Seaboard Central - May 2024 Layout Update

[@elsdp-4560]

Thank you for sharing.👍

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks for watching

[@garynugent4400]

GOSH DOG! WHAT A GREAT UPDATE SIR! You just keep on topping yourself!!! WOW on that helix! I wasn't even aware that trackside produced anything like that! ... and those locos and cars... just awesome.... Can't wait too see what's next! - Gary

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks Gary!

[@K-Rail]

Great update Tim! Makes me wanna install sound on my SD40-2s! Glad you're enjoying the cars, great to do business with you!

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks Kodi! Thanks for the beautiful done cars. Can’t wait to see what you come up with next!

[@heybeerdan1820]

I am no fan of real-life grafitti, but the SC/KRail examples are truly amazing.

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks! I’m with you on it but since I model 2015 it is a fact of life.

[@normglock4381]

Beautiful Tim! I can't wait until you get the 2 existing sections linked up!

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks! Me too. Hope to have it done sometime this summer. Stay tuned.

[@Pkilznah]

Love the channel and updates 🚂🔥

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks!

[@Brandon-wf8ew]

This looks awesome! I'm ready to come by and operate again!

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks Brandon. Yes sir. You and Tom need to come back down.

[@19scamps92]

What a fantastic update as always Tim! Thank you so much for your time and effort to explain this to me, much apreciate it. Cheers from switzerland

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks! No problem! Anytime.

[@ACRR46]

Looking forward to the helix build.

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks!

[@TheLEMRR]

Looking great, Tim - always love the real-world tips on operations you share with us

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks for watching!

[@bssniper1975]

Another great video Tim, i am taking so much from these. The layout is coming along nicely. cant wait for the next one. Thanks mate

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks! Glad you’re getting something out of them.

[@Killbuck.Southern.Railroad]

Glad I brought that boxcar to Georgia rpm and was able to get you in touch with Kodi!!! He did great work on these two for you he's done great stuff for me as well!

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thank you! Yes sir. Glad you did.

[@ozarkmidlandsouthernrailway]

Great update, Tim! Love the weathering work and that Helix kit. Your locomotives look and sound fantastic! Will look forward to the operation videos and your next update! Bill B.

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks! I appreciate it

[@dennisarmes3473]

great work, tim !!! you really help a lot of our fellow modelers out with both your professional and modelling concepts !!! i happen to know of several modelers who are handicapped and even one that gets help to physically get to his layout in his home as he is "less mobile" than the first folks mentioned.... all of them really look forward to your videos regularly and it really makes their day !!! many blessings to you, tim, as what you are doing really reaches the community in many different ways !!! you are in my evening prayers tonight, tim !!!

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thank you so much for the kind words. I really appreciate it. God bless you as well.

[@dennisarmes3473]

@@SeaboardCentral thanks, tim !!! later today i will run sibi 1 in your honor !!!

[@205004gs]

The speed matching on those locomotives is just mesmerizing, and I've got to get the lighting on my consisted engines to function like that, and absolutely, I like graffiti on my models. Great job as always Tim, and thanks for sharing.

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks! I appreciate it.

[@1621billw]

Thanks for the update. The helix is coming along nicely.

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thank you!

[@RFMCabooseNP1713]

Keep up the good work.

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks!

[@25mfd]

cool vid tim... and @ 14:39, i see the ol' 153 takin a knee and sittin' this one out... i like those MP15s... i switched with those quite a bit (the real ones) ... they pull really good and they got some quickness to them

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks! Yeah it’s taking a break

[@GRE2057]

Kody K-Rail Hit it out of the park with the Graffiti! I remember when he first started his KZbin Channel Ohio Southern Railfan Productions.. That Kid Has come along way since he First started... Hats off to Kody and Tim Keep up the awesome work on the layout its really looking nice!

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks! Yes, he did an outstanding job and I can’t wait to see what else he comes up with for the SC.

[@cn.trainbuff3352]

Thanks Tim. Another awesome video. Can’t wait for operation session

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks! Stay tuned!

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks! Stay tuned

[@gp3829]

Hi Tim, thanks for posting. Even though my layout is DC (it's my age) I was very interested in the DCC content and it was good to learn about. It is also good to see the Helix developing and I look forward to watching how it fits into your layout scheme, once there is Track on it.

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks! Hopefully I’ll have track on it by the next update. Stay tuned.

[@russhodge346]

Georgia Big Foot Leasing… love it

[@SeaboardCentral]

GBFX looks right at home

[@daviddeezmusic2313]

Great video Tim! I love the locomotives and the box cars are awesome!

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks!

[@daviddeezmusic2313]

@@SeaboardCentral You're welcome!

[@DarkTerritory71]

As always, beautiful job!

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks!

[@stevek4153]

Nice weathering effects on the box car roofs, as well. Great post!

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks!

[@bittyboy721]

I'm glad that I'm not the only one who hates directional lighting! The first thing I do when I get a new engine or add a decoder is go into JMRI and disable the directional lighting. ESU makes it pretty easy, I have a few Soundtraxx that made it a bit more difficult but still doable. I haven't attempted my Broadway Limited engines yet. I could see how directional lighting may have been a feature in the DC only days so you have a headlight in either direction. But now with DCC direction lighting is not a feature at all! Yet manufacturers continue to list it as a feature...

[@SeaboardCentral]

I agree. I only use LokSound decoders due to their features that I prefer and using the LokProgrammer makes it very easy to program units.

[@rjl110919581]

THANK YOU FOR SUPER DETAILED VIDEO

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks for watching!

[@houseofrandomness]

Another awesome video!

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks!

[@johnbanicki7232]

Very nice! Layout looks fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks for watching

[@JasonTrew2018]

Love the content, Tim, and you can mention me and the way I operate my Trewsville Southern Railroad with the blue and pink cards (I also use a simple switch list and a track warrant)

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks!

[@nicksanto882]

Great progress and very fine video!!!

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks Nick!

[@sernajrlouis]

Awesome

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thank you!

[@David-yo5re]

Hey Tim. Nice video. The explanation on consisting and the headlight feature was well done. I couldn't help noticing the tank car at 13:51 in your video took a bad hop on the switch point. And your Seaboard Central boxcars did it too. I'm thinking some of your wheels might be a little out of guage. Just pointing it out to you because I know how slightly out of guage wheels cause derailments and the cars to bounce over frogs and points.

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks! It was the switch point. It needs to be filed down.

[@southern207hobbies]

I have all mine set for independent headlights

[@SeaboardCentral]

For the most realistic results that’s the best way to go.

[@southern207hobbies]

@SeaboardCentral sadly tho the loco that my channel named after the motor died so its back shop time ps I'm a n scale modeler

[@AnnArbor393]

Nice.

[@ThomasKlimoski]

Great update and nice to see you adding the helix. What are the radius in the helix going to be? The helix kit from Trackside Scenery makes building a helix so much easier. The SC box cars look awesome! Looking forward to the next ops videos.

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks Tom! The outside radius is around 32.5” and the inside is around 30”. It is supposed to maintain a 1.8 percent grade but in some areas it may be less.

[@JohnB9474]

Tim you are just rocking along on the build. Amazing how much you get done in just one week. But how are you going to lay track inside the helix if its already built? The helix i did many years ago, i had to lay track to a point then add the next helix level, lay more track, etc.

[@KraigSickels]

I have the same issue….. I will wait for Tim’s lead on this project, then I will follow his example.

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks! Yes, it will be a challenge but the good thing about ME track is that it holds its shape. So I should be able to bend the curve and slide it into place. Stay tuned for the next update to see how well it went.

[@Benton-SouthernRR]

Great update! You are getting a lot done! The two SC Boxcars are fantastic! For the helix... how are you going to lay track between the layers? Not much room in there to work. Cheers- Brian

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks! It will be a challenge but I think I can pull it off. The great thing about ME track is it holds its shape. So I’ll bend the curve and slide them in. I’ll probably secure the track with a thicker Gorilla glue.

[@conrailfan6277]

Nice how to video Tim, love those ex Conrail 8-40Bs, they had a small fleet of them for TOFC service!!! I get Trains Magazine and I've been keeping up on the proxy fight at NS, how will that affect your job as an engineer with them??

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks! All that stuff that is going on has to do with upper management. For us engineers and conductors it is just another day on the railroad. Business as usual.

[@conrailfan6277]

@SeaboardCentral Sweet!! I live next to the old North/ South Conrail line here in Anderson Indiana, NS used to send a Train once a day from Muncie Indiana yards to Avon Indiana, which is now CSX yards, but they have backed off some lately, maybe from a slight drop in interchange traffic!!!

[@thebritishrailroader]

Excellent video as ever. Interested to know, where did you get your EOT devices? Cheers

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks! Macrailproducts.com

[@thebritishrailroader]

@@SeaboardCentral cheers mate

[@ajkleipass]

Just to clarify, are all decoders / throttles capable of the independent headlights, or is the ProtoThrottle and / or the ESU decoders a requirement for doing so? I grew up in NYC with an elevated subway line outside my bedroom window. This was in the 1970s and 80s, at the height of the graffiti on subway cars. K-RAIL knocked it out of the park with their graffiti! Love it! ❤

[@stevek4153]

I’ve got independent headlights with both ESU and Tsunami 2. The mother board must be wired to separate functions and decoders can have some limitations. Much easier and more versatile to set up with Loksound 5, however.

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks! I am not sure about the other brands. It may just be how the decoders are programmed. With ESU it gives you the option to ignore the direction when programming and that will allow you to do this. I have a video on the channel showing how I programmed these units using the LokProgrammer.

[@chty97a]

Wow! Cool update Tim! I can’t wait for the helix to be connected to service the ADM facility. Do you have decals available for an undecorated GP35? Does the Seaboard Central have a GP35 in the roster?

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks! No, the SC doesn’t have any GP35s but there is a slot open for some GP39R if someone like ScaleTrains ever decides to do some. At the present, I have all the units I need for the layout.

[@georgiasunbelt]

So, is the only way to set the headlights that way is with a proto-throttle or am I not comprehending a step with the ESU controller…k-rail did a great job with the graffiti

[@SeaboardCentral]

You can do the same thing with the NCE controller. Dial in the rear locomotive in the consist and set light to dim. Then dial in the lead locomotive and set the headlight on it.

[@gmburzynski68]

That’s one way to do the headlights. Question, since CV19 is changed. Wouldn’t the functions be ignored ? On my consists I programmed the following: Bright front F0 Dim front F3 Bright rear F6 Dim rear F5 So I can use both light controls on the PT. I also use F4 to “ swap” ends. Once F4 is activated the rear becomes front and the front becomes rear. This is also used to control the horn and the bell. On the sound files, you change the sound speed settings to prevent the sound “phasing” together. I use this if the same sound file is being used for the locos in the consist. Tim, I am pretty sure you do this or know about it already just posting to give other options to your viewers. There are so many rabbit holes you can go down with the Lok V5’s Keep up the awesome work! Greg

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks! My function table is different but similar. You are right, they need to be on separate functions and ignore the direction.

[@williamdavid9333]

Great looking video. Tim I have a newbie question about the NCE. My wife is allowing me to use an unfinished room over the garage. The room measurements are 10 feet wide and 22 feet long. Will I need to add power districts to the future layout. I want a layout that runs flawless. Any input from you would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks! It depends on how many trains and how much trackage you have. My old layout was 12’x22’ and I didn’t need to add any so I think you would probably be fine with just the standard NCE system.

[@ConductorGoldy]

It's 2024...why are manufacturers still using directional lighting as the standard? Not hard to fix with the lok programmer, but definitely annoying to have to change every single unit purchased. Layout is coming along great!

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thanks! Who knows?

[@ELWtrains]

Nice great information 👍 nice layout just subscribe to your channel Thanks for the tips 👍

[@SeaboardCentral]

Thank you! Glad to have you aboard!

[@rogerthomas9017]

I hope that helix is not fastened permanently since it is not easy to install smooth trackage inside a built helix.

[@SeaboardCentral]

Stay tuned for the next update. I should have track installed.

[@canadianlocomotivelogistics]

Seaboard and friends , i want to invite you to operate a locomotive on my layout (remotely) just see my live stream, and instructions are in the description. Enjoy

[@SeaboardCentral]

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