Turning a Diesel Locomotive on the HO Scale Colorado & Southern Ry - Ep 8

[@moffatwest8212]

Nicely done! Love the old-timey music...it give the a great period instructional film feel.

[@CSRYfan]

Thank you! Exactly the flavor I was after. I'm glad you enjoyed.

[@GreatNorthwesternRwy]

Great video! Love the switching between looking at the loco moving and the cab-view of the same movement. And truck journals that actually move?! Very nice!

[@CSRYfan]

Thank you! That's a vintage Life Like Proto 2000 E8 -- and I never appreciated the moving journals until this video too! That is an unexpected "happy accident" of the camera.

[@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061]

These videos are so fun. I hope you guys have a great time making them! Thank you!

[@CSRYfan]

I'm glad you enjoy them, we do too!

[@marka5478]

The CB&Q was well known for achieving high levels of utilization of rolling stock. As an example the Morning Twin Cities Zephyr was turned at Minneapolis in 30 minutes. Their maintenence procedures was an early form of what we call Reliability Centered Maintenance.

[@CSRYfan]

Yes, and one more reason for the rapid move to diesels for passenger service. Along with marketing pizazz, lower labor costs, ...

[@CharlieKrampitz]

Your railroad reminds me of Mike Spoor's CB&Q Chicago and Aurora division model railroad. The second story of his town home in Houston Texas was where he built it. The first time I saw it all I did was take pictures of his hand painted backdrops. His backdrops is where I got the ideas to paint my backdrops for my model railroad The Santa Fe Mid-Texas Division.

[@CSRYfan]

Thank you. Mike was an inspiration and wonderful information source for many of us, especially those of us modeling the Burlington Lines. I've always admired Mike's backdrops in print and video, though I never saw them in person. It's an honor to be compared to Mike and his modeling.

[@farmerdave7965]

Old Proto E8 with dual filament mars light.

[@CSRYfan]

Yep! I think I bought it (along with two others) in the late 1990s.