2022 Layout Tour

[@saber2jumper]

Really nice layout Shaun! The track plan is well thought out and your scenery and structures are realistic and thematically consistent. The black Smokey and the Bandit car takes the cake! Thanks for sharing and thanks for the inspiration.

[@MainTrack]

Awesome layout tour! You’ve packed so much amazing detail into your scenes. Very inspiring for the rest of us! -Mike

[@mitchmatthews6713]

The trestle scene is excellent! To make a true DT&I layout, you need to put in a few concrete arches that were supposed to be for the electric locomotives back in the 1930s.

[@ModernDTI]

I have them, they’re coming to the next phase of the build 😜

[@derekalexander4030]

You’re at 1.99k subscribers, I hope mine gets you to 2000. You have a fantastic layout and it was a great tour. Everything ran really smoothly and it was well organized, thanks for sharing it. Time for me to catch up.

[@zwsplac]

Very cool. I'm subscribing to follow your progress on this interesting layout.

[@BigDieselMan100]

Shaun, I watched your videos from your first layout, and I look forward to going back to review and enjoy your new one, you do great work...Dave T

[@JoeyBPhotography]

Great looking layout! It looks like it's a ton of fun to operate

[@ronsmith3905]

Very nice layout Shaun. I really enjoyed seeing this. I'm an N Scaler, but your layout is inspiration nonetheless. Thanks for sharing this. Cheers!!

[@Goodzy-ij7py]

You have an amazing layout! Great job on everything!

[@Bntrainmaster1]

Awesome layout. Thanks for sharing.

[@RonStanek]

Wonderful layout. Enjoy! :)

[@cprtrain]

Well done! I just discovered your KZbin videos and love them. I look forward to seeing what you do next.

[@ModernDTI]

Welcome aboard!

[@d-rail7271]

Coming along really nicely. Lots of neat scenes and details!

[@randyluginbuhl9085]

Love the modeling and flow of your layout…so many gorgeous scenes and vignettes!

[@bradleyogden5688]

Very nice! Especially the the mobile home with the working television 📺. Your layout is coming right along Shaun. Can't wait to see the progress on the expansion. I know that you'll do well and won't let us down. Once I get my health back I'll try to find the motivation to start on my shelf layout. Thanks again for sharing with us fellow modelers.

[@mysticrailroad]

awesome layout and an awesome tour! :)

[@conrailcarrothersbranch7225]

Really cool! Lots of hard work paid off with this great DT&I "what if" concept!!

[@railbaron9]

Nice layout Shaun.

[@huntercoleman460]

Great tour. While I model in O gauge, I find HO nice too.

[@hoosiersub47167]

Great layout

[@thomastraver2384]

I am enjoying your series of videos showcasing you layout. Looking forward to more updates. Right now I'm starting at the beginning to fully appreciate what you have created. I especially enjoy coverage of your industries. I am new to KZbin so not sure of their policies, but are you able to disclose the source of the lumber loads used at Carter Lumber? I"m modeling the mid 1950s and the wide variety of loads shown could be easily used for my application. Keep up the great work! Thanks, Thomas

[@ModernDTI]

Lumber would come from the Pacific Northwest via the SP. Glad you’re enjoying the layout! I’m mid-edit for an updated concept video now so watch for that soon 😊

[@atsf81rj]

This is a great layout

[@randysrockandrollrailroad8207]

Very cool 😊

[@tczephyr3665]

I’ve been working on trees the last week or so for my layout addition, so I spent most of my time looking at your trees. You did a great job creating a number of unique trees and really avoided the “cookie cutter” look. (I figured out how to turn the volume down😂)

[@ModernDTI]

It’s a mix of sage branches, woodland scenics canopy, super trees, and ones I made myself with pillow filling, spray paint, and ground foam of various sizes and colors. I take care to clean off the branches the closer they are to the edge as well. I only have eleventeen thousand or so left to build 😆

[@tczephyr3665]

@@ModernDTI One hour of making trees, two hours getting the glue off your fingers 😊

[@FKHTrump2024]

Shaun is this layout completely made up? Or are there real locations on here . Looks fantastic!

[@ModernDTI]

A mix. For example: the entire town of Thackery is made up except the name and depot. Also, there are prototypical structures, albeit scaled down, such as the Quincy bridge, Chillicothe and Thackery Depots, and eventually the Midland City and Ironton depots. Additionally, the paper mill (mostly unbuilt as of typing this) and the grain elevator are heavily based on the Chillicothe mill and Thackery elevator, respectively. Keeping it as a reference point but still adaptable to anywhere on the conceptual system is a must on a smaller layout like mine!

[@FKHTrump2024]

@@ModernDTI Thank you for the response I’m kind of going to build something similar to what you were doing prototype freelancing I guess they call it nowadays keep up the good work!

[@chrisleheny788]

I am new to model railroading. Great layout. When you did that hinge for entry, is there a special track you have to get to do that or are you able to cut existing track to fit? Just wondering how that works. Sorry if dumb question.

[@ModernDTI]

It’s just regular flex track. The hinged end is cut at an angle to allow it to open, and the other end has the rail points filed on either side sort of like a turnout so they meet up smoothly. The track is extra secure with nails in the track and liquid nails underneath. Hope that helps!

[@chrisleheny788]

@@ModernDTI Thanks

[@brian102256]

Hey Shaun, great tour! Question about the gold, black and white cars at 3:57 in the video - are they the eBay Chinese cars that are like 12 for $6.00 or something like that? They look good by the way as I think they are 1:100, correct? Thanks for posting the tour!- Brian

[@ModernDTI]

They were like $20 for $20 off eBay yeah. But they are true 1:87 from what I can tell.

[@michaelchristensen5421]

What plant do you use to make your trees? Very realistic

[@ModernDTI]

That is the forest canopy material from Woodland Scenics. The larger trees are sage branches, and the background ones are just standard off the shelf stuff.

[@railwayjade]

Fantastic layout! As a matter of interest, why do you cut off all the trip pins from your couplers?

[@ModernDTI]

I think they are ugly, and really serve no purpose if you don’t use magnetic uncoupling.

[@railwayjade]

@@ModernDTI that's cool, I did notice your wagons had the air hoses modelled, so that's a great detail. Also less problems as there is no pin to get bent out of shape, etc

[@ModernDTI]

I would love to one day add the operating magnetic hoses. Tedious but it would add another level of detail!

[@railwayjade]

@@ModernDTI that would look AWESOME

[@dennisnorris6439]

When you expand, are you planning a yard and diesel shop?

[@ModernDTI]

Yes, that will be the main part of the explanation. The rest is mainly just adding a longer run and staging.

[@RonStanek]

You could put a 2nd level on that.

[@ModernDTI]

I tried. The helix would take up way too much room. This is far smaller than it seems!

[@jackmahle8680]

chillicothe depot building what's the kit number✌😇

[@ModernDTI]

It was custom, sorry!

[@neilgibson9959]

Nice layout, Nice Video, MUSIC IS WAY TOO LOUD. Period.

[@ModernDTI]

You can always turn it down or mute it as there’s no narration in this one. Sorry you didn’t enjoy. Cheers!