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BUFFALO CREEK & GAULEY Modeled In S Scale
Добавлен 18 фев 2023
This channel features short video clips taken on my 12' x 25' S (1/64) scale model railroad which depicts, with some liberties, the Buffalo Creek & Gauley RR of central West Virginia as it was in the summer of 1964, the last summer of steam on the BC&G. Each clip features views of a portion of the layout. The prototype sounds are recordings of BC&G engines taken from rare 33 1/3 RPM vinyl recordings. The bird sounds are played through ceiling speakers in the layout room. The locomotive sounds are from onboard Soundtraxx decoders.
For more photos and information about both the layout and the prototype Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad visit my website at www.buffalocreekandgauley.com.
For videos from my previous 25' x 45' BC&G layout, go the the RUclips channel named ELK RIVER ENTERPRISES.
For more photos and information about both the layout and the prototype Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad visit my website at www.buffalocreekandgauley.com.
For videos from my previous 25' x 45' BC&G layout, go the the RUclips channel named ELK RIVER ENTERPRISES.
THREE TIMES A WEEK
In the summer of 1964, the sawmill at Swandale was the only customer for the BC&G and trains worked the sawmill three days a week. On my layout Swandale is the center of operations. In this video we follow along as #14 arrives with empties and switches the sawmill complex then departs for Dundon and the B&O interchange with cut lumber and woodchips. Steam operations stopped for good in just a few short months, in February 1965.
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ANOTHER LOOK at DUNDON
Просмотров 2,3 тыс.Год назад
The headquarters and small engine service facility of the BC&G was at Dundon, WV. It was also here that the BC&G had it's sole connection to outside world via an interchange with the B&O. The B&O maintained a small rural station right at the junction of the two railroads and the Elk River Coal & Lumber Co., parent of the BC&G, had a large, two story company store. This video details how the ope...
COAL TRAINS
Просмотров 4,8 тыс.Год назад
The BC&G was created in 1904 to haul coal from the Rich Run Mine at Widen, WV to the B&O interchange at Dundon 18 miles away. In the 1940-50s, coal trains could be 60-cars long or longer. But in 1963 the mine closed and it seemed like the end of coal trains on the BC&G. However, in 1971 the Majestic Mining Co. opened a small coal mining operation near the old mine and coal trains ran again on t...
LAYOUT DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION
Просмотров 53 тыс.Год назад
Combining tried and true methods with some innovative scenery techniques, here's the story of the concept and construction of my 12' X 25" Buffalo Creek and Gauley S scale (1/64) layout. The video includes photos showing the basic construction and the finished layout in the room and concludes by following a train from Dundon to Swandale.
IN SEARCH OF STEAM
Просмотров 3,6 тыс.Год назад
When the BC&G ceased operations in February of 1965, they had three Consolidations in service...#4, #13 and #14. Each engine operated for a month, while another was held in reserve and the third underwent maintenance. This video captures each of the three engines as they might have appeared in the summer of 1964, the last summer of steam on the BC&G. There's also an appearance by the Mack railb...
#3 - THE LAST CLIMAX
Просмотров 3,3 тыс.Год назад
The Elk River Coal & Lumber Company bought the last Climax ever constructed (c/n 1692) in 1928. In the final years, the engine was used on the "Steel Train", the short train of flat cars used to lay down and then pick up track for the log trains. It spent most of it's time in the woods. The crews nicknamed the train "Cannonball". In this video we see #3 at work out on Lilly Fork and on a quick ...
LILLY FORK
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The Elk River Coal & Lumber Company, the owners of the BC&G, also maintained a logging operation with geared engines lettered for the ERC&L. These trains ran between the sawmill at Swandale and Avoca and then out on a 9-mile logging branch known as the Lilly Fork. This video follows a train from the log loadout at Starcher back to Swandale where logs are spotted at the log pond.
RAILFAN TRIP
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.Год назад
The folks at the BC&G were very welcoming to railfans. In the final years they hosted several railfan trips. Passenger rode in open gondolas, the line's dusty passenger cars and even caboose C-1 was often in the consist. But the highlights of these trips was when one of the logging engines took some of the cars out onto the Lilly Fork logging branch. A typical railfan trip has been reenacted on...
PLYMOUTH DIESEL #20
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By 1962, the Climax and the Shay used in the logging operation of the Elk River Coal & Lumber Company had worn out. A 44-ton Plymouth diesel was brought in to keep the logs moving. This engine was the first diesel to operate on BC&G rails. It made trips to the woods as well as hauled finished lumber and wood chips to the interchange at Dundon in the final months. There are few photos of the #20...
LOADS OF LUMBER
Просмотров 2,8 тыс.Год назад
By 1964, the Elk River Coal & Lumber Company's sawmill at Swandale was in its final days. Still, three times a week a train arrived from the B&O interchange to pick up a few loads of lumber and woodchips. The sounds of the steam engines blended with the scream of the bandsaw which could be heard for mills up the valley. When the train left and the bandsaw stopped, all that remained was the chir...
SWANDALE MORNING
Просмотров 2,2 тыс.Год назад
The geared engines of the Elk River Coal & Lumber company were maintained in the rustic engine house in Swandale, across the tracks from the sawmill. Trains departed daily for the woods, traveling a ways on BC&G track before heading out to the log loading areas on crude track laid directly on the ground. Through the magic of model railroading, we can get an idea of what it must have been like o...
TRAINS THROUGH CRESSMONT
Просмотров 8 тыс.Год назад
It could be reached via a county road and so the little settlement of Cressmont was the site of many photographs and films. Along the track sat a small frame building where milk from the company's small dairy herd was bottled. The Mack railbus Motor "A" picked up and distributed milk to Dundon, Swandale and Widen. Spend a few minutes in Cressmont in the summer of 1964 and enjoy the bus make a s...
INTERCHANGE AT DUNDON
Просмотров 3,5 тыс.Год назад
The 9-mile long Buffalo Creek and Gauley interchanged with the B&O at Dundon, WV. This video shows B&O and BC&G action at the interchange in 1964. The BC&G was still all-steam but nearing the end of its time as the line closed for good in February 1965. For more info on the railroad and the layout go to: www.buffalocreekandgauley.com.
If you all wondering what happened to Climax No. 3. It’s now at the Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad in Felton, California (Along with the Santa Cruz Big Trees & Pacific Railroad). The locomotive is currently awaiting restoration back to operation again as their Roaring Camp Climax No. 5 “Bloomsburg” and by being rebuilt to run on the Railroad’s 3 Foot (914 mm) gauge tracks.
I have deep appreciation for the fact that 14 is made out of an 0-8-0 not only because that's what the real one was made of but I also have made a couple Lionel 0-8-0's into Southern 2-8-0's and I just love the general look of number 14
The #14 has a unique look for a Consolidation because of her very small (switcher) drivers and a large diameter boiler.
I feel like I'm there, it looks so real!
Just subscribed, always had a interest in the BC&G.
WOW your railroad is incredible!! I saw pictures of it a while ago on model railroader I think and had no idea there were vids of them until now. I am thoroughly amazed!
Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Be sure and visit my website for more photos and a list of all the published articles about my layouts...www.buffalocreekandgauley.com
Excellent! I enjoyed the videos and the layout
I'm glad you enjoyed your trip to Dundon! I'm thoroughly enjoying my representation of the BC&G in the mid-1960s. You don't have to have a big layout to have a great looking railroad that's fun to operate! Brooks
What whistle was that at the beginning of the video?
The prototype whistles used on all my videos are recording of actual BC&G and ERC&L engines taken from two 33 1/3 RPM LPS produced back in the 1960s. You can find information about those records on my website: www.buffalocreekandgauley.com and going to the REFERENCES pages. I'm not sure exactly which locomotive recording is on this particular video. I hope you enjoyed the video and thanks for writing!
I initially couldn’t tell if this was real or not
Thanks! 'So glad you enjoyed the visit to Dundon!
This is breathtaking model railroading. Bravo.
Thanks, David. That's much appreciated!
14 is still at the gators burg museum.
Yes, it sure is! And #13 is at the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugar Creek, OH. The #4 is at Cass but is currently in parts awaiting a new boiler. Hopefully, she'll run again!
Great Video. When are you going to come out with some new ones? They are always a pleasure to watch.
Breathtaking scenery! Congratulations.
The historic al context adds a great deal to your videos. Well done.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIDEO
Love to see that S Scale is still alive and well...
By all means S is alive and well. Check out NASG.org for tons of information about modeling in 3/16 scale!
THANK YOU SHARING YOUR VIDEO
Among the best such videos on the internet!
Terrific, historically anchored layout and operations. Well done!
THANK YOU FOR VIDEO
THANK YOU FOR VIDEO
Eine wahnsinns Anlage mit soviel Liebe zum Detail. Step by Step aufgebaut und dokumentiert. LG Siebi
Hello, that’s a great and nice layout. Realy awesome. I subscribe to your channel now. 👍😃
Seems that going with S, with a little-known prototype, kept you from a case of Collectoritis. Nothing to hoard!
Dave, Thanks for your note. Exactly right! It can't be overstated how important it is to pick a prototype, an era and a location when planning a model railroad. I passed up lots of neat S scale items over the years because they did NOT fit my prototype and/or era. If a locomotive or car type would not have been on the BC&G in the era I model, I can admire a model of that car but I do not buy it. Every piece of rolling stock I own is correct for the era and is used during operations or rotated in to keep the cars on the layout 'fresh'. Brooks Stover
Besides being one of your readers, I'm a hard-core fantasist freelancer, back in after 40 years out. But, the only thing I collected while out was one or two coffee mugs per year while bitterly paying the storage fees on what I had already, which WILL run again! Soon! Discipline is a good thing, and you've done a fine job, set a great example.
Like it 🤩 great Job🛤🚂🛠👍
Great! Many greetings from Germany 🙂
THANK YOU FOR BEAUTY DETAILED VIDEO
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such a long tunnel with no access?
Leonard, That's a great question! Actually, the entire length of the hidden track below Swandale...and all the staging tracks...are 100% accessible from under the layout. But more importantly, because of the great reliability and stability of S scale equipment, in the nearly 6 years the layout has been operational I've not one time had a derailment that necessitated accessing any of the hidden track. Note that there are NO hidden turnouts Also, with S I never have to clean the track...I just make sure a run trains regularly! Brooks Stover
A very realistic landscape! Very nice details. 1/64 is an interesting one. We build everything here in 1/87. Best regards from Germany 🤓 ruclips.net/video/i_a04sO6R1w/видео.html
I love the way you run the locomotive at what is “Scale Speed” and not just trying to get from A to B as quickly as possible! Congratulations on an excellent layout
Ross, Building a realistic appearing layout and then running the trains in an unrealistic manner would miss the point. S scale trains (1/64) run great at low speeds and with the sound from the Soundtraxx decoders it's really like being there! Brooks Stover
awesone congratulations
I really like the backdrop look, what green texture paint did you use to cover the window screen material? Fantastic job!
Rich, I wrote a complete article on how I built the hillsides which appeared in the NOV 2020 issue of MODEL RAILROADER. The paint is a thick textured paint from Home Depot called HOMAX which I tinted with green latex wall paint. Brooks Stover
Homax and sunscreen, plus the paint guy at Ace Hardware, are my friends too.
Excellent work - inspirational.
Absolutely fantastic 🏆👍
'So glad you enjoyed the BC&G!
You have a nice layout, but me, I'm truly fascinated by mega layouts. What I do get from smaller layouts are ideas. I want to build over the next 10/15 years a 40 ft long x 30/35 ft wide super mega totally realistic layout, using 85% off my space.
My prior layout was 45' x 25' and I enjoy this one just as much! A large layout can completely overwhelm the builder with maintenance and almost certainly cannot be done with a crew of helpers. I'd suggest you build a small layout to find out what parts you like and which not...and then design your dream layout. It might not be as big as you think!
Sehr schöne Modelleisenbahn Schöne Grüße aus Salzburg Österreich
Sehr schöne Modelleisenbahn Schöne Grüße aus Salzburg
Superlative step-by-step how-to with amazing results that look just like a West Virginia short line - excellent railroad and video!
Joe, Thanks so much for the kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed your trip to West Virginia and the BC&G!
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Fantastic realism in the modeling, and the birds in background with locomotive sounds--both diesel and steam--approaching and passing really heighten the realism of the vid.
Chris, Well, I wanted to something more than the usual model railroading 'run bys'...and the BC&G's shortline character lends itself to intimate videos of short trains! Brooks Stover
Greetings from England. What a beautiful layout with such exquisite detailing. Wonderful, thank you so much for sharing it with the rest of us.
It's nice to hear that the BC&G is reaching across the pond! 'So glad you enjoyed the videos! Brooks Stover
Very beautifully designed model railway layout !! 👍 Greetings from Berlin Germany✌
Thanks so much! I hope all's well in Berlin!
@@BCGsummer1964 Thank you for asking, the Russians are still 845 miles away from Berlin and the fucking war in Ukraine does not want to end. ☹
Awesome layout! How do you handle the uncoupling of cars on your layout? Do you use magnetic uncouplers, or something like a skewer to uncouple them?
Joseph, I use a 'pick' or 'skewer' for uncoupling. I also use manual ground throws, not electrically controlled turnouts. I carefully designed the layout so all the ground throws and all the places where cars will be uncoupled are within easy reach. Both the manual uncoupling and manual ground throws greatly simplify wiring/construction and there's zero chance for electrical failures. It's also much easier for visiting operators to reach out to the manual ground throws than to try to find the right remote button on a control panel or fascia. Brooks Stover
How beautiful! Such a nice atmosphere.
I believe the ambiance of the room is very important to the overall success of a layout 'experience'! Brooks Stover
THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIDEO
I live in the region....looks perfect to me!!!
Dave, Thanks for the comment. If it looks like home to you, I guess I've done OK! Brooks Stover
Beautiful job.....looks like you had tons of fun working on it .....
That I did! Model railroading is supposed to be fun. If it's not, you're doing something wrong! Brooks Stover
Spectacular S-gauge layout on all counts. Well done!
I'm glad you enjoyed your visit to the BC&G. S scale is a great size...reliable electrical and mechanical operation, easy to see to work on, big enough to allow great details, too. Brooks Stover
As you state: " A layout doesn't have to be large to offer enjoyable operations and great scenery". This is the perfect proof. Very pleasant to follow along. Thanks for sharing & happy model railroading. Cheers
So glad you enjoyed your visit to West Virginia! Brooks Stover
Most enjoyable ! Thanks for sharing. Cheers,