@@dagryffynhobby Thank you for your kind comments. My scenery is basic. I wanted a look similar to the 1956 AF catalog cover art.

@@gusshadleythelunaticfromar7125 Thank you and thanks for watching.

@@Tool-Meister Hi there. I'm a 100 miles south of you out of Lebanon

@ If you’re up for an in-person meeting, I’ll contact Neil to check his availability. He usually Is very busy with the “Christmas Train “ every December. So after Jan 1st will likely be his first available time. Perhaps we could meet in Woodburn, etc., unless you’re interested in a Portland Rail Heritage expedition.. My intention is to add some articulated locomotive comparison videos before year’s end. So, January would be best for me too. Give it some thought and we’ll figure out the best way to move this discussion off of KZbin…

@@mccoy79productions66 Thank you very much.

@@michaelbisaccio432 Thank for your questions. Gary's layout table is 4'x8'. The inner and outer loops are using 20" radius curves. The outer loop has 5" straights in the ends.

@@TwistedMacGyversTrains Thank you for your comments and for watching.

Hello Frank.

@@gusshadleythelunaticfromar7125 Hello Gus! We have the same taste in trains. I hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving my friend. 😊

@@northernutahlivesteam Thank you for watching.

@@Stallenwein Thank you for watching the channel. I'm glad you enjoyed the layouts.

@@MygrandpasTrain I am planning an expansion of the side layout and thinking of including HO. Perhaps all three gauges will be running next year.

@@fokusnikfim Thank you for watching.

@@williamloeber6253 You're welcome. Thanks for watching.

@@olhemi1 Thank you.

@@ronalddevine9587 Thank you very much. I enjoy running all the prewar.

@@LarryDickmann Nice. That's the 1946 version with the script on the tender. A great one to have.

@@flyerjunction Thank you very much.

@@flyerjunction Thank you. In 1941 American Flyer came out with a stamped steel heavyweight coach and observation coach in dark green, tuscan, and red. They never made blue heavyweights or a blue operating mail car. Even in prewar the Royal Blue was always a lower end train set. They did make blue whistling baggage cars and choo choo tenders for it.

@@PopPopsTrainRoom Thank you

@@PopPopsTrainRoom Thank you. Yes, S gauge. The Erector bridge was originally built to go between two of my wall displays.

@@ELWtrains Thank you

@@AustinsAmericanFlyertrains Thanks. That was a 21165 that my brother modified. There is a video on my channel of how the "Franklin-Jones" was made.

@@MattKonsol Thank you and thanks for watching.

@@MygrandpasTrain Thank you. Yes, I picked up that 443 at a train show last February. It runs very well.

@@randyrobey5643 Thank you very much.

@@PopPopsTrainRoom Welcome to the channel.

@@olhemi1 Thank you.

@@randyrobey5643 Thank you for watching and your comments.

@@rayszymarek2920 You have just expressed the joy of trains perfectly. Thank you for watching and your comments.

@@nerfmia Thank you for watching.

@@HallofScienceWest Thanks for watching. I showed Gary yesterday the pairs of link coupler trucks in the 1946 catalog for converting. I also like the page in that catalog showing three new plastic B&O box cars on one side of the scale to one prewar diecast B&O car. He laughed and said "Until they warped so badly they wouldn't stay on the track". True story. Back to diecast chassis by 1947.

@ Bob Barker just put out a video with a recording of Maury Romer explaining what happened with the early plastics and how they changed over time. Really neat video.

@@nerfmia Thank you. I use my Android phone on a tripod and freehand. Thanks for watching and your comments.

@@MygrandpasTrain I told Gary that his 350 is one I definitely want to purchase when he is ready to start selling his collection.

@@ronalddevine9587 Nice that you have the prewar set. I have it as well.

@@MygrandpasTrain Doug has the crimping tool at Port Lines Hobbies. He also sells prewar link couplers and pins. Save your pins if you can. The prewar pins have a shorter shoulder for the thin prewar coupler eye than the S gauge versions.

@@olhemi1 Thanks. Those are good sturdy boxes. Gary has been using them for years.

@@olhemi1 You're welcome. Thanks for watching.

@@williamloeber6253 Thank you. I enjoyed watching it run today and making the video.

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@@daveclarklumber Thank you very much.

@@olhemi1 Thank you

@@MygrandpasTrain This one is an early version without smoke. Later versions smoke and the most desirable one has smoke tubes going out by the steam chest.

@@-MAILMAN Thank you

@@ronalddevine9587 Thank you. I'm running a Marx 333 Pacific with my custom SP&S Vanderbilt tender on the O gauge.

@willamettevalleyAFtrains Very nice looking. I thought it was Chicago Flyer. Thanks

@@MattKonsol Thank you very much.

@@johnfroio4910 Thanks

@@stevenfd123 Thank you. That was a fun project. A 1990's frame and shell that I painted. Motor, trucks and weight from a 370. Side frames from an ALCO PA

@@centoreflyer5969 Thank you very much.

@@randyrobey5643 Thank you for your comments and for watching.

@@olhemi1 I appreciate your comments. Thank you for watching.

@@gwesco Thank you for watching.