Another Trip To Larkspur Line Train Store - Looking for Vintage Items & Haul

Larkspur line train store is a place I don't usually get to visit too many times in a year but I happened to be in the town again so I thought I would go in and see what they had as well as pick up various items I had seen before. They had a few items I hadn't seen before and all of what I was looking for and I ended up purchasing a fair amount of stuff for several projects I have in mind.

[@scottledbetter7212]

Could spend hours in that place. Cool finds as always

[@robintheslavewr1513]

Glad to see hobby stores staying open and people going to them smt and model trains are getting me thru quarantine

[@trainstorm1225]

Yep same. I just hope my local club opens soon in time for our meeting next weekend!

[@robintheslavewr1513]

@@trainstorm1225 mine has stayed open but closed to the public and only 2 people are around in until recently we got a new guy with a brass 4-6-2 with soundtraxx and a really really loud speaker it puts my polar express to shame

[@strobson1]

Mahalo for taking us to the train store. Always a pleasure

[@noahvaive5291]

I was here yesterday and it was a great hobby store

[@awesomeaustin5704]

Love seeing this style of content My nearest train store is an hour drive so I don't go very often

[@shipbuilding1000]

Athearn did make their own factory-painted CP multi-mark SD40-2 during the blue box era. One way to tell if you have one of the very early 1980's SD40-2 shells is the first few runs had flat front and rear pilots with no "step-out" for the handrails where they curve in the middle. Yours is more recent, at least the shell is; it has the newer pilots.

[@MMRails]

Special project... lots of track... rail joiners... new layout? Garden layout? Helix? Layout around the pool? Can’t wait. The best feature of Lark Spur, two items exactly the same, different prices.

[@SMTMainline]

Yeah, I found the pricing a bit funny. Maybe they're just done to whatever the store owner feels like that day.

[@budgiedeluxe]

Turns out that high hood existed, honestly I love these videos due to the Australian exchange rate is equivalent to Canadian one so I can see what’s the good deals over there.

[@user-qe3fg3uv5m]

I have a challenge for you, try finding z scale trains in any hobby store

[@steezytrtl2701]

Are you sure he can even see them? They’re so little!

[@TheTrainFreak]

Hobby Store I go to has a very small section of Z scale.

[@LRSX]

There's 2 stores near me that carry them.

[@user-qe3fg3uv5m]

Oh yeah i gorgot the rails

[@SMTMainline]

Already did - H&R Trains florida

[@alcopower5710]

Interesting haul. I have a bobber in the Burlington Route paint scheme.

[@jdmills4370]

Looks like a neat town with a “walkable downtown” that everyone wants these days

[@HeavyTanker-vx4oq]

Idea for the Lima, have its in a siding like it's had a boiler failure. That hole looks perfect for a failed boiler. The condition of it even adds to it, like it's a locomotive that's just been ran until it died

[@c418stal5]

HeavyTanker1945 all you need is a couple of bent paper clips and hot glue for the boiler pipes sticking out

[@Wolfsspuren6783]

Not long ago I thought: "SMT needs a place to put the wagons and some locomotives, without them being scattered throughout the layout, I was thinking in a large rail yard, when I saw the turntable, I automatically remembered the rail yard with a roundhouse ... And now, with the long stretches of track you bought, I think I know what you are going to do... "Everything is coming together"

[@Alerrecks]

yooooo that makes total sense!

[@fazthatcoyote]

Allow me to shed some,light. That CP NS unit is real. There were a batch of SD40-2 units that NS sold off (they were former Southern Units) to various lines, CP being one. CP used these units and later converted them into booster units. I'd say it'd be worth picking that unit up SMT ;)

[@mratsfrailfan1894]

I have that same royal blue caboose they can be pretty rare they also came out with a steamer in that scheme that they sold with the caboose

[@scoobs2511]

I just picked up a via rail tempo set from Rapido today. It was quite pricey but I would definitely say its worth the money. I tested it and the cars will work on a 22" radius curve just fine. You should snag one.

[@davidztog9011]

Just saying, Harrison, you need to steer clear of train shops for awhile, unless you really need something for an ongoing project. 😲 With everything you have on your plate, you're going to need coffee running through your veins to stay on track. You're calendar is full of projects through at least 2030. 🤣 Just kidding - - have fun, and stay, forever young! Thanks for sharing. 👍 👍 👍

[@mercuryoak2]

Either strong coffee or some strong king cole tea from New Brunswick Canada thats some good stuff . highly recommended loose leaf tea or bags but the loose leaf is awesome

[@antonbruce1241]

Someone needs to send him a six-pack of Jolt cola! Talk about the maximum caffeine!!!

[@heyjay25]

That lima southern pacific is very rare! Good find!

[@spekt909]

SMT, The apparent DCC decoder is actualy a capacitor, It's a way to get dc locomotives running on dcc layouts. Normally, putting a dc engine on a strict dcc layout would blow it out, so they added that in.

[@SMTMainline]

Interesting.

[@TheTrainFreak]

Looks like you found some rare finds. Nice video!

[@rca2065]

Wooooooooooooo! more videos, and a train store visit!

[@Uptownloki47]

Can’t wait to see that sd40 back out on the mainline!

[@mercuryoak2]

The prices for rail joiners is very good dang. I haven't gotten to hobby store yet . I'd love to go here I did see their ebay at lark spur. Awesome finds there man wow. That line 0-4-0 I almost bought one just like it at a flea market it was going for 5 or 10 I think . I should have bought it . but again very good finds. Nice laptop background .

[@jackrabbit2688]

I love bobber cabooses. Nice Video SMT.

[@laaeeh]

XD What if someone made a large train with only bobber cabooses Edit: I said what I typed in my head and I said bobber caboobers XD

[@stephanieross3089]

Greetings SMT! I love seeing model shops open even during rough times like these. Could you make a video showing how or you could explain to me in a reply to do the wiring to the switch on the edge of your table where you can turn on the power for dc or dcc? Thanks!

[@davidcitrigno4153]

@Stephanie Ross SMT did a video on the subject type into KZbin search SMT Mainlne - how to wire DC & DCC Work Together on your layout. I hope this helps .

[@choochoocharlie9388]

Amazing store!!!

[@matthewbrinson4977]

SMT those Canadian Pacific sd40-2 locomotives are former Norfolk Southern units. They were former Southern actually and NS I believe still has one or two going around. NS sold a few to CP and CP did repaint the. Into the dual flags scheme. Eventually they were sold off to where I have no clue

[@JoseAntonio-xc3ju]

SMT ...curtindo muito aqui do Brasil. ..Gostaria que por aqui tivessem lojas assim como aí. ..faça mais vídeos assim Parabéns pelo vídeo. .like!

[@robertbott4833]

In April 2016, CP ended it's attempt to merge with NS. Maybe someone decided to imagine what the combo's engine paint scheme would be?

[@ginogalante]

CP bought 10 ex NS SD40-2s which the one the in thr video is a representation of one of the units.

[@trainstorm1225]

SMT: **walks into Larkspur** Store Owners: “FREE ADVERTISING!!”

[@robintheslavewr1513]

This is definitely true lmao

[@2turkles]

I know right?

[@therailroadempire7993]

With all the baby Ruth boxcars you should make a baby Ruth plant lol. When is the next update on the “Mammoth project”. I really enjoy watching videos on it

[@BCOL4622]

when SMT got that cp sd40 i was actually glad because that's a really nice locomotive and I would love to see him fix it up.

[@lorrainecelebre9680]

And I really enjoy your KZbin video’s and my pa is a very big fan of all types of trains

[@trekzilladmc]

Those used stretches of track are great for making abandoned spur lines.

[@grantbassett2048]

Morning, the first part of your video walking to the shop/store the stone buildings look remarkabley like westyorkshire... its uncanny. Haha. Would love to visit Canada one day!!! And the train store!! Great channel. Keep it up.keep safe. Cheers Grant.

[@SMTMainline]

Some of the buildings were built over 150 years ago and the majority of Canadians at the time would have been British immigrants so it's likely the style of construction was similar to what they would have known in England.

[@grantbassett2048]

@@SMTMainline Hi, that would make sence. We are proud of are old stone buildings & Houses.Not to mension are Steam engines.Skill and time they must of taken. Keep up the good work.thanks for the reply & the Canadian History. Ive learnt something new there. I will be getting a CN loco on my layout" once i get it started" haha. Cheers!!

[@oandoproductions8099]

I’m a member of a railroad club so I get parts for free if they have it!. I really love your videos too!

[@delvinrodriguez3341]

Hey SMT that CP/Norfolk Southern SD40-2 at the beginning is actually real, it was sold By Norfolk Southern to CP in 1992.

[@shipbuilding1000]

It is indeed real. It's a bit ironic that NS sold off some of their SD40's in the early 1990s but in recent years they've been buying almost every used SD40-2 off the market and rebuilding them

[@delvinrodriguez3341]

@@shipbuilding1000 They didn't think that one through before selling them =)

[@Brian_rock_railfan]

Awesome video liked 🚄🚂👍

[@mariajoserevilla5039]

Soy de bcs, ojalá y por acá estubiera una tienda como esa por acá Increíble todo lo que hay!! Manden todo para acá!! Jajajajajajaja

[@matthewstaffen4928]

Great haul!

[@elleryparsons2433]

By the Looks Of it that should Be Your #1 Place to shop for trains.

[@davidcomunica54]

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS !!!!👍LIKE

[@garysprandel1817]

Back before Bowser brought them out those Tyco cabooses made for decent PRR N-8 (IIRC) with a little plastic surgery to cut out and swap the cupola to the center of the roof. Also if you can find the old Lifelike steam crane the cab and boom can be removed, the rivets shaved off with some windows filled and the sharp corners filled and rounded with putty it can be mounted to the slightly modified Bachman bobber chassis for a pretty decent Burro crane.

[@jejltrains4218]

I love the project idea. P.S you spilled the beans in a livestream

[@SMTMainline]

"Some of you may know"

[@Alerrecks]

@@SMTMainline heh

[@OttawaModelRailFan]

Great video! I wonder what’s going on with that “DCC” locomotive

[@easterntennesseelivesteame4796]

I know I’m late and someone probably did the research before me but that cp/nf gp is authentic to the prototype. Pretty neat didn’t know those existed.

[@robertlucido3686]

I watched your videos on that Runaway Train consist you made, and I thought you'd want to know that I looked on Wikipedia, and I read that the two trailing units, the two gp7's (or at least they said about the one that's the fourth engine #1801( renumbered #1804) were used in the movie Under Siege 2 with Steven Seagal

[@SMTMainline]

I had no idea one of those locomotives was used in more then one movie.

[@robertlucido3686]

I didn't either until I looked on Wikipedia

[@alcobufff]

I think that sd 40-2 has a rail command board in it. This was a control system that MTH did that was NOT compatible with DCC.

[@localrat2796]

Yay!!,my favorite type of videos,don't know why?

[@c418stal5]

I may be only 12 and live in Massachusetts but that won’t stop me from going to larkspur’s when I’m older

[@brycetienter9772]

Hi there SMT! The odd CP rail loco you saw in the display case was a real locomotive at some point. Here's a pic of it way back in 2001: www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=22936. Locomotives like this one where bought from railroads like UP, NS, and many others in a time of power shortage. This locomotive I believe still serves NS under the new road number of 3254.

[@RailfanBraden]

I love you videos keep it going

[@grantwallace7989]

I just picked up a $10 USD Tyco royal blue locomotive that has the smoke unit and tyco smoke! It did not run so I took it apart but I don’t know enough about tyco motors to fix it so I took it to my local hobby shop and he said if he could fix it that he would charge me $10 USD and if he could not fix it, it would be free! So if your around Norwalk Ohio go to Rob’s hobbies!!! And now I guess I need to find the caboose for it. Edit never mind the armature is toasted so guess it will be a display piece and is the royal blue still running?

[@atecgaming716]

Man what I would do to have a place like this near me :(

[@saltgoatshaker8844]

That looks really cool

[@soontobesopwith_production4705]

Whoa SMT is like a god where ever he is there is a hobby shop (plz teach me your ways)

[@microbusss]

am looking for that Apple boxcar, chicken coop car & Frosted Flaked gondola those Desire St trolley cars came with a SF cable car & are copies of the Bachmann but distributed by Reader's Digest Magazine! so those are common as dirt! the Royal Blue caboose goes with a matching steam loco

[@dbtech7914]

Nice Haul! You did good on the Royal Blue and the switcher. You should have bought the Exon tank car and the Purina is a nice car, I have one. Looks like the decoder on the Canadian Pacific was an add on?

[@SMTMainline]

I would have bought those but I already have two which are very similar. I'm still not exactly sure what that decoder is. It's certainly some kind of add on.

[@Alerrecks]

Like the SD40-2, and that 0-8-0 boiler front was a steal! I agree with David. Seems like, well, you are buying just to buy! You have so much stuff already, and most of it is incredibly similar. Maybe you should start letting go of a few things like *cough cough* F UNITS *cough cough* However I saw the same Athearn 0-4-2 shell next to the $5 0-4-0 you bought at 3:40.You passed over it again! xD THAT IS RARE!!! Get it!!!

[@davidstrainsandlego]

I think I'll go to my favorite hobby shop soon

[@warbabyproductions]

The 0-4-0 you got is different compared to the other ones you have. The ones you got are tender 0-4-0 this one is a 0-4-0 tank engine

[@TTVhadjsnsakjldnfsdjk]

those dummy trolley cars were part of a set, not sold by a major company. i forget the brand, but it is HO scale and kinda cool

[@TheActualKingOfRailfanning]

There’s a model store in tillsonburg Ontario Too bad it’s only for curb side pickup

[@BigG-n9d]

That little red break them I used to have one like it

[@froggy8151]

Man only if I lived in that town!!

[@Dawsonsrailfanadventures74]

Smt Norfolk Southern sold CP rail some high hood SD40-2s that were im storage most got the pac man paint

[@LDaniel_BDuce]

Project... 🤔 hmmm *imagines a maple syrup themed railway*

[@BCrailguy45]

CP rail did have a black SD40-2 3254 ex Norfolk Southern SD40-2

[@SMTMainline]

Oh, I wasn't expecting that.

[@wyattbridges4937]

Happy july 4th smt mainline have a good day today

[@TheLoggingGuy4]

Those little bobber cabooses where used in logging railroads.

[@Alerrecks]

Not just logging railroads. They could be found coupled to trains traveling short distances, or locomotives switching in the yard.

[@codymarshall2540]

I have the same lima steam loco from the train show and mine wasn't working. Person that sell the loco said that the wheels needed to be clean and as I try to clean the wheels I try to run it, but it doesn't work. It wouldn't move at all. Idk what they done to it, but I'll try to fix it, but I also don't know what the problem is to my loco. Great Video btw.

[@kathymorrison8341]

like the little black engine. Hope you can get it to run. also what's a decoder?

[@SMTMainline]

It allows a loco to work with DCC.

[@kathymorrison8341]

@@SMTMainline ok. my next question is this. what's dcc?

[@davidcitrigno4153]

@@@kathymorrison8341 : DCC - Acronymn - digitial Cab Control, - a way to control more than one train at a time on the same track, DCC uses AC to send power and the digital signal to the track, the decoder in the train picks up this signal however only the engine with the correct address with respond to the signal which is why each decoder need to be program with a different address. BTW this is just a rough explanation. to see more on DCC Google Search Model Railroading DCC.

[@BlackHeart37498]

It looked like a former ns unit that hasn't had it's ns logo removed I've seen those up in going through northern Wisconsin

[@HustleMuscleGhias]

Pre-DCC electronics. Might be a pulse style decoder or CTC-80 system.

[@SMTMainline]

I haven't seen those before.

[@tjprptchable]

Very cool I like the bobber caboos I youse to have one that was CP it's so small lol

[@Nick105.]

Far shot idea, but it might also be right. What if that one life like white diesel loco you got before, was one of the prototypes for when they first started producing them? Such as how rapido or everyone else shows a white unpainted model of the train with gold ish on smaller details when they make pre orders and such.

[@SMTMainline]

You might be right about that. I'm not sure why else they would make those.

[@jamesstrickland631]

We've lost almost all our hobby shops here in North Carolina USA, some that had been around for 40+ years.....😔

[@SMTMainline]

It's a bad trend. The owner of this one has done a good job managing to keep it open in his 80s.

[@collinparker3126]

Nice trains

[@Graulas]

Larkspur looks good

[@theronerd]

Awesome finds. I'm guessing you are working on a garden railroad.

[@SMTMainline]

Sort of.

[@theronerd]

@@SMTMainline I'm in the process of laying 300' for track. Probably won't use it all. I've had some test pieces outside. Sprayed them down with a uv protectant. So far so good. Ill probably have to reapply the uv protectant every so often.

[@mratsfrailfan1894]

nice

[@tanabi]

The SD 40 look like someone did a DCC install

[@phoenicianlocal2363]

I just wanna guess on your project......is it an HO scale garden railway? Like an outdoor HO scale layout? Because ive never seen anybody do that before and ive always thought that would be cool!

[@Glitch-2006]

In am gonna catch you live stream tomorrow for sure

[@MattKonsol]

I wonder if the Canadian pacific sd40-2 has sound. Btw I owned a tyco babe Ruth reefer car.

[@teddawg327]

your post office should have a box from riverside, NJ

[@SMTMainline]

I will have a look soon, thank you!

[@beesbeesbees-andbees]

6:01 that caboose is called a bobber

[@warbabyproductions]

I found one baby Ruth box car in my train stores second hand section

[@gregferrin9104]

How much were they asking for those CN C44-9W Kato locos?!

[@heyitshenry1383]

r you making a fiddle or staging yard?

[@wyattbridges4937]

Hey smt those cp rail ex norfolk southern locomotives are real locomotives they were around in the 1980s 90s

[@NicholassTrainChannel]

I want to see that CP sd40-2 get restored also when are you going to finish the davy crocket locomotive.

[@elleryparsons5766]

This is the Perfect way to Spend Money.

[@ChicagolandAviation747]

nice vid SMT mainline

[@pieseasmyseas]

They're real its what happened to the pencentral stuff when it got sold

[@elleryparsons5766]

Hey Smt How Many Engines you have to fix?

[@warbabyproductions]

Dans Lima has the same issue with the wheels

[@gtnighthawk4414]

have you tried re programming the chip or access the factory reset of the SD-42 ?

[@SMTMainline]

I might try that but most seem to think this is not an actual DCC decoder.

[@General_Dachshund]

i can get nickle silver flecks track at entertrainment juncion in there hobbies department for less than a dollar and still have enough money to buy more trains!

[@mohawkandwesternrailroad9124]

12:05 decoders stretches as far as the 1960s