Hi Thom , another great ops session. The new locomotive did good . I’ve also been working on some scenery. I poured a water scene 2 days ago and it’s still not dry . My first time. I also weathered my first piece of rolling stock. Hopefully my next weekend I’ll be running trains. Thanks for sharing . Have a good week. 😎😎 👍
@@tommynorwood5184 Hi Tommy. Water can take a while to dry. I’m sure it will look great when it’s done. And congratulations on weathering your rolling stock. I weather everything. Definitely not a master at it, but I think it looks better. Exciting time to be running trains! Enjoy your week and stay safe!
Hello Thom, a very nice locomotive, the B30-7, with a great sound. It is always a pleasure to watch the locomotives and trains at work on your layout. I wish you a good and successful week, stay healthy and best wishes, Wolfgang
@@wolfgangpfeilergartenbahnd6530 Hello Wolfgang. Thank you again for your always kind comments. The garden railroad will be shut down until the leaves fall and I can clean them up, so it’s just inside running for me. Have a great week and stay safe!
@@thomplacier677I am currently in the process of preparing a story train for children for the railway exhibition in early January 2025. ruclips.net/video/_dEyAFjO66U/видео.html Many greetings to you and your family.
Hey Thom, enjoyable ops session and the new locomotive looks and sounds great!! Starting to come together at the yard area looking good!! Glad to see Jazzy playing with her toys!! Have a good day and stay safe. Happy modeling!! - Jason
Thom, As always, an excellent Ops Session. I have watched all of your Ops Sessions for several years and they are a little bit different every time. Different enough that I have enjoyed watching every video. I thought the speeds were appropriate and your narration interesting. Thanks for your pets with us. Rich
@@richgreene7043 Good morning Rich. Thanks for your nice comments. The yard has added more variety to my operations. It’s at least spaced out the work that I was doing. Have a great weekend. Saw a Corvair on FB marketplace for $500 and always think of you when I see one. It was a roller, no engine. Stay safe!
Good morning Thom. Our latest storm is about done dumping a whole lot of rain on us. I was impressed with how well your new loco handled that string of cars and your ballasting looks great too. So does the sign. Looking forward to seeing the scenery come together around the elevator. Have a great weekend.
@@jackheninger5471 Good morning. We got quite a bit of rain when I was in Tennessee and it’s supposed to rain tomorrow but I haven’t heard how much. It is a good puller. I haven’t done any tests compared to other locomotives that I have but it seems to be the best. Hauling some firewood today and will probably continue scenery work the rest of the weekend. I need a ton of small trees, so that may be tomorrow. Enjoy your weekend and stay safe!
Hi Thom, It's been one of those days and I'm just now getting some free time to watch your video. I agree Thom, these new Atlas locomotives with the ESU LokSound decoders (at least the ones I've purchased so far) all seem to be good performers. The scenery updates look great and I'm looking forward to seeing more scenery updates around Standard Elevator. It's good to see Jazzy is back to her playful self. Cheers, Rich S.
@@RWSBaden Hi Rich. I hope your day has gotten better. We all have days like that. It’s supposed to rain here tomorrow so I plan on making a bunch of tiny trees to cover the hill and put against the backdrop behind the cars waiting to be scrapped. There will be some bigger ones back there, too. If the paper machete product on the hill is dry, I can paint it. Have a great evening and Sunday. Stay safe!
Good morning Thom, New addition to the roster looks, runs and sounds great! Given the extended time since you ran trains in Chillicothe, that is exceptional performance. I am sure you are glad to be home. Hopefully you have time to enjoy the weekend. Great to see Jazzie doing better. Stay safe and have a good weekend. Scott
@@kahunatiki6498 Good morning Scott. Going to haul some firewood today but besides that I should be in the train room. I hope you are able to enjoy your trains some this weekend. Stay safe and ‘Train on’!
@@donaldshroyer8633 I like the contrast, too. Even though I like the appearance of EMD’s a little better( guess it’s what I remember growing up), I love the sound of Alcos and GE’s. Have a great weekend, Donald. Stay safe!
@@MichaelManiscalco-k5k Hi Michael. Apart from the normal aches and pains of getting older, we’re doing fine. I hope all is well with you. Enjoy your weekend and stay safe!
Thanks for the op’s. Good to hear the atlas loco can run well out of the box. Saw on another YT r vid that his atlas has problems. Some commented that atlas may need some run time to smoothen performance. Glad Jazzy looks so good. Never seen X-ray just so quiet. 😆
@@KenN.OXN.805 X ray is a lap dog. If one of us is sitting down, he wants to be on us. But he can be very active when he wants to be and is a handful to walk. He wants to walk faster than I am able to so he is constantly pulling and goes crazy if he sees another dog. I’m trying to break him of that. My Atlas GP40 didn’t run well out of the box and even after breaking it in. Benjamin had to put a keep alive in it before it was acceptable. But this locomotive seems to run very well. Have a great weekend and stay safe!
@@davestrains6816 Thanks for watching, Dave. I hope you are doing well and making progress on the great work you’re doing helping with the hurricane relief. Enjoy your weekend and stay safe!
Nice new locomotive, Thom. I really like the sign. What program does your brother in law use to make the signs? That personal touch adds unique character to a layout. I’m glad Jazzy is doing better. We’re animal lovers at our house too.
@@rogerthat6451 Hi Roger. I’ll have to ask him what he uses unless I can get him to respond on here. It’s actually been there quite a while, but occasionally I’ll point out a detail that might go unnoticed. Thanks for your nice comments. Have a great weekend and stay safe!
@@rogerthat6451 he said that he uses Photoshop. His hobby is photography so he has done a few things for me like the Cedar Heights Clay sign and the Gem beverages signs.
@@thomplacier677 Thanks for checking Thom. I had noticed the Placier’s sign in the past but your recent video showed a nice close up and the idea resonated with me. I intend to include family members and friends and even a few beloved pets in tribute on some business and industry signs. I’m retiring in a month so I’m exited to build up the project list. Happy Railroading.
Hi Thom , another great ops session. The new locomotive did good . I’ve also been working on some scenery. I poured a water scene 2 days ago and it’s still not dry . My first time. I also weathered my first piece of rolling stock. Hopefully my next weekend I’ll be running trains. Thanks for sharing . Have a good week. 😎😎 👍
@@tommynorwood5184 Hi Tommy. Water can take a while to dry. I’m sure it will look great when it’s done. And congratulations on weathering your rolling stock. I weather everything. Definitely not a master at it, but I think it looks better.
Exciting time to be running trains! Enjoy your week and stay safe!
Hello Thom, a very nice locomotive, the B30-7, with a great sound. It is always a pleasure to watch the locomotives and trains at work on your layout. I wish you a good and successful week, stay healthy and best wishes, Wolfgang
@@wolfgangpfeilergartenbahnd6530 Hello Wolfgang. Thank you again for your always kind comments. The garden railroad will be shut down until the leaves fall and I can clean them up, so it’s just inside running for me.
Have a great week and stay safe!
@@thomplacier677I am currently in the process of preparing a story train for children for the railway exhibition in early January 2025. ruclips.net/video/_dEyAFjO66U/видео.html Many greetings to you and your family.
Hey Thom, enjoyable ops session and the new locomotive looks and sounds great!! Starting to come together at the yard area looking good!! Glad to see Jazzy playing with her toys!! Have a good day and stay safe. Happy modeling!! - Jason
@@jaybird111207 Hi Jason. Thanks for watching and your nice comments. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Stay safe!
@thomplacier677 Thanksgiving was great!! Hope yours was too!!
Thom,
As always, an excellent Ops Session. I have watched all of your Ops Sessions for several years and they are a little bit different every time. Different enough that I have enjoyed watching every video.
I thought the speeds were appropriate and your narration interesting. Thanks for your pets with us.
Rich
@@richgreene7043 Good morning Rich. Thanks for your nice comments. The yard has added more variety to my operations. It’s at least spaced out the work that I was doing.
Have a great weekend. Saw a Corvair on FB marketplace for $500 and always think of you when I see one. It was a roller, no engine. Stay safe!
Good morning Thom. Our latest storm is about done dumping a whole lot of rain on us.
I was impressed with how well your new loco handled that string of cars and your ballasting looks great too. So does the sign. Looking forward to seeing the scenery come together around the elevator. Have a great weekend.
@@jackheninger5471 Good morning. We got quite a bit of rain when I was in Tennessee and it’s supposed to rain tomorrow but I haven’t heard how much.
It is a good puller. I haven’t done any tests compared to other locomotives that I have but it seems to be the best.
Hauling some firewood today and will probably continue scenery work the rest of the weekend. I need a ton of small trees, so that may be tomorrow.
Enjoy your weekend and stay safe!
Hi Thom, It's been one of those days and I'm just now getting some free time to watch your video. I agree Thom, these new Atlas locomotives with the ESU LokSound decoders (at least the ones I've purchased so far) all seem to be good performers. The scenery updates look great and I'm looking forward to seeing more scenery updates around Standard Elevator. It's good to see Jazzy is back to her playful self. Cheers, Rich S.
@@RWSBaden Hi Rich. I hope your day has gotten better. We all have days like that.
It’s supposed to rain here tomorrow so I plan on making a bunch of tiny trees to cover the hill and put against the backdrop behind the cars waiting to be scrapped. There will be some bigger ones back there, too. If the paper machete product on the hill is dry, I can paint it.
Have a great evening and Sunday. Stay safe!
Good morning Thom,
New addition to the roster looks, runs and sounds great! Given the extended time since you ran trains in Chillicothe, that is exceptional performance.
I am sure you are glad to be home. Hopefully you have time to enjoy the weekend.
Great to see Jazzie doing better.
Stay safe and have a good weekend.
Scott
@@kahunatiki6498 Good morning Scott. Going to haul some firewood today but besides that I should be in the train room.
I hope you are able to enjoy your trains some this weekend. Stay safe and ‘Train on’!
@ thanks Thom. I have leaves to pick up, but after that, nothing else for the weekend other than running trains, and working on the layout.
Nice vid. Always enjoy the ops. Very nice Atlas loco. That GE diesel sound is such a delightful contrast to an EMD's high pitched whine.
@@donaldshroyer8633 I like the contrast, too. Even though I like the appearance of EMD’s a little better( guess it’s what I remember growing up), I love the sound of Alcos and GE’s.
Have a great weekend, Donald. Stay safe!
Again,another great video
My main source of inspiration and ideas.hope all is good.
@@MichaelManiscalco-k5k Hi Michael. Apart from the normal aches and pains of getting older, we’re doing fine. I hope all is well with you. Enjoy your weekend and stay safe!
Looks good and sound awesome Thom.
@@michaellee9975 Thanks Michael. Hope you’re doing well ‘down under’ I guess you’re approaching summer, hope it’s not another hot one. Stay safe!
Thanks for the op’s. Good to hear the atlas loco can run well out of the box. Saw on another YT r vid that his atlas has problems. Some commented that atlas may need some run time to smoothen performance.
Glad Jazzy looks so good. Never seen X-ray just so quiet. 😆
@@KenN.OXN.805 X ray is a lap dog. If one of us is sitting down, he wants to be on us. But he can be very active when he wants to be and is a handful to walk. He wants to walk faster than I am able to so he is constantly pulling and goes crazy if he sees another dog. I’m trying to break him of that.
My Atlas GP40 didn’t run well out of the box and even after breaking it in. Benjamin had to put a keep alive in it before it was acceptable. But this locomotive seems to run very well.
Have a great weekend and stay safe!
@ for aggressive pullers on leash walks, a halter like device helps.
Very nice, thanks for sharing. Dave
@@davestrains6816 Thanks for watching, Dave. I hope you are doing well and making progress on the great work you’re doing helping with the hurricane relief. Enjoy your weekend and stay safe!
Nice new locomotive, Thom. I really like the sign. What program does your brother in law use to make the signs? That personal touch adds unique character to a layout. I’m glad Jazzy is doing better. We’re animal lovers at our house too.
@@rogerthat6451 Hi Roger. I’ll have to ask him what he uses unless I can get him to respond on here. It’s actually been there quite a while, but occasionally I’ll point out a detail that might go unnoticed.
Thanks for your nice comments. Have a great weekend and stay safe!
@@rogerthat6451 he said that he uses Photoshop. His hobby is photography so he has done a few things for me like the Cedar Heights Clay sign and the Gem beverages signs.
@@thomplacier677 Thanks for checking Thom. I had noticed the Placier’s sign in the past but your recent video showed a nice close up and the idea resonated with me. I intend to include family members and friends and even a few beloved pets in tribute on some business and industry signs. I’m retiring in a month so I’m exited to build up the project list. Happy Railroading.