be there! Anyways thanks for the video bro and have a great one!
Nice! It's great to see yet another update! I've been watching since late 2012 or early 2013 (can't exactly remember) once I was really into model railroading. Unfortunately, my work and RU-vid videos about Meteorology and Radio have kind of pushed me out of the hobby due to a lack of time and funding, but I love your videos and work so much!
Great video as always Eric. I enjoy ALL of them. I have every issue of Classic Toy Trains since the premier issue. I am looking forward to reading your reviews. Congrats and you are going to an excellent addition to the magazine.
I have to admit. I’ve been seeing your reviews over and over again. There amazing. However I’m more and HO and N scale model railroader. I also suggest you get the O gauge 2-8-8 Mikado Southern Railway 4501 by MTH. It’s still available at Legacy station for your choice of train shopping. Being a resident of Jacksonville FL we don’t have as many brick and mortar Hobby shops. Also being a resident of JAX I’m on the Georgia Border. I haven’t been to Atlanta yet. It’s an extremely long drive away. My favorite reviews are the Lionel vision line big boy 4014, the MTH Big Boy 4014, the Lionel Legacy UP #844, the N&W Pocahontas set with 611, and the NKP #765. As you mentioned Rich Melvin, his voice on the 765 and 844, I think Riches voice was on 844 because since she did an excursion for the LCCA, he was the engineer of 844 along with manager Ed Dickens. But only for that excursion.
Eric, Great and admirable amount of work on and around the layout. Also congratulations on your classic toy trains endeavor and yes it's a great publication. I'm assuming from the video that you no longer use your garage for parking cars. I patiently await the video of how you do your roads. I plan to be at your open house. As always, thanks for what you do for our hobby.
I just started saving my money for a brand new legacy engine, probably a diesel about the size of a SD70ACe, but maybe a small steamer like that beautiful H-10. I am hoping to raise the money in at least a year and a half. I am at about $230 so far, so I think I can do it! Wish me luck Eric!
Love keeping up with your work. Your videos reignited that spark I had as a kid when my dad built me a train set. Just curious, have you ever considered running one of the locomotives that run off of real steam or coal? I think it would be a really neat challange.
That was awesome you should do a night run and turn the train lights on also I am sad to say I will not make it to the open house since I live in Pennsylvania but wish I could will try to get down there someday
Eric...the scenery on walls...decals, wallpaper, hand painted?...very nice! Was it added after the layout, before the layout, during...maybe work in process of both?...
Hi Eric, nice stuff. I saw Bachmann has released a lovely little 0-6-0 tender engine for On30, maybe something for your narrow gauge track in the Colorado room?
most of my mth engines are protosound(10), proto 1(20) a few proto 2 engines (4), some (10) lionel prewar conventional & (8) k-line engines. Tranformers- have 1 mth z4000 with 1 tiu & dcs remote, 1 old zw, 1 new (from 2008) lionel zw, 1 lionel legacy command system. Am I correct that I cant run conventional pre war engines without this double throw toggle switch because, at 18 volts they fly off the track? Finding it very hard to make the lionel & mth transformers to work together. very few videos go into detail. My track plan( atlas track) has a main circle, 2nd circle, 4 sidings to park passenger cars, 18 parking tracks for my steam engines. Have power feeds every 5 feet. Seems like a double throw toggle is the only way to run so many different era engines run the layout? I'll try to do some videos so you & others can critique my setup, but I'm very overwhelmed. Using a separate transformer & separate track to run prewar conventional & proto 1 mth engines defeats the purpose of having so many parking tracks ( my parking tracks were so I did not need to lift the often very heavy engines every time I run a diff engine.) Suggestions please
Great video, I always am amazed at your layout. Was looking to expand my layout with an elevated section, Do you have to back your trains down from your elevated section?
Modern trains don't really give off an ozone odor like the older ones do. I'm not sure if they will help with it or not...heck some air purifiers actually ADD ozone. I guess you'd have to look at the specs for the specific air purifier.
Great work so far. I have a few building that would great on your layout if you interested in them. I just no longer have room to store them. I would love for them to go to a good home-----Anthony Boey
Where can I order a great PS3 for my MTH BNSF EMD SD-70 Diesel. Trying to change from a PS1, always whatch your videos an was hoping for a little help or advice. Thanks, Chris
