HO Scale - Layout Update for December 2024

[@RuthSteen-vc8sz]

Love your layout, detailing and weathering, y'all got it going on!!! Awesome!!!

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thank you! I appreciate it!

[@GoViaorgohome]

Looks better and better every time you post. Love all the weathering as well.

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thanks! We are getting there

[@garryhulshof4383]

Always enjoy watching your videos and having my morning coffee. Keep the great work.

[@SilverCreekSub]

@@garryhulshof4383 thanks Garry

[@modeltrainaficionado7195]

excellent layout! love the track plan! your weathering looks really good

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thanks! I am very happy with how it turned out!

[@Posttrip]

Just subscribed with this video! Love the prototypical start at 3:05 and how the train ever so slightly accelerated at a very realistic rate, flawlessly moving slow!

[@SilverCreekSub]

Oh thank you! We like them to feel like they have some weight! Cheers

[@HartfordWhaler]

Great update! Enjoyed it. Happy new year.

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thank you! And happy new years to you too!

[@Elifilmstrains]

New sub! Awesome layout! I'll be following along for future updates! :)

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thank you for watching and we’re glad you’re part of it!

[@achb-railway]

Great update! Nice weathering work.

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thanks, I appreciate it.

[@RailserveJohn]

Great work guys! I love the style of club you have put together. Like minded modelers and the craftsmanship speaks for itself. Always look forward to the updates. -John

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thanks John! I really appreciate that! Cheers

[@jeffallen5698]

Just discovered your channel and I'm just Amazed at everything! First its Canadian..the weathering is top quality. The ctc system is mind blowing. Im excited to watch the layout being built from the beginning.

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thanks Jeff!! I greatly appreciate the kinds worlds, cheers

[@SpringfieldAndWestern]

Great layout, this will become awesome. Love those short covered hoppers!

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thanks so much! I appreciate that!!

[@roberthoffman7559]

What an amazing layout! The weathering is superb! Wow.

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thank you and thanks for watching

[@earlwidmeyer2654]

Ya, and those engine car cards are so awsome. For the 🦖🦖🦖, I need pictures not words!!! 🦖

[@SilverCreekSub]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@OregonPacficRailLink]

I am looking forward to seeing the scenery start. The day in the life videos are by far my favorite.

[@SilverCreekSub]

Me too!! And thank you! I’m going to start making them again here soon! Thanks for watching

[@FGLKPaul]

Awesome that you're going to Springfield, me too! I'll be working the NMRA booth Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. Feel free to stop by and say hi!

[@SilverCreekSub]

I might just do that!! I'll keep an eye out for you!

[@tracksidemike]

Lots of great progress in the last few months 👍👍 Looking forward to the next few months. And more update videos. Great work on the weathering on the hoppers turned out awesome.

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thanks buddy!! I’m really glad you are part of this!

[@tracksidemike]

@ I’m glad to be a part of a great group of modelers to 👍

[@dundasjunctionmodelr.r-jam8267]

Great update, some day I will come for a visit , great layout

[@SilverCreekSub]

Absolutely James!

[@cncpgreatlakesdiv4896]

looking awesome my Friend thanks for the up date.😊😊👍👍

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thanks! Glad you like it!

[@ianroberts6929]

Great vid, loads of progress and the weathered stock looks awesome!

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thanks Ian! Appreciate it

[@jimkruszka3817]

those engine cards are a great addition ,never have seen before ,amazing !!

[@SilverCreekSub]

I'm glad you like them! They were a lot of fun to make.

[@johnbanicki7232]

Very nice! Thanks for the update.

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thanks for watching!

[@kennyklosterman3265]

Wade love your work. I would like to come visit this layout sometime. Maybe learn and get some ideas. My son and I are in the planning stage of a 2000sqft. layout. Also thought a 1977 black Trans Am would look good on the CN SilverCreek sub. LOL!

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thank you very much! Unfortunately as of now we are not taking any visitors, but that might change later in the spring pending liability

[@LisbonRailProductionsandF1]

Magnificent catches of the model trains and pass, i like it 5 stars. Thumbs up. Keep up the perfect work, my friend, i just liked and subscribed your channel, Greetings from Portugal to Canadá.

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thank you very much!

[@LisbonRailProductionsandF1]

@SilverCreekSub my pleasure.

[@KandWRailroader]

You've given me a good idea to put into practice...run some trains while I jabber on! For never weathering salt cars before, you did a helluva job!

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thank you!! First of many to do

[@Planes_man]

Love everything in this channel

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thanks man!!! I appreciate it!!

[@MikeG42]

Good long mainline run with a well stacked freight. This layout is already looking good.

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thank you, glad you think so!

[@stevenhowell2477]

Nice weathering job.

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thanks Steven

[@garymartz7587]

Progressing nicely. Cheers!

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thanks Gary!!

[@Jackstermax]

4:22 Whose couplers are those? They look great, might convert from my Kadee's if they're not too expensive!

[@SilverCreekSub]

Those are just painted up kadee 158s we use them on everything

[@randydobson1863]

Hi CN Sliver Creek & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks CN Sliver Creek & Friends Randy

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thanks Randy

[@davidhunter345]

Great stuff!

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thanks David!

[@Trackman80]

Finally update I’ve been waiting

[@SilverCreekSub]

It usually comes out between the first and the 6th of the month, sorry to keep you waiting

[@Trackman80]

@ no problem at all I look forward to the updates keep up the good work

[@MckinleyRidgeModelRailroad]

Those locomotive cards are cool. Might have to steal that idea

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thanks!! They're super simple to make

[@RFMCabooseNP1713]

Very cool as always.

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thanks! And thank you for watching

[@keewaydin33]

3011 looks amazing.

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thank you! Just a quick weathering

[@robertsiebenrock3997]

A tour would be nice!

[@SilverCreekSub]

That I can do

[@UP5491]

Great update! Nice weathering on those Sand Hoppers. Maybe I missed it but where is this layout located? Basement of a building?

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thank you!! Our layout is in our local community center

[@theknickerbocker5808]

For your mainline siding switches, are you going to put in some form of lock? A friend of mine did something like this with old freezer locks, the kind with the circular key. He may have even had it so it showed on the panel. I know it showed red for local control and green for normal on the facia. Just adds a step of conductor work after calling the dispatcher/RTC for permission to open up.

[@SilverCreekSub]

That would be neat, but I can’t think of where we would need them. All the siding switches are CTC, and the manual switches are just for customer tracks, the only time you would need permission on a switch is if you were locked in at a customer, but then you would just get a work authority on that block and it lets you use the switch. But I like the idea!!! Maybe I’ll try to make that work somehow, I’ll keep it in mind! Cheers

[@earlwidmeyer2654]

@@SilverCreekSub Dicks building Supplies might be a good spot to try it. a lock box - hasp latch... 🤔 🦖

[@theknickerbocker5808]

​@@SilverCreekSubOCS clearance and I would still feel pretty good, I think. Still pretty good with the signals, maybe a little better on the dwarfs, saw them a little more frequently. Been a long while since I've visited the great white north

[@SilverCreekSub]

I guess we could put a switch lock on it so you could throw it, it that’s down the road stuff

[@theknickerbocker5808]

@SilverCreekSub Just a thought to add an extra step, add a little time.

[@earlwidmeyer2654]

This, that, and the other... it's moving along 🦖

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thanks to you!! Really appreciate all the help

[@mattw9667]

Wade, can you do a short video on your pushbutton tortoise install please?

[@SilverCreekSub]

Yeah I can get Adam to one in the next couple of weeks if we have time

[@herbertw.jr.carrier6122]

That 3011 looks sharp! Quick question for you? What did you use to flatten the black on that unit? Thanks for posting the video.

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thanks for watching!! And that is just a semi gloss clear at the end, it just knocks the shine down but doesn’t totally flatten it

[@ConrailBostonLineHOLayout]

Curious how you wired up the locally controlled push button so it communicates with JMRI to show the block occupied while it’s open?

[@SilverCreekSub]

Oh easy peasy, just use the 3 and 4 on the tortoise and run it into the BD20 for the same block, so if the switch opens, or there is a train in there it will drop the block

[@ConrailBostonLineHOLayout]

@ never thought of that!

[@Auly238]

Oops I just watched it again, it's a SCALE TRAIN.... thank you

[@SilverCreekSub]

lol no worries

[@Auly238]

Hey Silver Creek please tell me what kind of CN LOCOMOTIVE that is? It's very NICE. Thank you for the update.

[@SilverCreekSub]

I see you found your answer

[@HumancityJunction]

You know Track Side Mike? What's it like knowing a celebrity?

[@SilverCreekSub]

🤣🤣🤣

[@davidstewart5694]

Wish I had the time like this to knock models out but after spending the majority of my time on the real deal I just don't have it in me. I'll be one of those guys at 70 years old that starts selling off tons of stuff I never got to.

[@SilverCreekSub]

You just have to get on a road switcher so you are home every night like me!! 😉

[@twiggs24]

Nice weathering job. Not a talent i have.

[@SilverCreekSub]

Thank you!! And you just have to practice practice practice!! I was lucky enough to have a friend who had faith in me and kept giving me work, piece after piece I got better and better, but there was a lot of jobs that weren’t very good in the start, just practice and be kind to yourself! Cheers

[@adriengadson3544]

Just buy a cheap tyco unit and etc and practice on it. It's not rocket science just technique and experience.