This kit is insane how do you get the elevated Platforms and the i-beams to connect to the platform I am seriously struggling at this point of the kit😮

besides the LCD screen what else has changed from the Zephyr

I jUST purchased a proto throttle, and this has been extremely helpful! thank you so much for sharing this information! I do have one question though; how do you consists locos using the proto throttle? I cannot seem to find any info. Do you create the consist in your dcc system first, then load up the consist address in the throttle, and 'create a new loco' like you normally would?

Great tutorial. Do the buttons flash continuously?

Thanks for this video. I've done the same, and with a DCS52, but during the firmware upgrade, it said, after a minute, Upgrade Failed, and now the throttle keypad just blinks on and off. I've removed batteries, turned off the system, etc, but it powers back up, and just blinks... Any idea what to do next?

Excellent video. Do you have one showing how you set up your lok programmer board? That's really interesting.

This is a nice layout design.

"7 of Bobby Allison's 85 wins happened here" - Mike Joy Yessir, it's 85 for sure now. Rest in peace, Bobby.

I have been subscribed to your channel for a number of years because I like the IC & ICG. I remembered that you had gotten the Intermountain GP10 way back when, but I'm looking for details about the GP11. I'm an old retired guy with time and old undecorated Athearn blue box locos still on my shelf. I have decided that I want to kitbash a GP11 from a GP35 and a GP9. I need help with pictures of the roof details on a GP11 as well as some dimensions. For example, what is the length of the long hood extension to meet the back of the cab. It looks as if the GP35 cab and nose can just replace the GP9 cab and short hood. Also, the dimensions on that new air filter ductwork on the GP11. I can guess and probably get close, but would rather know all the dimensions of that thing. So, you are the first person I thought of who might know some of this stuff, or you may be able to direct me to someone who doe. Any help would be appreciated. I grew up in SE Missouri not too far from the Cairo bridge. My dad worked at an elevator, and I love grain trains. Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to give.

Sa-weet train! 🎃

Superb😊

Many thanks from a de facto newbie who has returned to the hobby after a decades long hiatus.

Do you possibly have an Amazon link for those connectors?

What about the MU feature?

gordon tapped dw twice. think he learned alot from this race.

I notice you running larger power such as Athearn SD70 and SD40-2 units, do they derail often on your 18" curves? Do you have problems with cars such as this crane on those curves?

I would like to see those cooling fans on top of the engine work or moving like the real ones wouldn't you...I think that would badazz other than that I love it

Rusty’s crash scared me glad he was ok

I just completed a Walthers 42' maintenance of way flatcar with all its detail. I cut off the molded on grab irons and drilled holes for bronze phosphor wire grabs. Cut off the stirrups and added some from Accurail. I even went between each board with my razor saw & cut the grooves deeper & stressed the deck, even put a hole through the deck with the saw. When I added the weight you could see the weight through the hole I made in the deck so I got out the drill and drilled a hole through the weight so you could see through the hole to the track below. Had to add some realism. I hate RTR (Ready To Roll). I'd much build my rolling stock from kits. Then I can add as much detail as I want. Cheers from eastern TN

@ck7813 Since you have Loksound V in all your Geeps, you need to make a video with your Black, your Orange and White High Hood Phase III and the Orange and White Phase IIs that you Detailed all MUed and pulling a Manifest! Love your work and your videos have been very helpful and inspiring... I remember the late 70s down here on the Southern end of the IC's Mattoon District...all 4 Axle Geeps with up to 120 cars rocking along between 10 and 35 mph... Crews usually exceeded Hours of Service before they got to Evansville or back to Mattoon and usually derailed a couple times a week North of Newton... Trains 295 and 296 were scheduled to meet at Newton but seldom did. First train to make it to Olney would scatter its cars all over town to make room for the meet, and they had about 6 blocks of Street Running on Kitchell... Great Show to watch...

Alycia Drive

it looks like the Illinois Central prototype is an American Crane 250 ton wreck crane and the Athearn model is a Bucyrus Erie 200 ton wreck crane. The kink in the main boom is the key difference. A review of photos of the many Union Pacific wreck cranes seems to indicate that the Bucyrus Erie 250 tons cranes and 200 ton cranes are similar in their booms but not identical. The UP American Crane 250 tons are distinctly different from the Bucyrus Erie 250 ton cranes. The IC crane was built as a diesel crane. I have the original shake the box Athearn 200 ton crane that this appear to be a ready to run version of.

Fact is if a guy is willing to do a bit of extra work, a good old blue box kit would be the way to go on the crane instead of paying all the money. Ive omitted the steam stack and truly dieselized all mine plus sanded off the molded on ladders and added prototypical ladders and grabs plus bought nice sprung buckeye trucks and added shelf couplers for alot less than what this costs. As far as box cars go i do the same with blue box car kits as i refuse to pay 35.00 to $60.00 for one railcar plus your not going to see all the details on the bottom. Basically paying for packaging and i would rather buy blue box and do the exterior details myself. I can do a rail car with better details and all the nice features for around $18.00 to $22.00 a car thats the car, details and weights versus well over $30.00 for a new car.

Yes! More Illinois Central in ho

What is the part number for the two wire plugs you got from Amazon?

Lights and sound on that model are flat out awesome!! Great job man!!

Yea, with the regular "Athearn" models you will not get the extra details or prototype details we've come to expect with the higher end models. I'm sure they are all the same models minus the different paint schemes. Looks OK though. Nice models. For me, once I buy high end models, it's hard to go back to the run of the mill models.

It's hard to keep up with everything coming out I didn't know about these items where did you purchase them

You just made up my mind. I am in the middle of my first layout that is N scale. What a mistake. I have a 10x12 foot room that will soon see an N scale layout disappear so I can start my HO. I never should have listened to my "friend" that told me to go with N.

Waiting for the Ac4400 Devo in Ferowmax coming soon

Have lots of the Ac4400's

Very nice layout. Awesome wiring setup.

What's up man, in any DCC ready locos, do I cut the wires off and install the 58429 decoder or do I solder them to the speakers?

Your comment at 17:59 is a bit misleading where you said you can only run one locomotive at a time. In actual fact you can run as many as you want provided you're within that 3 amp max. I'm currently running 4x loco's (3 of which have sound decoders), at a time on my N scale layout and only pulling 0.3 amps. Simply use the Recall button to swap between loco's. Plugging in a second throttle is useful when you have a friend over running their trains.

Add me to the " First Race " list !!!

Great IC action

Nice IC freight cars.

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Nice!!!! Are those factory lights, or did you install them? Just beautiful!! Your layout is so scale. Really looks the part!

I like the crew members on the cab. Makes running more realistic. Great video,thanks

I have the same cabin car from 1970 in 027 scale no lights

I have a GP9 IC from 1970 in 027 scale no sound but still runs great

I just came across this video .... Subscribed!!!! 👍

Great Review... just a couple things I would like to add. One is the addition of the IC specific "Tool Box" located just behind the Fuel Filler and Emergency Cutoff Button on the Engineer Side Skirt... Walthers should be commended for adding them as they certainly add to the character of the IC's Geeps. Another is that Four IC Road numbers are available if you include the DCC Ready versions. (yep, I got all four of 'em) Like you, I also have a couple of the IC phase II GP9s in the Mainline offering a couple years ago and have most all the parts I need to upgrade them. One thing holding me back is "Hemming the Skirts"...in about 1961 (emphasis on "about") IC began to make subtle changes to the High-Hood Geeps. Adding the nose mounted Bell, the "Tool Box" and "Hemming the Skirts". Also the White Frame Stripe ( remember, this is before the Orange and White was adopted in 1967) was widened. By about 1964, all the IC's GP7s, and the phase I and II GP9s had got their Skirts Hemmed, the new Tool Box and nose mounted Bell and the appearance was updated. About the only details Walthers missed are the Exhaust Screens (Athearn's are a wonderful etching, but sometimes IC removed them...) and the little visors over the Classification Lights (Intermountain did them on the Paducah GP10's on the rear end of the IC and ICG versions). Both details are nice to have, but aren't deal breakers in my book. I really want to trim the Skirts on my Phase IIs, but I don't know if I will. All said, I am still happy with the Mainline version... I'm not knocking it. But Walthers really did an Exceptional Job capturing the essence of the IC's Geeps with the Proto version.

North Wilkesboro has been brought back to life here in the 2020 decade. Also, 1992 the last great season Bill Elliott had til he got in the Evernham car in the early 2000's.

Hey! Just checking in one year later. How is the layout?

Great Review. Just got the DCC/Sound 6040 & 6041. I have a question What DCC system were you using when testing these? Digitrax, NCE or other? Most layouts I work on and club layouts around here are Digitrax. But I was trying it out on my boss' s test track which is NCE. And I was unable to get the flashing roof lights to work with button 6. But a few others were different on NCE. I'll try our Digitrax layout at the museum I volunteer on building and maintaining their layout and maybe F6 on my 402D handheld will work.

I part purchased the same digitrack system. And have it mounted on my layout, but I'm confused As how to hook up the module that you plug in your controller to the base unit. I was wondering if you might be able to. explain to me. where that module is plugged in in the back. as there are multiple places to plug it in and where you plug it in on the base unit.

They aren't AAR trucks they are trade in Alco trucks

What kind of speaker did you use in the tender?