Great video from a rail fan point of view. Not only do I like the colorful loco's, but the different make and models a well. Best 1 1/2 hr. spent today. Thanks!
@muchfunwithtrains6 күн бұрын
Thanks! I really enjoy the variety of the 1970's era, with all the mergers going on.
@KandWRailroader5 күн бұрын
Excellent and informative video! Thank you!
@muchfunwithtrains5 күн бұрын
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
@edwardstd524 күн бұрын
Fun video. I had to watch it in two sessions, but that was no problem. I was checking the "bangs" and I don't think you missed any. 😄👍
@muchfunwithtrains4 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed the whole thing! Bang! LOL, I can't remember if I checked to make sure I got them all in, or if it was just a natural instinct to say "Bang" by now...
@ronaldrondeau78704 күн бұрын
Thanks Burr, I watch 2 times cause to fun, your guys are to much bangs they need formation ,see you next time
@muchfunwithtrains4 күн бұрын
Yes, we certainly see a variety of 'bang-man" styles!!
@bigfoot-bf5wp4 күн бұрын
Nice yard
@muchfunwithtrains4 күн бұрын
Thanks. I copied the prototype in a condensed form...
@JoeyBPhotography7 күн бұрын
This was fun to watch and informative, thanks for sharing your ops sessions! Im not an expert on bromine, but I do know that it was used in flame retardants, pesticides, and even photography chemicals.
@muchfunwithtrains7 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the input on bromine!
@Justfor1day9 күн бұрын
22 degrees here..i'm railfanning your layout next to my fireplace ...enjoy your videos and narrating ..those Alco NP engines are nice.
@muchfunwithtrains9 күн бұрын
Thanks for your comment! I found out today that the "Fern Turn" train was often pulled by NP re-patched RS11's with some GP's so we'll have to make a motive power change there next time. Stay warm!
@mic-drop-748 күн бұрын
I'm a CN yardmaster, this just scratches the surface with amount of BS a yardmaster deals with.
@muchfunwithtrains8 күн бұрын
True! Definitely an advantage to modeling vs. the real thing.
@mic-drop-748 күн бұрын
@@muchfunwithtrains No idea how this got into my feed, but interesting seeing a modeler work a yard. Main rule of a yardmaster, keepem safe and moving.
@muchfunwithtrains8 күн бұрын
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for your comments.
@25mfd6 күн бұрын
i was a switchman for the chicago and northwestern... the one thing that i noticed with our yardmasters was the CONSTANT ringing of that freakn' telephone... that alone put me off from being a yardmaster LOL
@mic-drop-745 күн бұрын
@@25mfd 26 years on the ground as a conductor. Nice to sit in an office when its -40F.
@amy-bradcoleman97349 күн бұрын
Nice video burr
@JamesTartas9 күн бұрын
I like the instructional aspect of this video, Burr. A nice follow up/ companion video your viewers might enjoy might be one that shows the sequenced thought and organizational process a yardmaster goes through at the beginning of (or just prior to) a session. How he/she organizes blocks of cars according the car cards or switch lists. and how they decide what has the most immediate priority, which track to put a car on, etc. (A look over their shoulder as they figure it all out). I try to pick the brains of yardmaster I assist but things get busy fast and some of that can fall by the wayside. I've been enjoying the inclusion of operator's chatter in your recent videos. The "much fun" part!
@muchfunwithtrains9 күн бұрын
Thanks Jim. That's a good suggestion.
@paulschannel91849 күн бұрын
A suggestion. Have a deck of “community chest” cards for air tests. Any train made up and has engines coupled, have the engineer pick a card to see if the air test was successful or if there is a bad order car that needs to be switched out of the train. True railroading at its best!
@cp368productions29 күн бұрын
I wish we had a layout like this to operate on near me. The closest we have in the Lakeshores Division of the NMRA is the layout that I am operating on Sunday afternoon which has 3 active yards. There are a couple others but their yards aren't that active or there's only one. This operating session will bring me up to 24 hours of operating experience in a year.
@muchfunwithtrains9 күн бұрын
Thanks for your comment. I agree, not too many layouts are as yard-intensive as this one. I find it super fun, but some people like running out on the mainline with signals and such. Hope you find more people near you over time...
@scottsmith70518 күн бұрын
Learned a tremendous amount, thanks...new sub, notifs on. 👍
@muchfunwithtrains8 күн бұрын
Thanks and welcome. What kinds of things did you learn?
@scottsmith70518 күн бұрын
@ well, everything! I am as much a "newbie" as it gets. Looking to get into realistic operations not knowing a thing about it. I'll be checking out your other videos as I go along I'm sure.
@muchfunwithtrains7 күн бұрын
If you haven't found it yet, I recommend looking into @operationsSIG where they have a lot of useful presentations on model railroad operations. Their quarterly magazine is worthwhile as well, if you join opsig.org
@tsitracommunications28847 күн бұрын
In terms of length how longvshould a railroad yard be?
@muchfunwithtrains7 күн бұрын
It all depends on what you want to do. The main purpose of a yard is to sort cars, so even a very short yard is better than nothing, assuming you want to sort cars. Some people have model railroads where all they do is run trains around, and they don't need a yard. Or maybe they need a "staging yard" that is as long as the longest train they want to run. Or maybe they have a passing siding on the mainline somewhere, so they want the yard to be as long as their passing siding. But if the yard is shorter than that, you can always take cars from more than one track out of the yard and switch it into a train. It all depends on your (operational) goals.
@muchfunwithtrains7 күн бұрын
Also, I meant to mention that there are several different types of yards. The one here in this video is a classic "division point" yard, where crews, engines and cabooses are pulled on and off trains. But there are also "interchange yards" for connecting with other railroads, "industry yards" for sorting cars near industry shipping districts, and even yards at a specific shipper for handling arriving and departing cars. For example, I have a four track, stub-ended receiving yard at my Cargill export grain terminal, which is just long enough to hold a single unit grain train, split between four tracks. It's about five feet long, where my double-ended division point yard (in this video) is about 30 feet long, and the video is only showing the action on the northern half of it.
@IMRROcom9 күн бұрын
This was too easy, I spy the Blue LDRR box car in the opening shot, Now what will I do for the other 91 minutes of the video....
@muchfunwithtrains9 күн бұрын
See if you can guess why the bromine car kept moving from one track to another. I can't figure it out...
@IMRROcom9 күн бұрын
@@muchfunwithtrains Will do :)
@IMRROcom3 күн бұрын
@@muchfunwithtrains I do not think the bromine car changed tracks as much as you think. I noticed that that bromine car seems to stay on the same track (I call it track 3, the transformer/flat would be on track 1) The camera shifts 1 track left or right giving the illusion that the bromine car changed tracks. Also the track next to the bromine car had cars and then was emptied also helping give the illusion the bromine car changed tracks. At the end of the clip, the bromine car is still behind the SP Box on what I call track 3 from my view angle. I count 1,2,3 yellow throws out of the 5 visible...