Non powered equipment of the RRVT

[@chicagolandrailroader]

That welder that gets power from the overhead is super cool. Nice seeing the equipment that keeps your railroad running!

[@CNW4145]

Its an oldie but a goodie. Thats the beauty of simplicity, it just lasts forever.

[@Hurricane314]

i would absolutely LOVE working here, i love railroading, especially miniature gauge railroading. Id take a locomotive out into the middle of nowhere, set up camp for the night and spend the night next to the rails.

[@CNW4145]

A night ride is a good time for sure, can be a bit scary!

[@rubenskiii]

Always a nice watch to see the work that has been done on the tramway, very creative! Warm greetings from The Netherlands!

[@CNW4145]

Thank you, hope all is well over there after the big storm that you just had. It did not look good!

[@artillerest43rdva7]

always so nice seeing running under the wire. you do a great job adapting items to your use. thank you for sharing your time and education about your catenary system!

[@StanFerris]

Great information on all the rolling stock! You have some quite unique wagons there. Fun to see it all.

[@CNW4145]

There are quite some contraptions indeed!

[@steventurner820]

Such a variety of old and unique cars, neat seeing all those brick carts scattered around with all their uses

[@billlee2947]

Amazing! I am always impressed with your ingenuity and productivity. Thanks for the history about and look at your rolling stock.

[@bluepen61]

Wow! The RRVT has a lot of rolling stock!! Ingenious construction of them.

[@Squirel]

Quite an array of rolling stock but all with a job (or two) to do to earn their keep. What amazes me is how good a condition they are all in considering a lot of it is out in all weather, and the fact that your weather can be quite extreme. Thanks for the video, as usual I really enjoyed it.

[@CNW4145]

Yeah I wish I had a big enough barn to keep everything inside but at this time its not possible. Anything that is all steel and has no electrical components must live outside.

[@ruk2023--]

What a fantastic thing.

[@Uranium_uwu]

Nice

[@kerry2368]

Thanks for posting!!!

[@sharkey086]

Glad to see the upload!

[@АлексейЖуравлев-ю5ш]

Очень интересно и познавательно!

[@MJC19]

I'm surprised there no passenger trailers, amazing to see all the regular stock!

[@stevemellin5806]

Nice .

[@frankzappa3834]

That original pole car is just a glorified skateboard! 🤣 Great video as always!

[@CNW4145]

Hahaha you are right, never saw the resemblance until you mentioned it!

[@Sonny.M-w6r]

great video! 2 questions though, 1, what is the little yellow tram in the depot, 2, why dont you use the birney much?

[@CNW4145]

The small yellow one is called an open car, it was originally a 15" gauge and was re-gauged to 24". The birney does get out from time to time, in fact just last week I took it for a nice high speed ride. Next year I plan on doing more videos of the equipment operating as its been a while since I have taken some of those.

[@Chairman750]

Great video of your non-powered cars and equipment. I would love to give you a hand with the crane car. I love smaller gauge railroad systems. How long do you use volunteers? I would have my own truck and most of my tools. I'm just trying to see what help you need. Where are you located? I live in Gainesville Fl.

[@CNW4145]

The operation is in northern IL so its a bit far away but thanks for the offer! Ill get to that car one of these days!

[@Signal_Box_Studios]

Does the overhead cantenary work very well? Have you had any “incidents” with the high voltage?

[@CNW4145]

Catenary works great, and in 75 years of operation not one person has been fried so I guess the answer is no to the incidents lol

[@Signal_Box_Studios]

@@CNW4145 wow, I’ve watched a couple more videos of yours and it looks amazing! Must be nice to have a little inter urban. I guess it’s a good design if nobody has gotten cooked.

[@asteroidrules]

As someone who's in the process of adding Harp switch stands to a model railroad layout I have to say I really like the look of your real ones. How well do they work? You mentioned making frogs so I assume your switches as a whole are handmade.

[@CNW4145]

The harp stands work great, they are easy to make and very functional. All the switches are handmade, while there are cast frogs available for this gauge they tend to be hard to find and expensive so I just make everything on site. More fun that way too :)

[@MSN78RU]

Greetings from the 300mm (12 in) tram system! What are your plans for using the diamond?

[@CNW4145]

I am hoping to get some more rail and do a fairly large expansion. As part of this expansion, the diamond will be utilized.

[@MSN78RU]

​@@CNW4145Track expansion is the best thing that can happen on a railroad! There is a diamond on our tram line and I always like to drive my tram through it! We are looking forward to your new videos.

[@marcsummerlott3965]

Traction lives we won't tell STD OIL or gm.

[@CNW4145]

Yes please don't tell them, I don't need a guy in suit showing up with a big check in hand to shut me down lol