Tony Koesters Nickel Plate Road Third Sub Model Railroad

[@robertlasher7461]

This is an awesome long running model railroad layout and the background is so well painted to look like large fields and such. Well done ! Two of my Uncles worked on the Nickel Plate Railroad and one of my other Uncles and one of my Grandfathers worked on the Bessemer Railroad. When I was a three year old boy my Dad took me to the Nickel Plate Railroad Yard and I got to see the old steamers in the Roundhouse and I even rode on a switcher in the railyard for a few hours and loved every minute of it !

[@archm5841]

Fantastic modeling! Nice video! More! More!

[@adeeponionbrah]

Very nicely done. I’m so pleased. Crops & flat country excellent thanks!

[@josechrist3948]

For me this is a holiday in the beautfulUSA of the fifties! A great Modell!!!!

[@silurian9420]

I like the way the backscene melds into the actual scenery - very nicely done.

[@williamschlenger1518]

Outstanding railroad.I felt like I was there.Late 1940s.

[@iggybeauchance7406]

luved the ground level chase scenes...

[@RailpaxScott]

Stunningly wonderful! Great video! I do wish the video would not cut off after the locomotive for passenger consists though.

[@av8tor1908]

Scenery is fantastic. I grew up in IN, lots of memories of the small towns you depicted on the railroad.

[@seanpacificrailroad3700]

Absolutely amazing!! I can’t believe I haven’t subscribe to your channel I’m doing that right now as we speak. I look forward to more videos thank you for sharing 👍😃

[@thomasabramson100]

Never seen Moving pacing shots done on a model RR before AMAZING could you do a engineers view front view tour of the layout THANKS

[@iceeking2006]

This model railroad is not only famous but a masterpiece. Thank you for the post. It would be amazing if you did a "cabride" video of the whole line. It would be a wonderful way to tour the layout. Thumbs up!

[@hestheMaster]

Great to see a Video on Tony's layout . It is probably the best scenicked in America. with a minimum track to table width of 1:5 you can't miss . Love this era of NKP steam!

[@chrismartin1060]

Wow! All great, and the pacing scene is absolutely fantastic! Thanks for posting.

[@mysticrailroad]

awesome locomotives. very cool.

[@redbarnz]

Such a terrific passenger train... but not one passenger or anyone piloting the engine.... a ghost train? Scenery is spectacular, Tony.

[@michaellindsey8044]

Nice model train layout

Lotsa big smiles here, loved the pacing shots.

[@doctorjj9]

thanks for the great video of the Nickle Plate. As a former dispatcher on Tony's Railroad I can only say that the freight in Linden should have gotten there sooner ! Or not have left Frankfort! Thanks so much for the memory.

[@HotspotsSoutheast]

I like it. It's not overdone. The background blends perfectly. Not too much detail, but what there is is well done.

[@DF6254]

Awesome video, thanks for sharing this!

[@HillBillyRailRoad]

real nice job, outstanding backdrop work, thank you for sharing

[@gregoryvlassopoulos7612]

Am I noticing correctly the locomotives have synchronized sound to the 1/4 wheel rotations? if yes, what sound systems are deployed on these locomotives and how is the sound system actuated by the wheel rotations?

[@musicman8942]

When Tony scrapped his old layout I wondered how he could better that and it looks like he did. Smoothest running HO steam I've ever seen. I remember back decades ago when he was reluctant to run steam in any great amount.

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

I met Tony about 1980, been so long but the time is about right. I think it was the last operating session with steam on the V&O RR. I was friends with the McClellan sons. I spent countless hundreds of hours in the basement on walnut st. Those were fun times. my favorite train was the 'valley local",,,train XVL. This ran with a 2-8-0. The town the XVL ran to was Clintwood. Clintwood section is now located at the model rr museum in Tn. The pusher job out of Dawson Springs was also fun. The V&O was an absolutely amazing model rr. it ran so smoothly. Way ahead of its time. the detail and lighting in my opinion has never been equaled. I can not over emphasize the quality of the lighting on the V&O. Allen,Bev,Kelley,Brad,Patrick,,,and freckles the dog,barney,yamas and mittens the cats. oh the memories.

[@trainknut]

NKP Hudson's don't get enough attention, they were hard workers and beautiful engines too.

[@billwilliams7566]

Great railroad, and an outstanding video. The low level shots are fantastic. :)

[@patrickwamsley3284]

I got myself one of those Nickel Plate Brass Hudsons and man is it a pain. I'm the first one to actually run it as it was new in the box. The second time I ran it, a rod link on the engineer's side broke! The gearbox is smooth going forward but requires a shim to take up the backlash in reverse. Without the shim, it can't even go backwards. My layout doesn't have the widest of turns and expected some issues with shorts but it essentially can't turn right without causing a short. Being in as delivered appearance, I knew it was gonna be a little bit of a project to add smoke deflectors, the shield over the air compressors and number boards but now having to source another rod? That side is essentially screwed and it's brand new!

[@kevingautier107]

What a unique and cool concept for a video. Nice all the way around. Frankfort was the first town I lived in as a child. I think I saw the Swift plant on the west end of your Yard.

[@kenc4240]

Very Nice Layout

[@PvLModelspoor]

Very nice layout, excellent work!

[@Crookedriverandeasternrr]

What a spectacular railroad. Very nice work videoing it. Thx for sharing! 👍 David

[@tracksidefilms5416]

This looks so realistic!

[@lakeshoremodelrr]

Always a pleasure seeing Tony Koesters layout! Subscribed!

[@konordjon1967]

Отличные модели, спасибо за обзор! Отличные модели, к сожалению американский паровозов у меня почти нету, но много тепловозов, очень клевые модели. Свой шарм и прелесть.

[@tulyar1043]

Thank you for videoing this masterpiece. One of the best ever layouts built. When will be visiting again?

[@allbrassbackshop4664]

Tulyar 10 , Tony is always upgtading and improving his RR, so maybe next winter.

[@herpderp6705]

Very nice! Would have loved to see the whole freight consists, too. :)

[@allbrassbackshop4664]

herp derp, you are not the only one with this request. Next time.

[@johnmonkus4600]

Those small cutouts, pasted to the wall, are very effective, realistic and unobtrusive backgrounds.

[@MosriteCharlie]

About as realistic as it gets. Tony really knows his stuff.

[@TheChicagoL]

The realism, the detail is.........We'll, words just don't do it justice. I mean just about every segment of this video made me feel as if I were literally standing or driving outside in the open alongside a real right-of-way. Not too many model layouts give that kind of affect.

[@billinindiana1]

I'd like to see a similar show from Frankfort to Kokomo to Marion, In. Thanks. Great work.

[@lindseykempert8781]

Same as you

[@rodparker4514]

Terrific.

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

many, many years ago(1980) I met Tony at Allen McClellan's V&O RR.

[@lindseykempert8781]

Cool 😎. I have not started my own layout it’s world war 2

[@tantrum3922]

Hello this is a wonderful video, you must tell me where you got the backdrops.

[@mm-gl7sz]

In a model railroader in his train of thoughts column he says he painted a blue background and used sceniking flatland backdrops for the trees and background fields. It looks very realistic. I don't remember which issue. Tony Koester really knows how to make a realistic model railroad. That's why every time I pick up a Model Railroader I read his column

[@105C09]

Wow!

[@wkmpellucid]

Wonderful layout, 5 stars. Loved the video. Two suggestions. 1. The moving shots are great. I haven't seen that done very often. A stablizer for the camera would make these so much better. 2. A tripod would be help remove those little giggles. Maybe one more thing, if you please, slightly longer takes in some of the situations. Thanks for shooting and editing this video.

[@glenpower1677]

Beautiful!

[@lindseykempert8781]

It looks like it is from the 30s and the 40s

[@hefy2jefy]

Very good camera work, what camera did you use? The depth of field is excellent.

[@allbrassbackshop4664]

Just my driod camera.

[@paducahandlouisvillerailro1694]

I have a custom built nkp 4-8-2 mountain type

[@jonnyspeed]

Very nice scenery. I would have expected better sound though if I'm honest.

[@allbrassbackshop4664]

Inexperienced railfanner and his cheap camera. Plus the owner has the sound way down on locos. Its hard to hear with 30 some odd locos making noise.

[@cjdavis2684]

And this was really cool I love the steam trains and these look really nice the only thing that was off was there really should have been some smoke coming from the finals that literally made them look more realistic but all in all it's really a nice lay out your trees look just like the real things.

[@scottpool4777]

As a fine model very very 👍🏻

[@omidmohajerani9256]

Perfect

[@jacksalvin364]

2000 Steam Engines were saved from the scrapped line.

[@raymondleggs5508]

I thought it was more than that..

[@nathandeal9703]

Better than nothing.

[@paulpickard8327]

"Nickle" is spelled wrong in the title. Great show and modeling though!

[@ryanyocom9189]

No its correct. The rail road spelled it el not le

[@paulpickard8327]

@@ryanyocom9189 Starting at .003, the title in yellow text is spelled Nickle. I grew up walking distance to the tracks in Ohio.

[@ryanyocom9189]

@@paulpickard8327 ah ok I didn't see that

[@paulpickard8327]

@@ryanyocom9189 Just want to say however you spell it, Tony's layout is outstanding!!!

[@ralpho37]

Fantastic layout! Would’ve enjoyed it much more were it not for the goofy commentary interrupting each and every shot though.

[@scottsnuverink2403]

No Whistle at grade crossings. Not realistic everything else was amazing.

[@allbrassbackshop4664]

Scott Snuverink , quiet zones?

[@allbrassbackshop4664]

John B, perhaps there is a link between a missing crew and no whistle.

[@brakie44820]

While that's is a great layout, Tony should follow his teachings about crews in the cab and proper whistling.Of course like most of us he will get around to adding crews to the cabs some day.

[@renodowns5256]

I only watched for 1:40 I got tired of reading

[@محمودفتحي-ع8د]

خح

[@MarkInLA]

Don't care for the wallpaper background with non-moving vanishing point pics, nor the lichen-bound trees. I, too, think it's overrated.. Sorry, but we're on the internet...!

[@allbrassbackshop4664]

I have no problems with different points of view.

[@dexterdog62]

Overrated layout.

[@LeoA2600]

Let's grow up, please.

[@tnjhnsn672]

Confusing and boring without explanations.