A nice change to see "'actual" train speeds - so many modelers seem to run trains at about 15-20 MPH because they believe it to be more prototypical, but they just look grindingly slow...you run the RI ran, fast freight and faster passenger trains. I really enjoy your layout videos. Cheers from Melbourne, Australia.
@@rimodeler7963 Thanks Mike - have a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Our Christmas day is forecast for 29 degrees Celcius and sunny - a bit different from the snow across the USA and elsewhere! May I ask how you did the graphics and lettering on your fascia? I m an N Scaler doing the DRGW pre-merger(s) and I like what you have done.
@@gregbowen617 Hi Greg - I used Woodland Scenics dry transfer letters, as well as, self adhesive 1" vinyl letters from www.headlinesign.com (helvetica font) on the fascia. The station labels were printed for me by a local print shop based on my design. The station labels are adhesive vinyl. Have fun with your D&RGW modelling! Mike
Enjoyed your latest two videos, as I have all of your previous ones. Are you, by chance, Mike Porter? If so, we met during a ProRail event in Michigan years ago. I remember we conversed a bit on the joys (or lack thereof) of being UP employees!! Looks like you're doing well and enjoying Railroad Retirement like I am. Happy New Year!
Hi David - Thanks so much for watching the videos and I appreciate your comments. No, I’m not Mike Porter. My name is Mike Armstrong and I am enjoying retirement from BNSF Railway. Thanks, again, and Happy New Year to you as well. Mike
I do not have a video on speed matching; however, I followed the procedure offered in a RUclips video on the channel "Model Trains & Colorado's Joint Line". The video is titled "Speed matching DCC Model Railroad Train Engines with Accutrack Speedometer". Thank you for watching my video and for your comments. Mike
Great video! Can you do a video where you show all your locomotives and give some information about them? I f the video ends up being too long split it into parts.
I appreciate your suggestion but I can't guarantee that I'll make a video showing all of my locomotives as I've got about 195 of them. Thanks much for your comments. Mike
Nice video Mike. Just need to make a miniature version of yourself with a radar gun hiding in the weeds. Then you can move from area to area during a run session and test the crews. I remember those days. Jerry
Another fantastic video Mike. I do enjoy differing speed along a mainline. It's the little things like this that make operations all the more fun and prototypical. I remember a number of years ago a derailment occurring on the layout and imposing a 10 mph speed restriction for the next 2 op sessions while the clean up was taking place. Fun stuff! Merry Christmas to you and family. -grant
Great video. I bet it was a long evening getting those throttle settings like you have them. Do you paint your own backdrops. I love the disappearing roads etc. Thanks
In addition to using some commercially available backdrops, I did paint the majority of the backdrops. I appreciate you noticing the disappearing roads and thank you for your comments. Mike
I slotted the rail at proper scale locations to replicate jointed rail. Here is a link to the video that I shot that covers how I created the jointed rail: ruclips.net/video/KGVNnWs1z4o/видео.html Thank you for watching the video. Mike
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Thank you for sharing. Really enjoyed, well explained, just love your layout. A Merry Christmas and Happy New year to you and yours Mike.🌲🌲🌲🚂🚃🚃🚃🌲🌲🌲
Thanks so much, Gary, and a Merry Christmas to you and yours as well. All the best to you in the New Year! Mike
A nice change to see "'actual" train speeds - so many modelers seem to run trains at about 15-20 MPH because they believe it to be more prototypical, but they just look grindingly slow...you run the RI ran, fast freight and faster passenger trains. I really enjoy your layout videos. Cheers from Melbourne, Australia.
Good day mate - I appreciate your comments and thank you for watching the video. Merry Christmas greetings to you "down under". Mike
@@rimodeler7963 Thanks Mike - have a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Our Christmas day is forecast for 29 degrees Celcius and sunny - a bit different from the snow across the USA and elsewhere!
May I ask how you did the graphics and lettering on your fascia? I m an N Scaler doing the DRGW pre-merger(s) and I like what you have done.
@@gregbowen617 Hi Greg - I used Woodland Scenics dry transfer letters, as well as, self adhesive 1" vinyl letters from www.headlinesign.com (helvetica font) on the fascia. The station labels were printed for me by a local print shop based on my design. The station labels are adhesive vinyl. Have fun with your D&RGW modelling! Mike
@@rimodeler7963 thanks for the info Mike!
Id love to see that Steamer highball at 50 on that Jointed section as well as a towards the camera shot with Train #17.
Real nice layout. Thank you.
Thanks for watching and for your comments. Mike
Great video, very interesting. Thanks for sharing. Dave
I appreciate your comments and Merry Christmas! Mike
Scale speed is an interesting subject. Great example 👍
Thank you very much! Mike
Mike, great video explaining your speed settings and observing speed restrictions. Have a Happy and Healthy New Year.-Tom
Thank you, Tom. Happy New Year and all the best to you! Mike
Very cool idea and well done.
Thank you very much! Mike
Love the speed settings. I did not know that there was math to model railroading.
Thank you for taking the time to watch the video and thanks for your comments. Mike
Speed is everything with safety
I like the speed setting card. My layout has speed restrictions as well so I plan to use this idea. Thanks for sharing!
Glad to know that there was a useful tip in the video. Thanks much for watching. Mike
Enjoyed your latest two videos, as I have all of your previous ones. Are you, by chance, Mike Porter? If so, we met during a ProRail event in Michigan years ago. I remember we conversed a bit on the joys (or lack thereof) of being UP employees!! Looks like you're doing well and enjoying Railroad Retirement like I am.
Happy New Year!
Hi David - Thanks so much for watching the videos and I appreciate your comments. No, I’m not Mike Porter. My name is Mike Armstrong and I am enjoying retirement from BNSF Railway. Thanks, again, and Happy New Year to you as well. Mike
Did you do a video on how to speed match locos? Just curious how exactly you did it.
Great layout & loved the video! Thanks!
I do not have a video on speed matching; however, I followed the procedure offered in a RUclips video on the channel "Model Trains & Colorado's Joint Line". The video is titled "Speed matching DCC Model Railroad Train Engines with Accutrack Speedometer". Thank you for watching my video and for your comments. Mike
@@rimodeler7963 Thanks! I'll check it out!
Great video! Can you do a video where you show all your locomotives and give some information about them? I f the video ends up being too long split it into parts.
I appreciate your suggestion but I can't guarantee that I'll make a video showing all of my locomotives as I've got about 195 of them. Thanks much for your comments. Mike
Nice video Mike. Just need to make a miniature version of yourself with a radar gun hiding in the weeds.
Then you can move from area to area during a run session and test the crews.
I remember those days.
Jerry
Hi Jerry - "Weed weasels" is what some referred to them as. Thanks for your comments. Mike
Another fantastic video Mike. I do enjoy differing speed along a mainline. It's the little things like this that make operations all the more fun and prototypical. I remember a number of years ago a derailment occurring on the layout and imposing a 10 mph speed restriction for the next 2 op sessions while the clean up was taking place. Fun stuff! Merry Christmas to you and family. -grant
Thanks much, Grant, and Merry Christmas to you and your family! Mike
Great video. I bet it was a long evening getting those throttle settings like you have them. Do you paint your own backdrops. I love the disappearing roads etc. Thanks
In addition to using some commercially available backdrops, I did paint the majority of the backdrops. I appreciate you noticing the disappearing roads and thank you for your comments. Mike
How do you get the Jointed-rail to sound like it's real life? Do you use a real video of it?
I slotted the rail at proper scale locations to replicate jointed rail. Here is a link to the video that I shot that covers how I created the jointed rail: ruclips.net/video/KGVNnWs1z4o/видео.html Thank you for watching the video. Mike
When you're a Rock Island modeler, you've got to learn how to accurately model speed restrictions, I suppose. 😅
Thanks for watching the video and, yes, those speed restrictions are essential on the Rock Island Lines 😉. Mike