I got sad news this morning we lost Neil he was the best modeler in the business. We will miss him and all the reviews he gave us over the years. RIP The Man Neil Besougloff Editor In Chief of MR 1957-2020 We will miss you Neil.
I really enjoyed the tour. Meeting Neil Besougloff, Dana Kawala and the rest of the MR staff had to have been the highlight of your visit, James. I would've liked to have met them myself. That was a great tour. Thanks for bringing me along.
What I found most interesting about this is the relative timing of things. The "snake" addition to the beer line was still a slab of pink foam, while the "Salem Southbound" layout was already finished. I remember reading about the beer line addition before the SS. Also noticed the SS gondola load project finished, even though that only appeared recently.
I visited Kaimbach 2 years ago. Eric White showed me around. They are ok with visitors of one or two people as long as you call them first to let them know you want to come. You can also visit the Walthers showroom.
I've been to Bailey yard several times over the years and enjoyed. When I first started going there you could wander around taking pictures without any problems, even into the engine service area as long as you had a hard hat. I've even walked along with and watched the pin puller at the top of the hump. Sadly, those days are gone forever! I lived in the Denver area and drove long haul trucks for years and visited many hot spots during my travels. I have hauled everything from swinging lamb to US currency and coins for an armored truck load carrier. Yes, I've driven for Roadway Express, Yellow Freight (YRC) and even Nationsway (NW). I'm currently building an n scale layout based on the UPS LaGrande sub from LaGrande to High bridge just west of Meachem, OR. In closing I'd like to let you know that I enjoy your videos and keep them coming. bill
Great video James! I've never seen a video covering all of MR like that before. It was very cool seeing all the project layouts scattered about all over.
This was a treat to say the lease. I was in awe at the fact you go to meet all the greats that continue to help the Advance as well as the Novice make break through. I mean these guys and gal (who was not seen) at MR do more then just bring us a great magazine every month. They continue to be the super stars of the hobby. As James and many others on You Tube continue to bring us goods and teach us more and more I'm really am thankful. PLEASE TELL ME THEY WILL MAKE THAT MR LOCO IN N SCALE. LOL. A man can hope and dream you know. Thanks for sharing the MR&T looks really good. Peace be with you, Art
10:03 in this segment Neil takes us on a tour of the MR Museum every model from the authors of MR from first to last is in this case. The whole history of MR is displayed in these cases.
I buy model railroader books... most recently on coal trains, in which I'm modeling! Very help full and informative. phenomenal photography. Awesome tour. Didn't realize how hard you guys work. Publish a new updated video.
James i envy you man i really do you got a beautiful private layout and collection and you get to meet and go to alot of the cool places in the hobby. Thanks for bringing it to my room
James this is so cool!!!! i have always dreamed of seeing the MR's headquarters!!! this is a blast seeing it. it looks like you had a blast too. almost like the Vatican of model railroading. i met Cody when the national model train show in Portland Oregon last year. was a blast to meet them and talk to them.
Kedron Kid I enjoyed watching your tour and was fascinated to see the MR&T loco named for Andy. I spent some time with Andy in Tempe AZ a couple of years ago . He was a great person.
Very well done tour of the work shops. Cool to see some of Classic Toy Train layouts. I was looking forward to seeing the press / printing room for the magazine. They must do this in a different building or send it to a job printer. Excellent video. Thanks for telling the story. • Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂
MR has a video tour of their printer Quad Graphics in Sussex Wi at mrr.trains.com/series/mr-insider/2015/04/mr-insider-exclusive-printing-model-railroader-at-quadgraphics
13:42 over in the corner is the Olympia Logging Company it is the 2014 Project Layout for MR Video Plus and David is now using it as his own personal layout since he sold the old Naugatuck a year ago to a local modeler who did not have a layout. for more information on the Olympia Logging Company watch David's weekly blog on MR Video Plus.
What a great idea for a video, walking through the hallowed halls of Kalmbach Publishing. It's like candy land for modelers of all types and sizes. Thanks for hosting such a great video. Keep up the great ideas for videos.
14:00 here are the Project Layouts from first to last we have Lionel Train Town model D 146, we have the Beer Line which tells the history of MR and if you look closely at the tracks that go onto the Snake Track you will see a miniature of Al Kalmbash getting ready to ship out the first issue of MR, we have Eagle Mountain, we have The Salt Lake Route, and over in the corner is the Turtle Creek Central.
Nice video James! This was as good as watching the videos put out by MRVP. It looks like you got full cooperation from the staff. So many neat things to see and some of those project layouts brought back memories of reading about them in the magazine. Way cool stuff, keep up these kinds of visits to staores, publishers and manufacturers.
+Ken Patterson Thanks Ken. Even with less square footage, you are an inspirational photographer and modeler to us all! By the way, I wish I had that square footage as well.
Awesome video! Great to see behind the scenes of Kalmbach and some Milwaukee stuff, being a Milwaukee Road fanatic....lol Keep up the fantastic work kid! 👍 👌 👏 😉😄
+William Arseneau I drove up there last year for the tour. Seeing everything and all the celebrities in person was well worth the trip. 2D videos are great, but seeing the things in 3D is fantastic. Everyone, to a man, treated me like royalty. They hid Jenny from me, though, so, I guess I'll have to go back this year. If you do go, and are close, take in the UP yard at North Platte. Pictures don't do it justice, either.
James - this "traveling series" of videos is very interesting and packed with ideas. I'm here right after your Canada visit, I can't wait for your next adventure - how about a series name - Out of the Basement Field Trips. Any how, thanks so much for doing this and sharing...
3:04 Here are the 2015 MR Video Plus Layout and the 2014 and 2013 MR Project Layouts. We have the WSS, we have The Rice Harbor, and we have the Red Oak.
Great to see behind the scenes at Kalmbach. I followed MR for decades but finally let my subscription lapse. The magazine changed and my interests didn't. I'm not a computer guy, nor am I a lights and sound guy. I like my trains a little less sophisticated and a whole lot quieter! Thanks for the tour.
Like you said there's a lot of work involved in getting their slick, excellent magazine out but the saying goes,' If you love what you do for a living, you never work a day in your life.'
Sort of out of the blue question, but I want to build a brewery on my modern layout. I've been buying covered grain hoppers and I have a bunch of modern boxcars. What are some other car types that would typically be used to service a brewery?
Working at MR....is not work at all! :-) I've always enjoyed Kalmbach publishing and MR's publications....Keep up the good work ladies and gentlemen! Also...RIP Andy Sperandeo! Grew up reading his articles.
MR Staff got our request and Cody and Atlas painted up a locomotive 1175 and placed Andy's name right underneath the cab. It is a fitting tribute to a man who taught us all to enjoy the hobby of model railroading if it was not for Andy none of us railfans would be here today the MR&T is almost as old as I am this is one reason why I like this layout Andy taught us how to run trains on it. Although I did not pick up any issues of MR until I was a teenager Andy appeared each week on Tracks Ahead which I watched until I had to go to church or school. We all miss Andy Atlas did the right thing when they chose to put his name on the cab of that locomotive Andy built the MR&T and he was the host of a video plus series called The Operators which also appeared on the final page of MR. RIP Andy.
7:47 here is the Virginian this project layout is the 2012 project layout and the MR Video Plus 2013 Project Layout it models a coal mine in the foothills of Virginia and the Virginian before it merged with NS at the end of the last decade.
At 13:37 Cody Grivno blows past Dana and James like he has a bus to catch and they both ignore him! No hello, no "Hey look! It's Cody Grivno! How's it going?" No eye contact. Nothing. Cody just continues on to his office as if he were a ghost. I even watched that part a second time and laughed out loud again! LOL...
Nice video James you got to go to MR Headquarters and met my friends at MR. at 0:43 is Dana, 2:56 is Mr. Goofball, Mr. N Scale, and The Host of Video Plus David, 9:33 The Man himself Neil Besougloff Editor In Chief of MR, 12:55 Hal Miller Managing Editor and Host of The Roundhouse, 13:09 Eric White Graphics and Host of 3D Layout Tours and Co Host of MRVP Tec and now Host of Model Railroader Review, 13:23 Steve Otte Host of the Project Railroad Layout Tours, Host of Quick Tips, and Moderator of the MR Facebook Page, 13:34 Cody (headed to get a drink he is shooting Cody's Office and Workshop), 13:48 Kent Producer of Video Plus and David's Second in Command, 18:53 and the Star of MR Magazine and the King of Layouts The MR&T. In 1988 this layout was built by Andy (RIP) since that day MR Staff has built the layout from scratch and added their mark to the layout. Every building on the MR&T is named after a member of the MR Staff from Al Kalmbach to Cody Grivno and some of the newer guys at MR. Most of the buildings on Kelly's Island are now Walthers kits in HO and N Scale and they were built by Art Curren and Jim Kelly. Recently David and Cody moved some of them and this section of the layout is being rebuilt some of these models might end up in the MR Museum later. 21:30 Introducing for the first time on the tracks MR&T 1175 The Andy Sperandeo a fitting tribute to Andy and his work on the MR&T Railroad and as Sr. Editor of MR. This model is made by Atlas and was painted by Cody Grivno and Atlas as a tribute to Andy and his work at MR. In this shot 1175 gets ready to lead a stack train out of Milwaukee to Bay Junction at the end of the line a special tribute train to Andy because it has some of his Santa Fe and Rio Grande rolling stock. 24:10 Here is Bay Junction this is the 2011 project layout David, Kent, Andy, Dana, Cody, Steve, and Neil rebuilt it from scratch and made it what it is today. Bay Junction is the interchange between WSOR and the MR&T and the Winter Hill Branch which is the 2013 project railroad. Trains come into Bay Junction to interchange with the MR&T or WSOR and the switchers parked on the tail track do all the work. Trains headed to Troy cross the Odegard Bridge which is west of here and go through the wye at Troy Junction on the WSOR which is the 2008 project layout. Bay Junction is the west end of staging helpers are assigned to coal trains here and pushed up the hill to Lake Beulah where they are set out and return light to staging. On most days you will see the Bay Junction Switcher moving cars in the yard or heading up to Lake Beulah or switching the quarry and shingle plant in Winter Hill. Cody and Dana did the grain elevator and the fertilizer plant , Jim Hediger did the factory, Andy did the corn syrup plant and the culverts, Neil did the station, Kent did the bridge and the billboard, Steve did the town, Jay Smith, Kent, and David did the backdrop and David and Cody did Turtle Creek Canyon and the highway bridge. to make it look modern Andy installed signals they are turned off now and will be hooked up later. As of 2019 Cody has wired up the signals using Logic Rail boards to power the signals and operate the gates. Eric installed Walthers switch throws and Ben installed Aculite snaps and Walthers snaps on the switch motors to wire them to the electrical system. The MR&T uses three systems on each section of the layout but they are all interconnected. The Milwaukee section all the way to Winter Hill is powered by a CVP Easy DCC system which is also used for dispatching this has since been replaced by an NCE Commander and a Digitrax Wifi Pro. The WSOR and Bay Junction are powered by the NCE Power Cab and all sections use wifi throttles supplied by ESU and Digitrax.
N Scale Train Boy Atlas C40 Dash 8s they also have some EMD SD 40s SW 1500s Geep 50s and also tons and tons and tons of gp38s the engines are painted in MR colors and Heritage colors and they are also painted in Wisconsin Southern colors.
I haven't watched the video, but I know that Santa Fe ordered a variant of the B40-8 with a wide cab, they looked just like a regular Dash 8 widecab or Dash 9, but with 4 axel trucks, and a shorter length.
hi everyone ,if anyone else wants to discover how to build a model railroad layout try Megarno Railroad Membership Magician (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some unbelievable things about it and my co-worker got cool results with it.
I got sad news this morning we lost Neil he was the best modeler in the business. We will miss him and all the reviews he gave us over the years. RIP The Man Neil Besougloff Editor In Chief of MR 1957-2020 We will miss you Neil.
I really enjoyed the tour. Meeting Neil Besougloff, Dana Kawala and the rest of the MR staff had to have been the highlight of your visit, James. I would've liked to have met them myself. That was a great tour. Thanks for bringing me along.
What I found most interesting about this is the relative timing of things. The "snake" addition to the beer line was still a slab of pink foam, while the "Salem Southbound" layout was already finished. I remember reading about the beer line addition before the SS. Also noticed the SS gondola load project finished, even though that only appeared recently.
That was a great video. So cool they gave you a tour. Thanks for posting and showing what some of us will never get to see.
I visited Kaimbach 2 years ago. Eric White showed me around. They are ok with visitors of one or two people as long as you call them first to let them know you want to come. You can also visit the Walthers showroom.
Thanks James a great tour, love the history and passion of the people involved.
Pretty neat! Awesome to see so many of their projects I had seen throughout their magazines over the years
What an awesome tour and behind the scenes! I bet that was a lot of fun! Thanks for taking us along James. I enjoyed it.
Wow great video! I hope I can get out there someday!
I've been to Bailey yard several times over the years and enjoyed. When I first started going there you could wander around taking pictures without any problems, even into the engine service area as long as you had a hard hat. I've even walked along with and watched the pin puller at the top of the hump.
Sadly, those days are gone forever!
I lived in the Denver area and drove long haul trucks for years and visited many hot spots during my travels.
I have hauled everything from swinging lamb to US currency and coins for an armored truck load carrier. Yes, I've driven for Roadway Express, Yellow Freight (YRC) and even Nationsway (NW).
I'm currently building an n scale layout based on the UPS LaGrande sub from LaGrande to High bridge just west of Meachem, OR.
In closing I'd like to let you know that I enjoy your videos and keep them coming.
bill
Great video James! I've never seen a video covering all of MR like that before. It was very cool seeing all the project layouts scattered about all over.
Great tour, got the opportunity to go there back in 2010. Well worth the trip. Great staff also.
What an awesome video! You have been to the holy land of model railroading! Thanks for sharing it with us. :)
This was a treat to say the lease. I was in awe at the fact you go to meet all the greats that continue to help the Advance as well as the Novice make break through. I mean these guys and gal (who was not seen) at MR do more then just bring us a great magazine every month. They continue to be the super stars of the hobby. As James and many others on You Tube continue to bring us goods and teach us more and more I'm really am thankful. PLEASE TELL ME THEY WILL MAKE THAT MR LOCO IN N SCALE. LOL. A man can hope and dream you know.
Thanks for sharing the MR&T looks really good.
Peace be with you,
Art
Thanks Art!
James thanks for the tour, it was nice to catch up on some of the past projects they world on.
10:03 in this segment Neil takes us on a tour of the MR Museum every model from the authors of MR from first to last is in this case. The whole history of MR is displayed in these cases.
I buy model railroader books... most recently on coal trains, in which I'm modeling!
Very help full and informative. phenomenal photography.
Awesome tour. Didn't realize how hard you guys work.
Publish a new updated video.
James i envy you man i really do you got a beautiful private layout and collection and you get to meet and go to alot of the cool places in the hobby. Thanks for bringing it to my room
thank for the tour James
James this is so cool!!!! i have always dreamed of seeing the MR's headquarters!!! this is a blast seeing it. it looks like you had a blast too. almost like the Vatican of model railroading. i met Cody when the national model train show in Portland Oregon last year. was a blast to meet them and talk to them.
Kedron Kid
I enjoyed watching your tour and was fascinated to see the MR&T loco named for Andy. I spent some time with Andy in Tempe AZ a couple of years ago . He was a great person.
indeed he was it is a fitting tribute Atlas and Cody painted this engine and named it after Andy he taught all of us railfans we will miss him.
Very well done tour of the work shops. Cool to see some of Classic Toy Train layouts. I was looking forward to seeing the press / printing room for the magazine. They must do this in a different building or send it to a job printer. Excellent video. Thanks for telling the story.
• Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂
MR has a video tour of their printer Quad Graphics in Sussex Wi at mrr.trains.com/series/mr-insider/2015/04/mr-insider-exclusive-printing-model-railroader-at-quadgraphics
great visit and camera work... loved the behind the scenes....
13:42 over in the corner is the Olympia Logging Company it is the 2014 Project Layout for MR Video Plus and David is now using it as his own personal layout since he sold the old Naugatuck a year ago to a local modeler who did not have a layout. for more information on the Olympia Logging Company watch David's weekly blog on MR Video Plus.
Wow ... Double Wow... Great video.. Thanks for sharing James and keep up the great work .. Lance 🚂
Wow! A John Allen piece @ 11:29. Impressive.
Neil Besougloff passed away on July 26, 2020. Former editor of Model Railroader Magazine. RIP Mr. Besougloff. 😔
Probably you best effort yet.... great way to start out another Saturday morning. Keep it up.
Wonderful video!
What a great idea for a video, walking through the hallowed halls of Kalmbach Publishing. It's like candy land for modelers of all types and sizes. Thanks for hosting such a great video. Keep up the great ideas for videos.
And it is MR Headquarters this is where our favorite magazine MR is made.
14:00 here are the Project Layouts from first to last we have Lionel Train Town model D 146, we have the Beer Line which tells the history of MR and if you look closely at the tracks that go onto the Snake Track you will see a miniature of Al Kalmbash getting ready to ship out the first issue of MR, we have Eagle Mountain, we have The Salt Lake Route, and over in the corner is the Turtle Creek Central.
Way cool! And, thanks for sharing it with us!
Nice video James! This was as good as watching the videos put out by MRVP. It looks like you got full cooperation from the staff. So many neat things to see and some of those project layouts brought back memories of reading about them in the magazine. Way cool stuff, keep up these kinds of visits to staores, publishers and manufacturers.
Great effort James , gave me a personal behind the seines look .. Great job .
Nice work James. I always enjoy visiting Kalmbach. I wish I had their space/SQ FT to work with.
+Ken Patterson Thanks Ken. Even with less square footage, you are an inspirational photographer and modeler to us all! By the way, I wish I had that square footage as well.
Very nice video and great tour thanks a lot, keep up the good work!!!
Awesome! That would be a dream job. Happy Railroading!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome tour! One of my dreams is to work for Kalmbach someday!
Great video James. Thanks for posting.
Awesome video! Great to see behind the scenes of Kalmbach and some Milwaukee stuff, being a Milwaukee Road fanatic....lol
Keep up the fantastic work kid! 👍 👌 👏 😉😄
great look into the mag thanks
Thanks a bunch, you've saved me from having to drive up there for a tour.
I enjoyed the visit.
bill
+William Arseneau I drove up there last year for the tour. Seeing everything and all the celebrities in person was well worth the trip. 2D videos are great, but seeing the things in 3D is fantastic. Everyone, to a man, treated me like royalty. They hid Jenny from me, though, so, I guess I'll have to go back this year. If you do go, and are close, take in the UP yard at North Platte. Pictures don't do it justice, either.
very cool James
Great tour!
very nice video, thanks for sharing your experience with us.
Wow. What a scoop for your video site. Congratulations.
Thank you for the excellent video.
James - this "traveling series" of videos is very interesting and packed with ideas. I'm here right after your Canada visit, I can't wait for your next adventure - how about a series name - Out of the Basement Field Trips. Any how, thanks so much for doing this and sharing...
Best intro yet.
3:04 Here are the 2015 MR Video Plus Layout and the 2014 and 2013 MR Project Layouts. We have the WSS, we have The Rice Harbor, and we have the Red Oak.
Great tour
Hey James, great stuff.
Very Cool!
Thanks for sharing.
Lovin' the new intros btw. Hilarious.
jlwii2000..... You killed it! Good f***ing find!
Thanks for this!
Oh my gosh! I missed you by a few weeks?!?! I live in Milwaukee, would have loved to have tagged along.
Great to see behind the scenes at Kalmbach. I followed MR for decades but finally let my subscription lapse. The magazine changed and my interests didn't. I'm not a computer guy, nor am I a lights and sound guy. I like my trains a little less sophisticated and a whole lot quieter! Thanks for the tour.
Like you said there's a lot of work involved in getting their slick, excellent magazine out but the saying goes,' If you love what you do for a living, you never work a day in your life.'
wow that was cool
Nice Video James! MoPac Jack
Great video, My check out my grandpa's southwest model railroad in Muskego, its my most resent upload.
the the mug looks good
I want to work there!
pretty cool place. thanks for sharing this with us James. Question who was your video person on this shoot? Was it the D'Bob. lol
EXTRA.........................notch 8
Super Cool. Envious beyond my imagination. That had to be really fun. Have to ask, did they invite you or how did that work out?
Nice! Thanks.
cool setup
Oh, by the way, I now have retired and am living in northern, far northern Idaho near Spokane,WA.
Sort of out of the blue question, but I want to build a brewery on my modern layout. I've been buying covered grain hoppers and I have a bunch of modern boxcars. What are some other car types that would typically be used to service a brewery?
Good stuff.
Working at MR....is not work at all! :-) I've always enjoyed Kalmbach publishing and MR's publications....Keep up the good work ladies and gentlemen! Also...RIP Andy Sperandeo! Grew up reading his articles.
MR Staff got our request and Cody and Atlas painted up a locomotive 1175 and placed Andy's name right underneath the cab. It is a fitting tribute to a man who taught us all to enjoy the hobby of model railroading if it was not for Andy none of us railfans would be here today the MR&T is almost as old as I am this is one reason why I like this layout Andy taught us how to run trains on it. Although I did not pick up any issues of MR until I was a teenager Andy appeared each week on Tracks Ahead which I watched until I had to go to church or school. We all miss Andy Atlas did the right thing when they chose to put his name on the cab of that locomotive Andy built the MR&T and he was the host of a video plus series called The Operators which also appeared on the final page of MR. RIP Andy.
very good, I'm from BRAZIL, CURITIBA, I'm riding a ho model.
7:47 here is the Virginian this project layout is the 2012 project layout and the MR Video Plus 2013 Project Layout it models a coal mine in the foothills of Virginia and the Virginian before it merged with NS at the end of the last decade.
VGN actually merged with NW in the late 50s
Milepost 282 Productions yup and NS has a locomotive dedicated to them
you can actually find gorre and dephetid freight cars at some hobby shops in northern california
Wow
Do they offer tours?
At 13:37 Cody Grivno blows past Dana and James like he has a bus to catch and they both ignore him! No hello, no "Hey look! It's Cody Grivno! How's it going?" No eye contact. Nothing. Cody just continues on to his office as if he were a ghost. I even watched that part a second time and laughed out loud again! LOL...
Cody wasn't feeling well that day. We tried to leave him off camera except for the opening joke of the video.
jlwii2000 and he is shooting Cody's Workshop and Cody's Office let's leave Cody alone and let him shoot his show.
Cool man! Whats up with that awkward silence @13:32 LOL
+SPnoza LA Just strolling the hallway and trying to catch my breath. I ate this heart attack on a plate the night before lol.
+jlwii2000 LOL
Nice video James you got to go to MR Headquarters and met my friends at MR. at 0:43 is Dana, 2:56 is Mr. Goofball, Mr. N Scale, and The Host of Video Plus David, 9:33 The Man himself Neil Besougloff Editor In Chief of MR, 12:55 Hal Miller Managing Editor and Host of The Roundhouse, 13:09 Eric White Graphics and Host of 3D Layout Tours and Co Host of MRVP Tec and now Host of Model Railroader Review, 13:23 Steve Otte Host of the Project Railroad Layout Tours, Host of Quick Tips, and Moderator of the MR Facebook Page, 13:34 Cody (headed to get a drink he is shooting Cody's Office and Workshop), 13:48 Kent Producer of Video Plus and David's Second in Command, 18:53 and the Star of MR Magazine and the King of Layouts The MR&T. In 1988 this layout was built by Andy (RIP) since that day MR Staff has built the layout from scratch and added their mark to the layout. Every building on the MR&T is named after a member of the MR Staff from Al Kalmbach to Cody Grivno and some of the newer guys at MR. Most of the buildings on Kelly's Island are now Walthers kits in HO and N Scale and they were built by Art Curren and Jim Kelly. Recently David and Cody moved some of them and this section of the layout is being rebuilt some of these models might end up in the MR Museum later. 21:30 Introducing for the first time on the tracks MR&T 1175 The Andy Sperandeo a fitting tribute to Andy and his work on the MR&T Railroad and as Sr. Editor of MR. This model is made by Atlas and was painted by Cody Grivno and Atlas as a tribute to Andy and his work at MR. In this shot 1175 gets ready to lead a stack train out of Milwaukee to Bay Junction at the end of the line a special tribute train to Andy because it has some of his Santa Fe and Rio Grande rolling stock. 24:10 Here is Bay Junction this is the 2011 project layout David, Kent, Andy, Dana, Cody, Steve, and Neil rebuilt it from scratch and made it what it is today. Bay Junction is the interchange between WSOR and the MR&T and the Winter Hill Branch which is the 2013 project railroad. Trains come into Bay Junction to interchange with the MR&T or WSOR and the switchers parked on the tail track do all the work. Trains headed to Troy cross the Odegard Bridge which is west of here and go through the wye at Troy Junction on the WSOR which is the 2008 project layout. Bay Junction is the west end of staging helpers are assigned to coal trains here and pushed up the hill to Lake Beulah where they are set out and return light to staging. On most days you will see the Bay Junction Switcher moving cars in the yard or heading up to Lake Beulah or switching the quarry and shingle plant in Winter Hill. Cody and Dana did the grain elevator and the fertilizer plant , Jim Hediger did the factory, Andy did the corn syrup plant and the culverts, Neil did the station, Kent did the bridge and the billboard, Steve did the town, Jay Smith, Kent, and David did the backdrop and David and Cody did Turtle Creek Canyon and the highway bridge. to make it look modern Andy installed signals they are turned off now and will be hooked up later. As of 2019 Cody has wired up the signals using Logic Rail boards to power the signals and operate the gates. Eric installed Walthers switch throws and Ben installed Aculite snaps and Walthers snaps on the switch motors to wire them to the electrical system. The MR&T uses three systems on each section of the layout but they are all interconnected. The Milwaukee section all the way to Winter Hill is powered by a CVP Easy DCC system which is also used for dispatching this has since been replaced by an NCE Commander and a Digitrax Wifi Pro. The WSOR and Bay Junction are powered by the NCE Power Cab and all sections use wifi throttles supplied by ESU and Digitrax.
So David always wears those shirts. :)
I tried to go to mrr.trains.com but my URL bars says "not secure".
What are those MR&T locos? They look like ES44s but have 4 wheel trucks
+N Scale Train Boy Dash-8's I believe
Dash 8s and wide cabs the lead unit 1175 is named after Andy who created the MR&T
N Scale Train Boy Atlas C40 Dash 8s they also have some EMD SD 40s SW 1500s Geep 50s and also tons and tons and tons of gp38s the engines are painted in MR colors and Heritage colors and they are also painted in Wisconsin Southern colors.
I haven't watched the video, but I know that Santa Fe ordered a variant of the B40-8 with a wide cab, they looked just like a regular Dash 8 widecab or Dash 9, but with 4 axel trucks, and a shorter length.
They seem to clean house every-other-year regarding editors and staff. A constant Kalmbach want-Ad...
and passenger cars
hi everyone ,if anyone else wants to discover how to build a model railroad layout try Megarno Railroad Membership Magician (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some unbelievable things about it and my co-worker got cool results with it.
Dude, stop smiling, its creepy