RRVT 119 pulling a gondola car, 2 hoppers cars, and the tank car.

[@abraber]

I am amazed that 36 Volts motor can pull a train! Very impressive

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

[@CNW4145]

You bet

[@OfficiallyRetired62]

I absolutely love your channel, Thanks for sharing.

[@CNW4145]

You are so welcome!

[@plymouth-hl20ton37]

Well hopefully that means either a snow plow or a snow broom will be a project in the future😏

[@CNW4145]

I've thought about making something like this before, so maybe someday it will come into existence.

[@carminelongo7251]

Bello mi farei un giro, molto volentieri tantissimi complimenti.

[@leverettrailfan5414]

Gotta second the comment on hoping for some snow fighting equipment someday- I get the impression a sweeper would probably work best- a heavy plow is better suited for deep snow, but might be more prone to derailing (particularly if it's a shear type). Plows were more popular than sweepers out where I live in New England, the majority were double truck, I know Wason of Springfield, Mass built a good number of them.

[@CNW4145]

If I liked working in the cold I would probably already have built one. But if I do build anything, it probably would be a sweeper or some kind of rotary blower, or perhaps both. A plow would not work well, the top of the rail must be completely clean to get a ground connection and I would need a lot of weight to push through some of the cuts that drift shut. Much easier to just wait until spring lol.

[@MK-of7qw]

I love your small railway.

[@CNW4145]

Thank you!

[@kennethbean1587]

A series on how you built the railroad and steeple cab would be great.

[@lukeclay4286]

They did a steeplecab vid man

[@CNW4145]

I have plans to do some "line history" videos at some point this year.

[@rfairley6599]

What a fantastic railway! It's a shame you are so far from North Wales, UK. I volunteer on a 2ft at Bala , N Wales. Best wishes.

[@CNW4145]

Nice! I hope to visit some of those someday, I watch many videos of them on here :)

[@tressteleg1]

Very nice! Stan would be impressed.

[@CNW4145]

I sure hope so!

[@tressteleg1]

@@CNW4145 I am working on finishing the video now, ending with a couple of minutes of my own 2’ Birney and other cars.

[@CNW4145]

Excellent!

[@tressteleg1]

@@CNW4145 It would have been nice to have you check it before publication.

[@tressteleg1]

@@CNW4145 Here it is. Rock River Valley Traction Co kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIHKfYKrqdtkn8U

[@StanFerris]

Really great camera work! That was fun!

[@CNW4145]

Thank you!

[@hobsonbeeman7529]

I would like to know how this whole train project came to be???

[@paulsmith5398]

Cool maintenance of way cars, but for more authenticity, they all need 4-wheel trucks. I would also suggest getting 2-55 gallon steel drums for the tank car(s), cut out one end, weld them together, put a dome on the top, and make a frame similar to the modern ones of today, it would look much better than the plastic one. Oh, and you need a bay window caboose too!, thats what the Illinois Terminal used.

[@CNW4145]

Ah yes, I'll get right on that in my spare time. I did actually have 2 drums welded together for the tank car once upon a time, they rotted out though. Plastic is forevaaaa

[@raywyatt5368]

@@CNW4145 Would plastic ones work?

[@backroomscataloger]

This channel still upload after 13 years,wow

[@정연기-q6e]

이열차는 전기의힘으로 운행되는 전기기관차인가요?

[@engineerskalinera]

tfw some private citizens can run a whole ass electrified railroad, but multi-billion dollar corporations can't

[@CNW4145]

Thats right! 💪

[@colinwisner1016]

So I watched a video on the map of the RRVT and noticed that you mentioned that a section of the line runs along a creek. Just what is the name of the creek?

[@CNW4145]

I dont know that it has a name. We will call it trolley creek lol

[@f2535]

Forgive me if you have covered this in another video, please feel free to direct me to where I missed it. I am intrigued by this and had a couple of questions. So positive power comes in from the wire and the loco is grounded through the track? Do you have to attach the track to ground rods driven into the ground, and if you do, how often do you have to ground the track? In the car barn tour video you showed some of the electrical and mentioned 100 amp service to the panel, does this mean the loco is receiving 100 amp 110 volt service? And you said that you had three sub stations, how do you determine where these are needed? Do you just measure voltage and look for dropped voltage? Sorry for all the questions, just trying to gather information as I would like to try this one day. Thanks for any info that you can provide.

[@CNW4145]

The power coming into the property is 240V split phase power. From there, it it run to an isolation transformer which boosts the voltage slightly to 250V and creates a single phase 250V with respect to ground. The wire is energized with 250V AC power. The rail is tied to the return of the transformer, but also there are ground rods driven in places. The substations are the only place where the overhead is fed from, and the rail is tied to the transformer return. The substations are spread out fairly equally along the line, to minimize power drop.

[@f2535]

@@CNW4145 Thank you for explaining that. It is close to what I was thinking, except I didn’t think of the transformer to single phase.

[@sandrasoares9262]

Love to see the little tain very day keep up the great work you do for us . Your fan Sandra 😇 P.s how fast does it go.

[@CNW4145]

This car is geared for 12 mph top speed

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

Do you guys own a small yellow electric locomotive? There used to be one from the Walworth Valve Co that sat in the front yard of someones lawn. donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr0102/wva.jpg

[@shakedydogshake]

Wheres the SD40-2???🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CNW4145]

Once upon a time I thought about building one, and a GP7. Retirement project perhaps 😂

[@skipmaloney2126]

Loose frog at 1:55.

[@CNW4145]

Its getting replaced this year, no worries

[@dshack4689]

good eyes!

[@raywyatt5368]

@@CNW4145 I honestly expected the rope to snag on something.