MEGA Vintage Locomotives Unboxing - And Much More!

It's been over two months since I last did a mail unboxing to today I decided to do a mega one featuring seven parcels. Collectively between the boxes there were countless vintage ho and n scale locomotives, track and buildings.
A huge thanks to everyone who contributed to this unboxing for your generosity!

[@charamspaint]

*part falls off* wonder if that's important.

[@4everdc302]

Santa said Harrison was a good boy this year haha. Great mail run. A good home for this gear👍🚂🙋

[@SMTMainline]

Sure was lol

[@Skyfire_The_Goth]

That little green engine is a Norris Locomotive Works 4-2-0. Norris started building them in the late 1830s, started delivery of them in the early 1840s, they called it the England class because they built them for the Birmingham & Gloucester Railway in England. The first one was called the George Washington, for its trial run it was tested on a 7% grade in Philadelphia, becoming the first locomotive to climb a hill under its own power pulling a load, proving steam locomotives could climb grades while pulling loads, this accomplishment was so amazing that engineering journals at the time doubted it happened and a second trial with a heavier load than the first took place, the locomotive pulled it with ease.

[@musclrcarg2090]

I know

[@earlwidmeyer2654]

That's some cool history.

[@billfusionenterprise]

It is the Bachmann John bull train set, I have one my self, along with the two other sets

[@Skyfire_The_Goth]

@@billfusionenterprise No it is not, you're thinking of Bachmanns La Fayette set. La Fayette was one of Norris' England class locomotives. The John Bull was originally an 0-4-0 with a leading truck added later changing it to a 2-4-0, the John Bull has 4 driving wheels not 2, the train sets model both engines correctly, the La Fayette is a 4-2-0 while the John bull is a 2-4-0.

[@billfusionenterprise]

@@Skyfire_The_Goth but the coaches is what threw me off, the la fayette has stagecoach type cars

[@edwarddavis507]

Seeing all these great gifts from your viewers is very inspiring. I like to think it’s an indication that the train hobby I love so much is still going strong. I love all the gifts and knowing you will be showing them off on the channel. Thank you SMT!

[@philipvandyke5980]

Yes, nice Canadian manors as usual. Always polite in mentioning gifts and much like his repair// fix videos. Keep up the good work

[@BP_211yt]

The D&RGW is the Rio grande

[@realcanadian96]

Denver and Rio Grande Western. Love Colorado NG

[@SMTMainline]

@@realcanadian96 Thanks

[@randallellison6421]

I knew exactly what that N scale flat car was the minute you unwrapped it Harrison because I have the same type of car in HO scale only mine is a Walthers Mainline model decorated for TTX. These cars can run with either four 20 foot containers, two 40 foot containers, or a two 20 foot and one 40 foot container load configuration. I've also got a few of those old Athearn blue box passenger cars as well. The most trouble I encountered assembling these cars are actually pressing the windows in place. You may have to do some trimming and filing to get everything to fit properly, but they look very nice when finished! Very cool lot from some generous viewers Harrison, thanks for sharing and happy holidays!

[@anthonyj.adventures9736]

I like N scale as background add ons. About 20 years ago I had a sweet mixed scale layout in my old houses basement. It was a huge layout. 30ft long 9ft wide. It took up half the basement. The first 5 ft was flat But the back 3 or 4 ft was a mountian/valley range that i had set up A 3 N scale loops on with tunnels. 1 was a mixed freight consist 1 was a passenger train and the other was a 14 car coal train. N scale works great to give the appearance of a train in the distance.

[@RevRenegade]

I love Shays. They are one of my favorite kinds of steam locomotives. Also, D&RGW stands for; "Denver & Rio Grande Western"

[@billfusionenterprise]

they are also a pain to service, I have an ON30 version

[@sabrinasornaly17]

Tg

[@MrBnsftrain]

You have such generous fans! I might send you a locomotive and caboose I'm planning to get rid of. I do hope you can add more to that N scale layout, especially sidings and a Christmas tree.

[@Itsjustme-Justme]

I instantly fell in love with the old Athearn box art you unboxed first and the 1800's train 😍

[@kevinbeverly4086]

Love seeing everything that people send to you. I have some things laying around that I'm getting cleaned up to send to you.

[@stephendollahan425]

The shay is by MDC Round House. They can be a little bit finicky, to work on, but when they're done right they're good runners, and good looking.

[@betamaxblocker]

I had some battery-powered ERTL trains with SOO Line livery growing up and when you unboxed those custom SOO locomotives, the paintwork on those really took me back. I agree that they are phenomenally good for someone's custom project.

[@torbrok-bardoe8448]

The crisp smell of new locomotives

[@karafaunt4386]

These videos are definitely my favorite. The sense of mystery in the boxes makes me smile. Great vid!

[@DFWRailVideos]

Pretty soon here Harrison will need an entire room to store all the locomotives he’s getting! Great video as always.

[@ROBERTN-ut2il]

The weight in Harrison's train room is approaching a critical level. Soon the bedrock beneath will collapse and all Gatineau will disappear into the hole. You have been warned, people!

[@datonk4042]

hahaha true

[@realcanadian96]

N-Scale! Colorado Narrow Gauge! Shays! I know this is going to be one of my favourite videos of all time!

[@Top-Trains-1943]

Wow SMT thats awesome. I really like that SOO Line locomotive, its awesome that the SOO Line loco was custom painted it looks so accurate. All the locomotives, fright cars and little accessories look amazing. And the British steam locomotive was made 1839 for the LDE. Great video and can't wait for the next one my friend.

[@geraldratte9254]

Harrison Merry Christmas glad you finaly open my parcel, the O-4-O switcher is just about brand new and mainly run max 10 hours hope you can figure out the band issue and have fun running it on your layout and someday see all the Hersey boxes cars run around your layout too. I will enjoy it when people ask for an Am track complete passenger set running on one of your your live streams, I will enjoy that you finally have a complete running set with all your AM Track engines, wish I could have put steel wheels on them. P.S do expect to receive surprise parcels from time to time as mainly other sub and members of your channel have done many times to keep the passion alive.

[@SMTMainline]

Thank you so much again for the gifts and support, I can't wait to get that Amtrak set going. Merry Christmas!

[@earlwidmeyer2654]

Hey, good gift for Harrison. Love those Amtrak cars. If Harrison gets the interiors as someone said, they would look mint!!

[@geraldratte9254]

@@SMTMainline Also congrats on that wonderful SOO Line set costume built hope to see them running on your layout in 2023.

[@infinity6450]

That Bachmann Pegasus is a recolour of that B&ORR Lafayette locomotive. There is also another recolour named the Prussia. Most of these locomotives came in sets during the 80s and there are multiple others, such as the john bull, the dewitt clinton and my personal headache, the lafayette. You are very lucky that it ran. These locos are so fragile that if you sneeze they fall to bits.

[@LevelUpModelTrains]

Wow SMT you finally got a shay locomotive, pretty cool haul! Great Vid SMT!!

[@harperlarry49]

That Shay is a beautiful locomotive. That was a bunch of great gifts.

[@billfusionenterprise]

too bad it is missing all the side rods and cylinders

[@cooperludwig3842]

I think SMT mainline is the only youtuber i get excited by when they upload now

[@BNSF_12]

Yeah same

[@yourfellowpancake6335]

Agreed

[@corydora_catfish]

Me too

[@penguingamerkid2776]

@@corydora_catfish same

[@SMTMainline]

It means the world to me to hear something like that, thanks a bunch!

[@Nkp757railfan]

I've got that pegasus model the way to keep it running is it needs constant mantinace probably about once every 2 days of running time it's a finicky but good model It's a early American locomotive based of the b&o Lafayette

[@GaryDavis-ir6fh]

remarkable looking collection of train pieces!

[@dbtech7914]

A lot of great things. Love the Amtrak cars and the N gauge gas station.

[@MattKonsol]

They are cool indeed. I don’t if I’ll get one for my o gauge collection someday it’ll be promising man.

[@bigguy1960]

The Old-Time locomotive is from the Bachmann "Prussia" trainset, identical to the "Lafayette" train set, but the passenger coaches are from the Bachmann "John Bull" train set!

[@Unknownuser4lif3]

I would like to start do this for an hobby and it is all because of you. You have inspired me. Love the videos keep it up.

[@TRAIN_MASTER_X-844]

I use the Labelle oils and greases and they are definitely the best in my opinion. Very cool!

[@SMTMainline]

I haven't been disappointed so far myself. These are new releases I believe though.

[@mratsfrailfan1894]

D&RGW is the rio grande like that boxcar

[@Murdoch_The_9F]

The hilarious moment when a piece falls of the 0-6-0 and he says "Hmm wonder if that's important".

[@dr.trains119]

Another fine addition to my collection

[@davidztog9011]

🎄 It's Christmas all year long for you, Harrison. Nice to see other subscribers continue to send you parcels. Nice haul this time. The old style locomotive looks like it's from Bachmann's The Lafayette set, but the passenger cars must be from another set, possibly John Bull. As for the Woodland Scenics gas station, most structures are available in O, HO and N. Thanks for sharing. 🎄👍🎄

[@SMTMainline]

Apparently the shay is by Athearn Roundhouse, hopefully they still make parts for it.

[@davidztog9011]

@@SMTMainline good luck with that.

[@stephendollahan425]

Unfortunately the shay has been out of production since the mid 90s, when MDC was bought by Athearn, and spare parts are hard to find. There are a few things on the auction sites, but generally It's find a parts loco to strip for neede parts.

[@GeorgeGerules]

Merry Christmas to you. I enjoy your enthusiasm, easy going teaching style and knowledge. I'm thankful for you getting me back into this hobby!

[@KaidsTrains]

More beautiful trains to add on to your collection!

[@qwincyq6412]

“I wonder if that’s important” said every hobbyist who ever took a locomotive apart, lol. A great haul Harrison.

[@SMTMainline]

So true haha

[@shaqtus3365]

Great video as always Harrison, btw D&RGW stands for Denver and Rio Grande Western if you were wondering and based on the drive I believe the Shay might be a roundhouse kit that someone put some extra aftermarket detail parts onto.

[@gregduck7455]

Hiya Harrison. Great video, as always. I really enjoyed seeing the Athearn shorty stainless steel passenger cars you received, in the original 'Pointless Arrow' Amtrak colour scheme. Very nostalgic for me. When I was a teenage model railroader in Coquitlam BC back in the 1976, I bought the whole set, car by car. I wanted an Amtrak train for my layout. I still have those Athearn Amtrak passenger cars. Happy New Year.

[@TonyLasagna]

Did not know you were in Quebec! I lived in Montreal for several years, loved it. Wish I never had to leave. I live right below you now in Maine - will have to send you something!

[@mrrailfan95]

Well folks in today’s video it will never gets old

[@SMTMainline]

Glad to hear it!

[@DarkpawTheWolf]

It's great to see the PC Train set pieces come out. I'm thrilled to finally have ALL of the sets in their entirety, which took quite some time to build up. Almost all of them are with full boxes intact. Two of the boxes are slightly damaged, which was fully my fault, in sets I bought back when they first came out and was so excited to have them that I didn't think of the future of what these sets would eventually mean, and paid little attention to the boxes themselves. Pity, because it would have been something else to have every set and every box completely intact. I really wish they would put out these sets again. I've sent many letters to PC "Insiders" about it, but they don't seem to see enough interest in it to ever restart them.

[@qwincyq6412]

I agree about the need to issue the sets again. The track and controller aren’t much but the trains were excellent value. I still have three sets I’ve yet to unbox and now I’m uncertain about using them given their increased value.

[@icymidnight7925]

this is a wonderful collection of trains😁 and your the best💚💚

[@MrSargenti]

Oxi-Day-Shun… say it over and over… you can do this!! 😂❤🎉

[@mercuryoak2]

And when you say it it is oxidization... Sheesh there's always one critic

[@earlwidmeyer2654]

Harrison. I glad you finally got to your viewer mail. And merry Christmas, what a good haul. I sent the Soo Line, CN and Shay Engines. I didn't think viewers would find the Shay that interesting. I bought it as is. When I put it on the layout , it was shorting out. I didn't think it worker at all!! Good thing it does, all you need is to find the piston parts!. The SOO "B" unit just need the wires reattached. I glad some comments that viewers likes the painting of the Soo Lines!! The CN engine just needs the handrails, I thought you could use the ones from the 2 shells!. Again Great haul from everybody who sent stuff in. I like the idea of you using some of the items to build a layout for someone else. Keep up the great videos Harrison! Cheers! Corey "Earl" Widmeyer

[@NorthmassRails]

I can’t believe they were able to fit a drive in that tiny steam engine! Nice engines!

[@billfusionenterprise]

the drive is in the tender, similar to the gandy dancer

[@survivingworldsteam]

@@billfusionenterprise no, it's not; the motor is mounted vertically inside the firebox, and directly drives the rear wheel. The Bachmann Lafayette is basically the same locomotive.

[@billfusionenterprise]

@@survivingworldsteam I haven't looked at it yet, but do know it is a small motor tender device and have seen allot of different ways of doing it

[@Petemonster62]

@@billfusionenterprise - Bill, the DeWitt Clinton train has the motor and drive assembly in the tender.

[@railsofontario3029]

That Bachmann crossing doesn’t have working lights as I have one and those SOO Line F7 A&B units are by the Bachmann from the 80’s but were marketed under the Bachmann Plus range 5 pole cab motors flywheels and all wheel drive. Nice video SMT jealous of that Shay!

[@SMTMainline]

Thanks for the info

[@christophermondone6864]

love the shey, it would look great running on the mountain section of your layout wuth severl log cars being pulled up the inclines

[@micoasters]

Love these videos, I’m about to get a eBay lot with a lifelike and athearn f units, a band drive switcher and marx switcher as well as a die cast steamer. I definitely will be using your videos to guide me thru the repairs

[@Papa_Shurika]

Great gifts! Great review! Merry christmas!👍

[@newhavennscale]

Great unboxing SMT! Happy Holidays.

[@thatsimulatorguy]

Me at the beginning: Well! Another SMT video. Good to see it’s still top tier. Me at the end: oh boy… I need to grow my channel… Thank you for the video of all the locomotives! I hope these get requested during your livestreams!

[@johnathanlewis2049]

Hi SMT Mainline! Great video! Could you do a tour of your HO layout?

[@TheSharkKing45]

The N Scale Burlington Route Diesel is a Plymouth MDT , the same basis as the Tyco Transformers Diesel that was worked on a while back.

[@billfusionenterprise]

strange thing is, that the ho-scale version is also 3 axle

[@Benparkinson_the_sketch_artist]

Waddup Harrison? This is ben Parkinson, I've been watching your videos since I was 15 years old and I love your channel and I'm planning to show your videos to my dad

[@SMTMainline]

Right on, thanks for watching!

[@Benparkinson_the_sketch_artist]

@@SMTMainline no problem.

[@pfflyer3381]

Love that little green baby

[@theodoreparfitt8942]

You should turn your (N-Scale setup) as a dual weather layout. With the winter look AND spring and summer look cuz it will look like the snow is melting for spring time

[@andrewcoates3050]

the D&RGW is the Denver And Rio Grande Western which had a fair bit of narrow guage like the k-37 no 491

[@DavidSmith-dm8ew]

Good haul man! Merry Xmas!

[@An_Official_Scratcher]

I like the hustlers too, they look like they're young but extremely strong.

[@strobson1]

Ice cream hot dog stands will look great on your circus 😊

[@NotDaender]

Epic stuff, especially that Athearn Amtrak set! FYI, there are two sellers online that sell 3D-printed interiors for your RPO, coach, diner, and dome (but nothing for baggage cars...) for about $10 a car. I'm doing it to my 9-car Athearn set and with some cheap sitting figures, they look incredible for a fraction of what it'd cost to buy proto-spec passenger cars!

[@geraldratte9254]

I bought this lot that had all these Am Track passenger cars AthearnBlue box. I knew STM has a few Am track engines but no cars to go with them and my plan was to convert them to old CN 1970 cars Black and white he got me back in the passion of HO scale modelling and I know I can always find more when I do have a one main track line layout running. Cheers to you for your excellent answer.

[@qwincyq6412]

Be good to know who is producing those interiors. I need them for my Athearn cars as well as several classic Rivarossi cars.

[@therailfanman2078]

I'm jealous! You got a shay locomotive!

[@crashryanphoto]

The Hershey's car is a gem.

[@TheSharkKing45]

For those maps... a lot of the Chicago and Northwestern, Chicago Rock Island and Pacific (original) , Missouri Pacific, Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific routes have been ripped up in the 70s and 80s.

[@DarkpawTheWolf]

Those maps are precious. Things like that are so rare, they need to be cherished.

[@SMTMainline]

Thanks for the info, I was wondering.

[@XDHwilks]

Very nice! Also, that shay is an MDC roundhouse. The bachmann spectrum ones are driven with the actual prototypical driveshaft, whereas those MDC ones are driven by the driveshaft underneath.

[@SMTMainline]

I wasn't aware of that, thanks for sharing.

[@corwin81]

Enjoy the Busch Latte! The unofficial beer of Iowa

[@davidstrainsandlego]

Wow. Lots of great stuff

[@michaelhardeman6004]

This was a great video Harrison. I would like your N scale layout to become a summer theme. Put sand, palm trees, and make fake water.

[@garyritter9076]

The Shay is a Model Die Casting / Roundhouse kit engine. You can find parts on EBay. They are noisy by design. There are you tube videos on tuning for best operation. VERY FINICKY. The Round BoxCab Diesel uses the same drive line design. Most of the noise comes from straight cut gears. And when the body’s are added the noise gets amplified.

[@SMTMainline]

Hopefully I can find parts.

[@earlwidmeyer2654]

I bought that Shay engine as is. I was going to weather it up and place it as a derelict on the layout. I glad I just gave it to Harrison. Hopefully he can find the parts that are missing!

[@thepicklejar1138]

The Shay is a MDC model offered as rtr or kit form and was offered as a two truck or three truck. Also offered in Hon3 and Ho standard gauge.

[@timbortner1014]

D&RGW is the Denver and Rio Grande Western. As always, great video!

[@lexluthermiester]

That NScale TrainWorx car needs a minimum of 19" radius track IIRC. A train of them look really good on 22" radius and larger.

[@SouRwy4501Productions]

A little thing about that orange hustler. The D&RGW railroad is officially known as the Denver & Rio Grande western. It was operated by Southern Pacific until 1992, when it was consolidated into Union Pacific.

[@Petemonster62]

Hello SMT! The Classic Trains magazine I sent you has an article on Canadian National's Super Continental passenger train. I thought you might find that interesting since you are a fan of the CN. The maps are from a 1948 railroad atlas & areas where there are parallel lines, they draw one line & list the abbreviations for the railroads above the line. The Central Valley parts are replacement chassis kits for 40-foot freight cars, such as boxcars, reefers, livestock cars. I sent the trucks and weights to use with them. But you probably could also use them to scratch build a flat car!

[@SMTMainline]

Thanks again for sending the supplies. I will have to have a closer look at that map, I would have guessed it was far more modern.

[@horacelee1064]

¹qqàà

[@canadianbehaviour8280]

Damn, the minute I saw the Busch box I knew it was gonna be good

[@SMTMainline]

Oh yes!

[@jesusrenteria9970]

Hola amigo muy bonitos trenes y piezas nos mostraste. Saludos desde Tijuana México siempre miro tus videos.

[@theaustraliantrainspotter]

Awesome lot

[@TheRealCodyFishingYT]

Tyco is the og of model train factory’s even my dad used to play with them

[@Train_Master_4014]

Nice video I love that Hersheys Engine

[@RayBoebel]

Nice haul Harrison. Those Soo Line loco are SHARP looking for a custom build!! I have one of those Bachmann 4-2-0's Its a neat little piece, but I find its a bit light on the front and could use a bit of weight. I believe I used a small "split shot" weight used for fishing in the stack to help with the rail contact.

[@treacherous9910]

I have that exact Hustler. it is Denver and Rio Grande Western and I love that little loco. it is surprisingly powerful for what it is.

[@billfusionenterprise]

someone has done a repower of it to worm gear drive

[@briandonovan9560]

Flexivan flat car was early intermodal trailer type typical ran on headend passenger train. Love the 1800s train.

[@Benthetrainkid]

I would suggest putting in a wider curve radius on your N Scale layout

[@paulbervid1610]

Great video and merry Christmas.

[@mercuryoak2]

Wow that was a huge lot of stuff. I have the same Amtrak cars by Athearn. They're actually quite nice. That's good you got some more stuff to add to the collection.

[@bryanphillips6666]

The story on all Athearn blue box passenger cars is they're to short. They're made short so they fit on 18" radius curves. They should be 80' feet in ho but are much shorter.

[@mercuryoak2]

@@bryanphillips6666 well the ones I have on 18-in radius curves which isn't my layout curves because my layout has been taken down since I moved. But the cars end up hitting each other on the ends with a small loop of ez track that I have set up temporary so they're better off with 22-in or broader curves. Also to me it doesn't matter about the length and all that other stuff I don't care for it. That's why I have customized my Mantua pacifics and a Riverrossi docksider and I love the fact that it irritates people because the Mantua pacifics are technically Baltimore Ohio boilers. I literally was in a nmra Facebook group and the fact that guys were losing their minds because God forbid I stepped outside the box. I find it hilarious. I left the group because I couldn't stand them badgering me to the point where I would have gotten banned was saying what I wanted to say.

[@garysprandel1817]

Nice haul. It's Chicago Great Western on that boxcar just to avoid confusion with the British Great Western and Colorado shortline Great Western. The herald is referred to as the Lucky Strike logo due to it's similarly to the logo of Lucky Strike cigarettes. Not surprised you haven't heard much of it as I'm 61 years old and the CGW vanished into the Chicago & Northwestern when I was 7 years old and really except for some short segments here and there is mostly bike trails and reclaimed by farmers with nary a sign that up to 12 unit AB F units, GP30s or SD40s pulled 200 car freight trains ran there and while things have gotten better in the last 15 20 years I can only think of a AHM chemical tank,a short lived offering in Athearns 62 foot tank car and a company that offered custom painted 50 foot plug door in CGW. Flexi Van service was early container service on passenger trains in the late 50s and 60s. NYC, Milwaukee Road, IC and possibly more that slip my mind at the moment.

[@SMTMainline]

First time hearing any of this. Was the similarities between the logos intentional or just a coincidence?

[@garysprandel1817]

@@SMTMainline coincidence. If you look at a larger version of the CGW logo the band around the circle is actually slightly offset and was supposed to represent a stylized flanged wheel but railfans particularly since it was adopted in the early to mid 50s went with the similarity to a popular cigarette brand logo.

[@soerenwizard]

Ah, 1962 was a good vintage year 🙂

[@Jvthepro]

Very nice items

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

18:49 that is the Lafayette one of the earliest steam locomotives to be built for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad

[@IDontKnowMathsSorry]

Keep up the good work!

[@distanthelicopter32]

Great loot

[@SMTMainline]

Yeah

[@the2lessons515]

Love your videos, these old american locomotives are very interesting. Go on with that guy, greetings from Germany.

[@russrh]

I love those Amtrak cars, didnt even realise they were available in blue box

[@actorprosvintagetrains7217]

Love your vids!! Merry Christmas

[@dupity1]

🤣"I wonder if that's important?"@24:14 Thanks for sharing your unboxing, I'm as excited as when I'm unboxing my own lots😀👍Merry Christmas and Happy New Year☃️🎄🚂🎅✌️🚂🎄☃️

[@austinstitzel]

I love the Hershey's locomotive!

[@bbtrainproductions4203]

WoW nice lot

[@Tomlin4014]

18:33 I have a train set from Bachmann called the John Bull, and it came with three of those train cars, but they were green and black, not green and red. If I had to guess those cars came with a set similar to the John Bull. Edit, after seeing the next engine, I think it goes with that :)

[@billfusionenterprise]

the cars are usually green, I have that set

[@mattomon1045]

Harrison shay locomotive is from model die casting / round house and is now part of athren a subsidiary of Horizon Hobby. The problem with the shay, is the power pickups you need to hard wire the trucks to the motor.. after you do that thay are great runners. thay have a lot of gear noise like a real shay.