Recording the MLW M420 Locomotive with Rapido and TCS

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  • Опубликовано: 6 янв 2025

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  • @SMTMainline
    @SMTMainline 4 года назад +35

    I'm sure the new sounds turned out great but honestly, I the video it's self was really interesting. A lot of different perspectives you don't usually get to see in cab ride videos. Pretty enjoyable

  • @gordonoconnor3790
    @gordonoconnor3790 4 года назад +8

    Another unit I don't need, but as I was born near Titusville, has become a must purchase. Thanks alot Rapido!!

  • @EMDSD14R
    @EMDSD14R 4 года назад +6

    I lived in PA all my life and didn't know about this railroad! Great video!

  • @natestrains1166
    @natestrains1166 4 года назад +3

    Seems like a lot of companies are switching to TCS for sound, and for good reason! You can tell by watching this video that they are very professional in the mic setups, and so the sound comes out great!

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  4 года назад

      We've been very impressed with their operation!

  • @slowb4lls1
    @slowb4lls1 Год назад +1

    Good gawd this thing is wicked even old as it is the sounds these monsters make are wicked, thanks for you guys hard work this is how it’s done ✅

  • @justinbyers1725
    @justinbyers1725 3 года назад +1

    Just a mere 14 miles from where I live. The OC&T is an amazing railroad and a beautiful ride in the fall. They also operate a caboose motel as well. Also they got an old Amtrak Amfleet car in storage at the moment. Their fleet also consist of a 1947 and 1950 Alco S-2

  • @jims6323
    @jims6323 Год назад +1

    That was the best train video I've seen yet!

  • @kenjones2312
    @kenjones2312 4 года назад +1

    It's actually not an OC&T paint scheme. The one pilot paint was changed by th OC&T, but the actual paint scheme was done when it was at Trillium. First day we ran it Dingman was on board. We were doing 50mph between St. Thomas & Tillsonburg on the welded rail. The paint actually wasn't black, it was green, it was painted from CN to this, a bit by myself, but the majority by Mike McIlwaine. Lots more oil on the block than when we had it. She breathes fire at night when under load too. Had a good 4ft flame out of her many times. A cold start will smoke out the neighborhood. An overnight idle and she'll spew oil and sparks everywhere. Good to see DIngman at the throttle...

  • @thetriclopsguy122
    @thetriclopsguy122 4 года назад +2

    I love the at home thing you guys do, its so good, keep doing them.

  • @hamiltonsullivan6563
    @hamiltonsullivan6563 4 года назад +2

    Great video

  • @ModelingSteelinHO
    @ModelingSteelinHO 4 года назад +3

    Stunning sound capture ! She's a rare girl indeed. Thank you.

  • @atrain0105
    @atrain0105 4 года назад +1

    I live a little over an hour away from the Oil Creek & Titusville its pretty cool to see locomotives around my area being used for sounds for model trains

  • @phildoethedildoe
    @phildoethedildoe 3 года назад

    I totally remember this very unit from when I was a kid in 3rd grade on a field trip from Erie Pa !! Glad she's still rolling for the OC&T RR!!

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  3 года назад

      Awesome! She's still going strong!

  • @Juan_A_Garcia
    @Juan_A_Garcia 4 года назад +2

    Very nice video!!
    Greetings from Spain.

  • @mercury7590
    @mercury7590 4 года назад +1

    Excellent footage. The shot of the bell in action is certainly something we don’t get to see often. Kudos to you.

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  4 года назад

      Thanks!

    • @Vzw-dj9rf
      @Vzw-dj9rf 3 года назад

      @@rapidotrains Let me guess...you're thinking about how to make the bell actually operate...:- )

  • @lolfunnycp
    @lolfunnycp 3 года назад +1

    3:30 Did anyone else notice the stamped "max speed 75 mph"? I read that the top speed on M420's is 67 mph w/ standard gearing... does anyone know if Alco offered higher gearing options, or if the M420's can do 75 unofficially? I know EMD's standard 62:15 gearing back then was 65 mph official, but some RR's allowed 70-71... others ordered higher gearing options! 🤓
    Also, that old-school Alco chug is something else! I'd consider flying in from California just to hear it 😂
    Finally, I'm buying the DCC/sound model when it releases... and running it w/ my chuggin' ass Dash 9's 💯

  • @TonyFleetwood
    @TonyFleetwood 4 года назад +3

    God bless you for doing this

  • @Dormitator1
    @Dormitator1 4 года назад +1

    Hey! Keewatin Railway in The Pas, MB has a couple of these M420's working again.

  • @chrisgurney2467
    @chrisgurney2467 4 года назад +1

    As always a highly professional production of perfection :D

  • @WarbonnetProductions
    @WarbonnetProductions 4 года назад +1

    I’m super excited for these. Hopefully in the future you guys make variants in the paint schemes from the movie Atomic Train.

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  4 года назад

      Maybe one day, but licensing would be expensive.

    • @jadedfox4672
      @jadedfox4672 4 года назад

      @@rapidotrains you did a conditional one for am road, it could be conditional

  • @southwesternct2222
    @southwesternct2222 4 года назад +2

    Cool! I would like to go to Pennsylvania to see the Railroad but I live in New England and it's pretty boring over here not many freights

  • @BorisLu
    @BorisLu 4 года назад +2

    Super video!

  • @seanspennywisemiserrr
    @seanspennywisemiserrr 4 года назад +1

    Awesome video, interesting to see how the recording is done for the decoders

  • @jacojasso9901
    @jacojasso9901 4 года назад +3

    Wow I really like the m420w locomotives

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  4 года назад

      Thanks, they're really cool engines!

    • @jacojasso9901
      @jacojasso9901 4 года назад +1

      Quick question will you produce any sd38's and sd38-2's in the future?

  • @vsrailroad6226
    @vsrailroad6226 4 года назад

    Literally my favorite locomotive

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  4 года назад

      Awesome! They are pretty cool engines.

    • @vsrailroad6226
      @vsrailroad6226 4 года назад

      Yea hey btw if i was to shell out enough money would yall beable to do a certain paint scheme or no? If not its ok

  • @bhproductions1061
    @bhproductions1061 3 года назад +1

    I took a trip on it for my birthday in July of 21

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  3 года назад

      Awesome! It's a wonderful operation.

  • @Elliottblancher
    @Elliottblancher Год назад +1

    We don't need extension cords where were going

  • @Sunglass_Man
    @Sunglass_Man 2 года назад

    I’m planning on getting a BC Rail M420 and M420 B set

  • @CentralJerseyRailfan
    @CentralJerseyRailfan 4 года назад +3

    Literal music to my ears! What happened to ESU?

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  4 года назад +3

      We are still using ESU for many of our projects and will continue to do so in the future.

    • @CentralJerseyRailfan
      @CentralJerseyRailfan 4 года назад +2

      rapidotrains that’s awesome to know, thanks! I figured I’d ask considering many people are fans of ESU

  • @PaulAFulcher
    @PaulAFulcher 4 года назад +1

    hI- ho- Rapidotrains and a wayyyyy...nice video boys top stuff ! and hats off to Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad for their assistance !

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  4 года назад

      Thanks! 👍 We're very appreciative of the help OC&T provided us!

  • @rauti73
    @rauti73 4 года назад +1

    Pure Music 👍🏻😍

  • @BrandonWagner93
    @BrandonWagner93 4 года назад +1

    I know odds are not likely, but would you guys consider doing the M420 locos from the film Atomic Train?

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  4 года назад +1

      Maybe if we tool the BC version. There would be licensing issues though.

  • @stephenhunter70
    @stephenhunter70 4 года назад +1

    Them bogies on the Alco look similar to those on Victorian Clyde/EMD T class locos

  • @yrunaked4
    @yrunaked4 4 года назад +2

    that thing is just tasty, sounds like excellence

  • @lynndwight7512
    @lynndwight7512 4 года назад +1

    Question, is it safe to use a Bachmann Standard DC / Bachmann E-Z command DCC controler with *your* models, and models such as Athearn, Walthers, Mth, Ext?

  • @andrewtreece3708
    @andrewtreece3708 4 года назад +1

    Bobs a friend of mine he’s a fantastic host and great friend any chance of a limited run or the 3568?

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  4 года назад +2

      Maybe if we do a second release with the rebuilt CN 3500's!

  • @lawsoncook5613
    @lawsoncook5613 4 года назад +1

    Do they do cab rides

  • @bert26a
    @bert26a 4 года назад +1

    Will you guys be doing any of the M420's in the Great Western Rail paint scheme for us Prairie boys?

  • @nighthawk9097
    @nighthawk9097 4 года назад +1

    This is pretty cool. Will it be available in the Oil Creek & Titusville R.R. paint scheme? I’m a sucker for less heard of road names

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  4 года назад +2

      Might do so in a future release when we do the rebuilt CN 3500's!

    • @nighthawk9097
      @nighthawk9097 4 года назад +1

      That’d be pretty cool, cheers

  • @mike08091
    @mike08091 4 года назад +2

    Wow!!

  • @jimkammerer8028
    @jimkammerer8028 4 года назад +2

    Very good and INFORMATIVE VIDEO funny also you guys really enjoy what you are doing THANK you AGAIN FOR your AWESOME work and your TIME HAVE a good day JIM KAMMERER OF PHILADELPHIA PA 👍👍👍👍👌👌😁😁😁

  • @randyoehling1701
    @randyoehling1701 4 года назад +1

    Way cool. I live about an hour away. I wished I'd known you be there. Would've stopped by to say hello

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  4 года назад +1

      Neat! But we were keeping it a secret... 😁

  • @GP9railfan
    @GP9railfan 4 года назад

    Are you planning to make the Maine Eastern (ex-CN zebra) M420CW 3573?

  • @RonStanek
    @RonStanek 4 года назад +1

    Rapidio: Excelsior !!! I need 2 or 3 of these.

  • @amtraklover
    @amtraklover 4 года назад +1

    Excellent use of the William Tell Overture

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  4 года назад +1

      Seemed to be the right fit! 😂

  • @Mnnti.
    @Mnnti. Год назад +1

    Do you guys plan on making the S-2s as well?

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  Год назад

      Like many things, we can say they've been discussed!

  • @mile290productions3
    @mile290productions3 4 года назад +1

    What are the notes on that horn?
    What is it called?

  • @lahiruyasanka1114
    @lahiruyasanka1114 4 года назад +1

    This engine disign very beautiful. Mlw locomotives sounds high quality. Engine cab in Side very nice. I am very like running still operation yet. More beautiful six axial mlw locomotives. I am Sri Lanka

  • @SouthJerseyRailfan
    @SouthJerseyRailfan 4 года назад +2

    now this is epic

  • @christopherberg9379
    @christopherberg9379 4 года назад +1

    Now that's just about the largest leaf blower that I ever saw!!! I will have to get me one!!!

  • @NYSW3636
    @NYSW3636 4 года назад +3

    8:37 I don’t think I have ever heard someone say “let her rip vanwinkle”, and I live in Delaware County…

  • @TrainFan119
    @TrainFan119 4 года назад +1

    Was the end a Millennium force reference when Bobby chases the train

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  4 года назад +1

      Seems to be a Rapdio thing since we left Jordan behind during the bus video! 🤣

    • @TrainFan119
      @TrainFan119 4 года назад

      rapidotrains oh

  • @Csx_Ns
    @Csx_Ns 4 года назад +1

    I like that locomotive

  • @Dawsonsrailfanadventures74
    @Dawsonsrailfanadventures74 4 года назад +1

    I would buy a M420W if you did one in OC&T paint i live 2 hours from the OC&T

  • @pooleandrew
    @pooleandrew 4 года назад +1

    Could definitely use a couple BC Rail models. My OSR fleet won't be complete without 644 and 646 😉

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  4 года назад

      We'd like to to them in a future release!

  • @BrandonWagner93
    @BrandonWagner93 Год назад

    Only thing the model M420 lacks is that alco smoke😊

  • @TunnelMotorMann
    @TunnelMotorMann 4 года назад +2

    I would buy a model of one of these if I had the money and if there was a BC Rail version.

  • @ginogalante
    @ginogalante 4 года назад

    Can you guys do a Southern RR of NJ paint scheme?

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  4 года назад

      We find that short lines generally don't sell enough quantities unfortunately. You'll have to buy an undec.

    • @ginogalante
      @ginogalante 4 года назад

      Well you could just make a limited amount of units for a limited time.

  • @danielcraig2573
    @danielcraig2573 4 года назад +3

    Oh wow 🤩 That is an amazing sound for a diesel locomotive. The starting up, shutting down and other different engine sounds add some incredible detail. That horn sound is the highlight. It sounds like an E minor music chord. Where did CN use these locos commonly? Keep up the great work.

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  4 года назад +3

      Thanks! CN used these everywhere east of Winnipeg, including in the northeastern US.

    • @danielcraig2573
      @danielcraig2573 4 года назад +1

      @@rapidotrains Thanks.

    • @AlexTrain5249
      @AlexTrain5249 4 года назад

      The K3L on that is playing half a step up from it’s intended chord D# minor triad.

    • @danielcraig2573
      @danielcraig2573 4 года назад

      @@AlexTrain5249 Interesting. I have heard instruments that go flat as they get older but this horn has gone one semitone sharp as it got older.

    • @trainiax
      @trainiax 2 года назад

      @@AlexTrain5249 The horn pitch changes with air density. On other locomotives, I've heard the same horn play E minor in summer and D# minor in winter.

  • @melindaspire7565
    @melindaspire7565 4 года назад +2

    I’ve been there

  • @jimkammerer8028
    @jimkammerer8028 4 года назад +1

    This VIDEO is super helpful and interesting THANK you FOR your VIDEO and your TIME AWESOME NICE VIDEO. JIM KAMMERER OF PHILADELPHIA PA

  • @stephengrybowski9573
    @stephengrybowski9573 4 года назад +2

    I hope the final sound files don’t include people talking over the startup sequence! 😉👍🇨🇦

  • @needs2quit1atgmail87
    @needs2quit1atgmail87 4 года назад +1

    Doesn't BC rail have some of these as well??

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  4 года назад

      Yes. We may do those in a future release, but they will need significant retooling.

  • @miguelangelgarrido7233
    @miguelangelgarrido7233 4 года назад +1

    hola buen dia muchas gracias por el video

  • @jonathanmchugh1391
    @jonathanmchugh1391 4 года назад +1

    I’ve seen this engine before!!!

  • @mikemenecola9240
    @mikemenecola9240 3 года назад

    Can u buy that engine from that railroad

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  3 года назад

      It's not for sale, but we've already got out hands full with other restoration projects.

  • @Brandonvilches0721
    @Brandonvilches0721 4 года назад +1

    Aren’t they rare?

  • @lowcountryplanespotter2816
    @lowcountryplanespotter2816 4 года назад +1

    Do an N scale husky stack

  • @orionxiv4850
    @orionxiv4850 4 года назад +1

    very essential travel

  • @WisconsinCentralProductions
    @WisconsinCentralProductions 4 года назад +1

    Prime Mover ASMR?

  • @iggyjill
    @iggyjill 4 года назад

    How do you determine what unit your going to use? When was this done?

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  4 года назад +3

      This was recorded a while ago. The choice of locomotive is determined by relationships and access. The owner is a friend of ours and gives us full access to the railroad.

  • @pieroluciano3272
    @pieroluciano3272 4 года назад +2

    Thanks for the virtual tour, it was as close as I can get for a vacation during these times! Really appreciated! 👍😎 BTW, what is Robby Dobby Zobby Bobby's favourite Hobby and did he read any Model Train magazines in the Lobby? 😉

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  4 года назад

      Awesome! Thank you! Fortunately trains are Bobby's hobby and he does love reading train magazines in the lobby!

  • @railfanman7709
    @railfanman7709 4 года назад

    Why TCS will the acceleration and declaration match ESU decoders because I know digitraxx and ESU don’t go well together so I hope TCS and ESU go well together

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  4 года назад

      By default they will be very close. Every locomotive we do is a bit different because the guts are different. Watch this video to see our TCS and ESU decoders working together: ruclips.net/video/wau7KP-RIIQ/видео.html

    • @railfanman7709
      @railfanman7709 4 года назад +1

      rapidotrains ok thanks because I want to be about to run it with my bcrail b36-7

    • @railfanman7709
      @railfanman7709 4 года назад +1

      Also will the f59ph come with TCS

  • @jonny_vdv
    @jonny_vdv 4 года назад +1

    Gobby looked really comfortable in the fireman's seat

  • @texasscott7276
    @texasscott7276 4 года назад +3

    To bad Rapido didn't do A CN with ditch lights. Would of order one and wanted BCRAIL

    • @sd80mac
      @sd80mac 4 года назад

      This is only the first run, I'm sure they'll do all of those in the future

    • @iggyjill
      @iggyjill 4 года назад

      Im in the same boat

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  4 года назад +1

      After this run we'll be considering the later CN 3500 rebuilds and others!

    • @jamesherring4480
      @jamesherring4480 4 года назад +1

      Agree, want CN with ditch lights

  • @Scrat-hp2wl
    @Scrat-hp2wl 3 года назад +1

    This train is built in 1973

  • @cpmodels5105
    @cpmodels5105 4 года назад +2

    This TCS work is amazing.

  • @mile290productions3
    @mile290productions3 4 года назад +1

    Imagine if it was numbered "642" lmao.

  • @jgodfrey546
    @jgodfrey546 4 года назад

    Nice vid...newbie's T-shirt continuity issue aside....

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  4 года назад

      He had to change as he was sweating so much... 😁

    • @jgodfrey546
      @jgodfrey546 4 года назад

      @@rapidotrains over an M420..? Good thing it wasn't a UA turbo...

  • @ThePeninsulaRailfan
    @ThePeninsulaRailfan 4 года назад +1

    6:23
    bird crap!!!

  • @motokid7770
    @motokid7770 4 года назад +1

    Well now I know how to roll coal in a loco

    • @rapidotrains
      @rapidotrains  4 года назад

      Alco/MLW locomotives certainly are very known for their smoky exhausts!