Beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Been wanting to build an N layout since I was a kid. I have a bunch of equipment, but working 3rd shift 60 hours a week. I don't have much time for anything else.
@siicoviiciouse16297 ай бұрын
Where did u get this from or it home made?
@kevinguthrie54957 ай бұрын
Calcifer 1 is a kit from Walthers. The turntable is Peco. The dumper is part of a 30-year-old kit from State Street Models. The animation mechanisms and everything else are scratch built.
@thomasschmidt22727 ай бұрын
👌👌👌👏👏👏👍👍👍🤓🤓🤓 Dankeschön
@charleswoods99388 ай бұрын
That's a great part of that N scale layout I really like that coal loader. And I like that CSX coal train that you ran what is that Locomotive I know it's a GE built locomotive the only way I can maybe know what it is the road number of that locomotive you see I have a complete CSX Roster Book and it's a good one it's in the early 2000s that CSX loco is in the colors of CYN 2 Colors of the early 1990s
@kevinguthrie54958 ай бұрын
Thx. CSX 9024 is Kato's model of a GE C44-9W, aka a Dash 9. More info on the model and the prototype is here: www.spookshow.net/loco/kato44.html
@brian-te4xs10 ай бұрын
Way cool just cool.
@SleeTheSloth10 ай бұрын
Wow! That works vary well! I love it!
@richiebeck512111 ай бұрын
really cool. im new to model trains and I really want to do something like this eventually with actual working parts, did you buy the coal dumper/loader or did you build them yourself?
@kevinguthrie549511 ай бұрын
The up-and-over dumper is bashed from a kit that is long out of production. cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/p/264087/2980912.aspx The big mine is from a kit, readily available. www.amazon.com/Walthers-Inc-River-Mining-Company/dp/B000VZEYBU Everything else is built from scratch. The loader with the spring auger was the easiest to mechanize.
@Flightline_fanatic11 ай бұрын
This was soothing to watch. Thank you.
@philipbryant627511 ай бұрын
Wow an absolutely amazingly amazing layout..
@markdebsauzzietravels Жыл бұрын
Hi Kevin what an awesome layout I'm planning on doing something with coal myself and something along the same lines (pickup and dump), I would love to see a layout tour from the middle of the room to get a better idea of how it is all layout please, watched your vids a number of times now and can't get enough of them :) Cheers Mark
@garykreitz2428 Жыл бұрын
The scenery looks good 👍
@tonyromano6220 Жыл бұрын
Wow this is a very nice RR!
@donaldshroyer8633 Жыл бұрын
Nice vid! Outstandingly impressive. I'm somewhat surprised you can move all of that real weight with a single loco.
@kevinguthrie5495 Жыл бұрын
Thanks! The loco is at it's limit pulling loads uphill out of Calcifer 1. One more hopper causes it to slip in place.
@therealrepete Жыл бұрын
Wow wow wow!!
@johnhood9567 Жыл бұрын
Amazing. Magnificent.
@davemartin1881 Жыл бұрын
Awesome!. Great scenery and on multiple levels with plenty of functional interest. The working loader and unloader are amazing!
@TiredDodMedia Жыл бұрын
Could you show us more of the build process for this
@kevinguthrie5495 Жыл бұрын
I didn't take any more videos during the build. Is there anything in particular that you are looking for?
@TiredDodMedia Жыл бұрын
@@kevinguthrie5495 im a newbie but did you just modify a coal layout or build everything either way where did you get the electronics like the motors and maybe an augur also??
@kevinguthrie5495 Жыл бұрын
@@TiredDodMedia I built the whole layout from benchwork to trees. The auger spring is from the little drawers section of my local hardware store. The key is it has to fit very loosely in the polystyrene tube or things will jam. It happened to fit on the motor shaft very nicely. Gear motors are available on amazon and from places like servo city and pololu. I generally use 6 or 12v motors as the power supplies are easy to find. The lower voltage ones that run on batteries are annoyingly noisy. I think I got the foot switch on amazon. If you need to slow a motor down, the cheap pwm speed controllers on amazon work great.
@yankeefist9146 Жыл бұрын
Way cool!
@shawnnaugler674 Жыл бұрын
Where can I get a functioning coal loader
@kevinguthrie5495 Жыл бұрын
I'm not aware of any on the market, you have to DIY.
@mustachemike802 Жыл бұрын
That is absolutely the coolest layout I have ever seen! Your attention to detail is on a scale I can only hope to accomplish and your working coal shoots and that hump dumper are ridiculously mind-blowing! Congratulations on such a fantastic feat of model building, sir! My hats off to you!
@kevinguthrie5495 Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I sure enjoyed building it.
@dhh7501 Жыл бұрын
Awsome.. LOL "Invasive protomolecule"
@TimFinn-hx2kn Жыл бұрын
Aloha. I agree. Both loading and unloading are very well done. If you did a video you woukd have no problem selling your tips and techniques. Well done.
@JeanL-Mtl63 Жыл бұрын
Awesome, thanks!
@alanritchie9781 Жыл бұрын
This is cool.
@schaumranch Жыл бұрын
Awesome job Kevin...Question- how wide are the top decks and what's the distance between each of the decks from the floor to the top deck? Thanks for your inspiration and knowledge!
@kevinguthrie5495 Жыл бұрын
Thanks! The layout has one level but the tracks against the wall are higher, 5' 4" from the floor. The width varies from 2' to much bigger. There is a helix in one corner and I can access track from it's center. There the edge of the layout is 5 or 6 feet from the corner of the room.
Amazing!!! I don't think I would be able to build it.
@jefwisse1957 Жыл бұрын
Looks great, I didn't think it was possible to create a working coal installation in this scale. I'm very impressed.
@leeedsonetwo Жыл бұрын
Fascinating layout and an excellent film.
@CollinCountyRailfan Жыл бұрын
I love that coal loading thing!!!! Where did you buy it/how did you make it? would love to know and someday have one aswell. Cool concept of actualy delivering material!
@kevinguthrie5495 Жыл бұрын
The flood loader is scratch built from styrene and powered by a Tortoise. Made everything adjustable via the threaded rod and the square tubing that telescopes so the bins can move up or down. The silo is a scotch bottle container with a hacked funnel glued inside. The key is the "valves"; designs that have close-fitting parts jam. Another video may show them better: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6vQc4RqdtiSo8U
@CollinCountyRailfan Жыл бұрын
@@kevinguthrie5495 Sorry im a bit late on the response, but thanks alot! I plan into looking further into this style of model railroading!
@mattlawson7779 Жыл бұрын
Really cool layout. What are you actually loading? Black sand??
@kevinguthrie5495 Жыл бұрын
I've settled on Woodland Scenics fine cinder ballast which as I understand it is walnut shells. I've tried real anthracite (black lung risk) and black art sand used for sand painting. The sand is heavy and had particles that a magnet picked up.
@Arch007 Жыл бұрын
Nicccccce
@paulvail2850 Жыл бұрын
WOW, I am awed and amazed at what you have done. Such planning.
@sernajrlouis Жыл бұрын
Cool video
@williamlegg6542 Жыл бұрын
I love this. If I build a rotary dumper I will probably follow your lead.
@mozzarella-king Жыл бұрын
Terrific design work. Especially the repurposing of relatively common components. And to top it off this is N scale. Great job.
@nscaler454 Жыл бұрын
I am so impressed by how precise this is. You did a great job.
@kodyalden4781 Жыл бұрын
Amazing
@jonpowell-ov3yh Жыл бұрын
Wow, very impressive, especially being in N-scale! You should be very proud of this project. Thanks for sharing. And you're right about Arduinos, they do have their place, but I can see a real "reset" nightmare using one if something in the system were to jam mid-cycle. What are you using for rotary couplers?
@kevinguthrie5495 Жыл бұрын
Most of the cars are connected by drawbars, two MTL trucks with couplers replaced by fishing swivels, orthodontic rubber bands, or orthodontic power chain. True rotaries are old trucks with Rapido-style couplers removed, carved up Fox Valley knuckles and a bit of Plastruct square stock, the kind with a hole in it. Hopefully this link works for you: www.nscale.net/forums/album.php?albumid=1658
@jonpowell-ov3yh Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info!!
@BadlandNP Жыл бұрын
Wow! That is excellent!
@sernajrlouis Жыл бұрын
Awesome video and channel just subscribed. I model n scale too. Beautiful layout. Love the high trestles
@DarkTerritory71 Жыл бұрын
I bet this was fun to build!
@kevinguthrie5495 Жыл бұрын
Fun is relative. Frustrating, lots of back to the drawing boards, but full of fun problem solving puzzles.
@randysrockandrollrailroad8207 Жыл бұрын
That's pretty cool 😊
@raysrails2164 Жыл бұрын
I never saw such an awesome n scale layout . Thats neat .
@LukeRobinson Жыл бұрын
Amazing layout, and I’m really digging the music!
@nickmonda738 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing! You need to figure out how to sell a system, you'll make millions!
@davestrains6816 Жыл бұрын
Glad to see a video from you. Outstanding build. Thanks for sharing. Dave
@joeystrains.9316 Жыл бұрын
That was AWESOME! Excellent designs. Very impressive.
@kodyalden4781 Жыл бұрын
Take my money...Amazing! Any chance of a more in depth video of the hole process and how everything works and the couplers on the cars? But seriously take my money lol I need these on my future layout.