Manned Helpers Operations - Union Pacific over Tehachapi in HO Scale

Welcome back to the La Mesa Model RR Club in San Diego, CA! In this video, we follow the QRVWC easbound as it ascents the Tehachapi Pass on the UP Mojave Subdivision with manned helpers. A big thanks to Austin McAdams for helping with the video!
Thanks for watching!
Josh

[@YouSimon1000]

Pentrex level quality. Very well done!

[@ethanrose-mr4eu]

As a member of the la Mesa model railroad club, I think the only problems we have are the poor equipment and with a long train can easily be string-lined. But other than that, it’s really fun to run your train up and down the layout and for the public to view which is also really cool.

[@clydefalken9413]

so glad that my home town is getting recognized for this cool train museum, i remember being in the layout as a little kid because one of my mom's friends took me one time.

[@ethanrose-mr4eu]

That’s really cool

[@clydefalken9413]

yea, he had a ton of trains and he was a member there, so since i liked trains he took me along once, and seeing the layout from the other side of the glass i just wish i could go back in there some how, it was soo cool.@@ethanrose-mr4eu

[@ethanrose-mr4eu]

Have you ever wanted to become a member yourself?

[@clydefalken9413]

now that i think about it, it would be neat. but at the same time locomotives and rolling stock are very expensive, along with the usual of a museums member time probably being a little funky, so for me its easier to just stick to rolling line @@ethanrose-mr4eu

[@johnathanlewis2049]

Hi Josh! Great video! This layout really captures the rugged remote desert where the railroad comes through Those mountains are steep and the way downhill is straight down

[@MRL_4303]

I work the helpers out of Livingston MT on the MRL soon to be BNSF. glad to see some helper operations in Ho.

[@Longshadowsmodeltrees]

Great video Josh, I remember watching them cut out the helpers at the Summit here in Tehachapi on my lunch brake. If you come thru here...Give a call. Bob

[@J3scribe]

Such an incredible layout, especially when you consider the layout is such an accurate representation of the Tehachapi line, albeit in the mid 1950s. Anyone familiar with the present day line will see numerous structures, and even track alignments, that don't match the modern railroad. Very well executed video. I love the overhead shots and lineside views. Audio is exemplary. My only nitpick is that I've never seen video or images of modern operations where helpers are cut out at Tehachapi. Such an exercise would occur at Mojave, after the helpers would lend their dynamic breaking to the descent down from Summit. I'm not saying you're wrong, but I have been following this patch of railroad for a long, long time. Aside from that niggle, loved the update, and look forward to the next installment of the Utah Belt GEVOs making their way to your Asheville Division home layout.

[@ep1981]

What a time to be alive: I can sit here in the UK on a grey drizzly day, watching a model railroad transport me to sunny California, and then have a local resident to the area being modelled teaches me how the model differs from the modern prototype...

[@J3scribe]

@@ep1981 If you are interested, here is a very detailed tour of the layout with narration by a museum docent. The trains being run are era specific. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6aslHSHgd5rbsk

[@ethanrose-mr4eu]

On this layout, Tehachapi is hidden away from the public and there is not really much scenery up there which I’m going to be talking to the others about if we get some of the other projects done first. But during operation sessions, we usually go all the way to Mojave

[@J3scribe]

@@ethanrose-mr4eu Huh?

[@ethanrose-mr4eu]

@@J3scribe basically Mojave is the east end other the railroad and Bakersfield is the west end. There is the town of Tehachapi which is the last town until the railroad ends at Mojave. At Tehachapi town, is where 50s era helper engines disconnect from the rest and start their journey back down to Bakersfield. The Tehachapi LOOP is actually called walong. But people call it the loop and it’s a tourist spot along the nearby highway

[@TrainDetailsbyGuss]

Great scenery. Love the ride along.

[@jakedoestrains1759]

great operations on the tehachapi sub!

[@motorTranz]

One of the most beautiful models I've ever seen! Stunning! Thank you for sharing this!

[@coffeebuzzard]

Nice to see you back with a new operational video

[@adirondackandnorthern]

Awesome video, I just went there in August, fabulous layout.

[@AMPProductionsVideo]

Nice Layout and great filming

[@Diesel_Sparks]

I love it Great video!!! Also you are literally the best narrator ever!!! Have a good day!!!

[@livingourjourney365]

I love i get to visit this layout as often as i can. This video really doesn't do the layout justice, but its still incredible to watch.

[@davestrains6816]

Outstanding video, thanks for sharing. Dave

[@Flying90]

This is so awesome to watch! Great video!

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

Like always, this video was entertaining, and I'll be waiting for the next one!

[@hollispurn]

Very interesting video. Nice layout. I love these long trains . It was fun to watch. Greetings Holger

[@darrellcooper6003]

Great view MHO has make it real simple beautiful layout through the mountains ⛰

[@scootosan]

Beautiful layout

[@dougcostello9064]

Wow! Amazing layout. Thanks for sharing.

[@Trains-stuff]

Love how realistic it is love watching your videos keep up the great work

[@williamdaxon7369]

Great video, and layout is looking great.

[@NorthmassRails]

This looks amazing! Good stuff👍

[@hunterriley9904]

Absolutely beautiful layout love it !😎😎😎

[@hornhospital]

I wish our models actually sounded that good!

[@1044fan]

Great video 👍🏻

[@randydobson1863]

hello nsmodeler24 it's is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks friends randy

[@vuurvrrailfanner4656]

yay the legend has been uploading more

[@RFMCabooseNP1713]

Very cool.

[@em2attic]

Manned helpers on a MRVWC headed southbound, I WISH that still happened 😢

[@pm8302]

What a fantastic layout! As an engineer I could see the buff and draft difference on the cars ahead and behind the maned helper set. Which please correct me if I’m wrong the model ho helpers are actually shoving correct?

[@nicksayajirao1730]

Do they run the train with “real” manned helpers with the head end as one consist and the helpers as another or is this one big DCC consist?

[@Southern_California_Railfanner]

Correct symbol would be MRVWC-(date)

[@austin_McAdams]

This is modeling 2018

[@tcp3059]

So the video is obviously dubbed over with recorded sounds from the prototype, but I was wondering if any of the HO-scale locomotives or controllers had an actual dynamic-brake mode/sound profile? It would add to the realism if they did, but I'm not sure how one would implement that to the scale model....

[@beeble2003]

Most of them have dynamic brake sounds, yes.

[@OhioCentralModeler]

I've always wondered how you do the realistic train sounds for your videos, perhaps that's something you could consider making a tutorial on?

[@AbelG8781]

Editing??

[@kcsthebetterway]

Did you move to Cali?

[@williamarseneau1575]

It would be nice seeing the helpers cut out or cut in . I would also think about removing sound tracks and use real model sounds.

[@LoneRanger5150]

I was hoping to see those utah belt locomotives 😂

[@manderschannel2275]

It’s like I am seeing the real thing

[@MissouriRailroadProductions]

You have been posting a lot more lately

[@gunsaway1]

INCREDIBLE! Wow

[@StonewallTitlow]

Mid 1950s Tehachapi feels so weird compared to modern day Tehachapi.

[@tomstarcevich1147]

🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃👍

[@AbelG8781]

Modern > anything else

[@kilrbe3]

I just don't enjoy the fake sounds anymore. Your videos were great a few years ago before you put in the dubbed real sounds. Wish you'd go back to actual 'layout sound'.

[@em2attic]

It adds to the fun dont be a party pooper lol!

[@darylvanlaningham417]

That layout is badass