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[@poconotrainman]

I love the Williams True Blast Bell and Horn. Williams in the past was too expensive for me but now the older models have become more reasonable and I have purchased several of them. The FM trainmasters are beasts. Thanks for the video Ed.

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

Many Thanx John! This is my only Williams engine and I got it used off fleaBay during lockdown. It's a nice addition to the fleet.

[@TwistedMacGyversTrains]

Great looking Amtrak set that you’ve built. Love the Wisconsin set too. Nice running session Ed! 😊

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

Many Thanx Frank! I do like the smaller sized Lionel passenger cars on my little layout - they look right at home!

[@johnandrus3901]

@@Ed-ICE-Berg The smaller cars look good on any layout. There is a reason that I won't go to anything larger than my AMT or the Lionel 2500 series cars. The newer, scale cars are just too big and take up way too much space. Unless you are Chris Montagna or Jason Stuckert, the 2400 series and the 14-15 inch O gauge cars look just fine.

[@georgebenson6036]

Great video as always. I wish so much we still had Williams. I really like your Amtrak train too. It is an icon of the seventies. Thanks for sharing.

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

Many thanx George! This is my only Williams engine and it's pretty nice. I have a few cars from them as well, but otherwise I don't collect them. I saw an interesting photo on facebook (Meta) which showed an Amtrak consist in Milwaukee ca1975. It had an engine similar to mine (although it may have been an E7) in Amtrak colors pulling cars in the yellow UP scheme but lettered for the Milwaukee Road!

[@markslioneltrains]

I really like the 5 story building and switching out buildings is a great idea. Can't go wrong with a F3 and cool switcher. Glad the cooler weather is back and you can get out to the man cave again.! 👍

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

Many Thanx Mark! That city scene has been a challenge but I think I've got a workable plan for the remainder of the space. I'll be happy to get out in The Cave and do a bit of work again on the layout. I hope you're able to start your new layout before too long. Moving is never fun but you have to do what you have to do.

[@johnknippenberg-LandmarkYards]

The buildings look awesome, as do the consists. Glad it's getting cooler for you.

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

Many Thanx John! While it's still a work in progress it's slowly coming along. I like the two trains I picked for this video and will probably play with them for a while before moving on to something else.

[@raysrails2164]

Nice thanks for showing the Williams horn . That's a manufacturer I know little about .

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

Thanx Ray! This is my only Williams engine. I have a handful of cars as well, but that's it. Otherwise Williams flies under my radar.

[@paulbervid1610]

That is very nice

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

Many Thanx Paul!

[@ajmayowskijr]

I love the Milwaukee Sentinel Building. You did a great job with it Ed. The Amtrak and Wisconsin Central trains are awesome. Amazing video 👍

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

Many Thanx Al! The two trains are a nice departure from Milwaukee Road and still tie in to the overall theme. If I can peel off the sign from the Menards York Hotel, I'm going to change that as well.

[@ELWtrains]

Hi Ed, love the couple changes with blds great Amtrak set 👍

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

Many Thanx Ed! The Amtrak set is nice to be sure and I love how it looks on my small layout! I'll have a few more additions and changes to the city scene before long (I hope 🙂)

[@therosejewelrailroad489]

This video brought back a memory for me. Living and racine Wisconsin most people had the Racine journal times. I however used to deliver the Milwaukee journal. Reason being is they had a weekend paperboy position.That was my route. I made about seven bucks a week. My route was A2. Thanks for the memories Ed! I think?

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

You're welcome Ken - I think! 😆 It's been fun - and a bit of a challenge - to find or come up with things that remind me of Milwaukee. But one way or da udder, I'll make it work!

[@radarditti560]

Nice Ed I hope you hit 1,000 subscribers by Christmas if not sooner.

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

Many Thanx Radar!! It's s-l-o-w-l-y inchin' it's way up there!

[@johnandrus3901]

Very nice, Ed. I like the way that you fit everything on your layout, without making it look too cluttered. You've given me some good ideas on my scenery, when I start it next month. I think that it is harder on marginally larger layouts, like mine, to make everything 'fit', without looking like it was just thrown together with no rhyme or reason. I haven't been to Wisconsin since I was a little boy. I want to check out my dad's home town of Columbus and then go to Madison and Milwaukee, when I get a chance. Either way, an excellent video, as always.

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

Many Thanx John! This layout is a big experiment for me as it's the first time I've tried Big City scenery. Doing that in a limited space has been a challenge. The hardest part is finding tall buildings with a small footprint so that I can fit more into the space I have, most everyone wants to make humongous structures!

[@johnandrus3901]

@@Ed-ICE-Berg Sure is. I’m eliminating all of my bigger accessories, including the coal ramp and log loader. There just isn’t enough room to justify them on the layout. They will be on display on my shelves. I’d rather have more space for running trains. My small town and the commercial buildings are just enough, really. Keep up the great work.

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

@@johnandrus3901 I was into HO scale for decades before switching to 3-rail back in ‘91 and the whole ‘operating accessory’ thing was foreign to me. I bought maybe a half dozen over the course of several years but grew tired of them. Plus they take up a lot of room on a layout.

[@johnandrus3901]

@@Ed-ICE-Berg I went on an accessory buying spree for probably 9-10 years and bought 21. Way too many. I’m keeping a few of the smaller ones on the layout and the rest are going on the shelves. If you’re in a modular group, they are okay. Other than that, nah.

[@mytrainhobby5318]

Nice run.

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

Than you!

[@plunkervillerr1529]

Marx guy here, old tec. is the way to go for me all so. Salvage junk, recondition, run, and enjoy.

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

I like it all - new, old, broken and repaired, whatever. If I can afford it I buy it but now that I'm retired the 'affordability' threshold is greatly reduced!

[@genemanno1533]

That’s the only way to be affordable is to fix up the vintage trains like we had as kids. Modern expensive china plastic crap don’t interest me. After all these are just toys to play with. I like video’s like this that make use of inexpensive trains that one fixes up and runs. I buy on ebay and train shows from others selling reasonably priced. Everything I own is pre/post war Lionel modified to my taste. Most diesels now have double AC motors w/magna traction and custom paint.

[@EngineerEd-xt2qu]

I like the explanation about your layout. You gave me a great idea for my layout. thanks

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

Many Thanx! I wanted to do something I don't really see a lot in the 3-rail world

[@EngineerEd-xt2qu]

@ I’m glad you did

[@PopPopsTrainRoom]

i just subscribed, very nice A+

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

@@PopPopsTrainRoom sorry for the late reply, I am w-a-y behind in replying to comments and generally just anything KZbin related. Many thanx for the sub, I hope you enjoy the channel!

[@chiconian49]

I remember seeing a new set of the Lionel Amtrack train. It had a little Alco diesel pulling it. I like your FM better. How long does it take to put out a building fire in Milwaukie anyway?

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

I wasn't much of an Amtrak fan Chuck until these came my way. I really like these. Ohhhh, I s'pect that building to be burning for quite some time. The firemen are all union and have to take their breaks! 😆

[@Guytrains]

Very cool what type of track are you using?

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

Thank you! It's Menards tubular track with added rubber ties from Moondog (they're no longer made, I found them on fleaBay)

[@PopPopsTrainRoom]

i have lots of Amtrak too

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

@@PopPopsTrainRoom this is my first Amtrak train and I like it a lot.

[@allanegleston4931]

hear , hear. i dont care as long as it runs . i have the marx tin whistling station . it does it for me.

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

@@allanegleston4931 I have quite a few beaters in the collection and a lot of older nothing special stuff that I enjoy a lot.