Easy Ride on a Local Passenger Train - The HO Scale Colorado & Southern Ry - Ep 9

[@w.rustylane5650]

I have one Colorado Southern engine for my layout. It's an HO Roundhouse old timer 4-6-0 my friend let me build just before he died. I finished the engine and it is very special for my layout in memory of my friend, Jim Witherington, who introduced me to model railroads back in the mid 1980's. Cheers from eastern TN

[@CSRYfan]

Those old Roundhouse steam locomotive kits were a good alternative to brass for many of us back then. And that 4-6-0 is a fine tribute to a good friend. Thank you for sharing and thank you for enjoying the video.

[@DarkTerritory71]

This was great! Thank you for sharing!

[@CSRYfan]

Thank you for watching! More to come...

[@dmcry600]

COOL video!!!! NICE layout!!!!

[@CSRYfan]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. Making these videos is as enjoyable as building the layout.

[@markplacek6657]

Nice set of trains and beautiful scenery thank you for the video

[@CSRYfan]

Thank you Mark! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@bennermichael]

Very authentic

[@CSRYfan]

Thank you Michael. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@jasperrocks9967]

5 minutes in and I’m already a big fan. Please keep making these!

[@CSRYfan]

Thank you Jasper... you ca count on it!

[@ChargerusPrime]

This is absolutely wonderful to me. I'm from Texas and I'm only just starting to get into the Q, i just purchased my first CB&Q engine in O scale and its a beauty, a 3rd rail O-5b. I still have all of my HO stuff which is primarily SP and a few odds and ends. This has firmly encouraged me to learn even more about the Q and her subsidiary roads and to get more rolling stock and engines in both scales in the future! God bless and be well, good tidings and good will from Texas!

[@CSRYfan]

Thank you! I'm honored to be a Burlington Route inspiration!

[@Ken-Kaef]

Thanks for posting. Awesome video. I loved the commentary. It is so well scripted and acted. Cheers Ken😀

[@CSRYfan]

Thanks Ken, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. We have a lot of fun making these. The cast and crew appreciate your complements!

[@detlefkurpanek]

Very nice, Jim! Love the story, the photography and the editing to make it all come together. Well done!

[@CSRYfan]

Thank you Detlef. I'm glad you enjoyed the video -- another dimension of fun in this wonderful hobby.

[@steve5526]

Keep these coming, it inspires me to keep working on my own C&S from Denver to Ft Collins!

[@CSRYfan]

I'm glad you find these videos inspiring! Happy modeling!

[@theubaum]

Great video format! Love the narrative! Beautiful layout!

[@CSRYfan]

Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoy the videos.

[@HumancityJunction]

Saw the video link posted on the Ry-Ops group. I really enjoyed the presentation even though TT&TO gives me anxiety.

[@CSRYfan]

Thank you HJ. I'm glad you enjoyed it. But anxiety is part of the charm of TT&TO . :-) I have a few operators that prefer the "off road" jobs in the yard and engine facility to the challenge of the High Iron. Easy Ride showcases the assignment with the least decisions -- you're top train and everyone has to look out for you. Just sign all the registers and don't leave early. It's a good first assignment for a newbie.

[@HumancityJunction]

@@CSRYfan I definitely try to get a yard or industry job that keeps me off the road at a TT&TO layout. Or I try to get the priority trains. The reality is I just do not have the patience and reading comprehension for TT&TO

[@UncleJakesRaidersVideos]

Awesome 👍

[@CSRYfan]

Thank you Uncle Jake! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@tczephyr3665]

Another first class video. I love the Q equipment. You can’t have too many converted troop carriers

[@CSRYfan]

Thank you! And I agree, those express cars are a good looking models.

[@kevinbohnenblust5844]

I always enjoy your videos. Thanks for posting! (BTW I liked seeing the card for ballast at Granite, Wyo. I live there!)

[@CSRYfan]

Thank you for watching. I'm glad we got Granite in the video -- that packet is there from our last operating session in November.

[@kevinbohnenblust5844]

@CSRYfan I'm curious about something. You model the 1940s? What do you use for C&S ballast cars? Drop bottom gondolas or something else? Thanks!

[@kevinbohnenblust5844]

Oops. I mean 1958!

[@CSRYfan]

I have a handful of Hart ballast cars from Atlas. I fill them with Woodland Scenics talus as live loads. That's larger than ballast, but lighter and easier to handle than scale ballast. I just assume they are going to some project south of Denver that needs that size and quantity of rock.

[@kevinbohnenblust5844]

@@CSRYfan thanks!

[@dominicwroblewski5832]

The Exposition Flyer to Cheyenne ?

[@CSRYfan]

Thank you for enjoying the video. To your question, I'll plead "modeler's license", but only a little. I took the name from a December 6, 1942 C&S Ry. public time table. Train No. 31 was dubbed the "Exposition Flyer Connection", running Denver to Cheyenne. The UPRR seemed to be "the connection". This was war time, so civilian passenger service was distorted. The historians out there can help us understand if the Q's Expo Flyer had lost the Rio Grande leg of the original Flyer (Chicago to San Francisco). BTW, the return leg, No. 32, was dubbed the "Zephyr Connection" in the same time table.