Thank you very much Martin. These videos are fun to make too!
@jeffjones413518 күн бұрын
Always enjoy your videos. Helping me learn how operations/car cards work. Thanks.
@CSRYfan18 күн бұрын
Thanks Jeff. I always try to put something new in every video.
@MP-oh5eo19 күн бұрын
Some great video again ! Too bad the Santa Fe hadn't any trackage rights north of Denver, otherwise my three favorite RRs would be on screen !😉
@CSRYfan19 күн бұрын
Thank you! We do run Santa Fe trains between Rice Yard and South Denver, so you'll see the ATSF in a future video.
@manda6020 күн бұрын
What a great layout! I love the workaday, the mundane. It's so much more interesting than the mainline passenger and freight stuff to me.
@CSRYfan20 күн бұрын
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
@tracynation2820Ай бұрын
Super. I was too late to see the C&S passenger service, but I watched the EMD SD-7 and SD-9 locomotives (Blackbird and Chinese Red CB&Q "Burlington, Way of the Zephyrs, and Everywhere West" paint with a little "C&S" on the cab sides) pulling local freights through Berthoud, Colorado, (North of Niwot, which has an old wood C&S cupola caboose) and sometimes leading an SD-45, two U-boats and another SD-9 with 100 covered hoppers or four bay coal hoppers in tow. P.S. Model railroads aren't finished, they are a way of life. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. (D&RGW meets C&S meets GW of Colorado.) 💙 T.E.N.
@CSRYfanАй бұрын
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! I know Berthoud well -- next town north of Longmont. Just a bit too far for my basement. :-)
@LMR78Ай бұрын
Great video! Also, is the track in boulder dual gauge or just a derail guard rail?
@CSRYfanАй бұрын
Thank you! That is dual gauge... standard and 3-foot narrow. The switches in Boulder are hand-laid. Fourteen switches and 28 frogs. Some switches have one frog, others two, and others have three!
@LMR78Ай бұрын
@@CSRYfan will we ever see any narrow gauge action?
@CSRYfanАй бұрын
I hope to have some NG action in the future.
@gfh110Ай бұрын
Bless the algorithm, this is the best channel to hit my recommendations in a hot minute. I can't think of any other model railroading videos that are this immersive and well-directed!
@CSRYfanАй бұрын
From your pen to the algorithms eye (ear?). Thank you!
@joenewstead4848Ай бұрын
Yay he's back!!!! Been excited for when a new video would show up 😊
@CSRYfanАй бұрын
Yah, a bit of a hiatus while finishing the Boulder Depot. Glad you are enjoying the series!
@louisadler12152 ай бұрын
In picking up the mail car in Shoshone, the engineer did not come to complete stop before changing direction during coupling. No time to connect air hoses. Good thing the transmission held up. Otherwise, nice video cleverly done. Congrats!
@CSRYfan2 ай бұрын
Actually, that was a "cross-dissolve" between clips to imply elapsed time and keep the video crisp. I inadvertently made the cut between clips so that the first mail car was superimposed on itself, which made it look like the engineer did not stop. That was an error on my part. There were actually minutes between the clips as that pick-up was a bit down the track. You can see its position in the scene when the Shoshone arrives and passes the station. So the engine and first mail car had to "go deep" to get it. I'll get better at this!
@peterperkins26242 ай бұрын
The audio really adds to the video. I bet that took some time to do. Excellent!!
@CSRYfan2 ай бұрын
Thank you Peter!
@Greatdome992 ай бұрын
My God--Chatty Cathy HO people! DCC-sound equipped!
@CSRYfan2 ай бұрын
Nah, no DCC decoder people. They're DC. ;-) Glad you enjoyed the video!
@tczephyr36652 ай бұрын
Nothing better than Burlington E units. Nicely done
@CSRYfan2 ай бұрын
Thank you! And just a bit of weathering makes them perfect. :-)
@MP-oh5eo2 ай бұрын
Congratulations for completing your railroad ! (from one who has never completed any 😁)
@CSRYfan2 ай бұрын
Thank you! It does take a long time... for me anyway.
@mapruitt2 ай бұрын
Always enjoy your videos. Congratulations on finishing the layout! Hope you'll keep making videos!
@CSRYfan2 ай бұрын
That's the plan! And thank you for your support!!
@laming20063 ай бұрын
Well done!
@CSRYfan3 ай бұрын
Thank you -- glad you enjoyed it!
@seawuff8 ай бұрын
Really good, I smell an academy award
@CSRYfan8 ай бұрын
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
@eXtremeFX20108 ай бұрын
Doesnt Colorado and Soutern railroad fall under BNSF umbrella as a Predecessor railroad now?
@CSRYfan8 ай бұрын
Yep. C&S Ry was absorbed into the Burlington Northern in 1981, and went into the BNSF when the BN merged with the ATSF in 1996. The C&S Northern Division now carries BNSF traffic between Denver and Cheyenne.
@tonyfrancesco37018 ай бұрын
What a great video. Never realized the complexity of some people’s jobs and the knowledge they have to retain to perform that job . Excellent
@CSRYfan8 ай бұрын
Thanks Tony! Model train operations need to be complex enough to keep it entertaining and engaging -- but not any more than that!!!
@rawaer18 ай бұрын
Hallo ,hier ist der Rainer aus Germany, ich finde es großartig wie realistisch ihr Eisenbahnbetrieb macht ,einfach herrlich euch zu zuhören und zu sehen, macht weter so , eine besinnliche Weihnacht und angenehme Feiertage, herzliche Grüße aus Erfurt in Germany
@CSRYfan8 ай бұрын
Rough translation from Google Translate: "Hello, this is Rainer from Germany, I think it's great how realistic your railway operations are, it's just wonderful to hear and to see, keep it up, have a merry Christmas and pleasant holidays, warm greetings from Erfurt in Germany." Danke Rainer! The same to you and yours this holiday season.
@kurtstrains8 ай бұрын
That was awesome! Wish I could give 5 thumbs up :)
@CSRYfan8 ай бұрын
I do too. :-) Thank you!
@johneemaguire24718 ай бұрын
Bravo guys that was absently fantastic. i am so impressed with your attention to detail in regards to the communication. makes it all the more immersive.👏👏
@CSRYfan8 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. And the communication details are part of what makes operations fun.
@jamesm66388 ай бұрын
Is the rice yard coaling tower built from drawings or just guesstimated? I've wanted to build a model of it for a while and was wondering if drawings may be available somewhere
@CSRYfan8 ай бұрын
The RY Coaling Tower was guestimated from photos, on-site foundation measurements, and an 8x11" 1948 C&S Ry drawing of basic measurements I found at the Colorado RR Museum. My July 2004 Model Railroader article describes how I built the animated model, and includes the scale drawings I created. This iconic structure is in a ton of locomotive photos from the 1950s, so no depiction of Rice Yard is complete without it. It was well worth the effort!
@jamesm66388 ай бұрын
@@CSRYfan awesome! July 2004, gonna have to pick that one up. I've always been more of a UP guy and I'm still learning all the sources for Q/C&S reference material. I have a 902 just begging to be photographed and this scene seemed perfect. photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-mKp9JS3/3/O/i-mKp9JS3.jpg
@CSRYfan8 ай бұрын
Yep, that's a famous (among C&S fans) photo by M. C. Trent. No. 902 is under the coaling tower on the night of November 21, 1958. This photo was used on the album cover of "All Steamed Up".
@tracynation28209 ай бұрын
Super. I grew up in Berthoud, Colorado, and got to watch the C&S/CB&Q trains every day, along with Great Western. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. 💙 T.E.N.
@CSRYfan9 ай бұрын
That's a great town, with a nice C&S Ry station. I've taken a few photos there.
@Sardschka9 ай бұрын
Thank you for that format - learned a lot!
@CSRYfan9 ай бұрын
I'm glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful.
@tczephyr36659 ай бұрын
As a fellow Q modeler I really enjoyed this video. Great job on the scenery too
@CSRYfan9 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
@glennfoster24239 ай бұрын
Commendations for your demonstration of an adaptation of the complex prototype method of creating, verifying and delivering train orders.
@CSRYfan9 ай бұрын
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
@Ruggedrails9 ай бұрын
Some nervous moments 😅 but in the end the crew were just too well drilled only thing missing was a coffee in everyone’s hands 👍👌😃
@CSRYfan9 ай бұрын
Thank you. They are a good crew, and they really make these videos special. I'm lucky to have them.
@pacificostudios9 ай бұрын
I've heard this maneuver called a "saw-by." Do you use the term on the C&S?
@CSRYfan9 ай бұрын
Yes, but usually only if there is a forward and back. For example, No. 46's crew was probably out of time to get to Valmont before No. 45 was due to leave. Without train order no. 16, No. 46 would have to pull out to clear No. 23's departure at Niwot, and then back in to clear the arrival of No. 45. THAT is a saw by.
@pacificostudios9 ай бұрын
@@CSRYfan Thank you for replying. That's not what I learned in John Allen's books on realistic operation. In fact, if I recall the illustration in Track Planning for Realistic Operation correctly, the short train pulled into the siding and then long train went around it. Your example at Niwot was an interesting alternative. One could imagine a line where all the trains in one direction are longer than the sidings but not the other, such as when a steep grade limits train length or most short trains are going in one direction and the long trains are empties, such as on the Minnesota Iron Range. Making one empty train from two formerly loaded trains could be a great way to cut crewing costs. If you don't have dynamic braking, such as when using steam power, taking an extra heavy train down a steep grade, like the 2% grade down to the Lake Superior ore docks at Duluth, MN, could be unsafe.
@CSRYfan9 ай бұрын
Ah yes, figure 3-5 in John Armstrong's Track Planning for Realistic Operation. I had to look it up. :-) I'm not one to argue with the Dean of Model Railroad Planning, so I'll concede to his definition of saw by. :-) I will say that which train goes on the siding is operation dependent and subject to change by the Dispatcher. In the case of the meet at Niwot, the short train was No. 23, a first class passenger train. 23 took the main track, as the superior train. It also had a scheduled stop for passengers, and the depot is on the main track. Standard operating procedure for No. 23.
@pacificostudios9 ай бұрын
@@CSRYfan That's fascinating, especially with the wrinkle of having a passenger train making a scheduled stop during a meet. I hope your videos help more people realize that operating model trains realistically is fun.
@rayhamilton80049 ай бұрын
Great video and editing! The story line makes it easy to follow along. Your layout looks fantastic. Do you know/follow Mark Pruitt up in Casper, WY? He's modeling the CB&Q and C&NW in Wyoming.
@CSRYfan9 ай бұрын
Thank you! I don't know Mark -- sounds like another modeler following his hometown railroad like me.
@high6williams9 ай бұрын
Bravo!! Good work!
@CSRYfan9 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it! Thank you very much.
@steve55269 ай бұрын
These are Great, keep ‘‘em coming!
@CSRYfan9 ай бұрын
Thanks Steve -- will do.
@MP-oh5eo9 ай бұрын
Great example of T&TO operations. Being a N scaler CB&Q fan, your video is great fun !
@CSRYfan9 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@IMRROcom9 ай бұрын
Another fun video, will watch again with my Time Table. I see that you included a link for the download. Might be a good idea to let people know in the video that you have a down load link for the Time Table. Also you sound for voice is rather good. what is you setup? and/or programs you use.
@CSRYfan9 ай бұрын
Good idea for a link in the video. The good voice sound is from individual mics on the cast and the video editor I use: DaVinci Resolve. There is a great sound editor -- Fairlight -- in DR.
@IMRROcom9 ай бұрын
@@CSRYfan I looked for mics on your people and did not see them, either I'm going blind or you hid them well :)
@CSRYfan9 ай бұрын
You are not going blind. :-)
@rogerhuber313310 ай бұрын
Fantastic layout! What is the length of the mainline run? Great music on all your videos.
@CSRYfan10 ай бұрын
Thanks Roger. The Mainline is 210 feet visible, and 40 feet through staging and helix. See the layout website at csrailway.com for lots of photos, track plan, operating documents, and more.
@rogerhuber313310 ай бұрын
Thanks! Awesome!@@CSRYfan
@rogerhuber313310 ай бұрын
Wow! Excellent layout & equipment and a super story told as the railroads would have done it. Best model railroad video I've seen, Thanks for taking the time to make this video and posting for us.
@CSRYfan10 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@joenewstead484810 ай бұрын
May I get some information on that heavy 2-8-2. Did you have to do a lot of cosmetic work to make her look like a Burlington engine?
@CSRYfan10 ай бұрын
Joe, that's an original Broadway Limited Heavy Mikado. I bought and modified three as soon as they came out: Nos 805, 807, and 809. That was about 20 years ago I believe, or more. The big changes were scratchbuilding oil bunkers and adding feedwater heaters: Elesco on the 805 (not in this video), and Worthington on the other two. I believe everything else was just paint and decals for lettering. Art Mitchell had a great article in Railmodel Journal Oct and Nov 1997 issues on creating No. 807. I did not go to the length that Art did to build his beautiful and faithful rendition, but he really shows you how to do it! Look for No. 805 in a future video.
@joenewstead484810 ай бұрын
These are wonderful. You did a absolutely beautiful Job. I have wanted to do a Burlington 2-8-2. And do a Burlington 2-10-2. I have a proto 200 Colorado and Southern 2-10-2 and was gonna kitbash it and turn it into. Burlington 2-10-2. But upon further examination on the Q's 2-10-2's only a few had southern valve gear. So I am on the fence for it
@tracynation282010 ай бұрын
Outstanding. Hello again from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. 💙 T.E.N.
@CSRYfan10 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@markrickert904010 ай бұрын
The way TO &TT operation is supposed to work, The dispatcher only needs to intervene when things go to heck.
@CSRYfan10 ай бұрын
Yep, and we'll need a dispatcher in a future video soon enough...
@cuttersgoose10 ай бұрын
Super cool. Nice to see a working model railroad..I hope someday mine will run like this
@CSRYfan10 ай бұрын
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
@IMRROcom10 ай бұрын
Great video, I'm close but not light bulb over my head in the ability to read a TT. What seems rather obvious to you in the video and you cover it on the meets etc. I would like to see more on how you figure times on meets etc. I see at some points you quickly do the math on a meet with 303,29,30,304,328 but 327,23,24,32 or not covered. I know it is math etc. and it is quick short hand once you know the trick to read it real fast. If you could go over this in a step by step process and explain why and how the math works in a video it would help greatly. Once I see it done, it should add up. Thanks
@CSRYfan10 ай бұрын
Thank you. The time table reading is shown very quickly and briefly in the video to keep viewers interest. In reality, when crews receive their orders and clearance, they typically take a few minutes to check their assignment against the time table. So don't be impressed with the speed of the timetable reading in the video -- that's just Hollywood. The time table design helps with the reading. As noted in the video, scheduled trains that have to meet each other are shown in bold. So there are no "gotchas" hidden in the schedule for first, second, or third class trains. In the video, train No. 41 reaches the Prospect register at 9:24 am or later. Any superior (first or second class) train that has a time at Prospect during the 12 hours before 9:24 am -- which would be 9:24 pm to 9:24 am -- must be on the Prospect register before No. 41 can leave. To figure out which superior trains meet this criteria, I find it helpful to think of the face of a clock (analog clock for the young at heart). The trains of each class are shown sequentially from the center of the time table out, so I follow that order. For example, checking Northward Trains, No. 31 is at Prospect at 10:33 am -- not between 9:24 pm and 9:24 am, so not of concern. Likewise, neither is No. 23 at 5:33 pm. But No. 29 at 9:43 pm *is* in that interval -- just barely. BTW, I find it easiest to figure this out at the register, checking as I go. And this is not something I can do as fast as presented in the video -- as I said, it's just Hollywood. If you continue, you hopefully come up with the 5 first and second class trains listed in the video. If not, I made a mistake! I hope that helps.
@IMRROcom10 ай бұрын
@@CSRYfan I will review the video again tonight. Thanks
@CSRYfan10 ай бұрын
And to make it easier, print out the time table from the link in the description. Print both sides on one sheet of paper, and then fold in half to make the time table the crews use in an operating session.
@IMRROcom10 ай бұрын
@@CSRYfan I do a double fold "TT"/ Job description for my layout. I just have not got to to the actual time table part. Mine is folded one more time after the 1st fold to make it into a small slim booklet. Thanks. 23 for 2023? I have mine set up that way too. Thanks for the copy it will help add tom my ETT on my layout.
@robgardner228810 ай бұрын
My aunt lives in Bloomfield and whebever i visit i always see the old C&S heading north and south.
@CSRYfan10 ай бұрын
Yep, the C&S rolls through little towns that have grown to become home to millions along the Colorado Front Range. Still plenty of trains, now the BNSF, between Denver and Cheyenne.
@Smurky110 ай бұрын
Very well done and VERY nice layout.
@CSRYfan10 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
@davidbrown482310 ай бұрын
Great day of work.
@CSRYfan10 ай бұрын
Thank you. A good time was had by all!
@tracynation282011 ай бұрын
Super. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. (Think Denver & Rio Grande meets Great Western meets Colorado & Southern with a little Chicago, Burlington & Quincy thrown in.) P.S. I was around for the beet hoppers and steam locomotives. 💙 T.E.N.
@CSRYfan11 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! More to come...
@muchfunwithtrains11 ай бұрын
I really appreciate the way you used visual effects to show which trains to check for on the timetable. I never understood this properly until seeing your explanation. Thank you!!
@CSRYfan11 ай бұрын
You're very welcome. I really enjoy the added fun of TT&TO operations.
@rodneykantorski73611 ай бұрын
Utah Junction at the 10:05 mark, who controls that interlocking? Nice explanation of Timetable Operation by the way.
@CSRYfan11 ай бұрын
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. The Utah Jct interlocking is controlled by an automated circuit. As an approaching train is detected, the circuit randomly, decides whether to clear for the train or hold it for a random period of time -- up to two minutes of real time. I plan to have a future video on Utah Jct and the Rio Grande's North Yard.
@timmann10911 ай бұрын
Very well done. The layout looks great and smooth running. Nice intro to TT/TO operations.
@CSRYfan11 ай бұрын
Thank you Tim!
@steve552611 ай бұрын
Keep these coming, I am working on a C&S Layout and I love the operations you have in place!
@CSRYfan11 ай бұрын
Thank you -- more to come.
@kevinbohnenblust584411 ай бұрын
What a great railroad! Your "vintage" documentary video is also outstanding. Thank you for sharing!