Bob Rivards Soo Line Layout - Transfer One with Soo 2500- HO Gauge Model Trains

In this video we'll see Bobs latest edition to his layout, the Soo 2500, make a run on Transfer Run. We'll start off at Shoreham Yard, and end up at Cardigan Jct. Along the way we'll meet a few other trains and see other parts of his layout such as New Brighton and Shoreham Hill.
The layout is set how the Soo Line was in the summer of 1977. Everything you see here is how it would have been back in that era, right down to the buses and cars on the roads.
*If you guys have any requests for different trains to be shot, please let me know in the comments*
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[@flyingjay49]

What is neat that both the 2500 and the 700 are now earning there keep at the Lake Superior Railroad. Museum in real life😀.

[@SD457500]

Exactly! All of the sounds you heard from the model Soo 2500 in this video are from the REAL 2500. Thanks for the view, and comment.

[@mmmegameat]

Gorgeous period realism! Your trains take me back in time. Kudos!

[@kenfolstad1346]

Best train video's hands down, I grew up with SOO LINE also, feels like I'm back in time (the 70's)!!!!!

[@SD457500]

Ken Folstad Thanks for the comment! I glad that you enjoyed the video! I try and make layout video feel as real as it can be. :)

[@richarddrum9970]

This layout looks so real, that I expect little scale people to start appearing at the engine terminal. Great modeling and weathering on rolling stock and power units. Thanks for sharing your layout.

[@SD457500]

Many thanks! Bob does wonderful work, and makes his layout come alive by extraordinary detail to everything.

[@glendenig9962]

Fantastic layout!!! Very realistic.

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment! Bob has done a phenomenal job!

[@ronaldwatson1951]

Great sounds and well put together, outstanding work!!!!

[@MisterPersuasion]

I grew up less than a mile from the SOO Line Shoreham Yard. I was always chasing the trains coming out of the yard and up to Apache Plaza back in those days.

[@rimodeler7963]

Excellent video and very nicely edited with the sound effects that add a great deal of realism. Thank you for shooting this video on Bob Rivard's beautiful Soo Line layout! Mike

[@SD457500]

Thank you for the comment on this video! I'm glad you enjoyed it; it makes the hard work that goes into these videos well worth it.

[@RailPoints]

Fantastic video. I loved the MTC bus for added realism. 76-77 is about when they started to phase that model out. One thing that surprised me is the prominence of F units; I thought they were mostly gone by the late 70s. I remember seeing mostly geeps and SD units by that time. You were a lucky one if you caught many F units on main line freights. Anyway, terrific job! One of the best layout videos I've seen.

[@Petemonster62]

I saw a Soo Line F-unit on a short freight going through Alexandria MN in May, 1981.

[@kidreviewsmodels460]

I'm in love with that soo 2500 loco

[@Dorox97]

Good video and Nice layout i miss this railroad #longlivethesoolinerailroad

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment! His layout is something else, almost like a time machine!

[@Dorox97]

@@SD457500 that's an EMD F7 Correct?

[@SD457500]

Close! Its an FP7.

[@sparky107107]

you put that video together great, the Doppler horn was a good one, thanks for taking the time out to do a amazing video,

[@SD457500]

sparky107107 Thank you, it's comments like this that really make it worth while. :)

[@rickscruggs5342]

Love this! Great memories! Thank you!

[@SD457500]

Rick Scruggs Thanks for the comment! Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@russellebnet6715]

The good old days of the SOO. I liked the white and red. black SOO logo. I hope Canadian Pacific will consider bring back the Soo Line

[@SD457500]

I appreciate the comment; that would be a neat heritage unit!

[@markrodriguez3688]

l love the sound of the F7, Bob!

[@SD457500]

Mark Rodriguez Thank you! The model was done by Bob, but the video was shot by myself.

[@iceblue6971]

Just found your channel...thanks for posting vids. I've always loved trains even if I know nothing about them ...

[@litlanternproductions1293]

Awesome video! Love the sounds and the layout itself!

[@SD457500]

Lit Lantern Productions Thank you!

[@randysrockandrollrailroad8207]

Too Cool! Thanks for sharing

[@SD457500]

Randy's Rock and Roll Railroad Mccarter Thanks for the comment!! I'm glad that you enjoyed it, more of these are in the works. :)

[@michaelhodgkins9186]

Impressive, most impressive !

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

I was hoping to see the "Dolly Sisters"! :-) Great Layout!

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment! I do have a video on here of the Dolly sisters working. Do you want the link?

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

@@SD457500 Sure!~

[@SouthernPacificPatch]

Very nice Douglas. I'd like to see some more of Bob's U30Cs!

[@SD457500]

SouthernPacificPatch Thank you, I appreciate the feedback!

[@MarkNieting]

And music by Mark Knoepfler no less! Wow.

[@SD457500]

Mark Nieting Music by Mark Knoepfler?

[@carlouellettegendron8861]

always perfect

[@steveg2509]

Unreal good!

[@SD457500]

Thank you for the comment, and watching! It was a lot of work, but soooo worth it all in the end.

[@davidsquires154]

The engine looks like ELS #600 engine from Iron Mountain, Michigan. P.S., ELS, stands for The Escanaba, Lake Superior Railroad from Iron Mountain, Michigan.

[@thomasperumean7973]

Kudos to you Mr. Rivard! Your sound design is among the best I have ever experienced after watching a generation of train videos. Are you a professional sound engineer or did you outsource to a third party? My most highest praise. The sound really brings you into the scenes with the operation of the Soo.

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment! This was shot on Bob Rivards layout; I shot the video (Douglas Hildebrandt), cut it, and dubbed the audio over. It is a very arduous process, but the results are well worth it! More of these are in the works as well.

[@thomasperumean7973]

Well! Mr. Hildebrandt, I must offer praise where praise is due. The sound design of your video is Hollywood quality. As a film school graduate I understand the long and involved hours with it comes to sound design. Your work is raising the bar among railroad videos and hopefully will inspire model railroad video makers to pay as close attention to the production as they do to weathering the scene.

[@SD457500]

@@thomasperumean7973 Thank you! :D

[@michaellindsay6735]

This trains engines models looks so real bad Ass

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment! I'm glad that you enjoyed the video. :)

[@kidreviewsmodels460]

Awesome man I love it I have my own ho scale layout but your layout looks much better awesome job

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment! I'm glad you enjoyed the video I shot of Bobs layout, it is truly a work of art. Bob is an extremely talented modeler, and great guy.

[@RailwayWorld]

Great Sound editing ! Better then DCC by a mile !

[@SD457500]

Railway World Thank you!

[@iceeking2006]

Realistic layout and great clip. Thank you for the post. The weathering on this layout is amazing. I remember this layout was featured on the cover of a past issue of Railmodel Journal. Have you thought about doing a "cabride" clip of the whole layout? That would be amazing. A Polaroid Cube or a newer GoPro are very good for this sort of stuff. Also, does Bob run a detour Amtrak train or any passenger trains at all? Thanks again for the post and thumbs up!

[@SD457500]

iceeking2006 Thank you for the comment. There is talk of that! Stay tuned, and I'm hoping to make a few more of these videos.

[@iceeking2006]

Looking forward to it. Keep em coming. If you do a cabride clip please make sure there's no people in the camera view and loud noises. So many layout cabrides on here get ruined by that. I subscribed.

[@AlfTrains]

I like video!

[@SD457500]

Thanks for the comment! I'm glad that you enjoyed it.

[@robrock8568]

Hey Bob!!! GREAT WORK HERE!! Love The SOO! This is the best footage I have seen out there! ... Nice Attempt with the sound Sync... You did Well in certain parts! :) I'm jealous... I would love to Model the SOO like this.... I don't have any SOO LINE HO Scale Locomotives yet... Well, I use to have 2 Proto 2000 SD60's in SOO.... probably 15 years ago but at the time I modeled Chessie and I sold them for Chessie.... Who has some good SOO models out these days...or are yours all custom painted? -Rob

[@SD457500]

Thank you for the comments on the videos I've done of Bobs layout! Bob is wonderful to work with, and I LOVE doing this type of audio work on his layout. It makes the realism of his work even better! More of these are to come down the road too.

[@michaellindsay6735]

U welcome

[@douglasskaalrud6865]

I wonder, if in a weird circumstance, an F7A pulled a train backwards? Or maybe an F7B?

[@SD457500]

I have heard of it, and seen pictures in the past, but never on the Soo. I know that B units had hostler controls to move them around the shop, but they couldn't venture out on the mainline without an A unit.

[@danlindeke4039]

Do you know "west minister junction/williams hill interchange in St Paul MN?

[@skillium-inc]

Is this the layout I keep hearing about in Shreveport?, if it is could I come see it in person

[@SD457500]

This layout is in the Twin Cities, MN area. Thanks for the comment!

[@AndrewNeilFalconer]

I would like to assemble a model of the Cardigan Junction station, but in O scale. Are there plans available for that station?

[@SD457500]

Andrew Falconer Thanks for the comment. Bob made it from scratch, however I do know that an issue of the Soo Line historical did have plans of the depot in it.

[@centraljerseyconrailinnsca5676]

Love the videos, great work. What are you using for you sound tracks? I want to start doing railfan videos on my layout but can't figure out the best approach for sound.

[@SD457500]

Central Jersey Conrail in N Scale Thanks for the comment! All of the sound is dubbed in from actual F units, and the real Soo 2500.

[@SD457500]

Central Jersey Conrail in N Scale Thanks for the comment! All of the sound is dubbed in from actual F units, and the real Soo 2500.

[@AndrewNeilFalconer]

The weathering on the ILLINOIS CENTRAL covered steel coil car was a bit severe considering that the car would have been less than 10 years old in 1977. Pause at 5:48 to see it.