S07E02 | Details in N-Scale, Clinchfield in MN, Bob Rivard Footage & a Farewell to a Fellow Modeler
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
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In this episode, we dive into the "Little Things". Everything from looking into Ken Borowski's Clinchfield N-Scale Blue River Division railroad, to an N Scale vehicle upgrade. We don't leave any stones or tools unturned during this upgrade. If you like the prototype footage, new and old...we go up north to find a few relics and go back in time with Bob Rivard, circa 1986. Collectively, we hope you enjoy this episode of Soo The Milwaukee Road.
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Second Section Podcast (w/Soo The Milw Rd):
S01E05 - Content Cretors (bit.ly/3K2pf2w)
S01E08 - Operations (bit.ly/40LglfE)
S01E10 - ProtoThrottle (bit.ly/3K2i2iO)
S01E12 - Composing a Scene (bit.ly/3jLoxMn)
S02E02 - Subtle Details (bit.ly/3HPrd3v)
That was a great tribute to Larry. A real tear jerker of an ending......
Class acts, deserve classy tributes. He was such a wealth of information and never hesitated to answer the endless number of questions I’d throw his way.
William, thank you for the tribute to my longtime friend, Uncle Larry! He was a gem of guy and would do anything for you. You will be missed, Larry, sleep well my friend!
Well said Ralph, Larry was a class act and will be missed by many. With his passing, it’s a great reminder, we need to take the time to connect with others and share our skills with those looking to learn. Extremely grateful Larry posted the videos he did…I’ve rewatched a few recently on Arduino’s. His talents with electronics was endless.
Larry was so incredible as a human being, for the last few years I had been going back-and-forth with him about Arduino, LEDs, electrical current and he freely gave all kinds of great help and advice to me as I was developing my layout.
No question I sent his way was unanswerable.
I will miss his thoughtfulness, passion, genius, and the joy that he always conveyed. He will be missed.
Unique and rare individuals like Larry can not be replaced. However, they can be remembered through their teachings. As you pointed out, he had an answer for almost every question. If he didn’t know, he’d find a way. His knowledge can live on through his videos and through those he taught. He’ll be missed.
Your appearance on the Second Section podcast inspired me to finally get around to adding license plates to my vehicles. I used the website that Mike recommended to get the GA plate templates and then made up over 50 license plates with unique numbers and letters. There is even a plate that is attributed to you with your initials. Now I need to hit the vehicles with some "taco sauce"! That prototype lash up of SOO and Milwaukee Road locomotives and the "high hip" covered hoppers was a real treat. That was a beautiful tribute to Larry Eggering, thank you for posting that for everyone that did not know him. I had the distinct honor and privilege to call Larry a good friend and talk to him weekly on a chat with other model railroaders. Larry loved the NYC and Alcos and I'll always think of him when I see one. It is the people in the hobby that make it special, and it is a sad day when we loose one. Enjoy everyday and appreciate your friends and family. -Tom
Tom, you’ve always got a way with words.
I just listened to your podcast on Around the Layout, another top notch interview. You bring more and more to the table, with every conversation.
Much like our mutual friend Larry. A class act and a good guy. He’ll certainly be missed, but as I always say, “Nobody is ever truly gone, as they live on through us. With our ability to share, what they shared with us.” That’s what makes Larry’s departure a tough one, he wasn’t done expelling knowledge.
You nailed it, with your comment, to appreciate and spend time with friends & family. Thanks for all you say/do.
Enjoyed your video. Kens layout is beautiful and is fun to run. Always amazing to see Clinchfield equipment still in use. Sorry to hear of the passing of Larry Eggering, he will be missed. Keep up the good work.
Not much know by us northern railroad modelers, but you’re right, Ken had done a nice job representing their operations.
Larry was a great guy, very knowledgeable in the Arduino & electronics field. Hopefully his advice on the phantom turnout throws on the GN 1970’s can be sorted out.
Ohh like the drilly thing!
I never knew the technical term for the drill, until now, we shall call it, “The Drilly Thing!” 😆 Thanks for liking, sharing & following…and commenting. If ya can’t have fun with this stuff?!? Why bother, right?
Moving tribute to a wonderful man. He will be missed.
Missed indeed.
Very sad to hear about Larry, The Crossing Gate is my favourite podcast. He will be greatly missed.
Couldn’t agree more. Well said, Larry was a class act. Conversing with him during and after the shows was always a highlight for me. He’d share the best products to use, for quick & dirty solutions.
I operated on Ken's layout a few years ago. I had a great time and it's an incredibly well done railroad!
It’s great to hear a fellow modeler experienced a similar time at Ken’s. He’s certainly doing something right!
I'm heartbroken to see that ending. I always enjoyed listening to Larry on the podcast.
His loss hit me like a ton of bricks…it wasn’t expected and his abundance of knowledge will be something all of us will miss. “Arduino!” 🍻
I'm older than that car. Hell I'm older than Disney World. LOL.
Hey…Disney World is only 50…you’re young. If ya said ya were older than Disney itself?!? Then we’d have to keep an eye on you…as you’d really be up there.
Another great show. Was very sorry to hear about Larry's passing. He will be missed.
Thanks John, well said…it was a shocker to lose Larry, he’ll be missed.
Great video! Seeing that K&S plastic sandpaper reminds me of old hobby shop circa 1992... the owner had the complete line or close to it. Wish I would have purchased more. Sometimes, a push to buy these old products by talking to others at hobby shows is all that is needed. Despite what the Curmudgeon gripes about- forgot about the learning and knowledge of modeling tools via word of mouth that can be obtained old school...prior to internet and RUclips. #soothemilwaukeeroad #modelrailroading #modelrailroad
Thanks for tuning in and posting Dustin. It’s been a while and you’re the guilty party that talked me into spending that $1 on the sandpaper. I use it all the time! You’re the perfect example of influential modelers…it doesn’t always have to be weathering or DCC programming. A praise of an old product, from a fellow modeler, is just as influential. #Curmudgeon #GripeOfTheWeek #NotSponsored
@SootheMilwaukeeRoad As charged. Another great thing about it... it's washable and can wet sand using it over and over again. I forgot it was a $1. Heck of a deal!
Great show William as always and a wonderful tribute to Larry
Thanks for tuning in, Larry was a class act and very knowledgeable. He’ll certainly be missed.
A Clinchfield F unit was the first n scale model I had! Beautiful layout! Great video! Can't wait for more!
Thanks for tuning in Shawn, I hope you enjoy the remainder of the season and you’ll continue to put out content yourself. It’s all about sharing info and the enjoyment of the hobby.
Well, William, that was, very interesting. Ken's N scale layout is.....fantastic. Bob R. video is the line I used to hop boxcars to go down to the old lake Calhoun, and there also was a steam loco that was on the greenway that went to the L. Cal.. Ahhh, memories , thanks!
Dwight, you’re not the only train hopper…it must have been going the right speed for you kids to hop it. I’ve heard stories from guys that worked the ditch, kids at the U of M would hop it and take to to Calhoun. That said, I’m glad we could stir up a memories or two with Bob’s footage.
The detailed Atlas trucks look FANTASTIC! I have several myself and I will have to give that a try...
Thanks Jeremiah, you’ll have to give it a go. I did consider cutting it up and creating a standard cab. As I wasn’t sure if one was more or less popular than the other. 🤷🏻♂️ You’ll have to let us know how yours turn out.
Thanks for tuning in & posting feedback.
Another fun video, William. Some day when I'm looking for things to detail on my layout, I have a fleet of Classic Metal Works vehicles that will need to be dipped in taco sauce.
Dip ‘em or drizzle on the taco sauce…it’s a great product, in moderation.
Thanks for tuning in!
A little while ago, there were some pictures on FB of DMIR SDs on the Clinchfield, on lease during the 1970s. Nice counterpoint to the Clinchfield hoppers now in DMIR territory.
Interestingly, there were a bunch of those ex Clinchfield hoppers sitting at the crystal sugar plant north of Grand Forks ND last week too.
That’s interesting Bill, I’m wondering if they ran out on their lease or downgraded for alternate use. Curious what a sugar plant would be using them for or if they’re just stored there? 🤔
There’s a PDC sighting, in an episode, coming soon!
@@SootheMilwaukeeRoad There is some sort of aggregate unloading at the north end of the plant property. I've seen a very strange variety of cars there including some giant greenville woodchip cars that have been converted to stone loading. The fill line is real low on the sides of those ;)
Hey, I’m older than dirt! 😂
Another good one William! Saw a lot of Clinchfield here on the Chicago-Nashville main. Former C&EI, L&N, Family Lines, Seaboard System & lastly CSX. Such a fine line to live beside all these years. Kudos to Bob for capturing those videos back then. My first uploads were old film converted to video. Good stuff!
How old is dirt?!? 65-68 years old?!? 😆
Joking aside, it’s great to hear you’re enjoying the videos.
I wonder where that SOO train was bound, they had rock cars and some grainers. Wonder if he was bound for Cedar lake junction and eventually to the rock plant in Ortonville, now the TCWR.
That train was Transfer 1…from what I’ve been told, they ran from Humbolt to the Pole Yard…which is where they transfer with the Minnesota Transfer. Cars from there…could go many directions. 🤷🏻♂️
You are right on about the N v. HO thing. As an n scaler who belongs to a HO club, it's always a shocker when I volunteer to build something in HO as to how easy it is.
Tim, you’re not kidding. N vs HO…your skills have to be wicked good in N. It was a fun project, but probably one of the last. 🤔 I did say probably…so we’ll see.
Thanks for posting & tuning in. I had a great chat with your uncle Dave and he shared some of your progress. You’ve got a cool setup in the works.
p.s. “Thank you for your service!”
William, you put on a good show.
So glad you’re enjoying in…it’s gotten a bit random as of late, but figured the variety gives viewers a little…variety. 🤷🏻♂️
Thanks for tuning & leaving feedback.
@Soo the Milwaukee Road Variety, the spice of life. You got it! Your channel kicks Crumudgeon!
Those SDL39's with the realistic rotary beacons, are boss. Lots of good ideas.
I can't recall? Did Soo or Milw.Road ever run any iron ore, to ore docks on Superior?
There's a few channels out there that have ore dock builds & ore boat builds.
The docks are $$$, but the ore boat builds are low budget. Johns Trains & Robert's - CSXmad, channels
They look great, too.
Then you could do a drone flyover video. Like Jodie; Dan & John.
Their channels:
Railfan Dan
Acme Cinematography
Catch that Train Jodie
Great episode. Thanks for the tribute to Larry there at the end. Such a great guy. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t get choked up a bit. He’d probably give me hell for that.
Hey, Larry was a good cat. I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to converse with him. Class act, quality stuff. Thanks for tuning in and I’d say you’re right, “Larry would have had a witty comment for getting choked up, but hey…he’d also be touched ya miss him.” He often signed off with us, by thanking us for chatting, it meant a lot to him. He truly valued people.
Great show William! Great ending too. You truly are a class act.
Thanks Andy, 2 down, 8 to go. Many might question my classiness, but it’s Larry that was the classiest act. Extremely knowledgeable and selfless on his willingness to share/solve problems.
He would have been a home run for electronic chatter on the Second Section Podcast. The guy was tough to stump and will certainly be missed.
Forgot to post a comment last week - but Welcome Back! It's great to see new content from this channel, I always enjoy it. Totally enjoyed the heavy duty sound effects while watching layout operations and conductor Ozzy Osbourne making last call to board the crazy train! Thanks and keep it up!
It’s great to hear from you as well. There’s so much content, with such little time to edit and put out there. Hopefully the remaining videos stay on the rails & don’t get derailed from the level of quality you’ve come to expect.
William, I must say, Justin Jeffersons grill is really something, I had no idea. I never believed in N scale before, now I've seen what it looks like thanks to you. My G scale eyes can barely handle HO, lol. You sure fixed up that truck though, very nice example of how to detail a model and weather it. Very noticeable results. I bet operation in N are awesome though. I really like the back in time bits you do and it also sounds way better than Before and After, lol I am sorry to hear of the loss of "Uncle Larry" from the comments he sure sounded like a choice fellow. Cheers Rob
It’s great to see you back in the comments Rob. With so much content to cover, it’s great to hear you’re mining out the gems in each episode.
More to come, layout updates are in order soon. It’ll be great to hear your take/feedback.
Another Great show. I c ould actually hear the Grumudgeon this week. When i go to the train show , its shop first then chitchat...
Tom, I made the adjustment, just for you!
Honestly, if you hadn’t said anything, I would have loaded the previously processed recording. It’s better to put the music with the voiceover. Your feedback was very helpful, so thanks for posting & tuning in AND for following up! Much appreciated.
Excellent coverage of the N scale layout, I know it isn’t your primary scale, but it’s nice to see coverage on such a gray layout! Thank you!
You bet! It’s fun to see what others dabble in, I’m not switching scales, but I can appreciate what they create.
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Very good points. I find myself looking at the older videos for this exact reason. Little details that are not subject of articles in hobby press (or many RUclips videos for that matter). But all little details that tell the tale of how life was in the era modeled. Especially since modeling an era before I was born. I try to find out if a building was a different color, as an example. Other things like traffic lights, number of lanes in a road, etc all were different then. Those line side poles are perfect example. There was a half mile stretch by my first house that still had these poles with the old porcelain isolators on them. Prob there since Edison was a newsboy on the Mt Clemens sub until CN tore them down a year or two ago…..
Good episode. 👍
Thank you! It was a fun one, next week should be just as good, if not better…it’ll have a layout update!
8:45 Milwaukee Road gondola behind your geep... and chance that was fixed or a surprize?
John
John, you’ve got a keen eye my friend…I didn’t notice it to be a MILW gon, until you noted it. Had there been a SOO and Milw Rd tandem?!? Then we’d start scratching our heads. 🤔
Great video William, thank you for making your videos, they are fantastic!
So great to hear you’re enjoying them, thanks for tuning in.
BTW William great video!
Thanks! I appreciate your feedback & support.
Great video yet again!😁
Graham you’ll really enjoy a few of the future episodes…MN&S?!?
Thanks for tuning in and sharing your thoughts. It’s always great to hear from you.
I’d pay $5 to chat with you. Well, five bucks Canadian which is about $3.75 American. I mean, you’re worth more than $3.75, but $5 American is almost $7 Canadian and.. well… cool video Bill! Love the layout tour and the touch ups on the truck. Nice dedication too. Always tough to lose a member of the community.
Mark, you’re in the running for “Comment if the week” with the good ol’ fashion exchange rate banter.
I mean, what country would have a beaver as their mascot?!? ruclips.net/video/117T302oHQw/видео.html
You’re spot on about the loss of a fellow modeler…the willingness to share knowledge goes with him and that’s something we’ll miss.
As always, thanks for tuning in and posting, your feedback is always worth $3.75. 😆
10:14 after all this excellent work covering the N scale Clinchfield Railroad you completely glossed over and skipped the Dehumidifier...
Sometimes I wonder if the cameo appearances go unnoticed?!? NOPE, you catch ‘em every time! The dehumidifier and stool didn’t have speaking parts, but in this Ep, they served as a great supporting cast.
Keep those eagle eyes dialed in. Thanks for watching & as always, adding the comic relief. Between yourself and Mark, no stones are left unturned.
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Thanks Mike! Hope all is well.
No Jibber-Jabber aat the Flea Market. Larry, we miss ya buddy. Arduino!
Is Jibber-Jabber the Curmudgeon’s archenemy?!? 🤔
Larry’s wisdom shall live on in the digital form on RUclips & The Crossing Gate Podcast. Never take conversations for granted, rather share/extract all one can from each encounter.
Thanks for tuning in Tom & for introducing Larry to us all. Forever grateful.
@@SootheMilwaukeeRoad Jiber-jabber and High-falutten!
Question on the Clinchfield - how did they get such sound depth? The owner must have external speakers! And thanks for answering questions!!!
N-Scale sound is so robust, cause they’ve got so much room for speakers. Truth of the matter, it’s dubbed in, for your enjoyment. Nothing says, “It’s a model, like N-scale sound.” 🤔
Good stuff! Keep the videos coming! So I have to ask... What video editing software do you use? When I see these, it makes me want to document my progress with my layout (Which I'm still trying to figure out). I had big dreams to have a Penn Central layout. Then I started to acquire different stuff other than PC and now I'm torn on what to do... That's model railroading I suppose.
Thanks for tuning in.
I started with iMovie, then switched to Adobe Final Cut for one episode and felt…it was overkill for what I was putting together. iMove is quick & easy, sync’d with my phone (which is what I shoot 90% of the footage).
Shoot for the dream you’re striving for…my biggest bit of info is to START…a little at a time will take you a long way.
Where do you order your micro drill bits, and what type of hand drill were you using? I desperately need another place to get bits.
Thank you, and enjoyed the show!,
The boys I recently purchased are from the internet dungeon: Gyros Micro Drill Bit Set of... www.amazon.com/dp/B000SKT9M2?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
The mandrill is from a tool guy at the local flea market…MicroMark sells them as well.
Little things huh??😂😂. How about Horribly Oversized!!! Take that!!
N scale rules!!, others drool!!!🤪🤪🤪
William are you going to the Nmra nationals in Texas this year?
Have you tird toothbrush bristles for the antenna?
I have a collect of cats whiskers my daughter has collected for me, I hear somewhere they were good, flexible and tapered.
I have not, but do know guys that have used cat whiskers. 😺 Not my style, but hey…if it works?!? Who’s to know?!? 🤷🏻♂️
On that ford.... did you flat coat prior to using the taco sauce?
Excellent question. The answer: “Nope, it’s straight out of the package.”
I don’t clear coat freight cars either, it’s always straight out of the box. 🙈
@@SootheMilwaukeeRoad Thanks! I've yet to ever find a clear answer on that. The answer has always been elusive, like the whole tootsie pop thing. 🤣