Eric's Trains - Episode 47 (steel bridge ribbon cutting ceremony!)

Episode #47 of Eric's Trains. In this episode: Ribbon cutting for the newly completed steel bridge in the main room of the layout! More videos at www.ericstrains.com

[@p3n1_85]

oh wow, i remembered this channel. this was one of my favorite mode railroading channels when i was younger, so many memories.

[@Rammstein45]

I always like coming back and watching your older videos to see how much the layouts evolved over the years.

[@SaturnMist09]

It's great to finally see the completed bridge and train runnings "up close and personal" after watching all of the filming on the dropcams! Incredible job Eric and something that you and the model railroading community should be proud of...especially 3-Rail O Scale Modelers!!!!!! Rock on!!!

[@trainroomgary]

Hi Eric - The finished bridge looks great.The green and rust is big time realism. The salt seems to be the trick. The photos of the prototypical trestles help the viewers to understand your objective for this bridge. Thanks for the show & tell, & cool night photography. Cheers from Michigan

[@trainfansgamingchannel2778]

From Michigan!

[@joevidal7616]

you are a BEAST! the weathering and painting of your bridge is epic, so realistic, stunning work.

[@rich-wg5lb]

Wow, I am really impressed. The color and the horizontal framework reminds me of the elevated sections of the NYC subway systems in the Bronx and Queens when living there in the 50 thru early 70s.

[@wil2fly13]

Eric, a beautiful showcase of all of your hard work. The steel bride will be something we'll all envy for years to come. Thank you for sharing.

[@TheIhredpower]

Great work, Eric. Thanks for sharing all that you do.

[@BearCreekWoodworking]

I enjoyed watching you run trains across this new bridge for several nights from your new dropcam as you filmed this video. Tonight I enjoyed the finished video ever more! Great Job on showcasing your new steel bridge! It makes your layout really POP!!!

[@Ericstrains]

Thanks!

[@JolietZett]

Awesome to have such a vision come together! The blue goose whistle can't be beat!

[@davidkasparian4089]

This is the best Stainless Steel Bridge I've ever seen, and I love how you weathered it👍👍

[@Ericstrains]

Thanks 👍

[@wthwing]

It is really nice to have the money to get that wonderful bridge done. The rest of your layout is nice and will look great when it is finished with grass etc....

[@calvingrondahl1011]

Outstanding story teller of your railroad layout.

[@Starfield1959]

Great Stuff here Eric. Great presentation of the bridge which is just mind blowing being made of stainless steel. The trains are awesome. Digging all the Run bys !!

[@47mulligan]

FANTASTIC PRODUCTION! Your "labor of love" is beautiful. I enjoyed seeing so many of your trains, especially the MEC PanAm, which I also run. Looking forward to following your progress in the months and years ahead. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@vwgolfer1873]

Definitely one of the best bridges in private model railroading no question about that. And the great thing about it is that its one of a kind and all yours. Thanks for sharing this Eric

[@NYSW1904]

HOMERUN! Well done Eric! Well done!

[@MrFogmang27]

Excellent. The bridge came out great. I'm a retired Ironworker. The support towers are perfect, in real life they change the size of the girders and beams to support the weight. The push is straight down. The tower doesn't need to be wide like the rest. It would be sitting on a massive footing though. Ok enough info. Great job and a great layout.

[@TheShadeTreeFixitMan]

Absolutely superb Eric. Congratulations on the completion and opening of your expansive new bridge. Thank you so much for sharing your inspiration with us.

[@Ericstrains]

Thanks!

[@Steven_Williams]

Great job Eric! Love the finished product! Enjoy your labor of love!

[@BenjaminMillercom]

All the trains look so majestic snaking across the bridge

[@steveridgewaynrtgo]

Incredible bridge. Looks like something in Pennsylvania. Very realistic. Nice job!

[@TrainLine14]

Wow, I'm speechless. The work put into this project is just absolutely incredible. Congratulations on finishing the amazing steel bridge!

[@klbird]

Eric is always entertaining. One of the most fun sites on KZbin.

[@tristschannel5611]

Congratulations Eric on the Bridge! I've been here through the hole construction process and it turned out great!

[@jimgarlock33]

Love it, Love it! As always, best clip was the ride around the loop. Thanks for sharing.

[@billfallon2372]

Impressive collection! Excellent layout! That bridge is perfect! You're very creative! Keep up the good work!

[@chucksmodelrailroad]

Awesome Eric. It's great to finally see the bridge complete. Fantastic work!

[@shininghappyperson7]

Excellent choice for your first train across the bridge!

[@Chessie1985]

Great video and seeing trains running Eric

[@dcdad6]

Great Job on showcasing your new steel bridge and again another great video. Thanks again for sharing, Gerry and Greg.

[@houseofjax21]

love the work you put in Eric, great job

[@aaronspringborn34]

I really like the es44s, the 261, great camera shot with the 700e Hudson. That was awesome in itself. Another group of es44's even better yet! The Challenger!!!! Oh yeah! More NS heritage units of the SD 70's. What a lineup!

[@Crookedriverandeasternrr]

wow I cant even tell you how amazing it looks. great job on the weathering

[@arifakyuz7673]

Wow, that is what a paragon layout looks like!

[@scottgingras9828]

All I can say is AMAZING! I love the curves in this bridge. What an awesome Job!

[@ScottDowneywoundedbear]

That is one hell of a bridge and the trains are awesome too. Scott

[@DaveCoTrains]

It looks great. I'm so excited that you finally got to complete your project after such a long period of time. It looks amazing, and all of your trains do too! Cheers.

[@alconk7129]

Absolutely amazing bridge and video. The color is spot on for the bridges around me in IL. I could sit down there for days... Great great job!

[@rrad8106]

Wow! That is beautiful!

[@schmidtw900]

Thats a million dollar bridge you got there ! ! Priceless man. Great great job to you and your friend Jim ! ! !

[@ciscoduncan1490]

Look at the locks dude!! Lol 😆 Thanks for the video.

[@wingshooter1967]

Another great video Eric. Thanks for taking the time to make your videos and of course sharing them with all of us. I really enjoy watching them.

[@bjornvansteenbergen5055]

Great looking bridge! And I love the use of stainless steel, and then salt weathering to make it look rusty!

[@icantdrive5593]

I love the whistle on the orient express it sounds soo amazing! Great vid Eric!

[@trainmantim99]

Another top notch video Eric. I enjoyed watching you create it via your webcam.

[@thx113868]

That was a great video, I really liked the trains eye veiw.

[@harryk.6358]

The ride on view of the vision 700E is amazing!!!! Great angle on the curves with that setup (33:00).

[@hungryhungryhummer]

I love the vision line Hudson. By far my favorite engine Lionel has ever made. I hope to get one someday. They’re really expensive.

[@rydbac]

Hey Eric ThankYou for the Great Show and Congratulation on the completion of the Great Looking new bridge!

[@RideswithChuck]

Thanks for putting your train project on KZbin. I enjoyed it!

[@4todor]

hello from greece. amazing layout!!! fantastic trains!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@stevefalotico8205]

Amazing work. Well done.

[@Dubailand1555]

Great job Eric... Thank you for Sharing

[@zjelkof]

Very impressive - great job!

[@lionellance]

Super Great Job !! Thanks for sharing. .

[@StGeorgeSaint]

This bridge is a work of art

[@MosriteCharlie]

Amazing layout Eric.

[@LogWiz]

Hi Eric, Thanks for posting these videos, you have no idea the amount of hours Ive spent watching them. Congrats on the layout, its looking amazing.

[@Kronac]

Wow! That is so cool. I believe in your curved bridge concept. When I saw this video, the first place I thought of was Cincinnati Oh. A train bridge runs parallel to the Brent Spence I 71 / I 75 bridge across the Ohio River, this track feeds into several elevated train bridges which are similar to your bridge. What amazes me are the number of switch tracks in the elevated sections. Again, awesome job.

[@redbuzzardbass]

The price actually surprises me, I would have guessed a whole lot more. Looks great BTW.

[@FrankGrimaldiRR]

Great Video, the bridge is beautiful and excellent job in instillation and running of your trains sets..

[@revealingfacts4all]

Very nice. The bridge looks fantastic. I really like the Chicago area, too, to model train scenes. The salt weathering technique is genius. I picked up the weathering book you mentioned in your earlier video. Really enjoying all your "work" in creating these videos.

[@sdiv_tim]

The overhang from the challenger...whoa! Nice job Eric. I think that you need to have the challenger pull some more cars.

[@Tyler3967]

That was awesome, Eric! You must be really proud after all these years of hard work. :)

[@CanadaSteamBuff]

The trains look awesome snaking over the bridge. The bridge adds real character to the layout. A straight bridge would indeed been somewhat "boring" and lifeless. Great job!

[@KTrainz]

that is awesome looking, it was cool watching it from the beginning

[@jamesmark782]

Always enjoy your videos. You explain everything so clearly. Thought something happened to you as we haven't heard from you in awhile. You have quite an eclectic collection!

[@bigjohnrailproductions8370]

Congrates on your finshing the steel bridge!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@richardlindao2343]

Congratulations Eric. :)

[@Panhandlehomestead]

Amazing setup and collection

[@Ericstrains]

Thanks!

[@cmcgloughlin]

Congrats, looking great, well done

[@Stokjockey]

I Love This, Thank you Eric it is like a Birthday Present for me !!!

[@tednuisance7840]

The weathering is outstanding! The more I look at it the more it looks like a real old RR bridge here in PA or somewhere in WVA..

[@HillBillyRailRoad]

bridge looks awesome

[@jamesrodgers1443]

Very cool man ' look's as real as it gets

[@kevintregunna]

WOW that is an awesome bridge well worth the money cheers Kevin

[@byates59]

WOW Eric, this video was worth the wait!!!!!!!!!!!! Man the bridge looks great bro and what a fantastic video to celebrate its completion! Can't wait to see it in person! Thanks for the video bro and have a great evening!

[@Ericstrains]

Thanks, Bud.

[@KorraDaTrainBuff]

Congrats, I've been looking forward to seeing this.

[@emdman1959]

Very cool Eric, bridge looks incredible and I must say you have quite a collection.

[@caverjam]

I do not even have a train layout myself but I am 100% hooked on watching your videos they are really entertaining and educational and wonderfully done it’s almost like watching a real Road

[@rockyjohnIII]

Nice perspective on the E700 NYC Hudson, with the wide diameter on the curved track I didn't expect to see the over hang of some of the engines and cars. Awaiting next video maybe a switcher(0-4-0, SW or GP).

[@Ericstrains]

Yeah unless you're running something like O-99 curves some of those big engines are going to have some overhang.

[@yanklesnapable]

Finally finished bridge. Best ever

[@mamanbear1667]

Great vision and creativity with the design and color of the bridge. Keep up the great work but don't stress too much. Super video!

[@broncore1043]

I think it was a great idea to curve the bridge the way you did for a few reasons. For one, it won't block the view of the layout yet gives you one spot to see the engines up close on the bridge. It contours to the development of how things a laid out on the "ground" and the way it curves back before it gets to the turntable gives you many options up front for scenery and buildings. Not sure if I'm describing correctly what I mean, but that's the best I can describe it.

[@johnsefko6481]

This was a fantastic video Love the tressle

[@hovermotion]

A very ambitious project complete congratulations eric it looks stunning. .love the colour of the bridge and the salt weathering. .well worth around £1900.00 inc shipping as its bespoke to your system and as matt says one of a kind............jim

[@bradstrains]

Awesome video Eric, the bridge looks great! I remember seeing you film this on your new live camera. I only wished you would have run more trains... haha. One of your best productions yet. Looking forward to more.

[@Ericstrains]

Thanks!

[@howardpushor7891]

bradstrains will

[@dwcobb43]

Great video Eric. I model the smaller scales but what your doing with this layout shows that you can properly model in "O". To many times at train shows I see exhibits of "O" scale on a table going in a circle at full throttle and this doesn't appeal to me. I love all the fore thought that you gave in to the design of the bridge. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area not far from the Muir trestle and one of my best friends drives for BNSF. Think I have to go take a look at this bridge .

[@marksweet9789]

I love it I like the layout and the trans and the manholl !!

[@retrainrun]

The layout looks even more amazing ( if you can say that ) than it did with the trestle complete. Congratulation on the beautiful weathering job and the ribbon cutting Eric. Great video too, of the the trains running. 5***** RT

[@janisjade1]

Great vid. Geez, I thought that deer was going to jump right out in front of us. Hah haah. I thought I was the only one who would dream up something like a ribbon cutting ceremony. :-D Well done sir, well done indeed.

[@jmerly11]

That is a cool bridge. Well done 2020

[@slamekmario]

Sehr schöne Spur0 Anlage. Daumen hoch 👍. Viele Grüße aus Germany und weiter so. Bin sehr begeistert.

[@macguysgarage]

I know I am really late to the party but that bridge looks great! Nice addition to the layout! Looking awesome!

[@Ericstrains]

Thanks!

[@bobsworkshop5181]

An amazing bridge and I really like the passenger train using it.

[@ianglubczynski]

Pretty cool train set's.

[@fredthompson7465]

OUTSTANGING and HAPPY TG

[@SheltonDCruz]

wow that is an amazing bridge!

[@FiveElms]

Well done, I bet you are well proud of this. Jason.