Thanks for this video. I wouldn't mind if you filmed all the switching, the derailments, and every short or long run. It;s so relaxing watching trolleys in the woods.
Seeing you couple up the hopper car put me in mind of the link and pin couplers back in the real old days of railroads. I guess you still need to watch your hands when making couplings just as the old brakemen did.
You’re sure showing off that remote control! I was thinking “he could just run it from the empty car” and then you did. Thanks for the video, that does look like a very nice day in the woods.
Thanks for this awesome video I've always wanted something like this I've always had the idea it's wonderful to see somebody Meagan Good with a small yard railroad 💯
@@CNW4145 ever thought of building a few small box cars? Some Interurban's would take old street cars and bord up the windows and cut freight doors in them, food for thought.
Good to see everything running again after the last "storm damage" video. The power of the locomotive is quite amazing - that was a heavy train that she seemed to have no trouble moving. Do you ever open to the public for rides?
The locomotive is quite powerful, if it wasnt for the 4% grade I could pull a lot more. I run out of adhesion long before I run out of power. Unfortunately I have to keep this railway private due to liability concerns, if it was non electrified I might be able to do it but then that would take all the fun out of it for me lol
@@CNW4145 Ahh ok, that's understandable. I don't live in the USA myself, but I was thinking about the possibility of recouping some of the expenses. It's such a cool setup - but you're right, there's always one idiot who wants to reach up and touch the wire.
Thanks for the video! Great work! I'm wondering if you could make a video on the different railroad artifacts on the RRVT (Signs, signals, insulators, etc)?
Thanks! Heaviest loads I have pulled are about 4-5 tons which is about the limit of the locomotive adhesion wise on the grades. On flat track I can pull a lot more though.
I have been following your channel for a while and am interested in the railroad. You said you take water from the creek for weed spraying. When I was with the Jefferson & Cypress Bayou RR, the people we got some weed spray chemicals from told me that dirty water from a lake, river, bayou, or creek would reduce the effectiveness of the chemicals and only use potable water for mixing. I noticed that the frame of the hopper car needs to be beefed up some or it will fail for you, like break. It flexed a lot. If you add some springs above the bearings of the little flat cars so they will flex, the cars will not derail so often.
I do have springs on some of those cars, just havent gotten to that one yet!. And yes, that hopper was severely overloaded, eventually its going to get actual trucks instead of the single wheels which will beef its limit up considerably. The weed spray typically lasts all year, so I have had no issue with its effectiveness being degraded. With the line being mostly shaded its not a problem.
I still love this little railroad and how it works so well literally running off what I'd call "domestic" voltages*. I'm curious to know what the main incoming fuse for your railway's power supply is rated for (if you have one, I'm from the UK so our power systems are very different) If/when I make my fortune I'm definitely building a narrow gauge railway somewhere and now I'm genuinely considering OLE rather than a low voltage third rail like Volk's Electric railway in Brighton, England. Also I love the implementation of remote control too! Does this use off the shelf RC stuff or have you made a custom solution? *(I'm calling it that because the only work you're doing with your incoming supply is transforming it from Phase-to-Phase voltage to Phase-to-Neutral Voltage, it's not like the stuff you need for something like 650-750VDC or the kV range where you need dedicated supplies from a substation).
The incoming power is 240Vac single phase, its fused at 100A. The line voltage is also 240V, but its from single phase to ground instead of 2 120V legs like the incoming power is. The remote control is something I built using Arduino microcontrollers and some off the shelf radio modules and relay interface boards. I made a video about it if you look around a bit on my channel. Cheers!
This railway is looking good so far, with the new updates. I do have a question to ask, if you were to make new passenger cars/trainsets, would something similar to the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee "Electroliner" trainsets be a possibility? it would look good in RRVT red or orange, maybe make it 3 cars, or just 2 cab cars, depending on how much space is available
I would love to do this, the issue is the sharp curves limit what I can build. There has to be a decent gap between the cars to negotiate the curves and then the train doesn't look right with those gaps. If I had more land to widen those curves you can bet there would be some multi car trains running! Honestly I'd love to built a high speed train line the German ICE and be able to run it at 50+ mph lol
@@CNW4145 i understand, it is great to see the old RRVT still running after 70 years, what is the story behind the railroad, and what has changed over the years, that would be a good topic for a future video
Continuation from accidently terminated comment. NEVER be concerned about the length of your videos. Make 'em as long as you want! I was hoping you'd show your ammeter on some of the long upgrades. Any problems with overheated traction motors? Love your channel.
Thanks for the feedback! On the work car 877 there is a blower to cool the motor as its only a single motor and I did have problems with it overheating a few times but that is the only piece of equipment with a cooled motor. The steeple cab has a cooling fan blade built into the motors and that car is a dual motor setup. With 2 motors not nearly as much power is required for moving things around so that plus the built in fan keeps it cool enough for the duty cycle I run. If it was working hard for hours at a time that might be a different story. None of the other equipment has cooled motors, they just dont consume enough power to warrant it.
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As a locomotive driver of the TNRR, I love seeing mainline freights and switching maneuvers like this! Keep up the good work, RRVT!👍🤘
Thanks for this video. I wouldn't mind if you filmed all the switching, the derailments, and every short or long run. It;s so relaxing watching trolleys in the woods.
Seeing you couple up the hopper car put me in mind of the link and pin couplers back in the real old days of railroads. I guess you still need to watch your hands when making couplings just as the old brakemen did.
Its true, very dangerous way of doing things if your hand gets in the wrong place!
Cool Video! Always enjoy watching your Videos!
Remote control too! Wonderful!
Really loving having the remote, I never intended to use it for switching but it sure makes things easier!
You’re sure showing off that remote control! I was thinking “he could just run it from the empty car” and then you did. Thanks for the video, that does look like a very nice day in the woods.
It was fun riding back there, kinda like having a caboose lol
Thanks for this awesome video I've always wanted something like this I've always had the idea it's wonderful to see somebody Meagan Good with a small yard railroad 💯
It would be more fun to be there and help you, but thanks for these videos. They are a joy to watch.
Thanks for watching!
Very neat to see lots of the small ops, including that 4 car run! Also cool to see the remote control in use
Lots of interesting stuff here - and I love the woodsy nature of your system. NEVER
Enjoyed that! Thank you!
You are welcome, appreciate the view!
Nice video of the work train from the caboose point of view. ☺👍
It was fun!
Nice video, enjoied. Greetings from Italy. Cris
Thanks a lot. Oh how I would love to be back in Italy and ride some of your wonderful railways again there :)
nice video enjoyed very much
Great to see some freight and maintenance
I do love running a nice freight train :)
@@CNW4145 ever thought of building a few small box cars? Some Interurban's would take old street cars and bord up the windows and cut freight doors in them, food for thought.
I'd like to build a few more cars, including a boxcar for covered outdoor storage of materials. So its a possibility in the future!
Good to see everything running again after the last "storm damage" video. The power of the locomotive is quite amazing - that was a heavy train that she seemed to have no trouble moving. Do you ever open to the public for rides?
The locomotive is quite powerful, if it wasnt for the 4% grade I could pull a lot more. I run out of adhesion long before I run out of power. Unfortunately I have to keep this railway private due to liability concerns, if it was non electrified I might be able to do it but then that would take all the fun out of it for me lol
@@CNW4145 Ahh ok, that's understandable. I don't live in the USA myself, but I was thinking about the possibility of recouping some of the expenses. It's such a cool setup - but you're right, there's always one idiot who wants to reach up and touch the wire.
Thanks for the video! Great work! I'm wondering if you could make a video on the different railroad artifacts on the RRVT (Signs, signals, insulators, etc)?
Good suggestion, I will do that :)
Another great job done. 👍 Did you ever ride heavier trains on the railroad?
Thanks! Heaviest loads I have pulled are about 4-5 tons which is about the limit of the locomotive adhesion wise on the grades. On flat track I can pull a lot more though.
I have been following your channel for a while and am interested in the railroad. You said you take water from the creek for weed spraying. When I was with the Jefferson & Cypress Bayou RR, the people we got some weed spray chemicals from told me that dirty water from a lake, river, bayou, or creek would reduce the effectiveness of the chemicals and only use potable water for mixing.
I noticed that the frame of the hopper car needs to be beefed up some or it will fail for you, like break. It flexed a lot.
If you add some springs above the bearings of the little flat cars so they will flex, the cars will not derail so often.
I do have springs on some of those cars, just havent gotten to that one yet!. And yes, that hopper was severely overloaded, eventually its going to get actual trucks instead of the single wheels which will beef its limit up considerably. The weed spray typically lasts all year, so I have had no issue with its effectiveness being degraded. With the line being mostly shaded its not a problem.
I still love this little railroad and how it works so well literally running off what I'd call "domestic" voltages*. I'm curious to know what the main incoming fuse for your railway's power supply is rated for (if you have one, I'm from the UK so our power systems are very different)
If/when I make my fortune I'm definitely building a narrow gauge railway somewhere and now I'm genuinely considering OLE rather than a low voltage third rail like Volk's Electric railway in Brighton, England.
Also I love the implementation of remote control too! Does this use off the shelf RC stuff or have you made a custom solution?
*(I'm calling it that because the only work you're doing with your incoming supply is transforming it from Phase-to-Phase voltage to Phase-to-Neutral Voltage, it's not like the stuff you need for something like 650-750VDC or the kV range where you need dedicated supplies from a substation).
The incoming power is 240Vac single phase, its fused at 100A. The line voltage is also 240V, but its from single phase to ground instead of 2 120V legs like the incoming power is. The remote control is something I built using Arduino microcontrollers and some off the shelf radio modules and relay interface boards. I made a video about it if you look around a bit on my channel. Cheers!
This railway is looking good so far, with the new updates. I do have a question to ask, if you were to make new passenger cars/trainsets, would something similar to the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee "Electroliner" trainsets be a possibility? it would look good in RRVT red or orange, maybe make it 3 cars, or just 2 cab cars, depending on how much space is available
I would love to do this, the issue is the sharp curves limit what I can build. There has to be a decent gap between the cars to negotiate the curves and then the train doesn't look right with those gaps. If I had more land to widen those curves you can bet there would be some multi car trains running! Honestly I'd love to built a high speed train line the German ICE and be able to run it at 50+ mph lol
@@CNW4145 i understand, it is great to see the old RRVT still running after 70 years, what is the story behind the railroad, and what has changed over the years, that would be a good topic for a future video
Hurray traction action.
I know, its been a while. I've got a lot more coming :)
@@CNW4145that would be great
I am guessing that your track gauge is about two feet to two and a half feet ; what is voltage of your catenary and how high is it from the rail?
It is 2 foot gauge, you are correct. The catenary runs at 240Vac and is kept about 9ft above the rail.
I love the video
Привет. Очень интересно! Жду новых видео.
More will be coming :)
Continuation from accidently terminated comment. NEVER be concerned about the length of your videos. Make 'em as long as you want!
I was hoping you'd show your ammeter on some of the long upgrades. Any problems with overheated traction motors? Love your channel.
Thanks for the feedback! On the work car 877 there is a blower to cool the motor as its only a single motor and I did have problems with it overheating a few times but that is the only piece of equipment with a cooled motor. The steeple cab has a cooling fan blade built into the motors and that car is a dual motor setup. With 2 motors not nearly as much power is required for moving things around so that plus the built in fan keeps it cool enough for the duty cycle I run. If it was working hard for hours at a time that might be a different story. None of the other equipment has cooled motors, they just dont consume enough power to warrant it.
you need to pick up one of those cheap chinese excavators and make a crane car lol
Ive thought about this exact thing a lot, and someday it might happen!
@@CNW4145 if im still around id love to see it when its done
Hi, Sometimes the core of engineers don't like it when you put down riprap on a water way. Don't tell us just do it. Okay to delete my post. Jerry
For a non navigable waterway it is not an issue here, and the materials used do conform to the regulation just in case they ever change the rules :)