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That song is just from the RUclips music library, you should see the info in the video description. Thanks!

I've upgraded most of my locomotive speakers to Scale Sound Systems speakers. They are the best IMO, produced by an audio engineer.

From what I understand, the line started around Violet Street in LA, a little south of 7th street and ran North-South along Sante Fe St. It was just an 'alley' of industries where they actually had to block the train correctly from the yard as there was no runarounds. But anyway, that is how "Violet Alley" got its name.

As I say in the video, a combination of things. PVC board, Styrene, Gatorfoam for the two big buildings. The one to the far left is a partial Walthers kit.

Home Depot. That piece is was a 2x4 foot slab, 1/2 inch.

No, I didn't. I think I took some footage of the bridge build, I'd have to go back through my stuff and see. The paint and outside was done similar to Boomers Overpass if you saw his build.

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I should have the main layout updated next week too!

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Thanks. If I end up going with the wallpaper for that building, I will surely go that route. I'd like to do a more 3D surface structure with photo wallpaper at some point. The artist that did all the rolling stock in this video, I put his info is in the description of this video, his FB 'gallery' so to speak. Check it out, lots of great stuff!!

@@VSLAModelRR Oh those are Scott's work! Yes, he's terrific. Thanks for sharing!

@@pacificcoasttrains3785 No, his name is Preston but I think I know who you are talking about and yes, he also is fantastic.

Jump to 26:18 in the video (near the end), you can see the old paperwork from that area with all the industries. I have 4 pages of it but only put one in the video.

@@VSLAModelRR Yeah, that's pretty cool. I guess the way they worked a lot of that was having to just back in and do everything at the same time. One of my fave spots in the area is where you can see the old curving RoW over by Industrial St. / Mill St. and Mateo. That was a wye back in the day and still had tracks in the 80s.

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Those are from Amazon and have maybe 6 inches of wires on them already. I soldered them to my bus line. I will put a link in the video description. As for the cars, many (not all) of the weathered/tagged cars are done by artists I found in FB groups or on Ebay. One artist that has done a lot for me and all of the cars in this video is linked in the description. Thanks!

@@VSLAModelRR Amazing. Everything is coming out great, keep up the good work. Those little metal blocks that you have, where do you get those?

The yellow plugs are XT60 connectors. Widely used in the RC hobby world. They also have bigger XT90 and smaller XT30 connectors. You can solder your wires to them if you purchase just the connectors themselves.

@@avelkhemchan6640 Ahh yes, they were the same as my old RC car battery connections!

@@TheGomes412 123 blocks? Those I got on Amazon but I know places that sell engineering stuff would have them as well.

I don't have to model it Exact exact..

@@VSLAModelRR - Ha-ha! I'm just busting your chops... I certainly like the depth of field effect with the two separate bridges against the L.A. River backdrop. It really gives the viewer a real glimpse of how congested the area really is today. By the way, I love the work that you did on your UP 1105. It reminds me of the UP Genset assigned to Montclair yard that used to work the branchline industries in south Ontario, CA. It was tagged up mercilessly, too, when I last saw it in 2009.

Funny you should ask. I just came across an old MR article from Sept. 2015 on how to detail the inside of an empty boxcar and debris. I think I might do that for one of these. The article says the floor could be wood or metal, so not sure. Maybe check the real boxcar manf. website. Also, I took the door off of an Aurora box care, not Prairie Shadows, so I'm not sure if it works on that brand or not.

@@VSLAModelRR You're damn right. I bought Prairie Shadows cars because I like them a lot. But in fact, I was suppose to buy an Aurora model for the job. I wouldn't try to remove doors from a Prairie Shadows car. They're mold in the casting !!! Still I think it's a dangerous task to remove top on Aurora's boxcar. It's a $75 car for me (live in Canada). At the end, it's not that important if the car floor is not done to my point of view. It simply depends how many paper rolls are in it. I think I will glue a 20 thou styrene layer on weight, paint it and weather it a bit. I will also hide the weight sides with styrene seen when doors are removed. I REALLY like the picture of paper rolls warehouse. It's a huge building. Thanks for answering and sharing with us. Keep on your good work.

Hey thanks for being a fan of her. Nah, not at this time, I just added a Blunami and brought her to modern day with working ditchlights and some other updates. Maybe in the future. Athearn is actually coming out with 1413 in the future in Primed for Grime, they just announced maybe 2 moths back.

@@VSLAModelRR what about you’re gensets? Let me know you if you have anything for sale!

Hi, thanks for asking. The river itself is 2.5 inches (65mm) deep. I screwed a 1x3 piece of lumber to the bottom, and the styrene walls lean up agiainst it for now. The walls are two different lengths. The front right, sort of by the Fascia, is 4.5 inches (115mm), the angle is shallower thus the longer cut. The parts by the bridges and then back to the wall are 3.75 in (95mm) long. The LA river has different wall angles as it rolls around so I used different sizes for different looks. I was just eyeballing it and that looked good to me. I think for the prototype I'd need a shallower angle by the front part.

@VSLAModelRR - The riverbed bank slopes look proportionate to how I remember them when I grew up in L.A. The slopes were much lower and shallower than the San Gabriel or Santa Ana riverbeds. Great work! 👍

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yeah, possibly. Although there is a risk of damaging the door details. I might carefully give it a try.

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Cut the weight in four then put two pieces over each truck, that would give half the car length free in the middle to fit a floor.

As long as they are at least 1/2 inch thick. For HO, I think 5/8 looks the best as these rolls are about 5-6ft across

Yeah, nice plastic pellet hoppers are hard to find. I have some Rapidos and then some Atlas ones from a few years back. That's pretty much it. That cardboard building is the Walthers Modern warehouse, or part of it, as well. Very versatile kit.

@@VSLAModelRR I hoping ScaleTrains make the Trinity car like they did the carbon black hopper in three versions. The early car doesn't have end cut outs. There is definitely a need for more modern hoppers and tank cars.

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Cut them to size. I use my large saw outside but you could cut them with a smaller hand saw too, they are thin.

Chances are they are getting either cardboard rolls or paper rolls inbound..

Thanks for that, I felt like I was watching a work video but now I am contemplating how to make one of those clamp attachments for my forklift! I have some ideas...

Thank you. I worked as a RR engineer at a paper mill until it shut down in 2012 and the clamp attachment on those forklifts was what I was about to comment on.

Shapeways used carry one, but now they are done. Look for Model Mechanic or Custom Model Craftsman, they may have done one.

Thanks. It nice having something in model railroading not be a chore..

Never mind, I found it!