Love these videos Lance,After watching this one in your video series it kinda dawned on me that you basically brought your book ( how to operate a modern era switching layout) to life..Thank you..
Great video Lance! Not being a "know it all" lol, but you always stretch the slack before you release the handbrakes. Keep these great videos coming! Cheers!
I remember that Miami Vice intro, very cool way to start the video. The working the switch back video brings back memories of when I railfanned it with you. Too bad it is all gone now.
FYI, you would stretch after you make the joint,to ensure a good coupling. Then lace the air hoses and release the handbrake. The handbrake should ALWAYS be the last thing you do. The conductor will ride on the stirrups ( not the walkway)on the engineer's side, so he can give hand signals. Fantastic layout!!!!
Lance great vid as always. Downtown Spur always my favorite. Play suggestion. Paint a large L on one side of the switch lock and a large U on the other side. When you unlock the switch just flip the lock around. Gives you a little visual cue. Easier than grabbing a key. Just a thought
It appears as though there was once two tracks for the Miami Produce Center. Did the trackage cross 12th Ave. and before or during a "redevelopment" the A-1 Farmer's Choice building was erected. ------------------- Just an observation: You could connect both Fusees to both sides and operated by one switch.
I think that, yes, many years ago there were two tracks. Sadly, shortly after I photographed this in 2007 they pulled up all the tracks and removed the spur.
Heh. "It sucks to be you" was one of the favorite sayings of my wife's supervisor back in the early 90's. Thanks for the higher angle views of your layout as it helps me better appreciate the structures and "scenic" elements that go into it. Speaking of the latter, did you include any brown paper bags containing dead chickens? From what I've learned, this is an important trackside feature near grade crossings. 🙂
What about a horn when you are backing up, stretching the coupler or going forward? I worked a shortline for years and we had to cross streets like this everyday and I hated it so much because people were so rude and in a hurry. We called them "Runners" because of them running in front of the train to beat us. One day I was on the point of a shove into U.P.'s yard and I was riding on a flatcar and a guy was flying down the street and we were almost all the way blocking it and he slammed on his brakes and got sideways to keep from hitting us. His eyes were as big as hubcaps and I could see how scared he was. One other day everyone stopped for us at a crossing except a loaded grain semi truck and he slammed into the grain car I was on the point shoving across the street, I had jumped off at the last moment and was lucky I did because he shredded and mangled where I was on the ladder and his truck. I spent a year in and out of hospitals ,therapy and a chair. He admitted in court that he never saw us and he was road raging the little car in front of him for turning in front of him and cutting him off. I used more fusses and flags and I even got a magnetic rotary beacon to attach to the car I was riding or my switch truck and we honked at everything so this never happened again. I love what you do and the realism and modeling is so top notch!
yea it really sucks that the cabooses were contractually eliminated... that move involving the grain truck, the company should have given you a caboose for your shove
@@25mfd We were a shortline railroad,but I agree. Only one railroad in town had one and that was the Illinois Central, and it was an outhouse on a flatcar(shoving platform) U.P. and BNSF now have old cabooses with windows and doors welded shut for shoving movements. (This is in Omaha and Council Bluffs,Iowa)
Great video. Very informative. I love seeing how operations work in the USA. I saw an EoT device that fits in th KD coupling on another channel. Have you seen those? You could add swapping it into the ops session.
Thank you Lance. It seems you don't use mechanical rodding to actuate the turnouts, rather you just move the points with your finger. is this your preferred method? It's a clean look on the fascia if so.
For me, that was an extremely enjoyable video. Thank you.
Excellent video. I’m enjoying these operations videos your doing and the great videos of your layout.
I Love your operations. You and SOCAL MODELS operate So prototypical. LOVE IT.
Man the sounds were so good. Really added to the experience.
Lance very interesting operation video.I've always enjoyed your modeling,videos and magazine articles.Great stuff!
Love your commentary about the simulation of prototypical operations. I'm learning a lot.
Fantastic Layout, Lance. Thanks for the Operation Videos, really enjoy the details and hearing the reasons things are done the way they are.
Absolutely one of the neatest layouts around. Always look forward to seeing it
Really great video. The way you operate makes great sense for smaller layouts (like mine) and it is great to see it in action.
Spectacular. I really wish I could have come of age when this was an active lead. Glad you and Tom K got shots of this op.
Yeah, it's a bummer that they pulled it up. Florida Bottling kept it going for awhile but even that ended.
Love these videos Lance,After watching this one in your video series it kinda dawned on me that you basically brought your book ( how to operate a modern era switching layout) to life..Thank you..
Great video Lance! Not being a "know it all" lol, but you always stretch the slack before you release the handbrakes. Keep these great videos coming! Cheers!
Thanks for the correction. Much appreciated!
What do you mean i saw the pin dropped its good lol
Prob the most detailed latout out their!
I remember that Miami Vice intro, very cool way to start the video. The working the switch back video brings back memories of when I railfanned it with you. Too bad it is all gone now.
FYI, you would stretch after you make the joint,to ensure a good coupling. Then lace the air hoses and release the handbrake. The handbrake should ALWAYS be the last thing you do.
The conductor will ride on the stirrups ( not the walkway)on the engineer's side, so he can give hand signals. Fantastic layout!!!!
Lance great vid as always. Downtown Spur always my favorite. Play suggestion. Paint a large L on one side of the switch lock and a large U on the other side. When you unlock the switch just flip the lock around. Gives you a little visual cue. Easier than grabbing a key. Just a thought
Very nice very nice
Keep um coming
Always a adventure.
It appears as though there was once two tracks for the Miami Produce Center. Did the trackage cross 12th Ave. and before or during a "redevelopment" the A-1 Farmer's Choice building was erected. ------------------- Just an observation: You could connect both Fusees to both sides and operated by one switch.
I think that, yes, many years ago there were two tracks. Sadly, shortly after I photographed this in 2007 they pulled up all the tracks and removed the spur.
Really enjoyed this video.
Heh. "It sucks to be you" was one of the favorite sayings of my wife's supervisor back in the early 90's. Thanks for the higher angle views of your layout as it helps me better appreciate the structures and "scenic" elements that go into it. Speaking of the latter, did you include any brown paper bags containing dead chickens? From what I've learned, this is an important trackside feature near grade crossings. 🙂
What about a horn when you are backing up, stretching the coupler or going forward? I worked a shortline for years and we had to cross streets like this everyday and I hated it so much because people were so rude and in a hurry. We called them "Runners" because of them running in front of the train to beat us. One day I was on the point of a shove into U.P.'s yard and I was riding on a flatcar and a guy was flying down the street and we were almost all the way blocking it and he slammed on his brakes and got sideways to keep from hitting us. His eyes were as big as hubcaps and I could see how scared he was. One other day everyone stopped for us at a crossing except a loaded grain semi truck and he slammed into the grain car I was on the point shoving across the street, I had jumped off at the last moment and was lucky I did because he shredded and mangled where I was on the ladder and his truck. I spent a year in and out of hospitals ,therapy and a chair. He admitted in court that he never saw us and he was road raging the little car in front of him for turning in front of him and cutting him off. I used more fusses and flags and I even got a magnetic rotary beacon to attach to the car I was riding or my switch truck and we honked at everything so this never happened again. I love what you do and the realism and modeling is so top notch!
Thanks for the colorful backstory! Yeah, "real" railroaders have a tough job.
yea it really sucks that the cabooses were contractually eliminated... that move involving the grain truck, the company should have given you a caboose for your shove
@@25mfd We were a shortline railroad,but I agree. Only one railroad in town had one and that was the Illinois Central, and it was an outhouse on a flatcar(shoving platform) U.P. and BNSF now have old cabooses with windows and doors welded shut for shoving movements. (This is in Omaha and Council Bluffs,Iowa)
Great video. Very informative. I love seeing how operations work in the USA. I saw an EoT device that fits in th KD coupling on another channel. Have you seen those? You could add swapping it into the ops session.
Yes, I have seen those. They would make for an interesting addition to a session.
@@LanceMindheim coolio! I think it really would,
Real nice
Thank you Lance. It seems you don't use mechanical rodding to actuate the turnouts, rather you just move the points with your finger. is this your preferred method? It's a clean look on the fascia if so.
For the most part I use, and prefer, the finger flip method. I do have a few locations where I use Tortoise switch machines
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As a miami local who works around that area sometimes sad to see that they pulled up the tracks that service miami produce and a1 farmers choice
First stretch then release hand brake
Oops! ...and thanks! I still have things to learn too!