Grain Operations on the Modern DT&I 

Wow! Excellent video. The sounds and the camera angles were so outstanding that I literally felt like I was trackside

thank you for the memories

This is about as realistic as a model can get! Especially the sound!

Good audio effects. Brought it to life

Great job beautiful layout....Thank you

This is a great video. I am a HUGE DT&i fan. Since i was a kid in early 70s watching these trains barrel through Middletown Ohio. I was always fascinated by the light beacon of their locos and that unique whistle. Love the GtW as well but the DT&i is my favorite!

nice REAL sound effects... the FULL railroading experience is way more than just the sound of the engines like with sound equipped locos... you captured the WHOLE sound experience.... those covered hoppers sounded like they were really LOADED... NICE

Magnificent, ultra realistic model railroad. Very smooth operating locos, some with the old DTI livery and others in newer DTI paint jobs showing Canadian heritage. I really enjoyed this! Thanks so much for sharing.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE VIDEO

Very nice video with excellent sound and camera angles, keep up the good work!

Resepectfully, this is one of the most realistic model railroads I have seen, with the exception that there is NO graffiti on a single car. If one does some rail fanning, most, not all, but most of the cars are covered in graffiti. Otherwise, exceptional!!! Thank you for this video. Inspirational.

I really like how you married the model to the sounds of the prototype. 😲😲👍👍

Great video, fantastic sound.

Well done....Every time I watch one of your videos I'm tempted to model the DT&I!

superb.....glad i found this...amazing.....

Outstanding video and model making.!

Wow the sound and video outstanding.

Really nice video and great camera work. The sound dubbing adds so much realism. You've got a very nice model railroad. Well done! Mike

Very cool video!

Very nice operation

This is cool! I'm a big fan of freelance modeling and this combines a ton of elements. Great stuff!

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing!

Another Great video. Great sound effects to boot! Thanks for sharing.

Just came across this video and subscribed. Very nice layout and presentation!

It's the sound....great model railroad...close your eyes and listen for a few minutes..

Wow!!! Amazing video. Keep them coming.

Shaun... interesting that we share the same last name and the same hobby... Model Railroading 😀. You have an impressive layout. Wish that I had more space so I would not be limited to a 4'x8' piece of plywood 😕. Keep the videos commin' 😀...

Great video

Really well made model railfanning video, I watched all the way through. I can image the time involved putting it together and added the sounds.

Very good job I enjoyed it

This is awesome. I'm totally not a model train person, but I am in awe of this.

A very nice video and a very well-built modell railway! I just couldn't see the order in which the movements were carried out always.

Nice video, love the sound track!

Great layout, modeling, research, videos, and narrative. Keep up the great work.

Nice layout!

Nice layout! I liked the DT&I. I hated to see it go away as I have numerous other lines I grew up with in the ‘70’s/‘80’s!

Very nice! Love the sound effects. Nice layout too!

Great model work and video.

A fantastic video. Love the scenery and the operations everything was done excellently. We'll be going back and looking at some of your other videos and I subscribed.

Awesome ops video! great job, love your layout.

The way you integrated the sound is what really makes this video enjoyable to watch. Really nice!!

Great content!

Absolutely spectacular!

Authentic right down to the blackened spark arrestors.

Cool! DT&I.

That was awesome, the sounds just makes it so real. Thanks for making this

Incredible realistic video! Superb layout as always!

Absolutely spectacular!!

That was excellent!

That was an awesome vid! Scenery is excellent and with the street lvl view it looked and sounded real! Keep up the great job!!

Nice operation,train sounds and commentary. Job weeny done.

Terrific layout and operations. Thank you for sharing,

Very nice work one of my favorites

Very well done, indeed. Like Tom said below, I felt like I was trackside! Subscribed!

Great video, camera angle, commentary, and sound effects were Amazing!

Now this is grain all right ! Not bad at all considering that we're looking at model trains. What's amazing me the most is the sound of cars rolling on tracks. Don't know if you add it after words or if it was rolling in the same time has the ops were on but it's realistic and spectacular in the same time. Like the engines weathering. All D&I engines are nicely done.

Good work day felt real.

Very nicely done. New subscriber.

I FULLY agree with the comments below : Not much more that I can add but suffice to say that you video presentation and related sound-track is [ As we say ]; lank kiff ! Until next time .... Cheers For Now / Johnny 🤙

Needs those rolling roller bearing trucks on the cars. I switched to them a year ago and cannot see any of my cars without them now.

Flat-out one of the BEST model railroad operations videos I have ever watched! TREMENDOUS! My question relates to the operation itself... And I have several hundred hours of operations under my belt on various railroads with various rules, and am unfamiliar with DT&I practice, so forgive my ignorance, as it were. But with the horsepower available on either the inbound empty train or what would become the outbound train, why not use one set and pull the loads out onto the siding and build the train onto the original caboose, then use that same power to shove the empties into the facility? (Aside from the fact it was a terrific opportunity to showcase a bunch of your well-weathered and patched locomotive roster. :) ) Or, why not have the local crew with the Geeps pull and spot the loads onto the main so the road crew would uncouple their caboose at the end of the siding then cross over onto the main, couple onto the loaded train, back onto their caboose, and depart, with just that move made? (Then the local crew can go about spotting the inbound empties onto the tracks for loading...) There's clearly several different ways (none "wrong", just different) to perform this switching operation. Modern-day labor agreements with some railroads limit the number of switching moves a road crew can make at a given destination, but the rules on your railroad could be different. This is by no means a criticism, just looking at it from a different perspective. Again, thoroughly enjoyed the video and am going to share. THANK YOU for taking the time (clearly it took quite a bit of it!) and effort to put this together and share it!

Outstanding! I see lot of B&O signals are you modeling the Dt&i on B&O trackage rights? If so what location are you model I’m getting ready to model the B&O and Dt&i any help would be appreciated so I can model these two roads together. Thanks

that’s a really nice looking layout and cool concept of the modern dt&i. If you ever wanted to you’d be able to run a few trains modeled as is in the 70s right? The only reason I ask is because your layout is so well done, it’d be like time traveling!

Awesome! Please tell me what video editing software you’re using so I can learn how to do this.

Awesome! A great use for that ugly CN paint and a good fictional history of a good railroad.

Great weathering on the cars and locomotives. What is the source of the sound effects. Doesn't sound like the typical "sugar cube" speakers associated with DCC sound boards.

What is used for main line ballast? It looks great!

Great layout and video... Many hats off to you... One suggestion...I would add some graffiti to some cars for today's railroading... Maybe they have decals or stickers to make that easier...

Do you ever build/depart loaded trains southbound (i.e. in the opposite direction of the arriving empties)?

I appreciate the modern aspect. Too bad those clowns up north(*ichigan)ruined the DTI. I started photong the DTI back in 1976 just before CR. DTI was a class act. Trains like DC6, DC7,DC8,and DC9. Photoes at locations like Springfield, South Charleston, Xenia, Quincy, Lima,St. Paris(a favorite location) and MANY locations between Springfield and Cincinnati. Fond memories.

How big is the layout? It’s really good.

Great video. Like and sub from here on.

do you have a trackplan that you can post to show how your layout is setup?

Please please more video's Shaun.

What brand signals are those?

What would it cost to have a loco painted ĺ Like that???

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Exceptional! Thank you for this video. Please do not take offense: I'd like to see stencils or 'something' offered by the manufacturers or perhaps a 3rd party - watch a real train - the rolling stock is COVERED in graffiti, oil and road dirt, and so forth. EVERY model railroad that I have viewed on RU-vid has rolling stock that appears to be right out of the manufacturing plant. This is not real. Additionally, I hope that one day sooner than later, manufacturers will offer an IN-CAB color camera, such that we can drive/operate the trains with a realistic CAB VIEW. I love the sounds of the wheels squealing and howling as they cross the steel rails: to me, this is REAL. In real life, the wheels on the trains, well they are almost deafening to hear, as they tear against steel rails. Again, this is one of the best videos I have seen: well done, and thanks.

Esos no son sonidos original del modelo a escala.

shaun.... excellent video !!! just love how you have incorporated oc and cn schemes into your layout. keep up the nice work !!

Do you ever build/depart loaded trains southbound (i.e. in the opposite direction of the arriving empties)?