Manned Helpers Operations - Union Pacific over Tehachapi in HO Scale 

Pentrex level quality. Very well done!

As a member of the la Mesa model railroad club, I think the only problems we have are the poor equipment and with a long train can easily be string-lined. But other than that, it’s really fun to run your train up and down the layout and for the public to view which is also really cool.

so glad that my home town is getting recognized for this cool train museum, i remember being in the layout as a little kid because one of my mom's friends took me one time.

Hi Josh! Great video! This layout really captures the rugged remote desert where the railroad comes through Those mountains are steep and the way downhill is straight down

Nice to see you back with a new operational video

One of the most beautiful models I've ever seen! Stunning! Thank you for sharing this!

great operations on the tehachapi sub!

I love it Great video!!! Also you are literally the best narrator ever!!! Have a good day!!!

Great video Josh, I remember watching them cut out the helpers at the Summit here in Tehachapi on my lunch brake. If you come thru here...Give a call. Bob

Outstanding video, thanks for sharing. Dave

This is so awesome to watch! Great video!

Wow! Amazing layout. Thanks for sharing.

Love how realistic it is love watching your videos keep up the great work

Like always, this video was entertaining, and I'll be waiting for the next one!

Such an incredible layout, especially when you consider the layout is such an accurate representation of the Tehachapi line, albeit in the mid 1950s. Anyone familiar with the present day line will see numerous structures, and even track alignments, that don't match the modern railroad. Very well executed video. I love the overhead shots and lineside views. Audio is exemplary. My only nitpick is that I've never seen video or images of modern operations where helpers are cut out at Tehachapi. Such an exercise would occur at Mojave, after the helpers would lend their dynamic breaking to the descent down from Summit. I'm not saying you're wrong, but I have been following this patch of railroad for a long, long time. Aside from that niggle, loved the update, and look forward to the next installment of the Utah Belt GEVOs making their way to your Asheville Division home layout.

Great scenery. Love the ride along.

I love i get to visit this layout as often as i can. This video really doesn't do the layout justice, but its still incredible to watch.

Awesome video, I just went there in August, fabulous layout.

Nice Layout and great filming

Very interesting video. Nice layout. I love these long trains . It was fun to watch. Greetings Holger

Absolutely beautiful layout love it !😎😎😎

Great view MHO has make it real simple beautiful layout through the mountains ⛰

This looks amazing! Good stuff👍

Great video, and layout is looking great.

I work the helpers out of Livingston MT on the MRL soon to be BNSF. glad to see some helper operations in Ho.

Beautiful layout

Great video 👍🏻

yay the legend has been uploading more

hello nsmodeler24 it's is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks friends randy

I wish our models actually sounded that good!

Very cool.

Manned helpers on a MRVWC headed southbound, I WISH that still happened 😢

What a fantastic layout! As an engineer I could see the buff and draft difference on the cars ahead and behind the maned helper set. Which please correct me if I’m wrong the model ho helpers are actually shoving correct?

Correct symbol would be MRVWC-(date)

Do they run the train with “real” manned helpers with the head end as one consist and the helpers as another or is this one big DCC consist?

I've always wondered how you do the realistic train sounds for your videos, perhaps that's something you could consider making a tutorial on?

INCREDIBLE! Wow

So the video is obviously dubbed over with recorded sounds from the prototype, but I was wondering if any of the HO-scale locomotives or controllers had an actual dynamic-brake mode/sound profile? It would add to the realism if they did, but I'm not sure how one would implement that to the scale model....

I was hoping to see those utah belt locomotives 😂

It would be nice seeing the helpers cut out or cut in . I would also think about removing sound tracks and use real model sounds.

Did you move to Cali?

You have been posting a lot more lately

Mid 1950s Tehachapi feels so weird compared to modern day Tehachapi.

It’s like I am seeing the real thing

🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃👍

Modern > anything else

I just don't enjoy the fake sounds anymore. Your videos were great a few years ago before you put in the dubbed real sounds. Wish you'd go back to actual 'layout sound'.

That layout is badass