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This is a good explanation, thank you. I had one of these in the late 1980s. At the time I lived in central Indiana where it is hot in the summer. The beacon rarely worked then, but it operated quite well in the winter.

This is a good project if you do not mind changing AF cabooses. I bet it works just as well on Lionel AF cabooses TM AF Collector

Can the L2000 model have the wiring modified to reverse when used in DC mode?

Yours looks Much better. Great Job

So if I understand correctly, the new formula you created is not toxic, which means if it is inhaled, it will not cause irritation? I have had trouble with some smoke fluids because they do irritate my lungs. I'd also be interested if you made other scents, like "coal smoke" or something that smells like a live steam engine. Thank you for a helpful and informative video.

Smoke fluids. This is real good to know.

Thanks, just what I was looking for

Excellent project, Doug! Your LED lighting improvements make these two CJ’s really sweet! And for a small amount of money, too! Keep your projects coming! 🚂

Incredible layout!

Enjoyed your video

Where is the second section of the freight train? You can just use "modeler's license" and simply say it's a couple of signal blocks back! LEDs are a good idea and are not likely to load down a set transformer. Another LED you could consider is a red one for the firebox door and grates.

Love your layout

Moving out! Nice run session and LED upgrades. 😎👍

George Jacobs is credited for enamelled wire.

Great video, Doug! Keep them coming! 🚂

Hello from Kansas 🇺🇲

That`s a Spicy Meat Ball.

Really like the multiple gauges running! Keep the fun going and have fun with the hobby! 👌

Very impressive, but why are the trains going 100 scale miles per hour?

Thanks Doug. Very nice.

This is one of your best Doug. I have a question on the two monster motors, Where did the builder of the motors find or cut the worm shaft which has to be longer too reach the bull gear on the rear axle. If they just cut and drilled and threaded two worm shafts together how does the worm shaft not unscrew itself? I would like to build one for myslf.

She be Heap Big Smoker, shucks and jives a lot.

Marx guy here, boy am I glade three rail living is a lot less stressful, as well as prewar technology .

fun

Your audio is kind of quiet in this video

That 343 is flying! I had mine apart the other day and inadvertently broke one of the wires in the field, right where it inserts. I hope I can fix it, it's going to be difficult. I want my 343 to do what yours does.

Cool Train operations

I have about 7 of these engines, the old 70-year-old motors and a after a while are just nothing but problems I couldn't keep them running. You can buy a brand new motor for this for $49. A cam motoh my gosh. It runs like a brand new engine, no more AC noise. With the new motor for the $49 investment, I'm 2 V. This engine can crawl like a turtle. If you can keep the old motors and he's running good for you. But when you invest a $49 and install one, it's like you've got a brand new engine. Had to do a lot of digging on RUclips. I don't think a lot of people know about the brand new cam motor you can get you We'll have to put a bridge rectifier in the cold car which will convert it from AC. To DC. Easy but it is super quiet very good investment. I wish I would have known about this before I scrapped so many of these for parts.

Hello! I am working on a 21085 with the two prong plug that has not been plugged in for years - not sure if it works. Unfortunately the plug broke off the wires. I am considering repairing the plug myself and I wondering if you know where I could find the replacement plug, or/if there is a way to make the connection directly to the tender. Thanks for any help!

I have the earlier version of the 21085 which ran beautifully, and pulled long trains, before it just quit running. The problem is in the two position e-unit which I have been unable to repair. I didn't realize the chassis is built differently because I haven't looked at that part of the locomotive. Thanks for this information. I am considering trying to replace the motor and e-unit with those from a 290, which I have several of. Do you know if that would work?

I had a Craftsman 4X24" belt sander for about 20 years. It was a workhorse but the time came when it needed replacing. I bought the Makita 9403 to replace it. Quite happy with it. Which was "better?" Dunn'o really. The old Craftsman served me pretty well. I just wore it out. One reason I did not investigate getting another Craftsman tool was that Sears was in steep decline at the time and would no longer ship replacement parts to my local Sears shop. Heck with that! Service was the reason I remained loyal to Sears for decades. When service went, I went. My Makita 9403 currently needs a platen replacement. Debating on whether to get the steel plus cork or go with the graphite pads.

What a piece of kit .

Marx guy here, a bit difficult to maintain I would think.

If you have both link and knuckle you vand make a buffer car , link coupler on one end and knuckle coupler so you canix and match different rolling stock

cool switchers!

I kind of like the display case idea for the member collections so they can be seen by visitors. However, and maybe I'm just paranoid, it sort of screams "steal me first!"

Marx guy here, exceptional layout, would love to run some of my customs on it.

Nice run

I like the Oscar Meyer wiener wagon!!!!

What a great club!

Thats a nice little setup👍

I had a project with the Casey Jones with the cheaper model. I tried to add old Flyer linkage smoke and digital sound with LEDs, The project was so hard to do based on the engine design I just gave up. I have two engines in a box. Some day I may try to look at it again. I have learned how to do more since that time. Your results are quite nice, Hand rails polished bright and a Fire Box with Flicker fire fun to add too. Thank You for taking the time to share. Dennis

Gigantic

Marx guy here, we don`t have such problems, because of the simplicity of Marx design. A motor can be made to fit from a 1934 shell all the way up to a 1972.

A world on its own.

Too bad you didn't run the trolley line. I see you have a Kansas City PCC car in the original black and cream colors. Since your theme is North Jersey, you should have one in the Public Service gray paint scheme. I have several of those PCC cars, including the Public Service Coordinated Transport from Newark. I have the Kansas City one too. I have the PCC cars in paint schemes from Pittsburgh, Chicago, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Johnstown, Brooklyn, Minneapolis, St .Louis, Toronto, etc., etc. I see you have one of the Philly cars in your glass display cases. I also have that MTH Greyhound Bus Terminal. I too have lots of buses on the platforms.

Quite a layout,

Looks very similar to my 027 from my childhood (back in the 60s).

The American Flyer looks much better than the Willams, Lionel also made the EP 5 using the same 4 wheel trucks as their diesels & GP 7s Lionel made them in NH, Milwaukee Road, Pennsylvania & Great Northern between 1956 & 1960

Thank you for posting. You've given me a few ideas and some really good information that I can use for installing LED's. I've installed a 5mm LED in my O27 Texas Special with appropriate current limiting (ballast) resistor. Could you use a paper clip for the hand rails? I've got plenty of them. That looks like a Lionel Scout 2-4-2 engine which I have 2 of--one is die cast and the other is plastic but both run really well. I think they're smokers too. I also smashed up a big old chunk of bituminous coal (anthracite would have been easier, but railroads never used soft coal) and glued it on top of the fake coal in the tenders to add a touch of realism. Do you run on AC or DC power? I run all my Lionel 027 on DC power just like my HO scale. I even wired a 5mm LED into my HO scale brass Hallmark Fairbanks-Morse H12-44 but had to paint the inside of the LED black to stop a light leak. Cheers from eastern TN