Abandoned HO Train Collection - Does Any Still Work?

[@railbull_models]

That hornby triang breakdown crane is one of the more iconic items they produced.

[@myvideosetc.8271]

Maybe it will be restored someday.

[@modelrailfan37]

I believe Hornby still make it, don’t they?

[@oskarvalance3041]

You're right. You'll never know what you will in an old collection. Nice vintage stuff. From Texas

[@modelrailroader5619]

So glad that collection found a new home! Have fun restoring it all.

[@Chagan44]

Love it when u find random model train stuff in old boxes 😂

[@ROBERTN-ut2il]

1) The Bachman CN unit is a GM Diesel Division GP40 2) All the cabeese are Santa Fe prototype 3) The little shanty could be for (among other things) a switch tender in a yard or for the operator of manually operated crossing gates - operated either by a series of rods and gears to elevate and depress the arms with a lever inside the shanty (along with a chair , maybe a phone on the dispatcher's circuit and a pot belly stove (don't forget the wood or coal pile next to the shanty) and things like oil lamps - both to see and mount on the gate arms at night with cans of oil for them, tools to work on the gates and an oiler to lubricate the bearings on the gates. Don''t forget the railroad or girly calendar and maybe some curtains made by the wife) or a crank handle that inserted into a hole in one of the gate bases and and cranks the gates up and down. In the old days or on a branch, the crossing guard could just have a red flag and a red lantern to manually control traffic and no gates at all. Many of these crossing guards were men who had been injured working for the railroad and were given an easy job as a sort of pension. Here in New Jersey, we had many railroaders of Italian descent and the soil is fertile, so some towermen and crossing guards planted gardens alongside their work place. Tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers were popular and after being harvested the wife would often can them and the husband give out some jars as gifts to his buddies at work. Sometimes it went to the length of making marinara sauce and canning that. 4) The passenger overpass brings back memories. My home town of Fanwood NJ had one with a roof over the 4 track main line of the Jersey Central just to the east of the stations on each side of the track. Today the CNJ is Jersey Transit and 2 tracks and the overpass has been replaced by a modern one designed to look like the old one imgur.com/po2id5h

[@SMTMainline]

Thanks for the detailed information!

[@lonniemcmillan3211]

I always love boxes like these you can find things inside that you wouldn't buy for your layout but when you find it you just want to incorporate it into your layout!

[@TR41NZ]

SMT is a literal model train god, WHATEVER loco he touches it either comes back to life no worries or is easily fixed by him no matter the problem.

[@SMTMainline]

Not really but thanks lol

[@Dodgeviper591]

Is your pfp a Nissan gtr semi truck 😂

[@TR41NZ]

@@Dodgeviper591 yeah

[@railsofontario3029]

Damn that’s one crusty box of stuff….. still these abandoned collections can contain GEMS. I found a entire Tri-ang train set in one. I could talk all day about my finds! Cool haul SMT:D

[@SMTMainline]

I think everything has been sitting quite some time, hopefully it can still be put to use.

[@ethansears7330]

🙀

[@ArcadiaJunctionHobbies]

It really is true you cannot kill old Lima locos. I left some of mine in a leaky shed for over a decade and got them out. Cleaned the motor with a quick spray of electronic contact cleaner and they all ran!

[@NotDaender]

5:15 that's an Athearn flat car meant for a small airplane with detachable wings! I have two of those (including that same Nickel Plate Road car) and they're a neat sight on a layout when paired-up with other flat car loads like Athearn's tractor and boats.

[@MMRails]

Me at the 2 minute mark: GET TO THE TRAINS! lol. Always fun watching you go through a box of goodies. It’s like watching Storage Wars.

[@99kmclaughlin]

Wow Harrison, thanks so much for giving that old box a good home. I’m glad you found some interesting stuff in there and I’ve shared the video with my brother who was the original owner of the train set. So glad you can give some items new life!

[@SMTMainline]

Thanks again for everything, it's all gonna be put to great use :)

[@ginaklein8964]

I love going thru mystery box lots like this that I find at auctions!!!!

[@johntherailfan3754]

I recently had a family friend gift me a model train collection. Looking at someone''s old collection is a nice window into the past sometimes.

[@4BrouwerFam]

My 8 and 5 year old sons love your videos, Harrison! They recently got HO model trains, and they now make their own unboxing videos. They'd love to send you a video of their trains running. :)

[@kurtstrains]

I have one of those Bachmann engines. I have had it since the 80s, it has two lightbulbs, all wheel pickups and all wheel drive. Really heavy and pretty well built. WAAAY better than the new stuff from Bachmann

[@4everdc302]

The Pioneer/Pool elevators with Biggar Saskatchewan on them👍I lived there for a bit as a kid. Biggar's a crew change point for CN. I drove thru there last summer on my"Search for 6060"trip last summer🚂🇨🇦🙋

[@lordvader3279]

gotta love how old bachmann dummy engines almost run more than the powered ones

[@brianbaird3]

Because of your maintenance videos I felt confident the i could fix my late father’s 040 and now im working on my dad’s 1980s Ho Scale Life Like Santa Fe 3500 Diesel Locomotive black and yellow scheme

[@edwarddavis507]

I like the grain towers. What a neat find!

[@jodyd.bernard4321]

Love the old equipment!!! I'm a southern railroad fan!!! Don't see much of that ho stock around!!!

[@dbtech7914]

That was fun going through a mystery box. I think I have a Lima like that. They do run pretty good.

[@Karmy.]

Honestly dig the look of those Bachmann locomotives with the dust and foliage on them lol

[@qwincyq6412]

That 0-4-0 sounds like a coffee grinder!

[@VirginianRailway]

What a hot mess. Looks like a fun box of projects you got there

[@markwilliams2620]

For the Canuckistahni algorithm. The MILW caboose is Athearn or Botchmann and is kinda prototypical. The body is Sante Fe (thank you, Robert N. I was thinking Southern Pacific...because everything Irv Athearn did was Espee) but the aluminum paint was a Milwaukee Road test scheme to improve visibility at night.

[@SMTMainline]

As a Canbackistan citizen I appreciate it.

[@jasper_saberwolf]

Nice haul! I recently picked up that same Nickel Plate Road flat car at my local train show back in January, it came with a small plastic model plane (a Beechcraft bonanza I think) and the little structure on the flat car held the fuselage steady on it and the wings were removable and sat below it. Not sure if it was a set originally but yours might have the accompanying plane in that box somewhere possibly lol

[@Polkska]

Hey SMT Mainline i know you will not see this but what the hey. I love the videos and LOVE the restoring videos and tbh your videos helped me out of depression and made me to go out and go train spotting witch is now my favourite hobby and well now I want to get a HO train layout and i have all this because of your great videos. have a good day!

[@SMTMainline]

Thanks a bunch, it means a lot to hear something like that. Model railroading can certainly be a huge stress relief, it takes one’s focus off everything for a moment.

[@alanh1406]

No million dollar prize, but a bunch of perfectly usable equipment.

[@SMTMainline]

Absolutely

[@Jason_Railfans]

I wish I could meet you! Your one of my favorite model train KZbinr 😁😁😁

[@meliketrains7]

You inspired me to start my own videos about ho scale trains

[@johnathanlewis2049]

Hi Harrison. Great video! Never know what you might find in an old box!

[@faizalhathy8433]

Hi Harrison. I have not abandoned my HO collection but decided upon on HO DCC. The DC ones work fine. I service them and clean their wheels and strip those ringfield motors. The Intercity 125 headlights dont work because the bulbs may have got burnt. Must check. I was hoping to sell two dummy and two motorized units and the 2 class Bo Bo diesel locos and buy a carefully used DCC sound locomotive.

[@MichaelRailfan2808]

Love the unboxing!

[@drewhuff3457]

I have one of the Southern 3 door box cars. The one I have is a Bachmann. It is a nice looking box car.

[@BritishRail60062]

Nice hoard there. The two locomotives are a nice addition. What I would recommend is just add a drop of oil to the gears and give them a running session of about 30-45 minutes on the track. This will burn off any oxidisation on the commutator and they will run a lot better and be more responsive after that. Just clean off the oxide from the pickups will help as well. I really love older retro model trains besides the modern stuff. I assume the CN engine is a EMD GP40-2? Peter.

[@SMTMainline]

I’ll probably just clean the commutators just in case there is carbon build up but otherwise that sounds good.

[@jacholas1887]

6:33 I just realized there was a dead ladybug there sitting there.

[@adirondackandnorthern]

Wow I’m so glad SMT is a channel I really just enjoy sitting down n my couch and watching SMT, what a channel

[@SMTMainline]

Grab yourself a hot cup of coffee or a cold glass of tea, it's time to watch SMT.

[@adirondackandnorthern]

@@SMTMainline amen 🙏 I sure will 😄🙂

[@w.rustylane5650]

Serenity! We have 2 runners. Cheers

[@faizalhathy8433]

That orange small open truck with a gadget in the middle is actually a crane boom rest. They come in two or three ca formations. (stand to be corrected).

[@Photoline1]

Lot of 70s-era stuff that I had on my first layout.

[@leonkernan]

That little black 0-4-0 is the same as the first loco my parents got me. Mine doesn't have a number on the cab site though.

[@normancoreyBuildingTrains]

Another great video from Smt Mainline

[@canadiantrainperson]

You got "curiosity kills the cat", and you got "simplicity saves the loco"

[@garysprandel1817]

The grain elevators look like they were some sort of give away piggy bank in close enough scale. Even as a guy from the Chicago burbs those just scream ( in a very polite way) Canada and Alberta specifically. Looks like the other set of stairs to the pedestrian overpass was mixed in with the debris in the box

[@virtuosoification]

they most definitely were !!! (grain elevator bank) my grandparents have had one all my life which is a bit ,,, i also have acquired one as well . was going to comment until i saw yours . thin brown plastic can remove the bottom slot for coins on top classic prairie plastique antique

[@johnd8892]

Like most older Triang derived Hornby , Oscar Paisley is likely to have given some great coverage on it, as he has with that crane set : kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2axmWahd6utl6c Also has one of the earlier Hornby Dublo diecast cranes before Hornby went broke and Triang bought the name and passed the remaining tooling to Wrenn. The original Hornby Dublo ceased production in Liverpool about 1963 or 64. Triang kept using their Margate factory and staff with the Triang designs and tooling.

[@maltnz]

Those 3 odd little trucks go with the Hornby\Triang 75 Ton railway crane.

[@mercuryoak2]

Nice finds. Very interesting

[@kylek9864]

Great video. The two cn locomotives are cool

[@ovallino9819]

Great Video SMT, Can't wait for next stream

[@ChristopherBrown-mq1lg]

Those grain elevators look like they would work for N Scale.

[@justinmalachinski1]

I wish I had the time you did man I’d love to make vids like yours

[@TheOldGord]

The grain elevator was a piggy bank. They were common in the 60s and 70s. Every grain company had them.

[@MattKonsol]

Really interesting haul you have!

[@Mikelp73]

Love the lumberyard. I sort of run one. Hard to explain, I think it’s more if I been there so long now..anyway thought it was neat

[@DJE2025]

👍👍Nice, some cleaning and oil should e good to go! 🚂🚂

[@fuzzyworld3]

I recently got the same Milwaukee Road 01924 caboose from a donation to my club. I suspect that it came from an actual Athearn train set. I have assigned it to a train pulled by a (much newer!) Atlas HH660. Out of the same donation lot, I also got a Bachmann GP40 in CP Rail. Runs great! But some of the details on it are atrocious! Nonetheless, I plan to install DCC and knuckle couplers, and run it with some of the trains from my childhood.

[@Petemonster62]

SMT- The structure you are looking over at 3:27 is a Bachmann HO Plasticville Pedestrian Overpass bridge.

[@TrainBandit]

I have always wanted a crane like that. Their not common from my experience so hold on to it

[@vuurvrproductions4656]

i love the train collection series

[@Max.thetrainguy]

Hey smt you made me go back clean up my basement and and run some trains back up again

[@jerseydog22]

I like those grain elevators

[@ApproachDiverging013]

Howdy SMT! Looks like a fairly decent haul you got. The Backhmann GP40s probably came in a combo box where there was 1 powered and 1 dummy engine. I used to see them sold like that during the late 70s to early 80s. Also the Lima 0-4-0s are the same as the Life Life dockside switchers right in terms of design right?

[@SMTMainline]

The lima 0-4-0s are different from lifelike. Lifelike used a design originally made by Varney or Rivaorssi.

[@ArcadiaJunctionHobbies]

Atlas switch controllers were the DCC before DCC.

[@elleryparsons2433]

Nice Haul Keep it up👍👍👍👍.

[@elleryparsons2433]

Well By the Looks Of What you have you may Need A Secretary to help ya with your to do List yes?

[@lordvader3279]

that do be a tight turn

[@alanwbelcher]

Rudolph the GP 40 had a very shiny nose and if you ever saw him you would even say he goes!

[@SMTMainline]

Lol

[@robertmunguia6172]

Nice ❤️ 👌 👍 been sitting for years but with some tlc should be start

[@zoomythe9f]

the old 0-4-0 has sound equiped

[@sams2960]

Atlas control switch for reversing loops, used to use them a lot.

[@TheOldGord]

I should dig out my old 1970 Triang set and send it to you Harrison. It’s not doing much packed away in my store room.

[@ericj.w.ruijssenaars3421]

'Life is like a box of locomotives' 😉

[@mortythealien2783]

old Limas are indestructible

[@newenglandfantasypainthobbies]

I have the HIllside Lumber & MIllwork building.

[@randydobson1863]

hello amt mainline its is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks friends randy

[@xandernicol3980]

It was at the model club swap in Eugene, Oregon

[@garethmcgee1170]

Would like to see more of the crane setup.. Please

[@raymondleggs5508]

Rare builder plus paper goods shed

[@davidballoid2118]

Yeah SMT, you got enough💩there to make a Non-Functional Diorama with. I just love how they shoved that piece of flex track in that box, just like a pretzel🥨🤣🤣

[@SMTMainline]

It's not in great shape bit should be good for that new layout.

[@tonny4175]

I watched every one of your videos please do more

[@jordanstrains7267]

hey smt i could use the O-scale bridge you found, I've started an O-scale layout but i don't have anything (bridge's, tree's or buildings) to add.

[@GaryDavis-ir6fh]

love that 0-4-0!

[@myvideosetc.8271]

4:30 this is starting to be a trend in your latest videos.

[@sankardas5974]

Really nice lot ❤️

[@bretteballantine2596]

You should restore roughest old prewar lionel trains

[@Soupdog4557]

You should use the moss for weathering for trains that just sit

[@SMTMainline]

Good idea.

[@BMMEC6000]

Nice 70’s haul! Also would you happen to know anything about Roundhouse 4-4-0s? I have one and I cannot for the life of me figure out what’s wrong with it. The previous owner did quite a few things to it. Looks like most of the wiring was completely redone.

[@SMTMainline]

I don't know much about that specific model however I'm guessing it's die-cast in which case look for short circuits. If the wheels on the tender have rotated or someone wired something to the wrong spot it might be the issue.

[@BMMEC6000]

@@SMTMainline yeah it is of die-cast construction. The problem might be in the gearing I think. At first I thought the gears were stripped but they all looked fine to me. The valve gear doesn’t seem to be jamming either. It will run but at a certain point it will buckle, stop, and then continue running again until it comes back around to that point. If you try to put anything behind it aside from its tender it will make the most awful noise and barely move. I’ve got no idea what’s wrong with it.

[@7171-Ws6]

That 0-4-0 sounded like an old dirty slot car

[@SMTMainline]

Same style of motor so that tracks.

[@7171-Ws6]

And I believe that black pedestrian bridge is a slot car item…

[@lucassalisbury4820]

You should keep it all the dirt and dust and it to make it like it's a train grave yard on your layout.

[@lucassalisbury4820]

Hi

[@SMTMainline]

Not a bad idea but I don’t think I have the space

[@lucassalisbury4820]

@@SMTMainline ok

[@nessjavipimentel1112]

I WANT ALL OF THOSE HO SCALE TRAIN'S AND THAT OTHER THINGS

[@daver681]

I would sure like to see you work on a lot more locomotives if you will

[@MVF_2024-]

4:28 it was about to be a runaway

[@josephpilmanphotography]

This just hurts me inside watching me going through local antique stores for good deals and some guy in his 80s THROWS it in a box.

[@mollycaz1]

Would you recommend a Bachmann N-Scale starter set for $99 or a Lionel Santa Fe with DCC for $397. This will be my first set. I also look at the koto passenger sets.

[@SMTMainline]

It's really a matter of preference, $99 isn't too bad for an entire train set so maybe get that and buy some stuff to go with it since you saved some $297 bucks.

[@basementtrains]

I love the 0-4-0

[@meliketrains7]

Nice

[@jackmahle8680]

Free is always good👍😇

[@user-train870]

4:30 “I’m oughta here”

[@scottaworth3102]

The CN Dummy was trying to escape lol😂

[@SMTMainline]

I think so

[@Timerman765]

Hey Harrison I hope you can use all of this stuff