HO Scale OPS: Switching with the ROCK ISLAND

[@arlynmcadorey3044]

Really great video! I could watch it over and over again, quite realistic.... Keep up the great work! Fantastic layout.....!

[@michaelp.6300]

Thank-you for making this. Always good to see the original Rock Island in either maroon or red. I put it right up there with the MKT and the Frisco. I loved watching this. Hope ya do more in the near future.

[@TheGulfwind]

Well done video, great looking layout. Car weathering some of the most realistic I've ever seen.

[@bhigdaddymark]

Superb video! How I wish that I had the skills of the cameraman! Great switching action for sure. Your videos are spectacular period!

[@RailfanJason]

Thanks! I'm the one with the camera, appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@jeffkiesling8558]

I love the ground scenery, the dirt and especially the green and the shrubs. A great inspiration for my layout.

[@DF6254]

Thanks for posting, really enjoy a couple of Geeps doing some realistic switching :)

[@MultiMusicianman]

Great ops Session, enjoyed watching the switching and the reverse maneuvers.

[@RailfanJason]

Glad you enjoyed the show, thanks for watching.

[@otisgetman6074]

Great camera work. With the speed to scale mph and the realism it relates to guided meditation.

[@EastTexasRailfan]

Great video, its making me even more excited to join my local club, the Northwest Crossing, this week!!!!

[@RailfanJason]

Thanks, clubs are fun, hope it all works out for you.

[@RailsOfTheSouthProductions]

Oh the Rock Island line is a mighty good road, Rock Island line is the road to ride, the Rock Island line is a mighty good road but if you want to ride you got to ride it like you find it get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island line!

[@GRE2057]

best company song i ever head in my life

[@RailsOfTheSouthProductions]

The reason I heard it was from a series of history channel documentaries, but I've never found that version, ever.

[@swayteca]

Nice video, great weathering job on the rolling stock nothing is over the top very realistic.

[@RailfanJason]

Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, Ron does a great job of weathering.

[@ralphschubert6230]

Excellent model, excellent videography!

[@rockislandmodeler6802]

Loved the video, so realistic!! I noticed the blue ROCK car was patched out, why when the RI was still operating here.

[@RailfanJason]

Thanks! Well, same reason there's a Dash 9 and a 1990's era Ford pickup truck. On a layout set in pretty much any era, it's hard to make everything specific to one time frame. So we do the best we can with what we have.

[@gunlokman]

Great track detailing and weathering on the locos etc. It's only the fact that the people figures don't move that makes it a model!

[@kenzeiszler8213]

Nice weathering on the power units. Almost to clean for the "RI". lol.

[@RailfanJason]

I can't take credit for the weathering or the locos, they belong to another member. Just think of them as having recently been cleaned. :D

[@JosephMusgrove]

Model the MOPAC but certainly like the maroon and yellow Rock Island paint scheme.

[@fredthompson7947]

Nice yarding work.

[@RailfanJason]

Yeah, Ron is pretty good at this. Thanks for watching.

[@fredthompson7947]

Just love that Brown/ amber color sceme. That R/R.

[@Bruno.Trains]

Very nice loco lovely sound !

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

I saw the rock in operation in 1977-78. friendly people. I wanted to shoot more but we didnt have the time. I vividly remember 4 u-boats smoking it up as they were leaving burr oak on a west bound. in the roundhouse were a E7,GP7 and a F7 in UP yellow paint, all 3 with noses facing out. I made it back to burr oak 2 months after the closing and everything was gone.

[@neilcowie9151]

Jason, Just found this, love the speed at which the switching occurs. Too often the speed of switching is at mainline speed.

[@johnnybellamy6094]

how can 5 people .dislike this .video great work as always

[@RailfanJason]

No idea. I like to think of it as jealousy. :D Seriously though, I have no idea. It would actually be helpful if they left a reason in the comments. It could be something I might be able to change and make improvements on. As it is, a thumbs down doesn't do anyone any good.

[@TolgaEastCoast]

Simply awesome!

[@njRRtrainer]

Really nice work Thank you..

[@RailfanJason]

Appreciate it. Glad you enjoyed the show.

[@farmingtonmutualbroadcasti9254]

Either you had a picture of the units you painted cause my info show never was a GP35 with Speed lettering and the positioning of older lettering on the GP9 is too far back or it should have had a hearld on cab no lettering with yellow nose and tail, other than that great video.

[@rockyfanatic6846]

Get the great circus train cars and pull the circus train with these engines shown

[@johnredhd]

I thought the italicized "ROCK ISLAND" lettering on the locomotives was only on the cherry red models. Is that true?

[@RailfanJason]

Nope. It debuted on the maroon and yellow.

[@jasonmorgan3138]

Awesome video!

[@RailfanJason]

Thanks!

[@jasonmorgan3138]

Railfan Jason No problem! Really enjoyed it! That was an awesome operating session. Those geeps look and sound fantastic. Glad I subbed this channel! Thanks for sharing and happy modeling.

[@randallfunk8389]

Great video

[@RailfanJason]

Thanks Randy

[@Amtrak016]

Great video!

[@RailfanJason]

Thanks!

[@scottkiefer4851]

i don't understand the negative dislikes either. i think this is great all the way around. where is this layout at?

[@RailfanJason]

Thanks. The club is in Odessa, MO. It's about 37 miles due east of Kansas City on I-70.

[@MarkNieting]

Ok, enough bell.

[@anuj6040]

sir i want this electric engine for my nephew i am always watching your videos

[@paulbackenstose3384]

An outstanding video but TOO MUCH BELL

[@jimjohnston3188]

Please turn off the damn bell!

[@southpenn7973]

yea..just a little too much bell