Nice looking layout. Seemingly insignificant, the curved Backdrop & Facia @ 8:18 makes a remarkable difference on how the eye flows through the layout. Cheers.
Thanks so much for taking the time to watch my video and I appreciate your comments. It's obvious that you have a good eye for model railroading art. Mike
Greetings John - I miss seeing updates on your great layout. Thank you for watching my video and I appreciate your comments. We've got to keep the memory of the Milwaukee Road alive! Mike
I enjoyed watching this trainset! As I was looking at the lead engines I happened to pull out my U36C Milwaukee Road by Atlas I purchased in the 1990's and this video came to view! Now I want the 2 other units and caboose, I bought the U36C Milwaukee Road after the merger of the SOO LINE. This run on the layout great!👏
Another great video. Beautiful scenery and smooth flowing track with super elevated curves, what's not to like. I am sure the Milwaukee Road crew enjoyed the detour on the Rock Island Lines. What are the tank like objects on the roof of the Milwaukee Road locomotive #233? Thanks for posting.-Tom
Great video as always. A question if I may: are any of your curves super elevated? I can't really tell from the video. If not have you run into any problems? I am debating whether to do this or not. I know it "looks better" but if I can eliminate potential headaches for myself I'll sacrifice a bit of realism for that. Thanks.
Fantastic consist. Reminds me of childhood vacations in northern Wisconsin, seeing freight trains from the C&NW, Soo Line, and Milwaukee Road. Thanks for the video!
Mike, Great job!! I see light gray/red locos in your future. Maybe GP30 (lead), F7B ( mid) U30C ( trail). Seeing the geep brought back memories of having a Front Range kit back in the 80’s. The second Milwaukee trailer was cool! Laters, Wyatt
Just a suggestion on your F7A, The grills on the side of the loco were normally painted black on the Milwaukee Road rather than being left as bare metal. Athearn mistakenly did not paint them black in the most recent run of the Milwaukee Road F7s. Loved the video!
Great video Mike, you know that Milwaukee train crew enjoyed running on good roadbed and rails for a change!! I've seen videos of their horrendous track work and it was as bad as Penn Centrals at the end, pumping mud as a Freight goes thru!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I see the broken tie butts on your layout. When I first started operating between Chickasha and Wichita, the ditches were all littered with broken butts. All the time I operated on the Missouri Pacific before this and even when I left to go to Wyoming and operated between Green River and Salt Lake, I have never encountered the amount of broken tie butts as I did on the old Rock Island. It seems I remember the RI employees telling me that it was a MOW tie project. Do you know why and when the RI did this?
Prior to the mid-to-late 1980's, most railroads used tie saws in their mechanized tie gangs to cut the ties into 3 pieces, thus creating the tie butts that littered the right-of-way. The tie saws were replaced with whole tie removal equipment in the late 1980's. Wood tie disposal was an issue in the past and it was expensive to pick up the scrap ties and dispose of them; therefore, tie butts and whole ties were often left along side the track to block drainage ditches and rot away. Today there are facilities that can incinerate scrap ties and, of course, there is much better (and more efficient) equipment to handle and load scrap ties for disposal. Thank you for watching my video. Mike
Hi Ed - Only one of the train order signals on my layout is operable. It is controlled by a Circuitron (Tortoise) mounting bracket and actuator drive mechanism, part #800-8100. Thank you for watching my video. Mike
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Nice looking layout. Seemingly insignificant, the curved Backdrop & Facia @ 8:18 makes a remarkable difference on how the eye flows through the layout. Cheers.
Thanks so much for taking the time to watch my video and I appreciate your comments. It's obvious that you have a good eye for model railroading art. Mike
Great video. Watched this on my lunch hour yesterday. Perfect late 60s lash up and freight!
Greetings John - I miss seeing updates on your great layout. Thank you for watching my video and I appreciate your comments. We've got to keep the memory of the Milwaukee Road alive! Mike
Super video and wonderful layout.
Thank you very much! Mike
I always enjoy a look at the layout. Great videography!
Thanks for watching and commenting! Mike
Amazing your layout!!!Congratulations !!!
Thank you very much! Mike
I enjoyed watching this trainset! As I was looking at the lead engines I happened to pull out my U36C Milwaukee Road by Atlas I purchased in the 1990's and this video came to view! Now I want the 2 other units and caboose, I bought the U36C Milwaukee Road after the merger of the SOO LINE. This run on the layout great!👏
Thank you very much for watching and commenting on my video. Mike
Very nice running session!
Thank you, Dave! Mike
Not over powered. Not overly weathered. Great!
Thank you very much, I appreciate it! Mike
Great layout, well done vid!
Hi Patrick - Thank you very much for your comments! Mike
That is one nice looking layout.
Thank you very much! Mike
Their orange and magenta passenger trains, pre-1955, were striking. Love the camera angles here.
Thanks for watching, Tommy. I appreciate it! Mike
Nice video 👍 I like those 3 refrigerator units before the caboose especially the dirty one.. I have some in G scale their Awesome. Thanks
I appreciate your comments ..... thank you! Mike
I Like It!, Nice Layout and Trains
Thanks so much! Mike
Cool operation. All aboard
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Thank you! Mike
Very awesome .
Thank you very much! Mike
Awesome post as always. Thanks for sharing with us.
You are welcome, John. Thank you for taking your time to watch the video and comment. Mike
Impressive layout ! Great scenes, scenery, weathering and trains. Very well done.
Thank you very much! Mike
Great to see the Illinois Terminal boxcar. My first, and only, railroad job.
Thanks, Todd! Mike
such a cool layout
Thanks so much! Mike
Another great video. Beautiful scenery and smooth flowing track with super elevated curves, what's not to like. I am sure the Milwaukee Road crew enjoyed the detour on the Rock Island Lines. What are the tank like objects on the roof of the Milwaukee Road locomotive #233? Thanks for posting.-Tom
Thank you, Tom! Those are spark arrestors on the roof of #233. I always appreciate your comments. Mike
Great video as always. A question if I may: are any of your curves super elevated? I can't really tell from the video. If not have you run into any problems? I am debating whether to do this or not. I know it "looks better" but if I can eliminate potential headaches for myself I'll sacrifice a bit of realism for that. Thanks.
Yes, the main line curves are super elevated and I have not had any issues with the curves. Thank you for watching and for your comments. Mike
Fantastic consist. Reminds me of childhood vacations in northern Wisconsin, seeing freight trains from the C&NW, Soo Line, and Milwaukee Road. Thanks for the video!
Thank you so much for watching and commenting ....... I really appreciate it! Mike
Awesome layout and lashup! Who makes your grade crossing flashers on the crossing in Des Moines IA?
The crossing flashers are a Tomar product. Thank you for watching and commenting. Mike
Thank you for sharing. Fantastic ride Mike, as always. Great detail on the Milwaukee units.
Hi Gary - Thanks so much. Your gal is still on the platform at Albert Lea awaiting your arrival. ;-) Mike
Very nice
Thank you, David. Mike
Looks great Mike, gotta love the Milwaukee! I really appreciate how smooth the curve is in the last shot. Cheers! -grant
Thanks so much, Grant. I appreciate your comments! Mike
@@rimodeler7963 I totally agree with Grant. That long sweeping curve was done the way it should be.
I enjoyed seeing the more urban areas on your layout.
Thank you! Mike
The Albert Lea sub formerly rock island had a derailment yesterday in Albert Lea
Thanks for watching. There was also a very serious derailment on Monday (05-17-2021) near Sibley, Iowa on the Union Pacific. Mike
Mike,
Great job!! I see light gray/red locos in your future. Maybe GP30 (lead), F7B ( mid) U30C ( trail). Seeing the geep brought back memories of having a Front Range kit back in the 80’s.
The second Milwaukee trailer was cool!
Laters, Wyatt
Greetings Wyatt - You never know, SOO Line road power may be a future possibility. As always, thanks for your comments. Mike
Just a suggestion on your F7A, The grills on the side of the loco were normally painted black on the Milwaukee Road rather than being left as bare metal. Athearn mistakenly did not paint them black in the most recent run of the Milwaukee Road F7s.
Loved the video!
I appreciate your suggestion regarding the side grills and for taking the time to watch the video and comment. Thanks! Mike
Wanted you to know that I did get the side grills painted black on the F7A 😊. Thanks again for bringing that to my attention. Mike
Great video Mike, you know that
Milwaukee train crew enjoyed running on good roadbed and
rails for a change!! I've seen videos
of their horrendous track work and
it was as bad as Penn Centrals at
the end, pumping mud as a Freight
goes thru!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Thanks for watching and for your comments. Mike
love you running milwaukee road.they have trackage rights on my railroad into california
Thanks for watching! Mike
Sweet. Ok so out all the videos i definitely notice youve been adding alot of scenery and i like your overhead wire at the jct!!! Great video
Thank you for watching and for your comments. Mike
I see the broken tie butts on your layout. When I first started operating between Chickasha and Wichita, the ditches were all littered with broken butts. All the time I operated on the Missouri Pacific before this and even when I left to go to Wyoming and operated between Green River and Salt Lake, I have never encountered the amount of broken tie butts as I did on the old Rock Island. It seems I remember the RI employees telling me that it was a MOW tie project. Do you know why and when the RI did this?
Prior to the mid-to-late 1980's, most railroads used tie saws in their mechanized tie gangs to cut the ties into 3 pieces, thus creating the tie butts that littered the right-of-way. The tie saws were replaced with whole tie removal equipment in the late 1980's. Wood tie disposal was an issue in the past and it was expensive to pick up the scrap ties and dispose of them; therefore, tie butts and whole ties were often left along side the track to block drainage ditches and rot away. Today there are facilities that can incinerate scrap ties and, of course, there is much better (and more efficient) equipment to handle and load scrap ties for disposal. Thank you for watching my video. Mike
Are the train order signals at the stations operable? How are they controlled?
Hi Ed - Only one of the train order signals on my layout is operable. It is controlled by a Circuitron (Tortoise) mounting bracket and actuator drive mechanism, part #800-8100. Thank you for watching my video. Mike
Hello from Wisconsin! Looks beautiful! I just got some more milwaukee rolling stock!
I appreciate you taking the time to watch my video and comment. Thanks! Mike
That was pretty awesome, can't wait to see more trains running around your layout
Thank you! Mike
Is the Nevada station a kit or custom made?
The Nevada station was custom built by my friend Ole Melhouse. Thanks for watching the video. Mike