When using wood glue that slips around. Sprinkle a little table salt in the glue, it's grips the wood, but dissolves into the wood glue.

Fabulous railroad with real Pennsylvania atmosphere. I enjoyed the cab-ride view - it was very realistic indeed. Great loco servicing area and terrific weathering around. very nice to see your sons, too. Thanks so much for sharing.

very cool, scott- modeling the dead line at larry's in mcdonald, ohio. my cousin david lange (warner ladder) from jamestown turned me on to your vids.

Here's a comment... You invite comments and then don't answer a single one. Like what camera are you using? Any pictures of your camera car? You would probably have even more subscribers, as your railroad is pretty nice, if you just weren't so damn full of yourself.

IT look fantastic, you have realy good skills i must say. I enjoy watching your videos. From Denmark.

A large, but no nonsens, realisitic layout, allowing for great operations! Congrats!

Hello Mr. Rob You have an incredibly realistic layout, extremely beautiful and detailed, which is rare to find anywhere, you think through everything to the smallest detail. I want to ask you, what is this background with a corn field, what is it called? I liked him. I wish you a wonderful day and God's blessing.

absolutely sickening !!! please blow your nose clean !!!

Your layout is a three dimensional work of art!!!

I got these also have been working flawlessly

Apparently I watched this once before as it appears that I up'ed the thumbs...what the hell...I'll watch it again. (It's one of the perks of getting old...the memory sometimes makes everything seem brand new 😛) I do have a question you'll never answer and that is, where did you get that map? I am relatively familiar with N. Pennsylvania but I don't recognize any of those towns. Is that a map from 1849? 😁

One of the few layouts that actually lends itself to this view. There are areas on the layout where you actually get the feeling that it is miles deep. The scene coming off the turntable is just stunning art Sir Rob. As close to perfect as model railroading allows. Nice to see the kids and dad having a good time. Eugene would be proud.

Got burned out on watching train/layout videos for a couple of months so I'm late to this one. Some of the best scenery and weathering in the game Rob. I didn't mind the weird time warp thing going on here with the ops session. I did not displease me. Hope all is well with you.

[thank, you for you're helpful video]👍

In the end...its a model. Good as always Rob.

This is one amazing model railroad !!

Why didnt you

The signal at helter-skelter has a aspect of “movement at restricted speed, not to accede 20 mph. Be prepared to stop within 2 train lengths of obstacle affecting movement

This layout was a treasure, which shoud have been preserved and put somewhere everyone could see it.

I have spent a lot of time in this area, so it is refreshing t see it in this video. Just love it.

Hello I’m from Scranton where can I get that Steamtown backdrop, thanks Paul

How are you doing Rob?

Nice looking Leah. I’m sure many years of work but you lost me when you got to the cement plant was drifting off people ask hey you’re off today and I say I’m a little bit off every day.

your pops would for sure have loved this... great video!! 😊

omy goodness shut that bell off !!! LOL 😂😂😂

you have great videos brother!!!!

alright very cool...whats next?? 🙃🤣🤣🤣

not a big layout….. How elitist … mine is like. One 5 th of you size… if I am lucky

It is such a pleasure to watch your videos pertaining to the great work you have done on your railroad! As a railroad modeler myself I think it would be great to see a night ride and a op session with your group can I plan on seeing them soon?

I like it so much I am doing a similar one totally copying yours. Man it's tying me up because of my fear of not doing it correct. One question. What color did you paint the middle of the pond base?

This is an amazing layout, and we love your signals!!! --Tomar

Hi Scott I was at the Greenville museum today with my son today from Conneaut Ohio. I apologize for not introducing myself my name is Mike. I really love all that amazing info you can sit and look through all that Bessemer stuff. I will definitely be back soon. Your layout is amazing. Thank you for talking with me!

How did you create the backdrops? Layout looks great!

Just wanted to say thank for showing us and explaining to us operations.Yes the coal car situation. Once my layout is built I think that's where i'm gonna be spending a lot of my time is in the yard, Yes, There's going to be days where I just want to watch trains. Run around the layout, I have 0 background in operations, but from videos I've seen. That's what interests me the most, but but some youtubers Just go through the motions with no explanation. So I gotta try and figure out what they're doing on my own.Where is you actually explain it and why/how. Right down to the guys on the crew stopping for lunch😂 I thought that was a pretty awesome touch. Prior to this I guess my guys just would have had to bring a bag launch and work straight through their shift, Which could be seven days straight prior to this video. I'd get up one morning and none of my trains would be running. And there'd be a little tiny note Telling me that literally everybody went on strike! As a viewer and Future builder and operator, Details like this are important.And I wouldn't necessarily think of it on my own so thank you for pointing out what you might think is, " boring" Or mundane, There's those lessons here that are quite helpful. thinking of adding that realism. I'm getting pretty good at practicing my scenery, E t c, But you bring the actual realism into The yard. Thanks for that!

Enjoyed the video on the turntable and engine service area. The pits in the roundhouse were used for inspecting the underside of steam locomotives. Between runs the steam locomotives would often be in the roundhouse for some servicing, such as lubing the rod bearings with hard grease. This could also be done outside as needs dictated. At larger roundhouses periodic boiler washes would be done to clean the inside of the boiler of hard water deposits (scale). As the railroads transitioned from steam to diesel locomotives, the roundhouse pits would also to inspect the underside of the trucks on diesels. The layout of your engine servicing looks plausible, as does your explanation of how you intend to route locomotives through the facility.

Just pick the loco up. If the Keep Alive works it will continue to run

Excellent stuff again Rob!

The transition between the foreground and backdrop is amazing. Nicely done!

We love your video! Sincerely, Tomar

Thank you for the video. We love it!--from Tomar Industries

That's an amazing layout Rob. Thank you for the tour. You guys in the States are so lucky to be able to use your basements for layouts. The backdrop blends into the scenery beautifully, and your detailed modelling is helping to reignite my interest in my own layout again. You have HO, Pennsy in the basement; I have N scale, modern day trains in the shed! You wouldn't think I could get so much interest as your layout is so different to mine. But I have to tell you : If I was ever back in the States again, I would love to do Ops on your layout. Just a little switching at Sharon would keep me happy for hours! Thanks again.

I really enjoyed that Rob, Thank you very much!

Wow, it's awesome

Fantastic! What a great ride!

One of the best layouts I've ever seen, especially in your blending of backdrops and scenery. Thanks very much for posting!

Wow, neat wiring, whew........ I just purchased some of Bruce's cards, that's for showing what can be done!

Parabéns pelo belo trabalho, aí amigo maquete realmente linda.❤

You cant go wrong with UP.

Bgmi ❌ parkor ✅

Hi Rob, Just wondering did you work out what was wrong with it? This comment is 7 years later. I have read many of the comments below and wow there are so many variations and some people did not even look or see what was happening in your video and they just made a comment.... I have one of these exactly and the issue for mine was the lower axle gears were slipping on the axle shaft. I just put a drop of super glue on it and away it went. I love the Fleischmann locos and have several of them.