Huge HO Scale BNSF Locomotive Collection Unboxing & Repair

I found this collection of HO scale BNSF locomotives on eBay a few months ago and have been meaning to unbox and repair the lot.
I was aware beforehand that these would all need work since they were all being sold off as parts units however some needed a bit more effort than expected due to a lack of maintenance by the previous owner.
My spare parts bin was working overtime for this one and for the first time ever I designed some parts for the 3D printer to put together. I'm overall very pleased with the results.

[@stephenrickjr.7519]

It pays to know how to repair equipment. I appreciate your repair videos. they are very helpful. Thanks.

[@davidztog9011]

Nice job, Harrison. BNSF-a-palooza. Now you need a ton of coal hoppers to make a massive coal drag. Thanks for sharing. 👍🐾👍

[@Engine1988]

Story of my railfanning...

[@SMTMainline]

That's the next goal. The intermodel cars have worked out nicely.

[@BritishRail60062]

Nice work on bringing back the SD40-2 and the ES44 as well. I believe 5838 is a fictional BNSF AC6000CW from Broadway Limited Imports as I used to have a Union Pacific model many years ago. Well done on giving them some much needed love.

[@joshthetrainfan]

I've been looking for an H1 and H3 version of those things

[@DisturbanceWithin]

i saw the BNSF 5838, its one of the maybe 3 5800's AC4400CW's

[@joshthetrainfan]

@DisturbanceWithin yeah they're warranty protection I believe

[@tacticalcalebgaming7264]

Ironically I got one from train show last week but it is in CSX Y2 paint scheme

[@joshthetrainfan]

@@tacticalcalebgaming7264 hey that's a good find!

[@DGHodgson-o8z]

Hi Harrison, great video, the parts printer adds a whole new dimension to the channel, i really enjoyed the running session at the end it was like they all had minds of their own.👍

[@kcmorailfan4784]

That GE locomotive at 1:46 is actually an AC6000 from Broadway Limited part of their fantasy schemes in which is done up to represent an AC4000 as BNSF never owned any AC6000s. Broadway Limited also did a CP ac6000, and SP ones for the same reason. The only class 1s that had them were UP and CSX. UP has since rebuilt theirs into C44ACMs while CSX got rid of theirs

[@MattS_Filmography]

I believe only a small handful of the UP 6000 carbodies were true AC6000s. Most had the common 7FDL-16 prime mover, and were named AC4460CW

[@DisturbanceWithin]

the shell is incorrect, the BNSF 5838 is one of the maybe 3 5800's AC4400CW's

[@rdrogel1116]

​@DisturbanceWithinyes it is - one of last batch - 5838-5840 series

[@Cape_Cod_Steve]

👍 👍 Neat seeing the 3d printer getting involved . Loved the BNSF running session . Merry Christmas all . 🎄🎄🎄

[@ginaklein8964]

I do enjoy very much your traditional videos...unboxing and repairs!!!!! Thanks for showing one!!!!!

[@williamcobb6322]

Always enjoy your videos! You certainly are masterful in diagnosing and fixing locomotive issues. Glad to see these locos are saved from the scrapper!

[@therandomtransformersanima6236]

I love watching long unboxing + repair videos, it’s always fun to see you fix these locos

[@bgorshal]

as a fan of BNSF, i am incredibly happy for this video. keep up the good work SMT!

[@SMTMainline]

I'm glad you're a fan, too!

[@josephrandazo2627]

I love to watch you work, learn a lot from you. Wish you and your family a marry Christmas.

[@ListonRailfanning]

You've got the best collection I've ever seen. Love the vids keep it up.

[@luisfelipearruda3790]

I am in love with Sd40-2

[@hillbillyrailfan]

You never cease to amaze me on how you fix these locomotives.

[@HeavyTanker-vx4oq]

With the truck on the Walthers engine, that PROBABLY worked because Walthers now owns Atlas, and they share parts and designs alot of the times.

[@randallellison6421]

Walthers does not own Atlas! Atlas reached an agreement with Walthers to purchase all of their (Walthers) N scale tooling back in 2018! Atlas is currently owned by Poseidon Aquisition Corp. Walthers owns the assets of Life-Like (purchased in 2005), which includes the former Proto 1000 and 2000 lines (now branded under the Walthers Mainline and Walthers Proto names respectively). But as I stated earlier, Atlas is not owned by Walthers, Atlas just owns the N scale tooling from Walthers.

[@johncloar1692]

Nice job Harrison. You done well with this lot it really show off you skills, no surprise to me I have ben a view for years. You and your family have a great Christmas!

[@OklahomaStateRailfan]

Famous quotes to fit most of those locomotives, “I know what’s wrong with it, ain’t got no gas in it!”

[@CentralPARailfan28]

Just some notes for the video: The trucks on the SD40-2 are from an AC4400CW The replacement truck for the ES44 appears to be from a sort of ALCO The one BNSF H2 is an AC6000CW

[@Engine1988]

the ES44's truck could also be from an early G.E.

[@heirandspare]

I was impressed with the micrometer that you used, and then you made parts with a 3D printer. Wow!

[@TheRealRajo6466]

Despite the inaccurate trucks that you used for the SD40-2 and the other ES44AC, other than that. Its nice to see those models got a chance to run again. Nice work man 👍 And well... hopefully you'll be able to find a proper trucks for BNSF SD40-2 6752 and BNSF ES44AC 6300

[@Crewz97]

YOO! I just visited the walthers factory in Milwaukee the other day! Happy to see!

[@SMTMainline]

I wanna see that place some day, it sounds awesome.

[@thomassinbruno2612]

many hours to repair these beautiful "BNSF", happy Christmas from France!!🎄🎇

[@TheRuralRailfanner]

Best SMT video of the year!!!

[@SMTMainline]

Thank you!

[@TonyBellina-k8v]

Like watching you repairing and rebuilding with parts you find and make.

[@gordonlong3095]

Congrats on getting those four BNSF beauties up and running! That’s such a gorgeous logo and base color, it was sweet to see the fleet rolling (if only they gave all been hauling some freight….) I really admired your 3-d printing experiments on these locos. I think you’ll really go far after such a good run though in this episode. Great work as usual, Harrison!

[@spencercorby4571]

Some of these might be worth finding parts for, handrails, wheel sets, etc. so perhaps if you can find some at the train store or something it could really make something nice. It'd be really worth it too since each unit was $17 so sinking a little bit ($10-$25) you'd still have a rock solid bargain because you would have paid essentially ~$40 per locomotive which is incredible for a modern-ish walthers GE or Kato sd40-2. But, 3d printing might be better because you can get exactly what you would need for a certain unit. But what a good deal you found though seriously wow $17 CAD per locomotive is like $12 USD

[@RailfanKnexified]

It's a good day when SMT uploads! Awesome lot! I have a BNSF SD40-2 that was sitting in my basement for a while, but it still works really well! And I'm glad it does, because idk how long it's been in the basement for.

[@SMTMainline]

That's awesome, it's great when you can dig out an old model and find it's still in good shape!

[@TapscottJ]

Glad to see such a nice long video! Kudos! That was great! I made my first layout in a long time, I’m a teacher for kids with special needs. I was able to plug the power supply to an adapted switch so my students could independently run the train which is part of our classroom holiday display. Inspired by SMT!

[@chriscat3379]

it's a great day when you give us a new video. the 3D printer adds a great new dimension to your success with older models-thanks

[@myvideosetc.8271]

3D printng on this hobby was a gane changer for me.

[@andrewferguson5653]

Wow.....what a collection! Quite a project with those engines.

[@ronaldrondeau7870]

Well Harrsson another great job thanks for sharing

[@Fxe4014]

One person I know would say it's a pile of garbage. But in my opinion, it's incredible how you can get them running again, my respects SMT!

[@allohiorailfan6123]

It’s nice to see you build up your fleet of modern train, both in terms of era and age.

[@Trackside_Lucas]

always a good day when SMT uploads

[@NewEnglandrailfaner]

Hey smt here’s a recommendation if you can’t find any locomotives that fit the shells, you could turn them into wreck, locomotives and have them on flat cars ❤

[@dbtech7914]

Great repair job and impressive engineering work with the 3D printer.

[@tacticalcalebgaming7264]

You got lucky getting an AC6000CW (It has two smoke stacks) and actually it is made no other than is Broadway limited (Very expensive like about ranging from $200 to $300) because I have one of them I got from train show last week but it’s not in BNSF paint scheme but I have only CSX Y2 paint scheme. Those bad boys has 6,000 horsepower engine which is obvious that they have two smoke stacks.

[@CreamsTrains]

This is an awesome lot! Love BNSF

[@ronaldbrooks5982]

Great job Harrison.

[@gregvitrano5324]

Amazing what a little TLC will do. great video!

[@habbyguys]

This video put a smile on my face

[@willamettevalleyAFtrains]

Always enjoy your repair videos.

[@delightfultrains4675]

Awesome video, Harrison, as always! Great repairs!

[@zaclamitraille2]

Currently mid way trough the video and im so hypped that you got a 3d printer!! Might not be the first time you showed it but ive been off the channel for a while now because of ✨life✨ so super happy with that! Looking foreward to seeing what youll do with it

[@danielmolina679]

Nice my friend I like the trait my friend I like Tyco

[@cooper3215]

Thanks for the new upload! Love your videos!

[@codygeorge6813]

I also saw a DCC lakawana train as well

[@newhavenrails1234]

Can't believe that KZbin gatekept me from this for 20 minutes!

[@briandonovan9560]

Hey Harrison! Great video, was enjoyable to see.

[@codyrapp7253]

Just a recommendation, You could pry 3d print the same truck style and it might work.

[@jmm2000]

Good job. As for the rest of the locomotives, you'll probably have to find some underframes from A-line. They have different underframes, trucks, motors, and parts to make the engines run.

[@HillbillyAdventures]

I 3D printed some replacement trucks for an old tyco box car I’m upgrading today and they turned out very nice - while looking at 3D print files for HO trains , holy smokes there are some really cool things to print out -I saw a track cleaning car that I really need - because the dog hair seems to find it’s way everywhere 😂

[@WarDaddy66]

Nice find. I’m a BNSF engineer iv been trying to find a c4 or dash 9 for a while

[@stephenkruft2213]

Good use of 3D printer.

[@alanwbelcher]

Good work on the saves! Slightly less junky runners....um, well, all in a day's work.

[@user-MotoTrains1974]

You such a clever young man SMT

[@mikeberthold1593]

You are the doctor!!

[@northamericanrailfilms3025]

Nice! As far as I know, the first 2 have dcc... only one has sound

[@THATGUYMIKE0011]

I love your videos man keep them coming I just finished a dc layout now I’m working on a dcc layout. Any tips? ❤

[@SMTMainline]

If you've got nickel silver track you should be all good to go.

[@v8vega383]

Great work !

[@jessenoklahoma]

Great score Harrison 👍 love me some Swoosh Happy Holidays

[@spikesreviewsandmore611]

at this point you could do an entire livestream with only BNSF power

[@williamsantangelo]

Kool Harrison you do good work Son

[@SMTMainline]

Thank you, I appreciate that.

[@TheFourthStooge04]

If I were you I would try to Frankenstein something together. Nice find though!

[@SMTMainline]

I have a bunch of spare parts so I might just try that for the last one.

[@Allnightexplor]

Good to see this type of video.

[@RichardHume-l4r]

Congratulations.

[@mr-meek]

Great work! ❤

[@JerseyBill-x9r]

Well, that was fun to watch even though I know that you had at least 5 to 6 hours of work and serching for parts. You said you paid about $70 for the four locomotives and you got that back on the sound equipped EMD SD60M and the others are worth at least $70 even kit bashed so you did great plus you made excellent content. Great video and Merry Christmas plus Happy Holidays, Jersey Bill

[@manuelazevedo1949]

Muito bom amigo ,gosto de ver como você encontra a solução para o concerto das locomotivas ,gosto dos seus vídeos porque tbm temos legenda em português o que muitos não colocam.parabens👏👏👏👏👏

[@LocoRailRunners]

I'm on the hunt for a few of those

[@Parktonman]

Used the very same trucks to repair 3 Scale trains gevos. Did the same thing. Trimmed down the trucks and added a spacer. They work great. The original, older Scale Trains had poor contacts in the trucks.

[@w.rustylane5650]

Serenity, we have runners! Was wondering when you'd start 3D printing. Nice job. Cheers from eastern TN

[@BigBoy-b1m]

Always HO Never N Scale Like I Do N Scale Dcc Knuckle Coupler Kato Unit Track And I Would Like To See More Unboxing And Repairing Of That More Buildings And Maybe Different Scenery

[@Metra167Productions]

2:08 BNSF AC6000CW?

[@StevenKCRailfan]

@@Metra167Productions fantasy scheme as in real life BNSF never had AC6000s

[@kcmorailfan4784]

@StevenKCRailfan That was something Broadway Limited used to do back in the 2000s in either the Blueline or Paragon 2 era.

[@SMTMainline]

I'm amazed they would bother with such a thing. It does look nice though.

[@michaelhindman8407]

At least if I need some help with something I can always look to your videos Harrison

[@modelrailfan37]

That haul was an amazing find! Could you possibly do more videos with 3D printing and show how you are designing parts?

[@normancoreyBuildingTrains]

Very nice .

[@SMTMainline]

Thanks a lot!

[@RadiationMalfunction]

One word. Epic.

[@wompzd]

SD40-2 with HTCR is sick

[@F40Productions]

That SD40 will probably end up being a real rebuild at some point anyway, future prototypical accuracy

[@rdrogel1116]

Renumbered to BNSF 1633

[@elleryparsons2433]

Go Get em Harrison!👍👍👍👍.

[@BigBoy-b1m]

I Wish You Did More N Scale

[@Trains1536]

1:00 they are AC44s, not dash nines, but they are sister units, dash nines have a closer side profile to to the 8s

[@joshthetrainfan]

Bro I have been lurking around to find a BNSF SD40-2 because I want to model a certain one I saw.

[@TheGrover1968]

Once you get those running, you'll be ready for a KC MO to San Bernardino transcon run.

[@rdrogel1116]

Or a Powder River coal train

[@HESRrailfan8338]

Love the video man tell Nurf cat I said hello

[@SMTMainline]

He's been sleeping off all that catnip, I'll let him know.

[@HESRrailfan8338]

@ ok thank you 🙏

[@randydobson1863]

Hi SMT Mainline & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks & STM Mainline & Friends Randy

[@TheConfluencePArailfan]

Honey wake up SMT posted!!

[@chesapeakedproductions3009]

The one Dash 9 could make a decent AWVR 777 custom with how its front handrails are damaged. Just sayin'.

[@MattKonsol]

Very awesome!

[@TheIllinoisandOhiorailfan]

Nice locomotives

[@neimrxcharix574]

anyone know what brand of locomotive that one is that he started cleaning at about 21 minuets? the one with the dual speaker holes in the fuel tank. doesnt look like a brand that I recognise, and I havnt seen any branding on it

[@SMTMainline]

Broadway limited

[@FJX2000_Productions]

Used locomotives like these are crazy to me. You see how mangled they are and just have to wonder how and why they ended up like that? I know we had a gentleman in my home model railroad club who for whatever reason would get new locomotives and then strip them all down to just parts. So he has bins of pieces but had only a couple actual runners. He has since passed away and his stuff was adopted by the club. So now I go through his bins of parts and I feel like I cannot find all the right pieces to assemble a running engine. Sad to see so many potential locomotives be incomplete!

[@JessicaBarney-r8s]

I have got a bachmann BNSF GP40 and it has been pretty good. And i have been considering getting the walters bnsf loco to go with it.

[@antonbruce1241]

And when the heck did you get such a nice 3-D printer?????

[@SMTMainline]

I bought it back on April or so. It has come in pretty handy for projects!

[@Buddy_gt_vr]

hey smt! i love your vids! just letting you know!!!

[@jamesstrickland631]

Kato parts are hard to get from the factory.

[@t.s.railfanning]

I like the sd70ace. I wish it was in my collection

[@sergioarroyoguerrero5434]

🎃s BNSF HO scale locomotives collection. The SD70MAC is the favorite of my dog Scooby Dum. I haved a N scale BNSF locomotive, Atlas. EMD GP15-2. Dummy.