I built the Worlds Largest Canadiana Locomotive, Eh?

[@chsrails]

Now that’s what I call a dream come true

[@eX0dus77]

Charleston railfan productions it'd be hilarious if he made an electric canadiana out if an atlas aem-7 or even an entire canadiana fleet

[@JohnNack]

Shoot me

[@zanesanford5511]

I actually have that dd40 its a pretty good looking locomotive and i love that thing to death and all i need to do is put different motors in it

[@simplsquam]

You've heard of the DD40X, now get ready for the DD40EH

[@paulturenne434]

As a Canadian(Hoser), I must say.....that`s not bad LOL

[@jordaneriksson5417]

You mean the DDA40X

[@stet_and_query_central_1]

Dd35eh

[@PCrailfan3790]

Lol the dda40eh?

[@the_autism_express]

@Jordan Eriksson you mean the DDEH40X

[@LongboatLtd2004]

(13.Jan.2020) That is a *Very Great* job you did in restoring that DD40. Hats off to SMT Mainline!

[@joezuccardo3245]

SMT mainline nice job on decorating that engine for Canada, The engine is a DD40 Athearn also made this engine with 2 motors witch is why the frame 2 sets of mounting holes Thanks

[@busterulmer7092]

Excellent job Harrison. If your upper shells are plastic, I would recommend using 70 or 91% rubbing alcohol for stripping. Just soak it in a container for about 30 minutes and attack it with a soft or medium toothbrush to see if softens up. Much better on your skin. Your tape job was excellent. A tip is to go to a drug store in the ladies nail polish area and pick up some wooden cuticle sticks to rub the tape edges, burnished if you will. I agree with another poster below, spray either the base color or a clear coat over the taped areas to seal any leakage. Love the loco!

[@robnielsen935]

Great paint job! The first HO scale trains I played with was a Canadiana set my friend had. The locomotive didn't work so we used the caboses as our locomotives and switched cars. Little did I know that about 4 years later (1987) I would get into model railroading. Thanks for the videos. Greetings from Utah (from Lethbridge, Alberta originally). Rob

[@georgiahex7387]

I just recently stumbled upon your channel. I have enjoyed your videos. I had several trains since the 70s and a couple of layouts. I have all but one of my engines, a Bachmann Centennial DD40X I received in 1982 or 1983. I dont know what happened to the set but my assumption is that my mom sold, (gave away cheap) in her massive yard sale after my siblings and I moved out. I pulled the trigger on one recently and plan to rebuild that original set. I plan to post a video of the DD40X engine and other HO items I bought in a lot. I am building a new layout now for all my HO trains. Keep posting your videos and I will keep watching.

[@georgiahex7387]

Allow me a correction. In the early 70s, I received an awesome twin diesel Tyco set. I loved that set. It disappeared many years ago prior to my moms yard sale. I built a replacement of that set and posted a boring video of it.

[@northernindianarailmedia86]

That thing looks sick! I would love to have a Canadiana, it’s just difficult to find them around here.

[@paulturenne434]

I`ve been airbrushing for a good many years, but your sir have shown many people that a few rattle cans ,proper technique and patience will produce very nice results(spray painting from cans onto smaller objects is not the easiest thing to do).Great project and a job very well done, BRAVO my friend !!!!! Big Paul T

[@tommurphy4307]

even so, there are things you can do with an airbrush that can painters can't even dream of doing- i love my iwata.

[@alcopower5710]

I think that turned out fantastic. You really have a knack for fixing, modifying, tuning, etc. Outstanding job.

[@southwestlimitedproduction9738]

That is a huge accomplishment you have done you custom painted locomotive and very nice job and well done 100 out of 10

[@cbgadget4740]

Very well done Harrison, your new paint and labeling scene turned out awesome. Indeed she’s a very smooth runner. Thanks for sharing 👍👍👍😎😎😎 Cary

[@eX0dus77]

Fact from Collectors Inc: EMD made several DD classes: The DD-35 was the first and the least powerful, The DD-40 (the one you painted) was an upgraded, more powerful upgrade to the DD-35, and the DD-40AX (aka the UP centennial) a wide cab version of the DD-40. My mother is stalling out on buying the rest of the coaches for my ICE 2 :(. Try to make an electric canadiana out of an old Atlas AEM-7.

[@gamerfan8445]

Bad news, the DD-40 is not a real locomotive

[@firemasterbro7423]

@@gamerfan8445 the DD40AX is

[@gamerfan8445]

@@firemasterbro7423 he not talking about that dd-40

[@pennsylvaniarailroadrailfa7805]

Excellent job! That paint scheme looks amazing on that locomotive!

[@DatTrainGuyProductions]

Holy Naughty Words!!!! That's awesome, man. Next do a Spirit of 76 one for us American nerds

[@tommysager138]

I recently bought a 1960's Aurora Batman model in a second hand junk store, and some kid of the 60's did a crazy bad paint job on it. I wanted to remove the old paint & re-paint it, so checked out a few KZbin tutorials & found out that Easy-Off Oven cleaner does a great job of removing paint, without damaging plastic. It did do a great job. It didn't do it as fast as your spray on goo, but it took everything off but letting it sit overnight.

[@captainbill12]

Your paint job turned out pretty nice. May I suggest next time paint over the tape with the same color you masked over, white in this case. It will seal the tape better and help prevent those small runs you got. Overall it turned out really well.

[@captainbill12]

Glad to see you wearing gloves to protect the hands. When it comes to stripping paint off metal dunk it in a container filled with brake fluid. The brake fluid will take the paint right off. It's just a matter of how long it will take. Just don't put any plastic parts in the brake fluid.

[@scottledbetter7212]

Love the Canadiana paint scheme. You are very talented !

[@SMTMainline]

Thank you!

[@fazthatcoyote]

Fun EMD fact, you could technically get away with calling this unit a DD40S (s for short frame). Nice vid mate, and great job on the paint!

[@jameschapman3104]

Omg I was looking at that engine in your other video I had no idea you made it I think that is my new favorite engine on your channel!!

[@johnbirmingham3457]

Harrison, The original paint job was the GM/EMD demonstrator paint scheme. That was used on locomotives that GM used to show and sell a product. You did a nice job on that one. Best regards, John Birmingham

[@tommurphy4307]

the old paint looked a little like an EMD demonstrator scheme, dontcha think?

[@maddennis55]

The DD class diesels were NOT Centennials, only the DDA40X , unique to the UP. What you got was cataloged by EMD as a DD40, but never sold. UP ordered the DD35A, which was a DD35 (B) with a cab. (Check the Diesel spotters guide for more details)

[@nighthawk9097]

That turned out really well, great job SMT

[@crsrdash-840b5]

You should give it the name under the cab of SMT Mainline and the number 2019 to mark it as your Heritage unit! Great work.

[@LongboatLtd2004]

Reporting Mark of the SMT Mainline RR: *SMTM*

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

Great job on the paint scheme it looks awesome

[@SMTMainline]

Thank you!

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

@@SMTMainline You're welcome technically that diesel is DD35 not a DD40X

[@ElNinoDeOro1925]

Perfect paint job good job keep it up.

[@Petemonster62]

Beautiful paint job SMT!!! And you used spray cans; they can be very tricky to get a good finish, even using the Testor's spray cans specifically made for painting models. You used " modeler's license " for a " what if ? " locomotive. The red added to the white made me think of the Frisco Railroad's later diesel color scheme; a Frisco modeler could follow you that far & add " FRISCO " decals. I imagine Nerf Cat stayed out of the basement for a few days because of the smell of the spray paint!

[@tommurphy4307]

good- less nerf-cat hairs in harrison's motors....and in the paint jobs

[@Petemonster62]

@@tommurphy4307 -L.O.L!!!!

[@davechupp7922]

I bought an Athearn DD40 (UP 70) around 1977. It had two motors and flywheels. I was surprised to see yours had only one. Mine was very powerful. It would pull cars from coupler to coupler on my 4X8 layout. I enjoyed your demonstration. Very nice results.

[@tommurphy4307]

that's called a 'push-pull'.... you must have been bored...

[@kevinjennerproductions2025]

BEYOND Impressive Harrison, saw the message on instagram and i thought you were busting my chops. But this is a surprise, no doubt. Next is a DCC Chip and a trip to HO-trak

[@animalyze7120]

Invest in an airbrush and those finer details will look so much sweeter. Great work, this is actually become a new secondary hobby of mine as the Hobby has been riddled with Ebay Mom's destroying the market with ridiculous prices. The best way to get the lines you want is to make them yourself!

[@tommurphy4307]

i like how you say 'invest'- too many modelers buy a cheap airbrush and then theyre buying a better one in a year or two. eBay really isn't what it used to be- 'offer-up'

[@ScottDowneywoundedbear]

I bought the Bachmann unit to convert to a CN unit but like everything still haven't done it. You did a great job.

[@hvsc6159]

Oh as Im sitting here watching you video this one is or was ...somewhat shorter then the DD40AX and I see yours has just the single moter model...all of mine are twin motor models...but its easy to add the second motor set up

[@maddennis55]

Years ago, modelers would kitbash a short Centennial, using the Athearn DD40, and replace the cab with that of an F45.

[@theshoeman7044]

Outstanding! Very well done.

[@Piret012]

SMT pulls back the tape and reveals a masterpiece!!! Wow! Great job!!!

[@KerleyExpress]

WOW !! You sure a great job on that it looks great

[@MMRails]

You did it again. You came up with an awesome idea and pulled it off. That thing looks great and my favourite part is when you removed the tape and actually surprised yourself. Great job kid. You never cease to amaze me.

[@Thorntonclan93]

A continuous, sweeping spray starting before, and ending after the object you're painting provides a more even finish without any runs.

[@tommurphy4307]

so would a good airbrush. he's doing fine for not having any paint control.

[@johnramirez5996]

Also when it comes to paint use a green scotch brite pad from local dollar store. I scuffs paint to help it stick. Also if you use grey primer the color comes out brighter. For dark color use the red brown color primer.

[@johnramirez5996]

Also with plastic you might wanna roll it up in a ball a few times. I use this method with painting tractors 🚜. So it grit on it might be to aggressive. Roll it around to soften it up. You can feel it in your hand. Then test abrasiveness part on another similar piece of plastic. Like the inside wall of a structure you might have. Any piece of scrap plastic from a model. The lighter and finer the scratches it leaves the better the out come of the paint.

[@tommurphy4307]

good luck finding ANY 3m products in a dollar store- those were the good ol days. now they sell cheap imposters. he could do that with his fiberglass pen...

[@sdmodelrailroader800]

Sweet locomotive man I like that costom paint

[@steamtrainstudios4603]

Think of all the poutine this locomotive could haul to the big hockey game, eh?

[@SMTMainline]

I Didn't think aboot that, eh - probably a lot of maple Syrup and Molson too.

[@tommurphy4307]

@@SMTMainline mmmmm, golden ale.....

[@SamLovesTrains]

Great video and locomotive! I love watching the step by step process on how to make your locomotives run! Do you happen to know the title of the song at the end of the video?

[@SMTMainline]

I appreciate your comment Sam. The song at the end of the video is "breaking down" by dan mason

[@SamLovesTrains]

SMT Mainline Thanks!

[@SantaFeBob]

We’ll done. It looks really good. Thank you for sharing.

[@yambo59]

I have an older 70's Athearn DD40ax with metal truck sides thats in a Burlington road name and kind of unusual in that it has two motors. I added two flywheels and as much weight as the shell would hold and boy does that sucker pull some cars-!! Really like the "new" locomotive, truly one of a kind.

[@mrdreaded8865]

Very well done my friend !

[@skylitejunction5589]

Wow, what a dream you had Bro. This is amazing.

[@therailroadempire7993]

Very, very cool! Great work!

[@sptco100]

Nice work! Just an FYI, thats actually a DD35

[@ironhorsehistorian9871]

The Athearn looks kinda like a DD35 (think that’s what it is b/c of the SD or GP looking cab section)

[@dfwrailvideos]

2:32 That’s actually a DD-35a, not a DD40 like the engine says. Great video!

[@trainstorm1225]

It’s the Big Boy of Canadianas. It’ll be neat to see this in a live stream. Good job, man!

[@arjnsdca]

It turned out beautiful!

[@barnfulloftrains]

Turned out nice, your lucky you got the motor mounts out, most are dry rotted and break.

[@OttawaModelRailFan]

That looks amazing! You did a great job painting it

[@FostoriaOhiomodelrailroadclub]

Wow that really came out really good

[@TunnelMotorMann]

Probably the coolest train I have ever seen.

[@geraldratte9254]

SMT, I can say this for your first shell repainting to another model brand name you did great and I can assure you this is one of a kind DD40x Athearn blue box engine hats off my friend even if it is 1-inch shorter then the original UP as we all know by the name the Centennial, be extremely proud of what you have accomplished a custom made paint design, I do have a rolling stock I want to get 3d printed for now I'm keeping it a secret until I get an answer from CN for it.

[@tommurphy4307]

shells always look more like steel when they are cast in a mold

[@duanesforkandspoonrr10]

Awesome build...looks great

[@RockyRailroadProductions_B0SS]

That is absolutely gorgeous! I've personally never had such great fortune with spray paint on locomotives, the stencils are especially impressive on this. Can't wait to see this in more videos! Perhaps a Canadiana running session someday...?

[@tommurphy4307]

the trick is in the nozzle. you can swap nozzles somewhat, but your best bet is buy leftover spray cans and pierce the can and use the thinned stuff in your airbrush. there's also tricks in knowing what to use as a thinner. i save tons of money by not having to buy hobby paint that way. rustoleum and rustoleum professional cans have the WORST nozzles for this kind of painting. the automotive touch-up sprays tend to have better quality nozzles than general-purpose paints. if you want bulletproof paint (like painting brass), the boat outdrive paints are a good choice and they are usually trigger- pump nozzles- harrison would like that. brake fluid and even short exposure to methylene-chloride strippers won't disturb outdrive paint. be warned- tis pricey.

[@jamesstrickland631]

The engine that you started with, was a Athearn DD40. According to what I've heard, was Irv Athearn had a friend who worked for EMD, told Irv that EMD was developing a DD40, which was a improved DD35A, and Athearn jumped the gun and made the model. I own several that I roster as DD35A's.

[@SMTMainline]

I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for sharing.

[@mlapoi7995]

Excellent job. Now you can custom paint all your locomotives

[@tommurphy4307]

...and everybody commenting will remind him of that a few thousand times

[@purcellscove]

That's the EMD DD35A you have there. They were produced in the 1960's as part of Union Pacific' quest for unit reduction. It's actually 2 GP35's built on a single chassis for a total of 5000 horsepower. Union Pacific had 15 DD35A's. Southern Pacific had 3 cabless DD35B's.

[@haroldalexis4200]

SMT This is a masterpiece! This is awesome paint work. It's also very smooth running. ☺

[@TerrellTime]

Hmm...it says DD40 on the long hood. I thought the standard cab giants EMD threw out were called DD35s.

[@idragonauz5436]

Yes but EMD had a DD40 cataloged but no railroad bought it

[@nathancook1404]

They also have locomotives like that in real life in the Union Pacific Colors Canadiana would be an interesting paint schemes.

[@CanadasFoodieClub]

Very good job, a little tip , cut out your maple leafs from a sponge , spray paint into a baby jar and dab spung onto paint the stamp the local motive , this way you can make deeper detail of the leaf with out the pain run off

[@tommurphy4307]

good idea and a great way to give the leaf a mottled look with different shades. i like that..

[@UnionCentralSystem]

That came out great!

[@TheGreatRailroadProductions]

Nice work man. Just like Trainz version I play on TS12

[@hvsc6159]

That Athearn blue box loco it was a real American loco. only 2 class 1 railroads had them...southern rr had 1 a unit and 3 b units...union pacific had the rest of them if I remember correctly the UP had 15 or 17 of the A units and close to 30 of the B units... At the time atheran came out with this model EMD still had it on the drawing board so to speek. and on those blue prints it was called DD40....But by the time it rolled out of the plant where it was built it became known as the DD35A units The B units were built before the A units UP RR liked them so much they told EMD to build them with cabs on the end of it...Yes its a good looking loco..an seeing how your layout is set up with DC it should work great... I myself have 2 that looks just like the one you now have ( 1 is torn down waiting to be rebuilt...) and I also have 2 A units in UP scheme an 2 of the B units that I run on my layout...But I have converted all of them over to DCC... Im sure you are going to enjoy this new loco...your doing a great job with you videos an layout Scotty By the way if you research them you will fiind that EMD made them in the late 1950s to the early 1960s

[@ALL-bj7mj]

that's awesome! I was looking threw all my locomotives....I came across a Tyco Rock Island C430 and a metal handrail set.....how can I send this too you?

[@SMTMainline]

Thanks for your comment, I have a P.O. box you could send it to :) SMT Mainline B.P. 15 Rue Monteclair P.O. Box 30046 Gatineau, Quebec J8Y 2E0

[@markwilliams2620]

The original paint was an EMD demonstration paint scheme. They started this with the FT locos.

[@alco251b9]

Before the stripes were on the engine looked like the DD35 demo unit

[@pieseasmyseas]

Welcome to the world of Bandit units I love building them I'm working on a new one now

[@idragonauz5436]

It is shorter because it is like a DD35 but it had updated electronics and prime movers basically two gp40s put together Edit: DD35s had 567 prime movers while the DD40s had 645s The Centennial (DDA40x) is longer because it had larger 645 Prime Movers and a larger wide cab Ps: I love it

[@boosk1348]

Wow that looks great now you got to make a spirit of 76 version

[@SMTMainline]

That would be pretty cool, I just need to find another large Athearn loco

[@frankishknight1878]

Dashing locomotive! Great work! 😄

[@caseycharlieandadam]

I am from America but I love the way the cadana’s look

[@whisper31999]

I'm not 100% sure but I think you where comparing a DD-35ax with a DD-40ax. Southern Pacific started by pairing two GP-35's together.

[@SuperBuildsInMC]

How did Canada get its name? Oh well it went like this! Canadian #1: "what should name out country ay?" Canadian #2 "let's draw letters out of a hat ay" Canadian #2 "Let's see now, 'C ay, D ay, N, ay"

[@geraldratte9254]

Supergamersbro, look up Canada history when Christophe Columbus Discovered North America, its name is from all Indian tribes from North America Meaning Great Nation.

[@SuperBuildsInMC]

Woooosh?

[@eaglesguy7421]

Love this channel and its cool seeing all the parts under the locomotive shell.

[@davidztog9011]

It just came to you in a dream? Next you'll be having visions like Nostradamus from the paint and thinner fumes, Harrison. Just don't write any quatrains. Awesome job! 🍁🍁🍁 Went to the Rocky Mountain Train Show today and didn't find a single Canadiana.

[@SMTMainline]

I hope you enjoyed the train show, I'm on the lookout for a canadiana to send you.

[@SolidCold]

Great video but the locomotive is a DD40 a predecessor to the Centennial. But anyway, great video!

[@zachary_plant_01]

As I'm reading throught the comments apparently EMD did catalog a DD40 but no one bought it

[@garysprandel1817]

The failings with the DD40 are a result of Athearn getting preliminary blueprints from EMD so they could have the newest EMD power out about the same time as the prototype. Apparently the DD40 was to have the same basic frame as the DD35 but obviously there were major alterations to the end product

[@ericzerkle5214]

Same with the SD 45s they made. Too short and the nose was huge.

[@tommurphy4307]

@@ericzerkle5214 at least she's a good cook...

[@paulmishler402]

That reminds me of when i was at a train show a few years ago i found a dd40ax painted in b&o colors

[@balakishakis6614]

Weird

[@SPNGMalibu18]

Paul Mishler you mean fp45? Or something?

[@richardcorey4644]

There is dd35 in B&O,SP,B&Q,the EMD,and the Union Pacific I have B&O one

[@ericzerkle5214]

I saw one in PRR colors once....

[@justinhicks4897]

I was never a fan of the tyco Canadias but that locomotive is sick I’d love to see that run with the rest of the Canadias you have

[@dundasjunctionmodelr.r-jam8267]

Off topic , do have any ideas on setting up Bachman turn outs, just picked up some ones , one keeps derailing, any ideas on adjusting them

[@chuckgilly]

That EMD DD35A fits the Canadian Centennial of 1867 better then a DDA40X, since the DD35A was built in 1965. The DDA40X was built from 1969-1971.

[@SMTMainline]

That's very interesting, I wonder why UP decided to go with the DDA40 instead of the DD35A

[@dkendrick1916]

Smt along with refurbishing old engines you should also repaint engines in either their original paint scheme or a new one

[@SMTMainline]

I might do that with some but not too many people can paint better then the factories do -I'm not one of them.

[@sdmsapphiremodels]

Your Bachmann is a dda40x, the athern is a dd40, the reason to a athern is shorter than the Bachman is because they are two different locomotives, the paint scheme that was on the DD40 was an EMD demonstrator paint scheme EMD uses these paint schemes to show off their brand new engines

[@rileyhogan8248]

The centinial is in that weird paint scheme because it is modeled after the demo locomotive. I have a model of a gp30 with a similar scheme to that one, execs the blue is white and that white is black

[@natalunguyen]

I like and love it what you did to it

[@jameskoch9956]

It's a dream come true! We're surrounded by canadiana goodness!

[@dkendrick1916]

Wow that turned out amazing

[@mikeberthold1593]

Looks pretty good from what I can see nice job thinking outside the box👍👍👍

[@LukeLovesTrains-Mr.RailYard]

A Canadian Centennial looks interesting

[@pieseasmyseas]

One more bit of information that might be useful to you the Bachmann locomotive you have the Centennial as you call it will run on 18 degree radius curves however the Bachman or the canadiana will only run on 22s or so I've Been Told

[@SMTMainline]

Yeah it does although that shouldn't be a problem since I don't plan on running it on anything shorter then 22s and my clubs layout has a minimum of 24s or something.

[@robertneirynck3186]

In my opinion, that is the paintscheme for the automotive demo models and the leasing ones.

[@garymoore5194]

smt you are the best model train prsin iv ever wochd

[@robertlucido3686]

That's nice, I costom paint my own models for my railroad too