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@GScaleRailroadAdventure 8 күн бұрын
Great garden railway! Subscription is secure... 😉! Greets Tobias
@Boobear83 22 күн бұрын
Great layout!!! Inspiring, thanks for sharing!
@LockportDan Ай бұрын
Wonderful video. Thank you. I live in North San Diego County. I love how smoothly these trains run. No jiggling or bouncing. Why? Is it the track used? Been trying to get my nearly 5 year old great grandson down to see the amazing train display in Balboa Park. Thanks again, and congrats on your recent graduation.
@SpringfieldAndWestern Ай бұрын
Speed of most movements could have been much slower in my view, but other than that: Great ops session video and very impressive layout!
@fiercetrains4052 4 ай бұрын
It’s HYCE
@erwinroon2094 4 ай бұрын
it's a nice video i just hvae one thing to say about when he was talking about the Super C it was train 891 & 189 not 991 & 199.
@patricknoveski6409 4 ай бұрын
Im very surprised that anyone would attempt to build Oahu sugar cane layout. I was raised on Maui. Always loving trains, I was kind of shocked at how the culture had completely erased any trace of the cane r.r. only at one crossing did i find the old rails in the concrete. Then in the 80s the tourist board actually buiilt a rail lime from Lahaina to Kaanapali. It was in service hauling tourists for about decade.
@StillPlaysWithModelTrains1956 5 ай бұрын
Incredible layout. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work!
@Ken-Kaef 5 ай бұрын
A great video 😃👍
@modelrailroadoperations2023 5 ай бұрын
@@Ken-Kaef Always love your content Ken. Thank you.
@Ken-Kaef 5 ай бұрын
@@modelrailroadoperations2023 Thanks Adam, It is nice to have feed back. You may just be able to help me. I use Lenz DCC with tethered throttles which use 5 pin DIN plugs in the layout fascia. Over the years they have become unreliable. I need to replace them. You did an operations video at the La Mesa club. From another You-tube it looks like they use DB15 plugs on their NCE tethered throttles. Am I correct in thinking that? It looks like they work well. I e-mailed them off their website but have not heard back as yet. Cheers Ken
@modelrailroadoperations2023 5 ай бұрын
@@Ken-Kaef yes Ken, La Mesa uses NCE tethered throttles for their layout, however they need to modify them to be more robust for the constant plugging in and taking out of the connections. My recommendation is NCE radio throttles for a home layout like yours. It’s what I use on the SCR and you’d be surprised with their range and performance.
@Ken-Kaef 5 ай бұрын
@@modelrailroadoperations2023 G'day Adam, Thanks for replying. I agree about radio throttles and did look into getting CVP (Easy DCC) radio throttles to use with the Lenz but decided it was too expensive for me then and now my modelling budget has shrunk even more. At the club I use WiThrottle on an old iPhone and love it. I will e-mail Eric Smith from the OPSIG and see if he can put me onto someone from La Mesa. You will see the plugs I am talking about at the 2 minute point in this you-tube kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoLGe4x5jpKqaqssi=KV8eIKg9iBWrJbRq Cheers Ken
@francisdoudney7000 5 ай бұрын
Another train show that goes too slow. Try track speed please.
@modelrailroadoperations2023 5 ай бұрын
@@francisdoudney7000 My guy, have you heard of prototypical speeds? Slow is good in model railroading. It allows you to run trains more and emulate the real thing. Maybe you should have a bit more respect for the La Mesa Club and the lengths its members go to make their trains look and preform realistically, slow speeds being one of them.
@mybadluckcharm 3 ай бұрын
This run was actually pretty good, for speed. Another video i saw was a bit on the slow side, twice the operators were told to speed up. Not so here. Keep in mind that some shots were trains going uphill, so slow is normal. On prototype runs, sometimes they're going even slower, straining under the tonnage being pulled uphill. On the passenger run behind the FT set, i at first thought things were a a bit slow going down to Caliente, but when he mentioned he was going to a short stop at the station, it made sense. After pulling out of Caliente, the two following scenes were running nicely, and matched speeds i saw in vintage shots - it felt good. This was an awesome video. Thanks!
@Glum1964 8 ай бұрын
What a setting. Wow.
@Lakeside1943 8 ай бұрын
Very fine layouts, museum quality! Alas sometimes ruined by trains doing a ridiculous 80 mph. These narrow gaugers are a real time machine into the past.
@dirkzimmermann1258 8 ай бұрын
Why is the cab on the Alco sitting up off the platform?
@daledickerson-r9u 9 ай бұрын
Concerning all those automobile carriers at the beginning of this video: according to local news about 450,000 automobiles are shipped into San Diego every year. Thanks to the ports of LA/Long Beach being over crowded.
@chesterlouis8361 9 ай бұрын
What is all that equipment hanging under combine 212? ✌
@neilschwerdt3493 9 ай бұрын
Hi Jim how are you doing today? It,s been a long time since I was at your house. I think it,s been about 8 years ago. I do hope you are doing well too. From Neil schwerdt in west valley city Utah.😊
@ethanrose-mr4eu Жыл бұрын
Imagine the movie night at the museum but it was here
@jessecosta253 Жыл бұрын
Did state belt operate entirely without cabooses?
@danielboone3770 Жыл бұрын
I love the layout! Plus the collection!
@ariamperez6823 Жыл бұрын
This was awesome to watch, sad i couldn't be there!
@davidmihevc3990 Жыл бұрын
A Kodachrome unit in 70's?
@MinimumGauge Жыл бұрын
Some of these models are incredible. I'm also really interested in modular layouts so it's great to see them done in other scales than HO. The modular scene hasn't really taken off here which has been a shame. Seems like a great idea.
@vollmerdp Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the nice report! It was a pleasure hosting!
@PennCentral13 Жыл бұрын
Likewise for my visit as well Dave.
@jeffreymcconnell6794 Жыл бұрын
Great video! Hate that screechy whistle! Man, that’s high pitched!!! Great job on your production. Thanks so much for sharing this with us!
@scotabot7826 Жыл бұрын
Please tell the engineer that's running that train he's breaking way too many knuckles as he's hitting those cars way too hard. Lol....
@scotabot7826 Жыл бұрын
Man. This layout is so realistic, it's very inspiring!!! Some of those shots look absolutely real. Your GP 7/9 looks and sounds fantastic.
@dcganske Жыл бұрын
To bad you cant keep them loud mouth inconsiderate people from talikg. It ruins the whole video
@kcsnow9447 Жыл бұрын
@12:00 The eastbound climb is actually compressed only by half~30` HO scale per mile, according to former museum director/La Mesa club member John Rotsart. The section from the top down to Mojave is considerably more shortened. One other interesting factoid: While the real Tehachapi grade is 2.5%, the club had to decrease it to 2%...lest the mainline run all the way up to and even through the ceiling (!) and it's about a 20' ceiling. Great choice too to skip the middle scenery and jump ahead to the loop. The original (La Mesa/Northern & Gulf) club guys are aging, and that gives them a chance to see the "signature spot" before they have to 'move on to other things.' I hope they all get to (or got to) see it.
@modelrailwaybackshop Жыл бұрын
No Freaking way!!! My Friend Kirk Henderson is in this video!!! at 2:41
@chrisroth7156 Жыл бұрын
That first train is not a manifest train. It is a unit train. It was only autoracks.
@riogrande5761 Жыл бұрын
Would have loved to see some proper Amtrak trains for the 70's session. Some late 70's TOFC would be cool too. The TOFC shown appeared to be early 70's and had a lot of the old Athearn PFE trailers painted for many schemes. The club had to run what they had tho.
@Jeff-fx1zy Ай бұрын
Apparently, you didn't see the well cars.
@Jeff-fx1zy Ай бұрын
SantaFe let UP and SP do the experimenting and proving with stax before they jumped in in the late 80's cuz they knew if it worked , their LA, Chicago route was superior to begin with.
@riogrande5761 Ай бұрын
@@Jeff-fx1zy Probably not. I looked for them just now and saw them running next to a flat car (prototype build around 1960 with 40' trailers seen mostly in the early 1970's UP and ATSF - the ATSF probably a 60's trailer. The stand alone well car is probably a mid-late 1980's well car from memory. I do have some 5 car articulated well cars myself that I may run on my layout for grins even though I mostly prefer caboose era pre-1985.
@riogrande5761 Жыл бұрын
This layout is always a pleasure to watch on YT. Hopefully I'll manage to see it in person one day. Some of those F units have a fair amount of dust on the - you can see where it has accumulated around details except where handling has removed it.
@kcsnow9447 Жыл бұрын
I hope you do see it. For my money it's at the very top of the stack.
@KutWrite Жыл бұрын
That actual train had the quietest wheels I've ever heard. Not one flat spot! Is the scale operation HO?
@kcsnow9447 Жыл бұрын
It is, and the cars are very heavy.
@johnathentribble Жыл бұрын
Cool i like ho trains nd show
@patricknoveski6409 Жыл бұрын
Remids me of childhood. So much S.P. and Santa Fe back then.I actually got to go on a ride along with the crew of a local up in Carpinteria to Goleta to lumber drop. Thrill of a life to ride in a bouncing F 7. Thanks Bradley. Little League coaching haf its perks.😂.
@danielboone3770 Жыл бұрын
😍😍😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩🤩
@builderbob58 Жыл бұрын
I'm impressed by the PFE train with 47 cars and two helpers in the middle. Most layouts seem to think that 10 is enough cars to run a train.
@Radiotexas Жыл бұрын
In my 60+ years of model railroading I believe the La Mesa Club's layout is the finest execution of prototype model railroading in the world. I visited the club several times in the 80's , 90s and 2000s and even had the honor of running a few trains. The life's work of an outstanding group of top shelf modelers and builders. Sadly, many no longer with us. I very much appreciate your good video and it is refreshing to see a new generation of modelers stepping up. Thanks very much!
@kcsnow9447 Жыл бұрын
I did too, back in the early and mid eighties (never formal sessions though--just weekend running). You say some are no longer with us, and I almost don't want to ask who. Last I heard John Rotsart had retired as museum director but was still alive and kickin,' and Paul Lubliner was too, although I don't know if he's still active any more. Paul has a thing for the TV series "Seaview," flying subs and all, I think....
@gerdeguelle1967 Жыл бұрын
Very very nice video
@bosch3540 Жыл бұрын
I'd expect you to get more grief for the double stacks than the passenger trains :-)
@riogrande5761 Жыл бұрын
Well, the TTX logo well cars didn't appear until the early 1990's and well cars in general were well into the 80's and this is a 70's ops session to be fair.
@bosch3540 Жыл бұрын
I had no idea 😂
@ntvinternationalnews4591 Жыл бұрын
Cool layout 👍👍👍. Is this O scale, HO scale or O scale 2 track?
@gatblau1 Жыл бұрын
HO scale
@ntvinternationalnews4591 Жыл бұрын
@@gatblau1thanks!
@paullubliner6221 Жыл бұрын
This layout is most unfortunately compressed at a ratio of 3:5 which explains the absurd height to width relationships (1:1 ...which is impossible) as is visible on the "hills". Using a threefoot rule, Rick Fisher dimensionally proved that statement correct by measuring all at at Ilmon.... a number of decades ago! The entire "Great Mistake" would have looked far more plausible, believable or simply truly realistic had DFW and AFA not gone "curve for curve" but instead selected specific scenes modelled to actual scale, and also compressed (or deleted) the in-between connections of those scenes thereby keeping the same available floor space. ----But WHAT DO I KNOW!?
@kcsnow9447 Жыл бұрын
Well here you are, Paul. I'll defer to your compression figures, as you certainly know more than I do (you being Mr. "N&G Signals," and "Highliner's both.") We two did meet about '83, at tunnel 1/2 when you handed me the throttle and said "Be careful. That (power) transistor on the back is hot." It was. I'll also gather from one of your avatars (elsewhere) that you did build that Lotus Seven. Good to run across you again, and thanks for cutting me in on some of the fun.
@joenewstead4848 Жыл бұрын
Correction. The 3888 on the stock train. Is a 2-10-2. NOT A 2-8-2
@DarkTerritory71 Жыл бұрын
Very nice.
@richardmartinez5941 Жыл бұрын
Great video 👍 thanks for sharing, I just you would have stayed a little longer on one spot you were moving to fast,😊
@brocklanders6172 Жыл бұрын
This layout needs photo backdrops.
@paullubliner6221 Жыл бұрын
Holographic backdrops are to be preferred.
@brocklanders6172 Жыл бұрын
???@@paullubliner6221
@CharlieKrampitz Жыл бұрын
Either fast mail number 7 or 8
@CindyHarris-rd4gb Жыл бұрын
It can't be the 50's it has BN and NS on it.
@paullubliner6221 Жыл бұрын
WHAT BN & NS are you talking about Cindy??
@mikehawk2003 Жыл бұрын
27:26 That exact combine still exists too, it worked regularly on the Sacramento Daylight until a streamlined combine replaced it around '61. The car has been beautifully restored at Niles Canyon into its 1920's Pullman Green appearance.
@modelrailwaybackshop Жыл бұрын
At 4:56 it's actually a Santa Fe Type 2-10-2, not a 4-8-2.
@modelrailroadoperations2023 Жыл бұрын
Correction noted.