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Willamette Valley AF Trains
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Welcome to Willamette Valley AF Trains
Featuring videos of American Flyer prewar and post war trains running on new and older home layouts that I have had as well as trains running on other friends layouts. Some videos are converted from digital tape recordings made in the 1990's. My friends and I have mostly classic A C Gilbert American Flyer trains. There are also some Lionel Fundimensions Production trains and new production Lionel American Flyer trains.
I hope followers of this channel will enjoy viewing these wonderful trains running. Maybe you will see some items that you have not seen before. Maybe you will be inspired to make a home layout yourself. I was inspired to build a new 16 ft dog bone layout this year after watching other channels. It is great to see younger and older enthusiasts sharing their ideas and the hobby.
Featuring videos of American Flyer prewar and post war trains running on new and older home layouts that I have had as well as trains running on other friends layouts. Some videos are converted from digital tape recordings made in the 1990's. My friends and I have mostly classic A C Gilbert American Flyer trains. There are also some Lionel Fundimensions Production trains and new production Lionel American Flyer trains.
I hope followers of this channel will enjoy viewing these wonderful trains running. Maybe you will see some items that you have not seen before. Maybe you will be inspired to make a home layout yourself. I was inspired to build a new 16 ft dog bone layout this year after watching other channels. It is great to see younger and older enthusiasts sharing their ideas and the hobby.
Running American Flyer Western Pacific freight train 01-13-2025
This video features my American Flyer Western Pacific ALCO PA-PB pulling a mixed freight consist with an American Flyer Western Pacific bay window caboose.
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Running American Flyer train 12-26-2024
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Christmas is over. Back to running revenue freight. This video features some Lionel production American Flyer freight cars. Thank you for watching.
American Flyer Train running Christmas Morning 2024
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Merry Christmas to everyone. Wishing you all a wonderful new year.
Santiam Excursion Train last run 12-24-2024
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The last run returns Christmas Eve 2024
Santiam Excursion Trains - Santa Maria Valley #205 12-22-2024
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Santa Maria Valley #205 pulls consist to depot for next run. 12-22-2024 Thank you for watching.
Santiam Excursion Trains cab time 12-22-2024
Просмотров 169Месяц назад
My wife had purchased tickets for us to ride the Santiam Excursions Train along with her sister and friend Mitch. When we checked in with our tickets, I was informed that I was going to be a cab rider. What a wonderful gift from my wife. I had a choice of which locomotive and direction I would like to ride. I chose the return trip leg and rode in the EMD SW9 #1866. After our trip they ran one m...
Santiam Excursion Train riders enjoy the layout
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A group of young train enthusiast being entertained by Dave in the depot.
Santiam Excursion Train returning to the depot
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One of todays excursion trains returning just before sunset.
Running O gauge and American Flyer at Lebanon Depot 12-19-2024
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Dave and I set up our portable layout at the Lebanon Train Depot yesterday. We ran trains in the afternoon and evening during the Sip & Shop event held on the Santiam Excursion Train. This was a public event with local venders set up inside the railcars. Our layout will remain at the depot through Dec. 24th 2024. We will be operating the layout for the passengers on the excursion trains and vis...
MTH RailKing "Ready-To-Run" sets
Просмотров 348Месяц назад
This morning I am running a MTH RailKing "Ready-To-Run" set that I had given to my grandson around 2001 or 2002. The set has an 0-4-0 Docksider locomotive, boxcar, gondola with 3 logs and a whistling caboose. All are in the Alaska Railroad paint scheme. The set came back home to me in March or April this year. I lubed and oiled the locomotive yesterday and tested it. This morning I wired the I/...
Running American Flyer Trains and more at Veterans' Home 12-14-2024
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My friend Dave and I took our portable 5x9 layout to the Edward C. Allworth Veterans' Home Friday afternoon. With the help of our friends John and Richard, we ran trains on Saturday and visited with veterans through the morning and afternoon. We had met with most of them last year. It was good to meet some new people this year as well. We had some prewar and post war American Flyer, Lionel, and...
Running Prewar American Flyer Train 12-12-2024
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This video features a prewar American Flyer train with 1939 transition tender and freight cars. The rear truck on the tender and all the freight cars are the A.C. Gilbert truck and link couplers. The cars running are a #407 sand car, #406 log car, #416 crane car with the new Gilbert crane cab and boom, and #411 lighted caboose. Someone has added red bicycle reflectors to the front and rear of t...
American Flyer Holiday Excursion Train 12-08-2024
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The Santiam Excursion Train was running their Candy Cane Express this weekend headed up with the Santa Maria Valley 205. This link is a video of it running at the end of the 2022 season. ruclips.net/video/tjcAuSGZ7ck/видео.htmlsi=G_61xI62tpPzOoQl This mixed consist train inspired me to make up a consist for the Willamette Valley AF Trains Holiday Excursion Train. I will be at the Lebanon Vetera...
Running American Flyer Hudson's 11-14-2024
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Running American Flyer Hudson's 11-14-2024
Running American Flyer steam excursion train 11-09-2024
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Running American Flyer steam excursion train 11-09-2024
Running Gary's American Flyer Royal Blue train 11-05-2024
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Running Gary's American Flyer Royal Blue train 11-05-2024
American Flyer Link Coupler Tools 11-05-2024
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American Flyer Link Coupler Tools 11-05-2024
Running American Flyer trains 11-03-2024
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Running American Flyer trains 11-03-2024
Running American Flyer trains 10-31-2024
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Running American Flyer trains 10-31-2024
Why I like Billy Lane's YouTube channel 10-14-2024
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Why I like Billy Lane's RUclips channel 10-14-2024
Oregon Electric O Gaugers Club 10-04-2024 Albany Library
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Oregon Electric O Gaugers Club 10-04-2024 Albany Library
Running American Flyer trains 09-25-2024
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Running American Flyer trains 09-25-2024
Running American Flyer passenger train 08-15-2024
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Running American Flyer passenger train 08-15-2024
American Flyer Rocket set with extra coach 08-12-2024
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American Flyer Rocket set with extra coach 08-12-2024
Running O gauge trains day 3 Benton County Fair
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Running O gauge trains day 3 Benton County Fair
Running O gauge trains day 2 Benton County Fair
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Running O gauge trains day 2 Benton County Fair
Running O gauge trains at Benton County Fair 07-31-2024
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Running O gauge trains at Benton County Fair 07-31-2024
American Flyer Air Chime Horn repair 07-29-2024
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American Flyer Air Chime Horn repair 07-29-2024
Enjoying some coffee and American Flyer trains on Sunday morning.
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Enjoying some coffee and American Flyer trains on Sunday morning.
Running American Flyer WP at Gary's 07-16-2024
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Running American Flyer WP at Gary's 07-16-2024
Very awesome!
@@MattKonsol Thanks for watching and your comments.
Very nice looking set!!
@@mikesamericanflyertrains Thank you. I've enjoyed picking up rolling stock that ran into California and up through Oregon.
Very nice
@@lifewithroscoe6513 Thank you for watching.
fun video
@@northernutahlivesteam Thanks. I was telling some of the train club about your channel at lunch yesterday.
@@willamettevalleyAFtrainswell thank you for spreading the word. I don’t have as much content as you. But I’m working on it. I like that your videos are succinct. My New Year’s resolution is to keep them short, no more than 5 minutes.
Very, very nice! I've always enjoyed this paint scheme
@@AustinsAmericanFlyertrains Glad you enjoyed this. Thanks for watching and your comments.
Casey Jones is very sharp wow nice job
@@motime8552 Very kind of you. Thanks for your comments.
Great looking layout and train !
@@johnfroio4910 Thank you for watching and your comments.
Love seeing the WP!
@@daveclarklumber Thank you. I watched your video again last night running a 565 with a Marx consist of WP cars.
That’s a nice looking pair of power. Have you figured out how to activate all the sounds? You might be able to blow the horn with an generator tube
@@MygrandpasTrain Thank you. I took the B unit to Gary's. The bell and horn worked off his MRC transformer controls. The diesel sounds work good with AF transformer. The volume rheostat was stuck but I finally got it freed up and turned down. The A unit was a dummy with a sound board also. It is running with a 1954 dual motor Rocket chassis in it.
Enjoyed the video. Great train set! Thank you for sharing. 👍🇺🇸
@@williamloeber6253 Thank you. I've enjoyed picking up the rolling stock to run with the WP power.
Great Fun!! Thank you 🙂☕👍
@@olhemi1 Thank you. It is a fun consist.
Great looking and colorful train. 👍👍👍👍
@@-MAILMAN Thank you. Glad you liked it.
Thank you for posting this! I love die cast Flyer!
@@patrickmurphy6775 Thank you for your comments and for watching.
love your portable layout the depot was really nice
@@Gregtrainmaster Thank you. We're hoping to be invited back during Strawberry Festival
Very nice layout setup. Enjoyed the video, looked like fun.
@@stevesoscaletrainchannel.1901 It was a very enjoyable week.
I found your site when Austin gave you a credit on his show!
@@rudolphalfaro7337 Very nice. Thank you for watching.
Very nice portable layout set up! Nice to see operating accessories included too! Hope there was a really good turnout for the event!
@@mikesamericanflyertrains Thank you. We had a good time and hope to do more events at the depot. Thanks for your comments.
That’s a fun excursion train consist! Love the variety of cars and coaches!
@@mikesamericanflyertrains Thank you. I purchased a few more items to run with it yesterday.
I grew up on American Flyer; my father had an S-scale layout that covered the basement. But it always bothered me a little that AF used ALCO locomotives instead of EMDs. The EMD plant in those days was not far away and the CB&Q trains through our town always ran EMD locomotives.
@@viewfromthehillswift6979 Wonderful to have the American Flyer history with your father. Thanks for the comments.
Still love it
@@MartyKarczynski-mw3tk Nice. Thanks for watching.
😁☕👍
@@olhemi1 Thank you. Happy New Year to you.
Very nice to see and hear.
@@AustinsAmericanFlyertrains Thank you. I wanted the cars to be visable and got a good speed on the second run by.
Beautiful freight consist.
@@flyerjunction Thanks. I'm working on purchasing a WP bay window caboose to go with my WP ALCO set.
Excellent! Happy Holidays! Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful! Great Job. Thank you for making these vids available!
@@donrutherford6729 You're welcome. Thank you for watching.
Nice Fallen Flags consist. Great looking train. 👍👍👍👍
@@-MAILMAN Thank you. I started buying some freight cars for the lines that ran the west coast and what ran through Spokane where I grew up. We had the UP, NP, GN, SP&S, Milwaukee Road, plus local Spokane Electric. Here in the valley we had UP, SP, NP, GN, SP&S, Oregon Electric, Oregon Navigation RR, and more local short lines from the coast to the Cascades for timber, milled wood, grain, etc.
@@willamettevalleyAFtrains My wife and I watch some of the Charles Smiley videos, not long since they are previews of full length DVD videos. One we watched was the various operations in the Willamette Valley.
@@-MAILMAN I watch alot of Charles Smiley videos as well.
Of course you had to make a video. We would expect nothing less. 😉 Very Nice!!👍👍👍👍
@@-MAILMAN I still believe ha ha
@@willamettevalleyAFtrains I kicked myself after I made the video and posted it that I did not ring the bell then state "Even as I have grown old, the bell still rings for me and all those who truly believe." Then again that is why I am not a producer, director or screenwriter.
Nice freight run
@@MygrandpasTrain Thanks
Merry Christmas! Enjoy the trains!!
@@johnfroio4910 Thank you. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
I have six or seven Hudsons myself, including two SIT locos, one of which now has a piston smoke unit in the tender. One is from 1946 while the other is a '46 loco with a '47 tender, one of Gilbert's surplus engines that were put together. Then there's a 322 from 1948, a 324AC with controller, a 326 that can smoke up a storm, a 21129 pulling a '58 Pacemaker set and a 21130 pulling a '59 Nighhwak set.
@@8avexp Excellent. They are great locomotives.
Merry Christmas my friend! Thanks for making such a great channel!
@@daveclarklumber Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Merry Christmas! Thank you! 🎅🎄🤶
@@daveclarklumber Thank you very much. You inspire me. Happy New Year to you as well.
Great setup!
@@jeffpatchett9515 Thank you for watching and your comments.
Very cool set! 😎👍
@@johnknippenberg-LandmarkYards Thanks. It was fun getting it out and running it. Our grandson that owned it enjoyed the video.
Enjoyed this so much!
@@davehess8085 I'm glad to be part of the event at the depot this year. I spoke with Rick yesterday about us helping with the Strawberry festival next year.
Wait, a lady engineer?!? What would my grandfather say? I wonder if she ever operated the steam engine too?
@@MygrandpasTrain I don't know what your Grandpa would say but her mom and dad were out waving at her as we went by their business.
i got to drive the X5399 and the remote controlled units for RFRR while i worked at Day Wireless Systems. Super cool and thanks for these great videos.
@@elew93610 That's great. Thanks for watching and your comments.
Unusual arrangement with the caboose and observation behind the engine (but I’m assuming the engine was on the tail end) nice whistle
@@MygrandpasTrain The train consist changes depending on the events and time of year. The weekend had around 200 passengers per train. You can rent the caboose for your own family & friends. Some of the small trains run a single locomotive. They will move it to the other end via a passing siding in Sweet Home. It's fun to watch the #205 running backwards pulling the consist on the return.
I was on this train today
@@Seek_doors182 Very nice. Merry Christmas to you. I hope you enjoyed the ride and our display.
I did it was great
This is an awesome set up! I really like it! I hope you have a merry christmas!
@@MattKonsol Thank you very much. Merry Christmas to you as well.
The.e gine paint job as well as the fallen flag coaches is a bery nice! How often do they use there prairie steam engine for this special? It looks like there was frost in the cars..was it a cold day?
@@AustinsAmericanFlyertrains The steam runs about two days a month. The Rick Franklin Company does railroad right-of-way work all over the country. He has purchased some nice rolling stock over the years. He is also the current president of the Railway Heritage Museum in Portland where the SP4449 , SPS700 & Polson Logging #2 are located.
That's one nice looking train set 😊
@@olhemi1 There's more to come. The steam engine runs on Monday and Tuesday
Nice looking engine and variety of colors in the coaches
@@MygrandpasTrain I'll get more segments of video with other power. The other end had the Southern Pacific SD9 in the black widow paint scheme.
Enjoyed the video. Nice locos, smooth running and a great venue for this ("Sip and shop event"... sounds rather pleasant). Hope you have a great Christmas/New Years celebration.
@@pauls-train-asylum-581 Thank you. We are having fun. Lots of smiles.
That looks like a lot of fun!
@@MygrandpasTrain We are having a good time connecting with people. My wife and I are riding one of the Sunday excursions with some of our family.
Magical!
@@davehess8085 Thank you. The first excursion Saturday morning will be pulled by the Santa Maria Valley 205 steam locomotive.
nice.
@@allanegleston4931 Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.
This is a nice Christmas layout.
@@randyrobey5643 We were happy to be included in the events. Thanks for watching and your comments.
Awesome video 😊
@northpennvalleysteamrailroad You're very kind. Thank you for watching and your comments.
great run
@@PopPopsTrainRoom Thank you.
Great layout. Thank you for sharing. 👍🇺🇸
@@williamloeber6253 Thank you for watching and your comments.