A train like that CN one with more baggage cars than passenger cars is actually prototypical. Mail Trains across the U.S. and Canada often had consists like this.
@@SMTMainline Many Mail/Express trains had a single "rider coach' that carried passengers, but its primary job was to serve as a base of operations for the conductor Here's an ATSF example - Trains 7 and 8, Fast Mail Express, were commodity trains, or express freight which included mail. The contract the Santa Fe had with the Post Office was to furnish transportation for all mail in the territory assigned. This meant Santa Fe had to haul all mail no matter how much. The same is true for express freight. The railroad is to provide cars to handle loads no matter the quantity, so the train could never be the same from day to day. There were some regular cars and RPO cars, but even that could vary depending on demand. In addition, mail and express cars coming from other railroads were added to these trains. Trans 7 and 8 were also used to deadhead passenger equipment from various terminals as needed. By law, a rider car had to be attached so that any paying passenger could ride.
Trains 7 and 8, Fast Mail Express, were commodity trains, or express freight which included mail. The contract the Santa Fe had with the Post Office was to furnish transportation for all mail in the territory assigned. This meant Santa Fe had to haul all mail no matter how much. The same is true for express freight. The railroad is to provide cars to handle loads no matter the quantity, so the train could never be the same from day to day. There were some regular cars and RPO cars, but even that could vary depending on demand. In addition, mail and express cars coming from other railroads were added to these trains. Trans 7 and 8 were also used to deadhead passenger equipment from various terminals as needed. By law, a rider car had to be attached so that any paying passenger could rid
Starting in the early 1950s, the Erie ran a pair of typical mail trains, Nos. 7 and 8, that continued after the October 1960 Erie-Lackawanna merger. An article in the January 1984 Trains magazine included the photo above of westbound train No. 7 at Binghamton, N.Y., in 1965. The mixture of cars in No. 7’s consist shows the full range of mixed car types likely to appear in mail and express trains. Interestingly, the E-L timetable of the period noted “This train is primarily for mail, express, and baggage but has a New York-to-Chicago coach for use of passengers.” Passengers who wanted to ride it could look forward to a 25-hour trip that started and ended in the wee hours of the day. If the train was operating on time, three of No. 7’s stops were at stations with restaurants that could supply “snacks” around mealtimes during the long trip. Sealed through cars were used by both the post office and REA during busy times. These baggage or storage mail cars were loaded in one city, closed and locked (sealed), moved to a destination, and then switched out and spotted for unloading. The post office commonly used sealed through baggage cars to transport presorted consumer magazines from publishers to distant cities for faster distribution. Railroads that handled large amounts of head-end traffic often operated scheduled mail and express (M&E) trains. In the 1960s, the New York Central’s mainline M&E train often had up to 35 cars pulled by four E units. These dedicated trains reduced the station times for the regular passenger trains. Hauling full carloads of mail and express between major cities was more efficient, as switching cars in or out of the train was faster than waiting for the hand transfers. Operating at passenger speeds, these trains made great time between intermediate stops. However, it wasn’t unusual for them to sit for a half-hour or more while the manual transfers of mail and express took place at smaller stops. Some railroads and REA tried container systems and piggyback trailers to improve efficiency. However, any flatcars used in these systems had to be fitted with approved high-speed trucks and steam, air brake, and signal lines for use in passenger trains. In any case, the RPO cars usually stayed on their home railroad’s normal routes, while sealed through baggage and mail storage cars could travel almost anywhere. Running a through baggage car from another railroad wouldn’t be unusual and could add an interesting bit of color to your railroad’s M&E train.
Enjoyed the shopping video...very relaxing and informative. I'm always interested in train junk box lots! Love looking thru them when I get them home! Thanks for the video.
2:01 Central Valley trucks were once considered " state of the art ". CV is also the same California company located in the Central Valley that came up with the first 150 ' Pratt Truss bridge kit in ho scale plastic many years ago. They " bridged " out , pardon the pun, into 72' plate girder bridges. Their bridge kits have excellent detail. But those trucks are from the 1960's originally and were still selling through the 1980's with ads placed in Railroad Model Craftsman and you could also order them through William K. Walthers at that time. I got 4 pair of the fine-line roller bearing trucks with the narrow tread not too long ago to place under a Quality Craft Models GATX 96' jumbo whale belly tank car. They work flawlessly. Central Valley fine - line is very close to prototypical looking wheels.
I agree. Central Valley trucks were the best money could buy from the 1950's thru at least the early 1980's. Although no longer manufactured, they're still considered excellent quality.
The Big Pine Lumber loco is a Cox. There was a complete set made of these. I have the fire tank car and two tractor trailers from the set. The prices were actually quite good for that show. The multilevel car was definitely a good deal.
What a wonderful batch of locos you picked up! Looks like a lot of fun projects ahead. I too would be interest in the box of miscellaneous. Very intrigued by the Biologique or whatever it said.
Oh wow, I’d love to see models at those prices in Australia! As an aside, from 2008-14, I was the workshop coordinator of Junee Railway Workshop (formerly Austrac), at the 1947-built 42 bay roundhouse in Junee, New South Wales, here in Australia. JRW owns 4836, as featured in model form by Powerline, now in your collection. It’s not in a matching box, as the candy livery was the post-1983 State Rail colour scheme of red, orange, and white. 4836 was a lovely loco, especially after we gave it a full rebuild. Just for clarity, Austrac was an early private operator in NSW from 1993 when freight rail was corporatised and privatised. They bought three 48 class locos, painted them up as shown, and used them as rental motive power. Austrac became Junee Railway Workshop around 2000, and so remains today. Love your work, and your openness to the Aussie models.
The unique looking ALCO by Mehano is a C628 or an M636, 5 C628s were built for the Hamersley Iron in Australia. As for the M636s 12 were built and were built on site in Australia at AE Goodwin.
I agree. Did a quick search and indeed is an Australian Iron Ore company railroad. Looks like it is a C628 from what I could find. P.S. from Wikipedia page for HI... "five Alco C-628 locomotives (2001-2005) were purchased in 1965-67, two being built in Schenectady in the United States and three by AE Goodwin in Sydney."
Really cool. Video to have the Canadian national steamwalk. More around with the with some cars. And by the way, if you're listening to this I want all of the stuff that is in the box and I just wanted for free. I cause I would like my own projects. Thank you.
@@SMTMainlineyour first Australian , the Blue BHP Iron Ore locomotive from 14th June 2020 is another model from the isolated iron ore Railways in the far North West of Australia in the Pilbara iron ore mining region. These are all built to class 1 US railroad standards and not able to run in any other parts of Australia. A video search will show the iron ore trains running with six or more high power locomotives in a distributed power formation. This to cope with around 250 loaded iron ore cars giving a train weight of 25,000 tonnes. Iron ore trains and track maintenance are the only trains you would see on these lines. In such an isolated difficult desert style place to get to that very few people in Australia have seen them in person. Only started with the newly discovered iron ore mines starting up in 1965.
Nice bunch of loot from the show! I love those heavyweight passenger cars, looking real snazzy! I'd also be interested in that lot you want to give away, lots of good parts and projects in there!
Another great video. I really like to see 6401 with a proper train and I thing this consist is pretty good for a mail train run which was back in the day pretty common.
Great video SMT Mainline. You are one of my favorite RUclipsrs. I started model railroading alongside your videos. Since I am a beginner, I am quite interested in getting that box of model trains.
Love your take on train shows. I just went to one this past weekend and my take was equally a mixed bag. And yes, I love the challenge of a project and would be interested in finding your 'free box of stuff' a good home.
Man I wish I had train shows local to me but there aren’t any within a few hours drive unfortunately. The Bachman consolation unit(great northern) is one my mom’s favorite train to run. I love these videos, so much fun to watch. There were some cool looking rolling stock so I would be interested in entering the draw.
Hey harrison, if your looking for a train show to go to here in the states, i recommend the Madcity Train Show in February. I tend to go to the show on the opening Saturday but being i am probably going with the train club this time around, i'm probably going to be there both days
I just Love how the collection slowly grows, and more new and interesting locomotives are thrown into the mix. Love the videos, keep em coming! The box of train stuff would go nice with my already growing collection of rolling stock and locomotives, I personally work on the old locomotives and cars that we get donated to our club. So it would be nice getting some more so we can put them to the kits that we are building for a way to get a younger audience into the hobby without blowing the bank.
Train shows are the best place to find some really good deals. Not bad for the price. I really like the CN steamer with the roller stock. Sharp looking. Good vid. From Texas.
Love all the new additions to the collection you picked up. As I am Australia, I also have a few powerline models, there are sort of the budget entry Australian model trains of todays time, before that it was whatever lima had to offer, or kits. I'm a British modeler, I would love that Hornby break down crane you have in the box if no one else wants it!
You got some really cool finds. I also watched a video showing the Medina Railroad Museum in western new york indoor Ho layout is 200 feet long and 14 feet wide definitely road trip worthy
It is good to see you have two locos from Australia. One from the highly populated East side, and the other from the sparsely populated North part of West Australia.
6:25 That little 0-4-0ST was made from a Hornby Smokey Joe and a Triang 'Nellie' 0-4-0, but you CAN NOT convince me that it's not a RWS Percy the Small Engine WIP. it has all the details and shape! I am also interested in that box of oddities!
its always cool to go to these shows and see what others have as they can have unique and rare items, i'm also interested in that 3 stuff (the best kind of free:)
@@SMTMainline Thank you I got started a little late in the hobby but I did aquire two Tri-ang locos one is I believe a R55 diesel beautiful runner but I'm like you someone says they don't run and I like to make them run gives something to do since I'm retired and have a nice and safe day, Mike
Hey Smt very nice Canadian Pacific passenger cars and locomotive! I went to a train show about a month ago and found some CP passengers that look about the same just not heavyweight. Overall I’d say you did really well with that train show! Rip British N scale though😂
That Powerline 48 class what a find! Australian locomotives are really difficult to find overseas so if you see one at a shop or exhibition buy it. Looks to be in really good condition too. I recon a bit of oil and it should run a lot quieter and smoother.
Looks like a great show! The three baggage cars isn’t completely unheard of because at one point or another, most passenger trains ended up relying more on the mail and less than car loads freight to stay afloat. This often lead to more baggage cars than coaches. Or think of it as a train of city folk heading to the mountains for a trip and extra baggage cars were needed for their equipment.😂
That green cart looks a lot like the ones I have from an old model train, it just has a lot more detail and looks nice. Great trains honestly! I still need to rebuild my layout sadly, since it has a fabric as grass as you may know that is not the best combination
@@SMTMainline That is sadly the issue, the track is directly on it and the moment you said it is a nightmare for model trains, I stopped riding them on it, as one driveshaft snapped from one train I have
That 48 class is a bute! They easily go for 150-200 Australian dollars in box and some of them are certainly getting old. And yeah, as you said they have pretty weird gear ratios. All of them do. In terms of Australian locomotives for the price you cant get much better. As for the miscellaneous leftovers some of that stuff is actually pretty cool for a train fan in Australia, 0-4-0's especially are very very hard to find and when they sell they go for heaps for what they're worth. So yeah, if nobody else will i'd gladly take it off your hands, the only issue is shipping which will be a nightmare.
At 6:44 that motor is identical to the one i have, its a 3 pole motor which is sort of like a riverrossi motor. That box at the end looks cool, im honestly intrested in it, great video! Keep it up!!!
Smt I am just starting to build my very first ho scale layout and more rolling stock can go a long way and you are the one who got me back into this hobby
I’d love to get my hands on the box of trains! I’m teaching myself more about making custom models and the trucks would come in handy, and who doesn’t love a good new loco to run on their layout.
I found the hog warts express interesting as I just bought one in a lot so I’ll probably repaint mine into GWR colors. I can’t wait to see you fix those locos.
I have a N scale set Iv'e had for 30 years but never ever really used because it was so fragile. Now I am an old fart heading into 2nd childhood. HO scale seems to be more forgiving. Iv'e learned a lot watching your channel. It has helped me greatly with my first table set up. I have lived a life of self control and tolerance. Now I find that I have become addicted to something.... The hardest step seems to be to make the decision to solder it all together. I could really kit bash/ frankenstein with that mess. Mad Max material for one end of the table.
@@SMTMainline Definitely, but I was referring to that feeling of "point of no return" Fortunately I can solder a rainy day. I Ran a TV / consumer electronics repair shop for 30 years. That Iron you use gives me chills every time I see you use it on a wire lol. I had one at the shop like that I rarely used. We called it "goliath". On and off quick, works well soldering track I'm sure.
Man I would love these videos. Absolutely fantastic since I don't get a lot of shows rolling through my area. Also, I would love a box of random train stuff! I just restarted working on my layout with my son and could definitely use some bits and pieces to get going.
Nice haul of stuff, the vise seems like it was a really great deal. I recently got a similar one, and it’s been a huge help on a lot of projects. I’m always down for more projects, but as unlikely as it is, that box would make for some good ones.
Hamersley Iron was an iron ore company, who built the Hamersley & Robe River railway, to deliver iron ore from their mines in western Australia to Port Hedland. The main locos on the railroad were Alco C-628 - and they had five of them, numbered 2001-2005. They also owned 39 Alco C-636's, along with MLW ML-6636's. In 1978, they purchased 50 GE C36-7 locos.
No, Hamersley Iron and Cliffs Robe River Iron Associates were two different companies. Hamersley Iron ran the line from Mount Tom Price to the port at Dampier (later extended to Paraburdoo), and the Robe River Railroad ran from Pannawonica to Cape Lambert. They may well be owned by the same mining company now.
48 class is, of course, a New South Wales workhorse and amongst the few locomotive classes still operating that had been built and operated by the NSW Government before freight was privatised. 81, 82 and 90 class are the others. The box says "Candy" livery which was introduced in 1982 for NSW Govt locos but the model you have there is a different livery.
Thank you for your channel, watching you got me started back in the hobby I enjoyed in the 80s! I am slowly building up supplies for a future layout. Please include me in the draw if I am not too late. Many Thanks, Mike
I really like and appreciate your cite. Its funto watch you work with the trains and repair them. I especially enjoyed the video of the repair to Gramas train.
Central Valley trucks were the premier line of add on trucks for passenger and rolling stock. Buy everyone you can find if < $25. They add weight and roll freely with a little graphite lub/aka car door lock deicer. Passenger consists would carry several baggage/package (think FedEx) cars at the head end as these were the true revenue producers for each train. The "Pine Lumber" GP9 is mid 70's from Cox Mfg. They did a brief foray into HO. The loco mold still exists today as the Walthers GP9m. Your GO addiction is showing 😉.
15:18 I do see a British flatbed in that box, I'm interested in that! I might be interested in some of those other items if I could see them laid out neatly. Nice find of that British N scale lot and the Australian engines! Definitely ones I would've got If I were at that show. 4:20 that one baggage car with the windows is actually a Railway Post Office (or RPO). Some secondary passenger trains did carry a lot of mail and express parcels 6:30 tha'ts a combination of two locomotives. The boiler from Hornby's Smokey Joe mounted onto Tri-Ang's Nellie. Definitely a kitbash in the making 7:53 speaking of Rails Of Sheffield, they have been auctioning off a bunch of job lots of used trains recently, and they look like the stuff you would buy to fix up if you're looking for more British trains.
I enjoy your video's, and I have been a subscriber for about 3 years and I have learned a lot from you on how to work on my locos so thank you. And keep it up
Seems your Canadian Train shows have more delicious fare than our typical American shows. WOW. That little metal steamer looks much like a Ken Kidder which would be BRASS and made more in early 60s. I have one or two almost like it. One is mint condition that I paid $90 American and they often go for over a hundred, the other is on the worn side. Oh and about the Central Valley trucks, they are the best you can get. Snap them up if the price isn't outrageous.
the Smokey Joe bodge was someone's attempt at making a model of Percy from Thomas the Tank Engine. I'd say give it a good coat of bright green! I'd never stare a gift horse in the eye and say no, so I'd gladly take the stuff you couldn't sell. I'm sure I can load them up full of lead and put nice new wheels and trucks to make them great.
Harrison I love your Channel I just got back into the hobby after being out of it for almost 20 years it’s great seeing you fix things and learning new techniques keep up the awesome work!
@@SMTMainline thanks and it’s great now to have my own adult money to spend on the hobby instead of relying on my allowance as a kid lmao so excited to be back!
Looks like you found stuff I didn’t see at that show. I’d enjoy that box of stuff and anything I can’t use goes to make up trains for kids to play with. One doesn’t mind letting kids learn with rolling stock that one doesn’t worry if bits get broken.
Nice little hall you had from the show with prices that were hard to ignore. I don't know about you needing anymore project repairs, but you have some. Great video, Jersey Bill
Powerline used to make infill pieces for the pilots on the 48 class that not only filled in the big rectangular ooenings, but also provided mounting pads for Kadee drawgear.
I'm interested in the stuff that is currently being offered On another note, I think that the Japanese 0-4-0 might be a Ken Kidder loco, and the weird Smokey Joe hybrid might've been a potential custom for Percy (the Thomas character) but in the style of Peter & Gunvor Edwards illustrations
That strange smokey joe hybrid loco might be an attempt at a custom saddle tank, something like Percy(Thomas and Friends) some people have tried to kitbash locos like that for custom Percy models. Great video as always!!
Count me in for the box o' free stuff. Otherwise, I have to say I'm jealous of those Canadian prices! I watched this just a day after going to the Greenberg Train Show in Oaks, PA, and the cheapest I could find were engines priced at $20 USD each. Big difference! Maybe I can convince my wife that the travel tickets to north of the border will be offset by the lower train show prices.
Most Canadian train shows are not this well priced but the OVAR flea market usually consists of people who aren't usually vendors and just want to get rid of stuff rather than turn a good profit.
That train show had some great stuff in it. Wish I could get to one soon. I'm in Brooklyn, NY and there is NEVER anything around here or even within striking distance that I can get to. I would love to be put in the running for the box of odds and ends that you are giving away. Love tinkering. Thanks and great channel. Keep up the great work
I've been to Harlem on vacation a couple times and noticed that there aren't too many train shops around NYC. There was one on the 8th floor of a building, but I can't remember the name.
I've definitely gotta look into train shows near my hometown, honestly. I've found I'm not really one for conventions but a super niche hobby show like pen shows and train shows, though, I almost feel at home lol
Been a fan for, a few years, lost my interest in my layout, regained it, cleaned it up, did some upgrades and am back into the hobby, i love your videos, and am glad i made a return
@@SMTMainline a few years ago, maybe 2 or three, i first started when i was 6 or seven, dropped the hobby for a while, still attending train shows, thenfixed my dads old layout, and the trains are running good again
Would love to have that box of stuff! getting back into the hobby after a few years of being dorment, and wouldnt mind a kickstart with some fixer uppers. loving the content as usual SMT
Dear SMT, nice train show haul. Some great projects to look forward to! Curious how you will handle the Smokey Joe and the Potter one. Also looking forward to your TLC on the all metal Japanese loco and the Mehano one. Love the Canadian passenger consist. I’m interested in the draw, if only to improve my weathering and airbrushing skills. Don’t know if you consider European addresses for draw participation, guess we should be able to figure that out. On our last visit to see family in the States I found a shipping company which still offers sea shipping for small items at a very reasonable rate, so that shouldn’t be a problem as far as I’m concerned. Cheerio
Apparently it was supposed to be Percy from Thomas. I'm personally not big on trains with faces but maybe I could just make it a green 0-4-0? I'm not sure where I want to take the project.
Always wanted to get 1 of those small japanese metal tank engines, They remind me of engine 14 from the Frisco silver dollar line, FSDL, lots of cool things to look at
Did they have special kinds for the Yugoslavian market or just sell what they were making for the Ameri-Cananadian markets? I've always liked the brand for its simplicity.
@@SMTMainline As far as I know they were the same, the only difference was the packaging and manuals. I do have a few old boxes and one made for the North American market. I am long overdue on taking the pictures but I can share them at some point if you are interested.
Really nice fines Harrison, hope you get the locomotives and Rollingstock to work! I would like the box too. But it’s fine if not still loved the video
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World’s greatest hobby, hands down! Glad you had a good time and found some cool stuff at the train show.
A train like that CN one with more baggage cars than passenger cars is actually prototypical. Mail Trains across the U.S. and Canada often had consists like this.
Yes, the "baggage" car really wasn't for passenger baggage, it was for fast mail, commercial shipping, etc...
Would three be common on a six car consist though?
@@SMTMainline Many Mail/Express trains had a single "rider coach' that carried passengers, but its primary job was to serve as a base of operations for the conductor Here's an ATSF example -
Trains 7 and 8, Fast Mail Express, were commodity trains, or express freight which included mail. The contract the Santa Fe had with the Post Office was to furnish transportation for all mail in the territory assigned. This meant Santa Fe had to haul all mail no matter how much. The same is true for express freight. The railroad is to provide cars to handle loads no matter the quantity, so the train could never be the same from day to day. There were some regular cars and RPO cars, but even that could vary depending on demand. In addition, mail and express cars coming from other railroads were added to these trains. Trans 7 and 8 were also used to deadhead passenger equipment from various terminals as needed. By law, a rider car had to be attached so that any paying passenger could ride.
Trains 7 and 8, Fast Mail Express, were commodity trains, or express freight which included mail. The contract the Santa Fe had with the Post Office was to furnish transportation for all mail in the territory assigned. This meant Santa Fe had to haul all mail no matter how much. The same is true for express freight. The railroad is to provide cars to handle loads no matter the quantity, so the train could never be the same from day to day. There were some regular cars and RPO cars, but even that could vary depending on demand. In addition, mail and express cars coming from other railroads were added to these trains. Trans 7 and 8 were also used to deadhead passenger equipment from various terminals as needed. By law, a rider car had to be attached so that any paying passenger could rid
Starting in the early 1950s, the Erie ran a pair of typical mail trains, Nos. 7 and 8, that continued after the October 1960 Erie-Lackawanna merger. An article in the January 1984 Trains magazine included the photo above of westbound train No. 7 at Binghamton, N.Y., in 1965.
The mixture of cars in No. 7’s consist shows the full range of mixed car types likely to appear in mail and express trains. Interestingly, the E-L timetable of the period noted “This train is primarily for mail, express, and baggage but has a New York-to-Chicago coach for use of passengers.” Passengers who wanted to ride it could look forward to a 25-hour trip that started and ended in the wee hours of the day. If the train was operating on time, three of No. 7’s stops were at stations with restaurants that could supply “snacks” around mealtimes during the long trip.
Sealed through cars were used by both the post office and REA during busy times. These baggage or storage mail cars were loaded in one city, closed and locked (sealed), moved to a destination, and then switched out and spotted for unloading. The post office commonly used sealed through baggage cars to transport presorted consumer magazines from publishers to distant cities for faster distribution.
Railroads that handled large amounts of head-end traffic often operated scheduled mail and express (M&E) trains. In the 1960s, the New York Central’s mainline M&E train often had up to 35 cars pulled by four E units. These dedicated trains reduced the station times for the regular passenger trains. Hauling full carloads of mail and express between major cities was more efficient, as switching cars in or out of the train was faster than waiting for the hand transfers.
Operating at passenger speeds, these trains made great time between intermediate stops. However, it wasn’t unusual for them to sit for a half-hour or more while the manual transfers of mail and express took place at smaller stops.
Some railroads and REA tried container systems and piggyback trailers to improve efficiency. However, any flatcars used in these systems had to be fitted with approved high-speed trucks and steam, air brake, and signal lines for use in passenger trains.
In any case, the RPO cars usually stayed on their home railroad’s normal routes, while sealed through baggage and mail storage cars could travel almost anywhere. Running a through baggage car from another railroad wouldn’t be unusual and could add an interesting bit of color to your railroad’s M&E train.
There's always something good at a model train show! Good finds! The CN steamer looks right at home with the passenger cars.
Mail and Express was what kept the Passenger trains runnin as long as they dud.
Enjoyed the shopping video...very relaxing and informative. I'm always interested in train junk box lots! Love looking thru them when I get them home! Thanks for the video.
2:01 Central Valley trucks were once considered " state of the art ". CV is also the same California company located in the Central Valley that came up with the first 150 ' Pratt Truss bridge kit in ho scale plastic many years ago. They " bridged " out , pardon the pun, into 72' plate girder bridges. Their bridge kits have excellent detail. But those trucks are from the 1960's originally and were still selling through the 1980's with ads placed in Railroad Model Craftsman and you could also order them through William K. Walthers at that time. I got 4 pair of the fine-line roller bearing trucks with the narrow tread not too long ago to place under a Quality Craft Models GATX 96' jumbo whale belly tank car. They work flawlessly. Central Valley fine - line is very close to prototypical looking wheels.
I agree. Central Valley trucks were the best money could buy from the 1950's thru at least the early 1980's. Although no longer manufactured, they're still considered excellent quality.
The Big Pine Lumber loco is a Cox. There was a complete set made of these. I have the fire tank car and two tractor trailers from the set. The prices were actually quite good for that show. The multilevel car was definitely a good deal.
I had the set as well. I believe I still have the loco somewhere but it’s been over 40 years.
What a wonderful batch of locos you picked up! Looks like a lot of fun projects ahead.
I too would be interest in the box of miscellaneous. Very intrigued by the Biologique or whatever it said.
It was part of a PC train set from the 2000s. Great locomotives but the rolling stock was a bit strange.
Oh wow, I’d love to see models at those prices in Australia! As an aside, from 2008-14, I was the workshop coordinator of Junee Railway Workshop (formerly Austrac), at the 1947-built 42 bay roundhouse in Junee, New South Wales, here in Australia. JRW owns 4836, as featured in model form by Powerline, now in your collection. It’s not in a matching box, as the candy livery was the post-1983 State Rail colour scheme of red, orange, and white. 4836 was a lovely loco, especially after we gave it a full rebuild.
Just for clarity, Austrac was an early private operator in NSW from 1993 when freight rail was corporatised and privatised. They bought three 48 class locos, painted them up as shown, and used them as rental motive power. Austrac became Junee Railway Workshop around 2000, and so remains today. Love your work, and your openness to the Aussie models.
Thanks for all the info!
The unique looking ALCO by Mehano is a C628 or an M636, 5 C628s were built for the Hamersley Iron in Australia. As for the M636s 12 were built and were built on site in Australia at AE Goodwin.
I agree. Did a quick search and indeed is an Australian Iron Ore company railroad. Looks like it is a C628 from what I could find.
P.S. from Wikipedia page for HI... "five Alco C-628 locomotives (2001-2005) were purchased in 1965-67, two being built in Schenectady in the United States and three by AE Goodwin in Sydney."
I was thinking it was a D.L.531
I never would have guessed it was supposed to be an Australian locomotive. I guess that explains why I hadn't seen one like it before.
Really cool.
Video to have the Canadian national steamwalk. More around with the with some cars. And by the way, if you're listening to this I want all of the stuff that is in the box and I just wanted for free. I cause I would like my own projects. Thank you.
@@SMTMainlineyour first Australian , the Blue BHP Iron Ore locomotive from 14th June 2020 is another model from the isolated iron ore Railways in the far North West of Australia in the Pilbara iron ore mining region.
These are all built to class 1 US railroad standards and not able to run in any other parts of Australia.
A video search will show the iron ore trains running with six or more high power locomotives in a distributed power formation. This to cope with around 250 loaded iron ore cars giving a train weight of 25,000 tonnes.
Iron ore trains and track maintenance are the only trains you would see on these lines.
In such an isolated difficult desert style place to get to that very few people in Australia have seen them in person.
Only started with the newly discovered iron ore mines starting up in 1965.
Nice bunch of loot from the show! I love those heavyweight passenger cars, looking real snazzy! I'd also be interested in that lot you want to give away, lots of good parts and projects in there!
Another great video. I really like to see 6401 with a proper train and I thing this consist is pretty good for a mail train run which was back in the day pretty common.
Thank you very much!
Great video SMT Mainline. You are one of my favorite RUclipsrs. I started model railroading alongside your videos. Since I am a beginner, I am quite interested in getting that box of model trains.
Thanks, you'll be entered in the draw.
I’d love to get my hands on the leftovers box - that would help me with my meager loco and rolling stock inventory on my layout!
Love your take on train shows. I just went to one this past weekend and my take was equally a mixed bag. And yes, I love the challenge of a project and would be interested in finding your 'free box of stuff' a good home.
Can't wait for the new projects SMT. Also, I like the idea of adding some variety over here with that box of stuff, so might as well try
Man I wish I had train shows local to me but there aren’t any within a few hours drive unfortunately. The Bachman consolation unit(great northern) is one my mom’s favorite train to run. I love these videos, so much fun to watch. There were some cool looking rolling stock so I would be interested in entering the draw.
No problem
Hey harrison, if your looking for a train show to go to here in the states, i recommend the Madcity Train Show in February. I tend to go to the show on the opening Saturday but being i am probably going with the train club this time around, i'm probably going to be there both days
The box of train parts look like fun projects, would love to have a shot at working on them 🚂
The British rolling stock you're giving away could go well with my collection as I like to work on second hand rolling stock.
I just Love how the collection slowly grows, and more new and interesting locomotives are thrown into the mix. Love the videos, keep em coming!
The box of train stuff would go nice with my already growing collection of rolling stock and locomotives, I personally work on the old locomotives and cars that we get donated to our club. So it would be nice getting some more so we can put them to the kits that we are building for a way to get a younger audience into the hobby without blowing the bank.
Train shows are the best place to find some really good deals. Not bad for the price. I really like the CN steamer with the roller stock. Sharp looking. Good vid. From Texas.
Rolling Stock, sorry.
Love all the new additions to the collection you picked up. As I am Australia, I also have a few powerline models, there are sort of the budget entry Australian model trains of todays time, before that it was whatever lima had to offer, or kits. I'm a British modeler, I would love that Hornby break down crane you have in the box if no one else wants it!
Always a sucker for a deal, lol....I'm game for the freebie box. Nice haul, btw.
You got some really cool finds. I also watched a video showing the Medina Railroad Museum in western new york indoor Ho layout is 200 feet long and 14 feet wide definitely road trip worthy
Thanks for the video looking forward to the follow up video with repairs. Put me down for the "box o' trains". Enjoy your channel
It is good to see you have two locos from Australia. One from the highly populated East side, and the other from the sparsely populated North part of West Australia.
Missed out on this clip. The difference in the cost of stuff between yourselves and this part of the world is night and day. Love the junk😊
6:25 That little 0-4-0ST was made from a Hornby Smokey Joe and a Triang 'Nellie' 0-4-0, but you CAN NOT convince me that it's not a RWS Percy the Small Engine WIP. it has all the details and shape!
I am also interested in that box of oddities!
100% I would have bought that Australian loco, also I have never seen a spirit of 76 version of that switcher either... Another great train show haul!
Both great purchases, especially at $4 a piece.
its always cool to go to these shows and see what others have as they can have unique and rare items, i'm also interested in that 3 stuff (the best kind of free:)
My Wife And I Go to At Least 2 shows a Year. One in Oct Then In Feb and Yes We Love Goin to them we Get Good Deals.
I would appreciate anything like tinkering around with model trains and thank you for having your channel, Mike
You're in the draw :)
@@SMTMainline Thank you I got started a little late in the hobby but I did aquire two Tri-ang locos one is I believe a R55 diesel beautiful runner but I'm like you someone says they don't run and I like to make them run gives something to do since I'm retired and have a nice and safe day, Mike
Hey Smt very nice Canadian Pacific passenger cars and locomotive! I went to a train show about a month ago and found some CP passengers that look about the same just not heavyweight. Overall I’d say you did really well with that train show! Rip British N scale though😂
My son is interested in going in the draw. We loved your video.
Sure thing, best of luck!
Great video some really cool finds. I would be interested in the box of stuff because I am helping my friends get his first train layout started
That Powerline 48 class what a find! Australian locomotives are really difficult to find overseas so if you see one at a shop or exhibition buy it. Looks to be in really good condition too. I recon a bit of oil and it should run a lot quieter and smoother.
Looks like a great show! The three baggage cars isn’t completely unheard of because at one point or another, most passenger trains ended up relying more on the mail and less than car loads freight to stay afloat. This often lead to more baggage cars than coaches. Or think of it as a train of city folk heading to the mountains for a trip and extra baggage cars were needed for their equipment.😂
That's a good point
That green cart looks a lot like the ones I have from an old model train, it just has a lot more detail and looks nice. Great trains honestly! I still need to rebuild my layout sadly, since it has a fabric as grass as you may know that is not the best combination
It's not ideal but so long as the track isn't directly on it shouldn't be too bad for the time being.
@@SMTMainline That is sadly the issue, the track is directly on it and the moment you said it is a nightmare for model trains, I stopped riding them on it, as one driveshaft snapped from one train I have
That 48 class is a bute! They easily go for 150-200 Australian dollars in box and some of them are certainly getting old. And yeah, as you said they have pretty weird gear ratios. All of them do. In terms of Australian locomotives for the price you cant get much better.
As for the miscellaneous leftovers some of that stuff is actually pretty cool for a train fan in Australia, 0-4-0's especially are very very hard to find and when they sell they go for heaps for what they're worth.
So yeah, if nobody else will i'd gladly take it off your hands, the only issue is shipping which will be a nightmare.
The shipping alone probably makes the Class 48 worth it. Trying to import stuff is crazy expensive.
@@SMTMainline yeah you're spot on
At 6:44 that motor is identical to the one i have, its a 3 pole motor which is sort of like a riverrossi motor. That box at the end looks cool, im honestly intrested in it, great video! Keep it up!!!
Smt I am just starting to build my very first ho scale layout and more rolling stock can go a long way and you are the one who got me back into this hobby
That's awesome, thanks for letting me know.
I’d love to get my hands on the box of trains! I’m teaching myself more about making custom models and the trucks would come in handy, and who doesn’t love a good new loco to run on their layout.
Great video SMT! I look forward to seeing the N Scale engine run again!
The Canadian National coaches look great with your locomotive. Well done.
I found the hog warts express interesting as I just bought one in a lot so I’ll probably repaint mine into GWR colors. I can’t wait to see you fix those locos.
I’d be interested in entering a drawing for that box of stuff, and I love those new passenger cars!
Sure thing.
I have a N scale set Iv'e had for 30 years but never ever really used because it was so fragile. Now I am an old fart heading into 2nd childhood. HO scale seems to be more forgiving. Iv'e learned a lot watching your channel. It has helped me greatly with my first table set up. I have lived a life of self control and tolerance. Now I find that I have become addicted to something....
The hardest step seems to be to make the decision to solder it all together. I could really kit bash/ frankenstein with that mess. Mad Max material for one end of the table.
Leaving some gaps can be good for the changing of the seasons but generally I find soldering joiners leads to better reliability.
@@SMTMainline Definitely, but I was referring to that feeling of "point of no return" Fortunately I can solder a rainy day. I Ran a TV / consumer electronics repair shop for 30 years. That Iron you use gives me chills every time I see you use it on a wire lol. I had one at the shop like that I rarely used. We called it "goliath". On and off quick, works well soldering track I'm sure.
It's great to see another Australian engine add to the collection
great episode Harrison with aloha
Man I would love these videos. Absolutely fantastic since I don't get a lot of shows rolling through my area.
Also, I would love a box of random train stuff! I just restarted working on my layout with my son and could definitely use some bits and pieces to get going.
Sure thing
MEN LOOK THE GREAT TRAIN MASTER HAS POSTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But seriously keep up the good work Harrison, love your videos!❤️❤️❤️
Nice haul of stuff, the vise seems like it was a really great deal. I recently got a similar one, and it’s been a huge help on a lot of projects. I’m always down for more projects, but as unlikely as it is, that box would make for some good ones.
Hamersley Iron was an iron ore company, who built the Hamersley & Robe River railway, to deliver iron ore from their mines in western Australia to Port Hedland. The main locos on the railroad were Alco C-628 - and they had five of them, numbered 2001-2005. They also owned 39 Alco C-636's, along with MLW ML-6636's. In 1978, they purchased 50 GE C36-7 locos.
I wouldn't have guessed. I unknowingly bought two Australian locomotives in the same haul lol
@@SMTMainline Unknowingly? Like you cared??? 😁
Look like flea markets in Canada are just as good in the USA
No, Hamersley Iron and Cliffs Robe River Iron Associates were two different companies. Hamersley Iron ran the line from Mount Tom Price to the port at Dampier (later extended to Paraburdoo), and the Robe River Railroad ran from Pannawonica to Cape Lambert. They may well be owned by the same mining company now.
Would love to go through that box and fix up what needs to be fixed up, looks like stuff I could use
Central Valley was THE truck to use back in the day!!! SNAG THOSE!!!!
48 class is, of course, a New South Wales workhorse and amongst the few locomotive classes still operating that had been built and operated by the NSW Government before freight was privatised. 81, 82 and 90 class are the others. The box says "Candy" livery which was introduced in 1982 for NSW Govt locos but the model you have there is a different livery.
Thank you for your channel, watching you got me started back in the hobby I enjoyed in the 80s! I am slowly building up supplies for a future layout. Please include me in the draw if I am not too late. Many Thanks, Mike
I really like and appreciate your cite. Its funto watch you work with the trains and repair them. I especially enjoyed the video of the repair to Gramas train.
Free stuff is always great, I would love that box.
free stuff wouldnt hurt😆
@@bryanwong9544 I agree with both of yall 😁🚅
I’ve gotten back into model trains thanks smt for bringing back me back to one of my favorite hobbies also great video man
Central Valley trucks were the premier line of add on trucks for passenger and rolling stock. Buy everyone you can find if < $25. They add weight and roll freely with a little graphite lub/aka car door lock deicer.
Passenger consists would carry several baggage/package (think FedEx) cars at the head end as these were the true revenue producers for each train.
The "Pine Lumber" GP9 is mid 70's from Cox Mfg. They did a brief foray into HO. The loco mold still exists today as the Walthers GP9m.
Your GO addiction is showing 😉.
That's good to know, as mentioned I had never seen them before.
15:18 I do see a British flatbed in that box, I'm interested in that! I might be interested in some of those other items if I could see them laid out neatly.
Nice find of that British N scale lot and the Australian engines! Definitely ones I would've got If I were at that show.
4:20 that one baggage car with the windows is actually a Railway Post Office (or RPO). Some secondary passenger trains did carry a lot of mail and express parcels
6:30 tha'ts a combination of two locomotives. The boiler from Hornby's Smokey Joe mounted onto Tri-Ang's Nellie. Definitely a kitbash in the making
7:53 speaking of Rails Of Sheffield, they have been auctioning off a bunch of job lots of used trains recently, and they look like the stuff you would buy to fix up if you're looking for more British trains.
Nice haul! I would really like that old HO tank engine!
I enjoy your video's, and I have been a subscriber for about 3 years and I have learned a lot from you on how to work on my locos so thank you. And keep it up
Seems your Canadian Train shows have more delicious fare than our typical American shows. WOW. That little metal steamer looks much like a Ken Kidder which would be BRASS and made more in early 60s. I have one or two almost like it. One is mint condition that I paid $90 American and they often go for over a hundred, the other is on the worn side. Oh and about the Central Valley trucks, they are the best you can get. Snap them up if the price isn't outrageous.
It depends. I've been to some shows here in Canada that were pretty weak and others like this one were great.
Hey SMT, quite conveniently, I am looking for some items that I think I saw in the box! Great video as always!
Best of luck in the draw!
the Smokey Joe bodge was someone's attempt at making a model of Percy from Thomas the Tank Engine. I'd say give it a good coat of bright green! I'd never stare a gift horse in the eye and say no, so I'd gladly take the stuff you couldn't sell. I'm sure I can load them up full of lead and put nice new wheels and trucks to make them great.
I can see it now, thanks for the idea
The rolling stock looks awesome! 😉
Harrison I love your Channel I just got back into the hobby after being out of it for almost 20 years it’s great seeing you fix things and learning new techniques keep up the awesome work!
It means a lot to hear the videos are helpful. Welcome back to the hobby!
@@SMTMainline thanks and it’s great now to have my own adult money to spend on the hobby instead of relying on my allowance as a kid lmao so excited to be back!
I would love some of this stuff Harrison please and thank you you do such a great job ❤❤
Looks like you found stuff I didn’t see at that show. I’d enjoy that box of stuff and anything I can’t use goes to make up trains for kids to play with. One doesn’t mind letting kids learn with rolling stock that one doesn’t worry if bits get broken.
I'll be sure to add you to the draw!
Great video and a very nice haul. The Canadian passenger and baggage coaches look quite impressive with the steam locomotive. 👍
Thank you very much!
Hi, this English N scale locomotive is most likely a Class 86. Regards Daniel from takie sobie h0
Nice little hall you had from the show with prices that were hard to ignore. I don't know about you needing anymore project repairs, but you have some. Great video, Jersey Bill
I don't really need them but I couldn't resist at those prices. Luckily I gave away more than I bought 👍
great stuff as usual harrison! I really enjoy watching your train show tours and hauls. i am interested in a couple of things in that box of stuff 👍
Powerline used to make infill pieces for the pilots on the 48 class that not only filled in the big rectangular ooenings, but also provided mounting pads for Kadee drawgear.
I'm interested in the stuff that is currently being offered
On another note, I think that the Japanese 0-4-0 might be a Ken Kidder loco, and the weird Smokey Joe hybrid might've been a potential custom for Percy (the Thomas character) but in the style of Peter & Gunvor Edwards illustrations
That strange smokey joe hybrid loco might be an attempt at a custom saddle tank, something like Percy(Thomas and Friends) some people have tried to kitbash locos like that for custom Percy models. Great video as always!!
Quite possibly, will have to try to fix it.
@@SMTMainline That would be a great video
I always find a use for free stuff cheers from Wisconsin
Count me in for the box o' free stuff. Otherwise, I have to say I'm jealous of those Canadian prices! I watched this just a day after going to the Greenberg Train Show in Oaks, PA, and the cheapest I could find were engines priced at $20 USD each. Big difference! Maybe I can convince my wife that the travel tickets to north of the border will be offset by the lower train show prices.
Most Canadian train shows are not this well priced but the OVAR flea market usually consists of people who aren't usually vendors and just want to get rid of stuff rather than turn a good profit.
That train show had some great stuff in it. Wish I could get to one soon. I'm in Brooklyn, NY and there is NEVER anything around here or even within striking distance that I can get to. I would love to be put in the running for the box of odds and ends that you are giving away. Love tinkering. Thanks and great channel. Keep up the great work
I've been to Harlem on vacation a couple times and noticed that there aren't too many train shops around NYC. There was one on the 8th floor of a building, but I can't remember the name.
I've definitely gotta look into train shows near my hometown, honestly. I've found I'm not really one for conventions but a super niche hobby show like pen shows and train shows, though, I almost feel at home lol
I would love to have that stuff at the end, count me in.
The ho scale rolling stock in the box looks really interesting.
Wow that was a fantastic show and excellent prices 👍
Been a fan for, a few years, lost my interest in my layout, regained it, cleaned it up, did some upgrades and am back into the hobby, i love your videos, and am glad i made a return
That's great to hear. When did you originally get into the hobby?
@@SMTMainline a few years ago, maybe 2 or three, i first started when i was 6 or seven, dropped the hobby for a while, still attending train shows, thenfixed my dads old layout, and the trains are running good again
@@SMTMainline actually, for most of my life i put together wooden train tracks and pulled those around until i was 9 then got back into HO and that
Would love to have that box of stuff! getting back into the hobby after a few years of being dorment, and wouldnt mind a kickstart with some fixer uppers. loving the content as usual SMT
Thank you, I will be sure to add you to the draw.
@@SMTMainline Thanks SMT, hope you enjoy your day 🙂
Would love to see if I can channel my inner smt and get any of those small lococs running.
The Mehano engine is pretty interesting, the box is very unique
I am interested in any of the stuff! Great video. Love your content, as always.
Awesome! Thank you!
Dear SMT, nice train show haul. Some great projects to look forward to! Curious how you will handle the Smokey Joe and the Potter one. Also looking forward to your TLC on the all metal Japanese loco and the Mehano one. Love the Canadian passenger consist. I’m interested in the draw, if only to improve my weathering and airbrushing skills. Don’t know if you consider European addresses for draw participation, guess we should be able to figure that out. On our last visit to see family in the States I found a shipping company which still offers sea shipping for small items at a very reasonable rate, so that shouldn’t be a problem as far as I’m concerned. Cheerio
Apparently it was supposed to be Percy from Thomas. I'm personally not big on trains with faces but maybe I could just make it a green 0-4-0? I'm not sure where I want to take the project.
The little grey switcher engine (I think that is what it is) looks like a cool little engine
I am always looking for some more engines and rolling stock for my layout. Also, the smokey Joe looks like a Percy model based on the railway series
Always wanted to get 1 of those small japanese metal tank engines, They remind me of engine 14 from the Frisco silver dollar line, FSDL, lots of cool things to look at
Ahh, Mehanotehnika
Did they have special kinds for the Yugoslavian market or just sell what they were making for the Ameri-Cananadian markets? I've always liked the brand for its simplicity.
@@SMTMainline As far as I know they were the same, the only difference was the packaging and manuals. I do have a few old boxes and one made for the North American market. I am long overdue on taking the pictures but I can share them at some point if you are interested.
Really nice fines Harrison, hope you get the locomotives and Rollingstock to work! I would like the box too. But it’s fine if not still loved the video
Hi SMT Mainline & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks SMT Mainline & Friends Randy
That heisler in the box looks like a fun project
4836 - it carried the 125th Anniversary of NSW Railways livery(the now preserved 42 class 4201 also and still wears that livery)
0:00 looking at that, reminded me of one of the museums in my town