Realistic Operations - Paper Mills and Steep Grades in HO 

I love the old "southern" lettering showing through on that beat-up high hood SD40-2! Great video, and thanks for sharing with us :)

This layout is one of the best on RU-vid. I particularly enjoyed this video because a main part of my new layout will be Georgia Pacific's Plattsburgh, NY paper mill. Most of the local and through traffic will be wood/paper as well. Love the real train sounds! Keep up the good work.

The sound effects are incredibly real.

As a brit American Rail has always fascinated me and although I wouldn't personally model American your videos have truly inspired me and given me plentiful ideas for mine and my grandads new layout, we are both blown away at what you and your dad have accomplished over the years, happy modelling

I love the scence with the abandon crossing thats a very nice touch

The Legend has returned. Such a great layout and video.

This is really one of my favorites on the channel! I love how you added the view from the Chip View Barbecue with the dishes clinking in the background. All you need now is some figures then you’re good to roll! It’s really cool that way since you get to see different realistic views of the trains as they pass, and not just trackside! You’re actually going out of your way to show different places you could be as they come by. By the tracks, in a restaurant, walking down the street, even on a dance floor like you showed us in an older layout tour, lol. You have the best way of making different views of the trains passing through. That’s what I really love about your operating videos! Keep on going. Also, I can’t wait for the next tour, and tutorial video to come out. You rock with that!

Absolutely awesome layout, and op-session! The NS locomotives are spectacular right down to the weathering, and details. Great Job!👍👍

Awesome shot looking through the restuarant at the train leaving the yard on the other side. 👍

Fantastic. I love the view/sounds from inside the bar!

It's been way too long, but worth the wait! Excellent view points.

Nice to see the videos coming back!

Great to hear Lombard hobbies mentioned ,go there all the time.Andrew and Jeff,good people who run a great hobby store, great prices,greater selection.

Superbe video my friend enjoyed very much like your background music nice touch. outstanding camera work very nice and great editing to loved the video keep safe and well thank you for sharing your layout and your commentary adds to the video all the best from the uk cheers for now al 🙋‍♂️😁👍👌👏👏👏👏

Great episode! And the weather has improved since the last video :D

The view thru the diner/restaurant is excellent !! The abandon crossing is a nice touch. Great layout always nice to watch.

Very cool operations explanation of the paper industry on the layout! Great Camera angles! - Jason

Your sound is absolutely perfect and you have a smooth running setup. Lights, signals, neat, got it all. Shooting through the window of the detailed room. That's just showing off. 😊

Great video, great camera angles and lighting for the scenes, realistic speeds and I'm happy to see those wonderful SD40-2's moving rolling stock. Living along the NS in WV, I get to see a number of those old SD's yet today. Besides the coal movements here, intermodal traffic along the Heartland Corridor is great to watch especially traversing the Ohio River near Kenova, WV.

This video is extraordinary on many levels. It is so realistic it briefly fooled me a few times. Your attention to detail is off the charts

It’s been a while since you have posted thanks for sharing and I hope medical school is going well for you

True to 'realism' Perfect video for a classroom lesson in transportation.

Love the old crossing signal with the vines and weathered! Also a big fan of Lombard Hobbies! Great team of guys there!

Thanks for uploading. Always love watching your videos!

Great layout and video and complimented by old fashioned Mountain Music!

Good to see a new posting from you

I work at evergreen in canton. Pretty cool to come across this video

Again Josh you make everything look so real with your keen eye for detail. Thanks for sharing!

Nice touch with the vines growing up the abandoned crossing gate at 9:52

It's not only the great layout which makes this video so great it very much also is the very accurate way you proceed this demonstration together with the very informative voiceover which makes this such great videos for me. Thanks!

This video is amazing! Love the layout

What an awesome h.o. scale layout! I counted 9 NS locomotives that I could see. NS is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE railroad industry as well. Thanks for sharing your videos and I'm viewing them from the 1st state of Delaware.

I love these operation videos. Great to see another operation video

Amazing video! Love the operation videos.

All your videos are very well done and the choreography are excellent. Thank you for your work and sharing it with us.

This is truly an amazing video. Your hard work on the layout and models is extremely inspiring. 1K likes and 0 dislikes, definitely deserved.

Great video Mr. Josh!

I'm pretty sure your layout could be studied by a mathematical physicist. Their analysis would probably conclude something in fantastical equations,, but for regular people, they would probably explain it in words in a scientific paper somewhere...like , "Observing Scaled quantative density combined with natural light, distillates and equals reality when perceived by those scaled observations." Or something to that effect. Well done bro. You've completely blown my mindset.

This video was so much fun to watch. Also, the attention to detail on the layout is amazing. I'm gonna be binge watching today.

Just wanted to say that I absolutely love your layout and hope to have one even half as detailed as yours at some point. My grandpa who was my father figure was really into model railroading and he had a huge layout. I would always love watching him run the trains on it when I was young. Sadly, he had to sell all of it when we moved. He recently passed and I have picked up the hobby as a way to remember him and feel close to him. I have a huge collection of antique locomotives and rolling stock I’ve found at antique stores. I am just waiting until I have space to start my layout. Your videos are giving me great inspiration for what I can do with my layout. So thank you!

Great video Josh, it's like watching a Real Railroad. Bob

Glad you are back

As a small child, travelling to Asheville...I hated Canton in the late 70s early 80s smelt horrible...but I do love your videos...USAF VET in Queensland Australia

The effort put into your videos is impressive. It makes them worth watching again and again. Fantastic work.

You need to call an extra switch crew out for that paper mill.. that's a busy place.. 🤪 Ship me sum of your paper for my drywall plant plz.. Super nice video!

Nice weathering on the first Wood Chip car.

I work for Yellow Freight. It’s awesome seeing some of the places we run to as well as some of the older Roadway equipment on your layout.

Great video, hope to see your layout in person one day.

Great layout! SD40 3216 actually works out of Norfolk, VA. I see it moving container, gravel and other trains to and from Portlock Yard, Virginia Marine Terminal and the yard shares by CSX in Chesapeake.

The scene at 9:24 is really nice. Good work.

Josh thank You always for sharing the great videos of your layout. Such an awesome layout

I love the high hood SD40 on the head. such a great unit

Your layout is truly inspiring. I really enjoy your operations videos.

That abandoned grade crossing & gate were very cool. Canton is the smelliest place in the AVL region imho in real life due to that mill.

As soon as i saw the 3240 i immedently noticed the faded southern logo. That is a nice touch

Gotta love paper plants! Such a generator of diverse traffic. Thanks for sharing. -grant

Always a great pleasure watching ops on your fantastic layout. It appears you have a kudzu problem at the abandoned grade crossing. lol Nice touch. BTW, GP50s and GP60s each have more horsepower than SD40-2s. Great video, I look forward to next time!

I really like the added sounds

You have a really neat layout of my favorite railroad, operated just like the prototype. Thank you for sharing.

I somehow got disconnected from your updates but am so glad you’re still at it. Best Model Train videos on YT!!

I have always admired paper mills especially down here in the South. That is one of the big industries I'm planning for my layout along with a few textile mills

I’m so glad to see you back. I was worried something happened. But your layout looks awesome! Welcome back!!

Love the "SOUTHERN" graffiti on the NS 3240! Excellent video as usual!

I love this layout, ops and videography. Beautiful work!

The view from inside the restaurant is cool

Super great video. Feels like the real McCoy

Terrific video, good to see you back! Interesting operations with slow, reliable running, great shots and superlative sound effects - an outstanding job, thanks!

I'm a O Scaler, but I started in HO as a kid. Great video!!

Love the dynamic brake and squeaks sounds!

The detailing on your locomotives it outstanding, not just the weathering but the actual detailing! The operations in this video are very nice and the sounds are awesome! Keep it up! Subscribed!

YES I've been waiting for this one!

I feel so special NSModeler24 posted on my birthday!

I have European trains but your videos make me wanna make an American styled layout.

Your videos are excellent. Great modeling, great narration. Thanks!

Another excellent video Josh!

damn I'm so glad your back. I need this inspiration!! Is that an abandoned crossing at 9:10?! Insane brother.

Been lurking your channel for a year or more now and just sub'd. Such an inspiration this layout is, especially since modern east coast layouts are seemingly rare. Really want to do a layout such as this someday, but based moreso on the mountains and eastern side of Maryland, as most of my stock is CSX and Amtrak. Ideal layout would have tight mountain running on one end such as Cumberland, while the other has long straight stretches for NE corridor action and fast intermodal, such as near Baltimore/Annapolis. Again, great layout dude and look forward to many more awesome videos from ya!

Love the video and great looking layout and motive power. I railfanned the prototype line a fair amount in Watco times and the layout really captures the feel of the area.

What a layout ❤️ all the best from Germany

These videos are always so nicely done and look so good.

Very nice. I model the paper industry and have several mills on my layout. Would loved to have seen the two trains switching more of the mill however.

Incredible video love the locomotives and the layout looks brilliant!

Another great video!

Very nice video!!! Thumbs up!!!

Great Ops video...enjoyed it...the scene through “wood chip BBQ” was cool...the drone scene of the yard in the beginning fooled me for a sec...thought it was a real photo...

Your videos are always fun to watch!

Great video

Great video! That high hood SD40-2 is awesome!

Top notch layout and even better operation, presentation and background! Only thing is, one boxcar isn’t enough! Paper mills put out 10-30 boxcars a day usually:) Still awesome

Glad to see a new video. Impressive layout as usual.

Nice layout! Love those “high hoods!”

I enjoy your videos, the layout looks great, love the details on the locomotives. One thing I would do for added realism, shut off the number boards on your trailing motors. Crews only light up the identifying motor, which isn't necessarily the lead engine in the consist, for railroad employees to see which number they're going by when they give them a roll by. Sometimes if you have a turn job like this, they might use the 3240 as the identifier on the way back so they don't have to change their paperwork, if they don't swap power. Now that we have PTC, crews have been changing the identifier so they can setup the computer correctly.

Awesome Scenery/Setup

Josh very entertaining video paper mill is a brillant industry to have on your layout the hoppers covered ones in the train i take it are for kalion i run the kalion in tank cars your paper mill i take it is coal fired i run mine by crude oil.i love your scenery and the buildings great job on the layout thank you for sharing. Andrew

Thanks for posting. Two thumbs up although I would have liked to see more areas of the paper mill being switched.

Your NS layout runs better than the real NS does

I love this layout so much

4612 is sitting here in Thomaston Ga on a deadline. Along with about 10 other GP59's and 30+ SD70's

The return of the king.Where have you been?

incredible layout and engines! its like seeing the real thing