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@btaldog Күн бұрын
Excellent video. Do you have one showing how you set up your lok programmer board? That's really interesting.
@ck7813 10 сағат бұрын
Thank you. I am sorry, I am not understanding your question? Do you want to see how to setup the actual LokProgrammer? It is fairly simple, you need a piece of track with two feeders that connect to the LokProgrammer. Then it is just a USB cable from the programmer to my computer. You can download the software at ESU.EU. I did a video series on building a small demonstration layout, if you go to about 30 minutes in this video, it kind of describes how to setup the LokProgrammer: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3aqeaRmd5WagaMsi=sRE66JPLhyoamkLp
@rogermartin404 3 күн бұрын
This is a nice layout design.
@michaelbayne2315 15 күн бұрын
"7 of Bobby Allison's 85 wins happened here" - Mike Joy Yessir, it's 85 for sure now. Rest in peace, Bobby.
@ronatwell5379 25 күн бұрын
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.
@ck7813 24 күн бұрын
@@ronatwell5379 Thanks, Ron. Here are a couple options for you. Kaslo actually has produced a Paducah GP11 shell that you can purchase, it is pricey at over $100 and there is some “manual labor” to make it and paint/decal it (www.kasloshops.com/products/hl-43-paducah-shops-rebuilt-gp-11-48-fan-locomotive-shell-kit). I think if you still want to kitbash, the GP35 and GP9 would get you close. From my research (and this is not fully comprehensive), it appears that some/most GP11’s had 48” fans (which would be rebuilds of some phase III GP9s or GP18). If you have a Phase I or II GP9, it likely has 4, 36” fans on the long hood. I also found that on the GP11s, the cab was moved forward approximately 12” (to accommodate the dash-2 electronics behind the cab). This would necessitate you moving the cab forward approximately 1/8” on your model (12” x 1/87 = 0.13” and 1/8” = 0.125”). Most of the Paducah GP11s did have anticlimbers added to the nose so you may need to fabricate something for that (there are some aftermarket anticlimbers available, check eBay). The GP11s had Dynacel air filters and you can get 3D printed filters on eBay for $6 (just search Dynacell HO filter and it will populate). You can do an internet search for decals, if you want to make the Orange and White ICG or the “new” IC Death Star, you can find decals). I think this will get you in the ball park.
@chattanoogasouthernrr Ай бұрын
Sa-weet train! 🎃
@RailfanDownunder Ай бұрын
Superb😊
@Beanbag753 Ай бұрын
Many thanks from a de facto newbie who has returned to the hobby after a decades long hiatus.
@MRL_4303 Ай бұрын
Do you possibly have an Amazon link for those connectors?
@ck7813 Ай бұрын
I don't the link doesn't exist anymore, it was over 6 years ago when I purchased them. Just search for 1mm male/female JST plug.
@tedmaas3588 Ай бұрын
What about the MU feature?
@ck7813 Ай бұрын
What would you like to know? It is on the throttle and it works. I never use the MU feature on my throttle, I advanced program my decoders to a short locomotive number and disable the various functions I do not want to work on the trailing units.
@ixlr8677 Ай бұрын
gordon tapped dw twice. think he learned alot from this race.
@DavidMaiers-s5r 2 ай бұрын
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?
@ck7813 2 ай бұрын
@@DavidMaiers-s5r Thanks, David. No, I do not have any issues at all running 6 axle diesels and freight cars (like the crane) on 18” radius curves. The only caveat I will offer is making sure your track work is precise and that you have good technique. I had one section where I put a track spike in a little too far and it caused one rail to be slightly higher than the other and I had a couple locomotives that derailed in that spot. Once I removed the nail, it was perfect!
@DavidMaiers-s5r 2 ай бұрын
@ck7813 Thanks for the reply, really like your layout design.
@macmike1466 2 ай бұрын
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
@elisamaria3628 2 ай бұрын
Rusty’s crash scared me glad he was ok
@w.rustylane5650 2 ай бұрын
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
@brunobiava4833 2 ай бұрын
@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...
@BorisWitry-l2e 2 ай бұрын
Alycia Drive
@Rayinn-lw3ej 2 ай бұрын
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.
@josephcox4319 2 ай бұрын
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.
@illinoiscentralrailroadfan6015 2 ай бұрын
Yes! More Illinois Central in ho
@keithdenner9441 3 ай бұрын
What is the part number for the two wire plugs you got from Amazon?
@scotabot7826 3 ай бұрын
Lights and sound on that model are flat out awesome!! Great job man!!
@scotabot7826 3 ай бұрын
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.
@rodneystewart8958 3 ай бұрын
It's hard to keep up with everything coming out I didn't know about these items where did you purchase them
@ck7813 3 ай бұрын
@@rodneystewart8958 thanks, Rodney. I got the at Caboose Stop Hobbies in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Given them a call, they ship!
@rodneystewart8958 3 ай бұрын
@ck7813 Thanks been online looking since your video I follow several railroads and hard to do it all
@patrickstevenson8305 3 ай бұрын
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.
@michaelfedora5630 3 ай бұрын
Waiting for the Ac4400 Devo in Ferowmax coming soon
@michaelfedora5630 3 ай бұрын
Have lots of the Ac4400's
@SantaFeBob 3 ай бұрын
Very nice layout. Awesome wiring setup.
@tyhik9338 3 ай бұрын
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?
@ck7813 3 ай бұрын
@@tyhik9338 Thanks for the comment. I am not 100% sure what you are asking about. If you have a DCC-ready locomotive, you should be able to add a decoder (please note the pin arrangement, there are differences like a 21-pin or a next 18 pin). You should not have to cut any wires off to make it work. If the locomotive you are installing a decoder in does not have a speaker, you may have to solder some wires to the speaker and the decoder board. Before soldering anything, please review the manual(s) that came with your decoder and locomotive. Some brands have a “DCC-buddy” board that the decoder plugs into that has outputs for all of your light and speaker functions. Look for the “SPK” tabs on the board and that is what you need to connect the speaker to. Some boards have a 1mm male/female plug that do not require soldering to the board at all! If this is not what you need, please reply with more details about what you are trying to accomplish.
@tyhik9338 3 ай бұрын
@@ck7813 I'm trying to install the 58429 decoder in an atlas Metra MP36 DCC ready locomotive and a scaletrains ES44AC DCC ready locomotive and I'm trying to see if they have speakers already installed so I can easily install the decoder but I'm not sure if I can solder to the speakers.
@ck7813 3 ай бұрын
@@tyhik9338 Gotcha! Ok, full disclosure I have not installed a decoder/speaker in either an Atlas brand nor a ScaleTrains brand locomotive. The process should be somewhat similar no matter what brand of locomotive you have. A better video for you might be this one I published a few months ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGHbk62pos93ecksi=jyBo0WDrw19p4mbq the speaker installation discussion occurs at about the 5min, 30 second mark. It should be pretty evident if your locomotives have speakers installed already because the should be towards the top of the unit and have two wires running off of them. If the speakers are pre-installed, they should already be wired to the board. If you still have questions, it may not hurt to reach out directly to the tech support from each company for specific instructions for their locomotives
@tyhik9338 3 ай бұрын
@@ck7813 oh ok
@phillipg1588 3 ай бұрын
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.
@JoeLit-v9e 3 ай бұрын
Add me to the " First Race " list !!!
@davidbrown4823 3 ай бұрын
Great IC action
@huntercoleman460 3 ай бұрын
Nice IC freight cars.
@ronduz1281 3 ай бұрын
👍👍👍
@scotabot7826 3 ай бұрын
Nice!!!! Are those factory lights, or did you install them? Just beautiful!! Your layout is so scale. Really looks the part!
@ck7813 3 ай бұрын
On 9185 they were upgraded to warm LEDs. That locomotive is so old that it was factory installed with incandescent lights and an original Tsunami 1 decoder. About 4 years ago I had it upgraded to LEDs, a Loksound 5, a Keep Alive, and a Scale Sound Systems speaker. The two orange/white GP9s are factory lights (LED).
@terrymank5586 3 ай бұрын
I like the crew members on the cab. Makes running more realistic. Great video,thanks
@MartyLuther-n9g 4 ай бұрын
I have the same cabin car from 1970 in 027 scale no lights
@MartyLuther-n9g 4 ай бұрын
I have a GP9 IC from 1970 in 027 scale no sound but still runs great
@XBOXShawn12thman 4 ай бұрын
I just came across this video .... Subscribed!!!! 👍
@brunobiava4833 4 ай бұрын
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.
@rozlin88 4 ай бұрын
The poling pockets are missing too but can't have everything I suppose
@IcyKcominyourway 4 ай бұрын
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.
@chrisbell52310 4 ай бұрын
Hey! Just checking in one year later. How is the layout?
@davidcooke391 4 ай бұрын
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.
@ck7813 4 ай бұрын
Thanks, David. I am using a Digitrax Super Chief command station. I also used my test layout which has a Digitrax Zephyr starter. F6 will engage the upper cap lights that "oscillate." I am not sure why that is not working on your NCE system. The only thing I can think of is to check your function mapping using Lokprogrammer. It will be interesting to see if you get get F6 to activate them on your Digitrax layout.
@douglasbishop3252 4 ай бұрын
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.
@ck7813 4 ай бұрын
Thanks, Doug. The DT602 comes with a cord (that looks like an old-school phone cord) and has an RJ12 jack on each end (again, looks like an old phone jack you would plug into your wall). One end plugs into the end of the DT602 throttle and the other end plugs into the "Loconet" jack on your command station. Just look for the word "Loconet" and plug it in and you are ready to go!
@davidkinser9581 4 ай бұрын
They aren't AAR trucks they are trade in Alco trucks
@ck7813 4 ай бұрын
Alco used AAR Type B trucks, often referred to as "Alco" trucks. Yes, these locomotives used repurposed trucks from old Alco units.
@Aiden_Kane 5 ай бұрын
What kind of speaker did you use in the tender?
@ck7813 5 ай бұрын
I legitimately do not remember, I am guessing that I purchased a Loksound decoder that came with a cube speaker. That would make the most sense. It is not a Scale Sound System speaker, I do know that.
@scotabot7826 5 ай бұрын
Man OH Man those Scale Trains SD40-2's look awesome!! And the lighting package is out of this world!!! Just Wow!!!
@KandWRailroader 5 ай бұрын
Looks and sounds great!
@carloignoffo6731 5 ай бұрын
Hello, Thanks for the great videos. I'm having a heck of a time trying to get the shell off my Walthers SW7, might you have any tips, Walthers doesn't offers much help
@ck7813 5 ай бұрын
Thanks, Carlo. I do not have any specific tips, I remember the shells were tough to remove, just make sure you have all of the screws removed and that you do not try to force it off. Use firm, consistent force and try to shimmy it off.
@carloignoffo6731 5 ай бұрын
@@ck7813 all of the screws removed ????? :0 )
@kcsthebetterway 5 ай бұрын
I photographed 6046 at Deramus yard on the KCS back in 80 something 😊
@thejacksonfam124 5 ай бұрын
How do you turn the devices on?
@ck7813 5 ай бұрын
With this particular brand, when track power is on, the FRED is on. There is no way to disable when track power is on.