Layout Update 11/17/23: New Scenery, Coal Trains, & More!

[@jimkammerer5240]

THE BEST PART IS THAT YOU AND YOUR FATHER ENJOY THIS ACTIVITY TOGETHER AND YOU BOTH WILL HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF THIS SITUATION TOGETHER ❤️

[@perlasciortino6993]

Fuck yeah I like that 🖕🏽

[@user-qr7ee2cp4y]

Any Hobby you can do with loved ones is a great hobby. Grandkids will never want to leave

[@mikehowey4869]

The swinging door and backdrop are genius! Never cease to amaze me how awesome the layout is!

[@icebolt0864]

I was not ready for that retractable backdrop! My jaw was dropped the whole time!

[@sonnicman]

1:26 I’ve always been highly impressed with the ingenuity you and your Dad have put into the layout over the years. Engineering the backdrop to SLIDE out of the way is pure genius!

[@LogicRailTech]

Your new swing door is an engineering and artistic marvel! I have a similar situation I need to attack in my train room so I've been scouring articles and videos for solutions. Yours might be the one I need to base mine from. Good thing I can slow down and pause this video!

[@DH2906PRODUCTIONS]

Wow. Thanks for the tip for the lettering and numbering

[@GMTX-kg8ep]

JC does it again!!! Seriously, Josh never fails to impress with these layout updates. Anyone who would disagree, I will never understand why. I’m already looking forward to the next one. Some of the things you have done on the layout really makes me want to incorporate the ideas in a future layout. I love the door trick you did. That’s one of them, and I’m really excited about the traffic lights whenever that would be. I have been wanting to do working traffic lights on a layout tied into the grade crossing gates, but I haven’t seen much of cool ways to do it.

[@nsmodeler24]

Thanks for kind words! Certainly means a lot. I've been working on getting the traffic lights started this winter.. Looking forward to it. Thanks! - Josh

[@GMTX-kg8ep]

@@nsmodeler24 awesome!

[@clearlycaribbeanreb2895]

Always a pleasure, Josh. Thanks for the update.

[@sparky107107]

nice video for, sure, but i am amazed at the swing door and that back drop. hats off to dad

[@F59PHItrainfreak]

5:30 I bet it would add another layer of realism if you weathered the signal there on the right side that survived the wreck. It would really make it feel like that signal has been there while the bridge is fresh and brand new! Happy railroading!

[@meme-md9yy]

Nice to see it keep changing.

[@a_coastlinerailfan]

A model railroading marvel, truly!

[@MikeG42]

Awesome layout. It is nice to be able to add your own reporting marks and road numbers to freight cars. Good video.

[@tracksidemike]

Looks fantastic guys layout coming along quite well. Great share enjoyed the video have a great day and enjoy 🚂🫵

[@natejackson8213]

You know Josh, I think you have a good passion about this layout and I hope it looked great. Thank you so very much for sharing. I wish I had a layout like that.

[@nsmodeler24]

Thanks Nate!

[@jovetj]

Have to keep saying it: Mr. Parnell's signals are astoundingly good! I think perhaps the best models I've ever seen. Even that signal at the start is fabulous (other than missing numbers)!!

[@devinshufford7748]

Looking Good 👍

[@tomclark4654]

Great video Josh! I, too, enjoy watching your work, hearing your voice, and seeing the layout "alive" when you are at school. Dad

[@TheLEMRR]

What a fantastic idea for the door backdrop!

[@19scamps92]

great update and video! thanks Josh for sharing with us. your dad did such a cool job with that swing-door! kind regards from the Jackieville-switching layout and from Switzerland

[@reidwaanwookay482]

Awesome to see the layout again and the new projects.

[@BNSF2012]

it feels real you detailed it so much that it dosent look like a model it looks like a real train please build your own model train meuseum and keep up the good work👍

[@michaelsullivan3581]

Thanks Josh. Great update! Love the coal train power set! And the new gate is beyond beefy! Good work on the auto clearing backdrop too Tom!

[@warwickroadmodelrailway]

Absolutely fabulous

[@TheTrainFreak]

Great update Josh. The door backdrop is very intuitive and looks like it works as planned. Looking forward to seeing the coal cars after you apply the new decals and weathering. - Jason

[@Canaandoestrains167]

nice job on the asheville district!

[@williamdavid9333]

Great looking video! The door is freaking awesome

[@WingZeroType]

This is some really awesome work man, thanks for sharing and taking us behind the scenes a bit. Loved it.

[@Trainguy.5771]

Wow, Beautiful layout, I really like the door design. Keep up the great work guys!

[@tims_builds]

super cool. So many really cool ideas on this layout from the overall packaging of everything to the functioning coal dump/tower and now this gate. Great job, very impressive

[@kensbackshop6399]

Awesome

[@anthonyborden2513]

Great layout excellent work

[@moqtev]

Awesome layout and you are such a good narrator! Thanks

[@RFMCabooseNP1713]

It is so real. I love it. Great job and video as always.

[@justincole1510]

I mostly see CSX in my town un Indiana but there are two short lines that come into town as well. Indiana Railroad and another that comes from Illinois. I do see foreign power but rarely able to see them.

[@sammym.belfastchild]

Glad to see an update finally... , missed seeing your layout , the new swing door with the backdrop , well done. Had been wondering when you would be back , definitely looking forward to seeing more , Tc, Cheers.

[@LoganTheDumpTruckDummy]

Man I’ll tell ya what Josh, you never cease to amaze and inspire me! I’ve been following you’re channel from the very start and let me tell you it’s been amazing to see the progress & growth you and your father have made to this layout, some parts aren’t even recognizable anymore! It just keeps getting better and better! I seriously always look forward to your videos especially the Layout updates. Keep up the amazing work & content my friend! You are definitely the reason I got into HO Model Trains so thank you for that lol 🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@Howie2025]

Those locomotives are a piece of art with that weathering. Great tips on the coal car builds.

[@valchavez9163]

Josh....love the way you weathered those csx's.....WOW.....Again....Great video.....Keep it up buddy.....😊

[@nsmodeler24]

Thank you!

[@jeffmurphree2937]

Great to see that you work with your father on the layout! That relationship is more important than the layout itself. Oh, and the layout looks phenomenal!

[@martinhanley23]

Brilliant work and great up date

[@UPtrainguy76]

Outstanding work on the coal hoppers.

[@Diesel_Sparks]

Wow Another awesome video. Awesome layout I’ve been watching you for 5 years now and you have made a lot of progress!!!

[@davidbrown4823]

That door idea was so COOL. the back ground idea took me to thinking of great a idea it is. Happy Thanksgiving.

[@ScratchGlass9]

Bravo on the door ! Genius.

[@TrainDetailsbyGuss]

Excellent layout. thanks for sharing.

[@JosephMusgrove]

Great update. Thanks for sharing!

[@sferguson1130]

Wow, your dad’s design for that swing, is ingenius

[@SteamCrane]

Great work! So many great details.

[@ARB4957]

Hi Josh, truly amazing work, thank you for all your inspiration

[@jimjohnston7688]

Absolutely phenomenal! Always look forward to seeing your progress 😊

[@giubenson]

Everything S U P E R!!! Inspiring!! I love coal trains and your layout is just wonderful 😊 I love the weatherings!!

[@Gondarth]

First time seeing your layout, and I must say, it looks REMARKABLE. I love the little attentions to detail here and there, but what I'm really impressed with is how you're having the layout still be functional despite a door being in the way. I can imagine how much planning went into that, not just on how to actually make the door work, but also have the tracks line up perfectly to avoid derailments. Very very nice. I used to have a model railway in my grandma's attic, but it was painfully amateurish compared to this. I can just feel the passion for the hobby as you showed many new aspects. Bravo, sir.

[@beedizzl1]

Finally pulled the trigger last wk: got a Dash9 NS loco, 7 cool cars, & a nice-sized loop of Unitrack. Just waiting for the Power Cab and feeders to get here! My 1st rig.

[@nsmodeler24]

Congrats! That's exciting. Best of luck on the new layout and please let me know if I can help with anything! - Josh

[@devilstrout8634]

awesome you get to work with your dad on your layout... add sum broken tree branches between tracks too... makes a nice touch!!

[@haroldarsenian3924]

So great to watch what you guys have done. Any chance of another episode on the coal loader and dumper? That is so well done. Congratulations!

[@terryboldenjr.3555]

Good to hear from y’all again. Been wondering about y’all.

[@mattmaz2]

Great update, thanks for sharing ! :-) love that layout door and the CSX train looks great 👌👍

[@taylorbaggarleyunionpacifi3409]

Nice work Josh I been working my layout as well my freind I was working on it today I hope your doing well

[@jamesswain1845]

Very nice Happy New Year

[@MatitimeMan]

your layout and equipment made me want to model the NS. Out here on the west coast I don't see much of them so its always nice to see how my inspiration layout is going! Nice work like always!

[@nsmodeler24]

Thank you!

[@aaronwhite1786]

I just recently moved to downtown KC, and there's a section of track nearby that has BNSF rail crossing over UP and CPKC's lines. There's tons of trains passing through here, and it's got me wanting to try my hand at painting and weathering a locomotive. I may need to grab one off of ebay to see how I like it compared to model tanks.

[@2railnation]

That's the most over engineered door I've ever seen. I LOVE IT!!

[@MyFingerLakesRailwayLayout]

Brilliant tip on the Microsol. Wish I had known that a few years ago 😎 Thanks man.

[@ashevilletrainman6989]

Y’all’s layout is probably one of the coolest out there. It’s got so much detail it feels like one of those huge layouts that stretch forever , but really it’s in a kinda small room.

[@railfansouth]

That is an amazing layout you have done so great! I love it!!!!

[@pm8302]

Love what your doing. I’ve missed the updates of your layout. Hope school is going well!

[@pm8302]

All you need now is the NS OCS train.

[@johnathanlewis2049]

Hi Josh! Great update. That derailment scene is great. The unit coal train is very cool and those CSX locomotives look grimy.

[@nsmodeler24]

My dad definitely did a great job on that scene. Thanks! Josh

[@gilbertporter4992]

Good to see. Good progress you have made on the layout. Will we ever see a detailed track plan of the layout? I would love to see one as it would serve as inspiration for me, and the fans here!

[@lukefrederick4053]

Love this layout and always excited to see a new video! You should do a video following a train through the updated layout

[@Adam_Malkovich]

I’d love to see some in-depth weathering tutorials for the stock, as I am getting ready to start working on getting myself a layout in a few years once I (finally) graduate

[@nsmodeler24]

Thanks for the suggestion! I've got a lot of loco weathering, but none for freight cars. I'll add it to the list!

[@157RANDOM]

The Wreck scene is such a good idea. There's a similar scene on a highway bridge along the Kingston Sub where I work. A tractor trailer had gone off the highway and burned right next to the tracks. The truck was removed but the remains of the trailer are still on the hill down from the highway by the tracks. Just outside Kingston under the 401 highway bridge. Not as major as a railcar but definitely an interesting sight

[@HitPoint110]

You should pick up some walthers proto amfleets, some walthers viewliners, and two more p42s so you can model the silver star as it comes through North and South Carolina

[@darrelltrainnut6870]

The signals ROCK!

[@theinternexperience890]

I'd love to see the interstate unit running around more, I love that unit

[@nsmodeler24]

I'll keep that in mind for future videos :)

[@kennyirish5021]

You really do nice weather detailing Also enjoy your So-Cal vids Thanks Never enough especialy the dubbed in sound effects.

[@nsmodeler24]

Thanks Kenny... Got one more yet to come. Hope to make it back there soon!

[@johnboughton7451]

Been following you since 2008 when you posted a short video of a Norfolk & Southern Loco running back n forth it’s been a fantastic journey & as I live in the UK it’s been a brilliant introduction to the world of American railroads & model railroading

[@geraldhardy4257]

Looking good

[@codyboose3768]

Great as always

[@tulyar1043]

Thanks for the update, that new gate is a genius idea. That CSX AC6000, I thought they had been downgraded to 5000hp with new prime movers and new control systems as used in the AC4400s.

[@straightto8]

Looks great, I like the old siding on the swing door/bridge, just a thought should spike in a couple sections of rail at the warehouse and put an old rusty box car on the track with weeds growing up into the trucks, underside. Would add some interest, conversation piece and you’d be representing real life, wasn’t uncommon for warehouses to do this for more storage space. Keep up the great work, I’ll be uploading content soon for my layout I’ll be building.

[@loudmouth3389]

Top notch as always

[@chadatkins9053]

Awesome layout brother. I had one started but it ended up getting destroyed when I left home for a month. I've got all kinds of locomotives and rolling stock and tracks but nowhere to set a layout up

[@Laura-l1m9c]

Amazing.

[@Arrowhead7669]

Could you make a video on how you guys set up Operations and switchlists?

[@sernajrlouis]

Beautiful layout

[@GilbertNichols]

I’m a new visitor and new subscriber. You did a great job on your layout. You said you were just about done. I am an old billboard guy and would suggest a small billboard that would be seen every time you show your layout or train. The ad could feature a call to action to subscribe and like the video and/or other social media platform symbols.

[@evanmitchell2188]

I needa see some more Asheville graffiti! Big art town, and you’d definitely score extra points if you have real Asheville artists on ur cars, i mean they could be from anywhere since trains get around but seeing some local artists on there would be so dope

[@AemJaY]

those csx locos are looking great 👌

[@denveroutlaws06]

Exactrail are Auto flood II and Rapido are Auto flood III.

[@davidpope1735]

Getting ready to move to Brevard

[@steve87thpsap]

Nice update.

[@unionpacificcascadesubdivi6477]

Fantastic to see the layout in is current state and the projects you are working on. Have you considered an oil or enamel pin wash for highlighting the rivets?

[@nsmodeler24]

I have, but I could get the pin-point look that I was going for. Mayve I was doing it wrong... I will have to revisit the idea. It would definitely save lots of time!

[@randydobson1863]

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

[@nsmodeler24]

Thanks randy! Appreciate the kind comment!

[@lancebastnagel1350]

Love the door upgrade! Suggestion … slow down your panning, it’s dizzying

[@InadButters]

You should definetly get a CN EF-644n or any type of CN locomotive when you can to go along with those 2 BCOL engines you have

[@Tundrawoelfe]

Great video, what are your thoughts on modeling the trains that work the paper mills in that area?

[@MittenBuckeyeStateRails]

Could you do a railfanning video of your layout of different spots of the ns and csx

[@melissasmith7038]

Could you make a weathering video for the coal cars they look awesome

[@Crumbtrail387]

I was wondering if you or someone else in the comments could explain the signal at the very beginning of the video; The one with 2 2-color signal heads. I've seen quite a few 2-light signal heads on former SOU rails, in both 1 and 2 head configurations, but they've all been out of service. Why would they only have 2 colors on the high signal? I notice the one in the video is also at a yard board, but I've seen them along mainline outside of the yard. Did the southern perhaps use a system of separate home signals and distant signals in parts of the system?

[@Elliottblancher]

You should make one of those quirky patch jobs like the CSX Dash 8 with the X on the door larger than the other 2 letters

[@nsmodeler24]

Love the idea! Thanks!

[@Elliottblancher]

@@nsmodeler24 Your Welcome. You could also do that CSX SD40 with the Chessie System logo spray painted on the front nose