Beautiful job throughout, Norm. I love watching and listening to you thinking out loud as you initially disassemble the loco and/or tender for the first time, and decide what you'll replace or modify....genius at work! Your cinematography is superb as well. You're the absolute best, Norm, you just have no equal within our hobby.
The B&O's T-4 Mountains were purchased from the Boston & Maine to help handle increased freight traffic. They were some 21 tonnes heavier than their home-built T-3 Mountains. Definitely stood out with their more bulky look.
Looks amazing, as do all your rolling stock after the weathering process! The attention to detail is next level, just wish I had the skill to make my stuff look half this good. Awesome!
As I am a conventional runner and your electrical work is above my pay grade......I tend to enjoy yhe running and paint and weathering. Love your work. Thanks
I understand you live not too far from me, in Northville, TWP. ? Beautiful layout, and locomotives! I used to have a B&O T3B by Westside, in HO Scale years ago, but I'm mostly C&O, PM, and NKP prototypes, in the 50's. I had some 3-rail O-Scale back in the early 90's, but gave it up, sold it , and stuck with HO-Scale. Joe Bliss, Plymouth, Twp. (caseyjones1950 on RUclips)
I have in my possession a long sought after Atlas PRR phase 1 GP7. Maybe I’ll get to it in the fall. EOB works but the sounds are messed up. It also needs fixed pilots and Kadee mounts so it came to the right place 😂
These are enjoyable and interesting vids. I remember when I was a teenager back in the 70's. I was interested in trains. Had a few Tyco train sets. Back then you did not break the bank to have a decent train. Now days what some spend on trains you buy a new car. Or something close to it. I enjoyed watching you improve your engines. I subbed ya, Going to watch the rest of your vids. Good job.
@@normstrains thanks for the reply. Is your sparing use solely because you have other projects or not a big fan of figures on model railroads? Have you considered 3D printed figures?
Wonderful new loco. Terrific weathering makes the loco super realistic. Thanks for sharing your weathering techniques - fascinating and very informative. Great runs-by on your layout. I always look forward to your videos and find them very absorbing. Thank you again!
Excellent engine and video, Norm! They were built by Baldwin in 1935, then 13 went to the B&O in 1947 to solve B&O's motive power shortage. Clear Block and WB videos have some of William P. Price's movies with the T-4's leaving Cumberland, Md and climbing the east face of Sand Patch Grade. Herron Video has Donald Krofta's movies of the T's being race horses on the flat Ohio and Indiana rails to Chicago. Get the T-3! You'll like the long lean look!
You are right@@mike6206! Interesting that it was probably used to compensate for dynamic augment at the main crank. The huge counterweight is pretty wild too.
Beautiful work as always Norm! I think a 745 would look better on the pilot than that dummy.. it looks weird and kinda too small but to terrible by any means.
Amazing video and a very beautiful model! I must ask though, have you ever considered doing stuff from other roads that are local in the area besides the ones that you have already represented?
I ran my shaved chopstick down the length of the tender shell between the inner rails and the frame. I could slide the tender shell back and forth about 3/8". The raised speaker acted like a guide rail holding the shell down. The chopstick trick allowed me to spread the shell without damaging it. A real puzzle for sure!
That is a 2 rail Sunset that I painted and decaled. I filmed the whole thing but haven’t turned into a vid. Wasn’t sure if it would be worth watching 🤷♀️
The engine and layout look tremendous, Norm. Congratulations!
Beautiful job throughout, Norm. I love watching and listening to you thinking out loud as you initially disassemble the loco and/or tender for the first time, and decide what you'll replace or modify....genius at work! Your cinematography is superb as well. You're the absolute best, Norm, you just have no equal within our hobby.
I am an O scale 2 rail modeler of the modern era. With that said, this layout is great! 100% on point. Two thumbs up...
The B&O's T-4 Mountains were purchased from the Boston & Maine to help handle increased freight traffic. They were some 21 tonnes heavier than their home-built T-3 Mountains. Definitely stood out with their more bulky look.
Check out this guy’s old webpage, there’s a nice shot of one pulling some freight: arrts-arrchives.com/STEAMin1956.html
Great video as usual. I said it once and I will say it again you have the most realistic layout of any RUclips channel. Keep up the great work.
Fantastic staging and scenes on your layout. Thank you for showing.
Looks amazing, as do all your rolling stock after the weathering process! The attention to detail is next level, just wish I had the skill to make my stuff look half this good. Awesome!
Norm those 4-8-2s from the B&O were nice looking
I agree, now I need a T3.
Great video
Next the 20th Century Limited.
As I am a conventional runner and your electrical work is above my pay grade......I tend to enjoy yhe running and paint and weathering. Love your work. Thanks
I knew it, you almost always upload a short about the locomotive before posting the full video.
Amazing video Norm!
Thanks!
The hobo union called. They said, that you forgot the hobo camp.
Amazing work.
I understand you live not too far from me, in Northville, TWP. ? Beautiful layout, and locomotives! I used to have a B&O T3B by Westside, in HO Scale years ago, but I'm mostly C&O, PM, and NKP prototypes, in the 50's. I had some 3-rail O-Scale back in the early 90's, but gave it up, sold it , and stuck with HO-Scale.
Joe Bliss, Plymouth, Twp. (caseyjones1950 on RUclips)
Yeah I’ve really been enjoying this series thus far. Your attention to detail is simply unmatched on RUclips. Keep it up
I'd love to see more of your 3 rail scale diesel engines in action. The detail on the diesel engines is first class as well.
I have in my possession a long sought after Atlas PRR phase 1 GP7. Maybe I’ll get to it in the fall. EOB works but the sounds are messed up. It also needs fixed pilots and Kadee mounts so it came to the right place 😂
These are enjoyable and interesting vids. I remember when I was a teenager back in the 70's. I was interested in trains. Had a few Tyco train sets. Back then you did not break the bank to have a decent train. Now days what some spend on trains you buy a new car. Or something close to it. I enjoyed watching you improve your engines. I subbed ya, Going to watch the rest of your vids. Good job.
Looks great-I’m going to try to do some weathering on a couple of my locomotives-but I think I’ll practice on an old box car first!
I have a nice stack of boxcars I should get into someday. 🤔
Impressive......3rd Rail is the industry standard.....nothing compares....thanks Norm
I've been on a binge of some of your other videos, so I was excited to see this
Thank You so much for sharing all of this. . I'm hooked!!!!
Even though I am model N scale I love watching your videos
Just found this . Beng watching. Epic!!!!
Very impressive work Norm. Everything looks so real. Do you plan on adding more people to your layout besides train crew?
I have a tackle box of figures but use them sparingly. I collect Artista ones when I find them.
@@normstrains thanks for the reply. Is your sparing use solely because you have other projects or not a big fan of figures on model railroads? Have you considered 3D printed figures?
I'm not a fan of overusing them that's all.
Hands down Norm. Your the best
i love lionel t1 and k4s
Yeah me too
Wonderful new loco. Terrific weathering makes the loco super realistic. Thanks for sharing your weathering techniques - fascinating and very informative. Great runs-by on your layout. I always look forward to your videos and find them very absorbing. Thank you again!
The B&M sold off some of the R1s after the Fitchburg Division was dieselized in 1947.
Such a fine looking locomotive, Norm! Funny how you noted you don't do much on the layout in the summertime, as I don't normally either for mine
From 32:07 until the end of the video, it looks like the builder's plate still has masking tape on it from the weathering process.
It would be a big blue dot if so!
Okay, will chock it up to our eyesight getting worse than we thought. Looked like the masking tape had been painted black to my wife and I.
@@oldohioangler4525lately I have been masking these nice etched brass plates during weathering and then doing a light grime wash to tone them down.
I told you at York
You are a genius
Just fantastic
Just when you think “where’s Norm?”, He comes through with another cool video. Thanks Bro.
Fantastic Norm. Great engine and weathering as always.
Excellent engine and video, Norm!
They were built by Baldwin in 1935, then 13 went to the B&O in 1947 to solve B&O's motive power shortage.
Clear Block and WB videos have some of William P. Price's movies with the T-4's leaving Cumberland, Md and climbing the east face of Sand Patch Grade. Herron Video has Donald Krofta's movies of the T's being race horses on the flat Ohio and Indiana rails to Chicago.
Get the T-3! You'll like the long lean look!
Thanks man! I will have to seek those videos out. A T3 is definitely on the list!
@normstrains The Boxpox driver was, in fact, called the "Baldwin Disc" driver.
You are right@@mike6206! Interesting that it was probably used to compensate for dynamic augment at the main crank. The huge counterweight is pretty wild too.
@@normstrains That's a good possibility. The B&O's P-7's and the Western Maryland's K-2 Pacifics used Baldwin Center Disc drivers as well.
Beautiful work as always Norm! I think a 745 would look better on the pilot than that dummy.. it looks weird and kinda too small but to terrible by any means.
Love the engine and freight set!
Amazing and so realistic.
Those sounds effects are so cool 😎😊😊😊.
I am not a by any means a" rivet counter" but that is a beautiful model.
Nice work.
👍🚂🚞🚞🚞🚞
Amazing video and a very beautiful model! I must ask though, have you ever considered doing stuff from other roads that are local in the area besides the ones that you have already represented?
I have a 1225 that I run on occasion. I have a lot of PM cars in the mix too along with some Ann Arbor’s.
I have found thick cut business cards work great for helping remove challenging shells.
I ran my shaved chopstick down the length of the tender shell between the inner rails and the frame. I could slide the tender shell back and forth about 3/8". The raised speaker acted like a guide rail holding the shell down. The chopstick trick allowed me to spread the shell without damaging it. A real puzzle for sure!
That is such an amazing layout
Was there a smoke unit in this B&O steam locomotive? Or was it taken out of it, i am not understanding it.
It’s shut off, that’s all. I won’t trash nice engines like this out with smoke. Smoke is nasty! 😷
Have you ever considered Atlas O's scale electro couplers?
Nope!
Fantastic as usual!
Nice job except the chuffs Are not in time to the piston strokes
This engine has EOB, chuffs are divided off the encoder. I talk about this all time. I’m sure your T4a perfectly executed exhausts. Please show us!
Beautiful job!
Who made the B&O caboose Norm?
That is a 2 rail Sunset that I painted and decaled. I filmed the whole thing but haven’t turned into a vid. Wasn’t sure if it would be worth watching 🤷♀️
When did 3rd rail produce this?
2004
When will be the next upload?
Not sure, got a few projects in the works. Y3 will most likely be next with its aux tender.
Hot take: Model steam looks worse and less realistic with no smoke than with smoke and a little bit of staining around the stack
I don’t care 👎
@@normstrains I wasn’t attacking you man. You don’t have to care lmao. Beautiful weathering job btw
@@jamescerone oil based smoke is just so nasty, if water based smoke could be perfected I’d light my smokers off more often.
I like your videos however, you move your camera too much. Making us dizzy watching you.