Beautiful layout. When the coal train stopped for the conductor to throw the switch, I almost expected a miniature figure to climb down and throw that switch.😁
@@iatif1995 that's because before they didn't have much in the way of emd tooling for making the models but now with the mth tooling they have emd things so i am thinking it won't be long till they release something good like a ace
Like Pennsylvania Railfan said, they don’t have much EMD tooling. However, now that they have acquired Fox Valley Models, that may change very soon, as they are already making Scaletrains SD70ACes in N scale using Fox Valley tooling.
Awesome. I'm a former police officer. I worked from 7pm to 7am . I became friends with some coal miners and some csx engineers. When I didn't have anything going on I would go and watch them load the coal trains. They would let me sit up with them in the little house. This brought back so many memories. I would always help csx when they would have problems. Thanks for the video.
Hiya... an excellent video... what does the mechanism look like that allows the coal to drop and what happened at 12:35 when the screen went dark for a few seconds.? I would also like to know in more detail how you made this as well... keep up the good work
I just love the realism of your layout! My early years of employment I was a brakeman for Southern Pacific. My dad was an executive officer. Based in San Francisco I had the opportunity to do a lot more, and see a lot more than most. He was in charge of the communications department. Assistant General superintendent system of the railroad. It was his department, and staff under him who created the company we knew as Sprint. Your attention to detail the second to none. Great job!
NSmodeler24, I absolutely love your layout. The detail and scenery is outstanding and the videos always seem so lifelike. I am a huge train enthusiast and I am starting to look into a possible layout of my own in the future. I just wanted to know what are the best skills to learn and/or have for a great layout like yours? Detailing, electrical work, scenery, space, etc. I love you videos and look forward to the next one 👍
I have the 7293. I know their models but the photography makes them almost real. Impressive coal loader. Very enjoyable video. I just added dcc and sound to two tunnel motors today. I can't get enough of the hobby. 😁👍!
That really is fantastic, especially with the closed loop to keep stop the need of operators to transport the coal to the hoppers. Did anyone else see just black video near the end? @12:35
No, my pc played it fine. That's a shame to because he demonstrated emptying all the hoppers using the operating scratch built Rotary Dumper. lol, ya, I know. I'm an ass. lol 🤣
We are currently contemplating a set up like yours for a Lionel layout using the Lionel 6-16874 coaling station. We have plenty of room for the switch machine and electronics but we are not sure how things would line up similar to what you have done. Actually you may have a great idea for a sale of an item for larger scales. Can you tell us all the parts you purchased in order to fabricate the final product.
Over the last year, I've been converting the power for the coal trains to ESU decoders. I also use live loads and I couldn't get the slow speed needed for loading with the previous decoders. Their motor control is very configurable and the sound was a surprising benefit. I find it greatly adds to the realism and in helping to create the illusion. Good job on the loader and dumper! Thanks for sharing with us!
Definitely want to do some cool coal live loads when I get a layout of my own (still a ways out from that stage), but love to see the ideas and how it’s done
I have O gauge because HO didn’t have sounds and all the cool stuff when I was born. Sometimes I with I had HO because you just can’t do all this cool stuff when the trains are a lot bigger. This is amazing tho I could play around with these all day and never get bored
Great video! I was not too far from Lombard Hobbies at the Midwest Train Show in Wheaton today. I'm an O scale guy, but I grew up HO. Gonna have to check this place out.
Both my son (8) and I love the coal loader and rotary unloader! we have bought the kit ready to try and replicate the flood loader! We will re-watch your video on how you did that a good few times before we start putting it together! We have finally started putting track down in our summer house (train shed), so getting close to running now! thank you so much for the inspiration on the loading and unloading! your layout is a true work of art and you should be extremely proud of what you have achieved! one question I have about your layout but not about the coal loader... I noticed you have some really nice EOT lights on the tail car... how do you go about fitting those? do you have specific cars that are dedicated EOT cars and have the light and an accessory decoder fitted? I would love to see how you have done that if possible!?
Hey Robert, best of luck on the build! Check out some of my older videos - we have a much more detailed video on the workings of it and design (probably 5 years old or so by now). The EOT is by Ring Engineering and is a replacement truck/coupler package that come together and is pretty easy to install. And yes, we just have dedicated cars that we run on the end of the trains, as its not too easy to move around.
Love the videos. Such a fun layout to watch operate. Although I love the close-up "realism" - an occasional wide shot would be nice for reference. Thanks for making this series!
Fantastic modeling. I work in the PA coalfeilds and see this in real life operations often. Unbelievable how flawlessly your models work. If I could add my 2 cents... Any way to get the coal more "fine"? Probably wouldn't flow as well, huh? Also, rough up your track a bit if possible. Most tipples i see only the rail heads are exposed lol! Certainly not nit-picking, just some thoughts. Long live #kingcoal
I love this 👍👍 loading the coal “for real “ just adds so much more fun to the layout I think I might have to try a build something like this for my layout thank you 👍👍👍
That's really nice. I especially like the spring creaking noise under the coal tower. For many years I was on the other end of trains like that, unloading coal trains at Kingston Fossil Plant in Kingston, TN. Good job! Greg in TN :)
How do you go about finding multiple of the same rolling stock? I am working on a coal themed layout for CSX but am having a hard time finding 100 ton hoppers.
I just discovered your channel and subscribed after watching one video! What a superb layout! Why does the screen go blank as you discuss the opening of the chute? Cheers! Mike
How much do you charge for sound decoder for Amtrak locomotive p42 n light's I have athearn my friend gave me last year Amtrak but can't hear the horn and bell not loud n ditch lights don't work n Red light n
Since 'fugitive dust' has become an issue over the last decade or so, flood loaders have been fitted with a spray system to apply a water based polymer coating, to envelope the top layer and try to keep the dust under control. The kicker is that the coating wears off and must be reapplied periodically. The system would require a tank and plumbing; it could be attached to the backside of the loader's drop chute. I've seen both new loaders constructed with the spray included in the design and retrofitted to older builds. This is so realistic, it'd be great to keep it 'new as today' current. Loved the video, thanks for putting it up!
I got a question, when going through a loading cycle, do the locos need to be throttled up to counter act the loads weight?, obviously you are running a few cars in a train. Just wondering if the load weight plays any part.
When you weather the locomotives, don't forget to power the locomotives wheels 180 degrees so that the other half of the wheels are not shiny and missing the weathering.
Most of the locos in this video are ScaleTrains (except the 2 helpers - those are athearn), but we also have intermountain, Overland, and Atlas brands on the layout as well!
Great job on the layout and video production. Very enjoyaGrey. So VERY Realistic...except the Black Gold aka Coal needs to be a Shiney BLACK...NOT grey. Especially, after growing up and living in the Pocahontas Coal Fields of Southern West Virginia...where Coal is King!!
About how much cargo weight goes into each car (in ounces & grams),🤔 and what's the models real weight carried per train up the hill Josh? Those locos are doing a great job up hill!!👍🏻💪 Awesome videos. Enjoy them thouroughly!!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Cheers Richard
Excellent channel and content, Sir. I'm very new to model railroading and I have a question. I bought a used piece of rolling stock off Craigslist. It's an AHM HO scale, and from what I gather online, it's a 5274b 40' refridgerated unit. It's in SFRD livery, with the car number 35829. I understand AHM is no longer in business. My question is when was this particular piece made, and what time period did it represent? I'd like to weather it accordingly, and I'm assuming its prototype could have ran anywhere as indicated on the rail line map on the side of the car?
Josh...so amazing you seem to have a lot knowledge about the railroad..ever thought about working for Norfolk Southern.....I live about a mile from the calumet yard here in chicago....it's a nice yard.....103rd st bridge goes over the yard.....great video as always....
One of the coal co. I worked for, also had their own tipple and train load out on the property. Though I worked the deep mine, we often had to stop at the main office, to gossip like old women and pick up our coal bonuses 😁. The load out was directly at the end of the office. I had some buddies that worked at the plant and loaded trains. I would go up in the load out if one of them happened to be up there. A few times I got to load some cars. It's not as easy as I had always thought. Even with a staging bin with digital scales. You had to glance at the sugg load wt on each car, and be ready to charge the staging bin with that much weight, while you were loading the current car. All while the CSX conductor was sitting behind you babysitting his train. If you didn't uniformly load the car or you overflowed one end and spilled coal, they were very unhappy. If you underweighted cars, the coal co wasn't happy. It's stressful and aggravating, glad it wasn't my job, but experienced operators made it look so easy. But it was fun too try, and a nice view of the train. This was at the Jupiter Coal co. in Boone Co. WV, ran bye the late Chris Cline, a hell of a man and coal operator Getting ready to tear down my N scale Chessie➡️CSX layout. And rebuild with a lot of inspiration from NS Modelers layout and operations, his layout is incredible.
That closed loop system is genius! I was wondering about how you went about getting it back and forth. I wasn’t familiar enough with your layout to know the unloading happened above. I may have to steal this general idea if I ever get the privilege of designing a layout for myself. I’ll go ahead and say I’ve been very impressed with the overall production quality of your videos and of the layout itself. You and your father can be very proud of what you have achieved. Keep it up!
8801 is from the new run of ScaleTrains Dash 9s! Check them out here!
www.scaletrains.com/RivetCounterHODash9
Hey remember the train roster video you posted a year ago locomotive 4252 I’ve seen that Train in real life if you want I can send you a video
Love those coal train josh NS is my all time favorite locomotive
Josh could could I send my locomotives to you so u could do some good sounds for them
I've got one. There very reliable engines
Those Athearn Genesis Dash 9-40C's are actually really cool!
Another great video, Josh! Those ScaleTrains DASH 9s look great, don't they?
Indeed
Yes. I've got both wide cab and standard cab versions. Very reliable and detailed engines
Beautiful layout. When the coal train stopped for the conductor to throw the switch, I almost expected a miniature figure to climb down and throw that switch.😁
Lol I was thinking the same thing too.
Me three lol. Too funny.
I'm sure they could make it happen somehow, lol
A part of my job is to remotely operate a flood loader here in Australia. I just love watching it done in miniature. Keep up the good work.
5:10 I really was not expecting that chute to drop down. That's so cool
Which do you prefer scaletrains or athearn
@@pennsylvanianrailfan Athearn because they are making/made EMDs in the G2. Scaletrains keeps doing GE units
@@iatif1995 that's because before they didn't have much in the way of emd tooling for making the models but now with the mth tooling they have emd things so i am thinking it won't be long till they release something good like a ace
Like Pennsylvania Railfan said, they don’t have much EMD tooling. However, now that they have acquired Fox Valley Models, that may change very soon, as they are already making Scaletrains SD70ACes in N scale using Fox Valley tooling.
Josh, your railroad is an absolute masterpiece my friend
Awesome. I'm a former police officer. I worked from 7pm to 7am . I became friends with some coal miners and some csx engineers. When I didn't have anything going on I would go and watch them load the coal trains. They would let me sit up with them in the little house. This brought back so many memories. I would always help csx when they would have problems. Thanks for the video.
Hiya... an excellent video... what does the mechanism look like that allows the coal to drop and what happened at 12:35 when the screen went dark for a few seconds.? I would also like to know in more detail how you made this as well... keep up the good work
The same question here.
@@macg9940 I was wondering the same thing on hte dark screen.
I just love the realism of your layout! My early years of employment I was a brakeman for Southern Pacific. My dad was an executive officer. Based in San Francisco I had the opportunity to do a lot more, and see a lot more than most. He was in charge of the communications department. Assistant General superintendent system of the railroad. It was his department, and staff under him who created the company we knew as Sprint. Your attention to detail the second to none. Great job!
Great video. You do an amazing job of presenting your layout. I look forward to every episode. Keep up the great work. Bob
NSmodeler24, I absolutely love your layout. The detail and scenery is outstanding and the videos always seem so lifelike. I am a huge train enthusiast and I am starting to look into a possible layout of my own in the future. I just wanted to know what are the best skills to learn and/or have for a great layout like yours? Detailing, electrical work, scenery, space, etc. I love you videos and look forward to the next one 👍
I have the 7293. I know their models but the photography makes them almost real. Impressive coal loader. Very enjoyable video. I just added dcc and sound to two tunnel motors today. I can't get enough of the hobby. 😁👍!
That really is fantastic, especially with the closed loop to keep stop the need of operators to transport the coal to the hoppers.
Did anyone else see just black video near the end? @12:35
Yes! Dern those gremlins!
No, my pc played it fine. That's a shame to because he demonstrated emptying all the hoppers using the operating scratch built Rotary Dumper. lol, ya, I know. I'm an ass. lol 🤣
@@PhilBender612 - yes I have seen his rotary dumper, it is incredible
If you ever have an open house, feel free to invite me! Absolutely pronominal layout! You actually inspired me to keep working on my layout!
We are currently contemplating a set up like yours for a Lionel layout using the Lionel 6-16874 coaling station. We have plenty of room for the switch machine and electronics but we are not sure how things would line up similar to what you have done. Actually you may have a great idea for a sale of an item for larger scales. Can you tell us all the parts you purchased in order to fabricate the final product.
Excellent video, Josh! Keep up the great work. -Drayton
I really like your layout it’s super cool! I have one question, where do you get your MOW trucks and vehicles?
This is and the rotary unloader scenes are the coolest part of any layout I have seen. I am always impressed when either are covered in a video.
Thank you! Josh!
Quality Stuff, we've come to enjoy from you.
Say HI ! To your father.
He raised a fine young man.
Over the last year, I've been converting the power for the coal trains to ESU decoders. I also use live loads and I couldn't get the slow speed needed for loading with the previous decoders. Their motor control is very configurable and the sound was a surprising benefit. I find it greatly adds to the realism and in helping to create the illusion. Good job on the loader and dumper! Thanks for sharing with us!
Fantastic i also want to make a flood loader in ho scale
That weathered SOU 86ft looks so good!! Great work Josh
Thanks Andy!
Definitely want to do some cool coal live loads when I get a layout of my own (still a ways out from that stage), but love to see the ideas and how it’s done
Awesome! Need a video on how to make a flood loader next.
I have O gauge because HO didn’t have sounds and all the cool stuff when I was born. Sometimes I with I had HO because you just can’t do all this cool stuff when the trains are a lot bigger. This is amazing tho I could play around with these all day and never get bored
Video, but not audio, dies at 12:33? then picks up again. very impressive modeling. Wow. Thanks
As usual, well done and definitely enjoy seeing your operations updates. Thanks!!!
Someday you should customize some vader signals that have the NS shape! Its just wider and flat bottom.
Outstanding explanation of operation. The operating coal loader is amazing. Great job. Enjoyed the video.
Sweet♐👍
Great video! I was not too far from Lombard Hobbies at the Midwest Train Show in Wheaton today. I'm an O scale guy, but I grew up HO. Gonna have to check this place out.
Josh looks like you have some debris in the coal, something yellow fell into the first car as it started loading.
We've noticed tree branches and the occasional woodchip will find it's way into the coal. Luckily it doesnt seem to effect the operation much at all.
Very cool look at loading coal! So realistic! Nice job! 🤙
Both my son (8) and I love the coal loader and rotary unloader! we have bought the kit ready to try and replicate the flood loader! We will re-watch your video on how you did that a good few times before we start putting it together! We have finally started putting track down in our summer house (train shed), so getting close to running now! thank you so much for the inspiration on the loading and unloading! your layout is a true work of art and you should be extremely proud of what you have achieved!
one question I have about your layout but not about the coal loader... I noticed you have some really nice EOT lights on the tail car... how do you go about fitting those? do you have specific cars that are dedicated EOT cars and have the light and an accessory decoder fitted? I would love to see how you have done that if possible!?
Hey Robert, best of luck on the build! Check out some of my older videos - we have a much more detailed video on the workings of it and design (probably 5 years old or so by now).
The EOT is by Ring Engineering and is a replacement truck/coupler package that come together and is pretty easy to install. And yes, we just have dedicated cars that we run on the end of the trains, as its not too easy to move around.
Love the videos. Such a fun layout to watch operate. Although I love the close-up "realism" - an occasional wide shot would be nice for reference. Thanks for making this series!
Josh, There are 2 channels, I think you and your father would enjoy.
If you haven't seen them already?
1. Railfan Dan
2. Acme Cinematography
Enjoy!
Fantastic modeling. I work in the PA coalfeilds and see this in real life operations often. Unbelievable how flawlessly your models work. If I could add my 2 cents... Any way to get the coal more "fine"? Probably wouldn't flow as well, huh? Also, rough up your track a bit if possible. Most tipples i see only the rail heads are exposed lol! Certainly not nit-picking, just some thoughts. Long live #kingcoal
I love this 👍👍 loading the coal “for real “ just adds so much more fun to the layout I think I might have to try a build something like this for my layout thank you 👍👍👍
Noticed those Scaletrains axles wobbling. Nice quality there. No Thanks!
Another great video. Who at Lombard Hobbies would you recommend I ask for with my HO signaling and layout advice? TIA
Let's go! Been waiting for this! Makes my Friday even better. 👍🏿😊👍🏿
That's really nice. I especially like the spring creaking noise under the coal tower. For many years I was on the other end of trains like that, unloading coal trains at Kingston Fossil Plant in Kingston, TN. Good job! Greg in TN :)
How do you go about finding multiple of the same rolling stock? I am working on a coal themed layout for CSX but am having a hard time finding 100 ton hoppers.
Quick question: do you have any SD60M's or SD60E's on your layout?
Only complaint. I wish the vids were longer. I was fully prepared to watch that loaded coal train make a trip. Lol.
I just discovered your channel and subscribed after watching one video! What a superb layout! Why does the screen go blank as you discuss the opening of the chute? Cheers! Mike
very nice. Is there any plans to add a working weigh station for the coal loads? keep these videos coming, I enjoy them very much.
is your EOTD able to be placed on any car or do you have a couple of cars with them?
How much do you charge for sound decoder for Amtrak locomotive p42 n light's I have athearn my friend gave me last year Amtrak but can't hear the horn and bell not loud n ditch lights don't work n Red light n
Since 'fugitive dust' has become an issue over the last decade or so, flood loaders have been fitted with a spray system to apply a water based polymer coating, to envelope the top layer and try to keep the dust under control. The kicker is that the coating wears off and must be reapplied periodically. The system would require a tank and plumbing; it could be attached to the backside of the loader's drop chute. I've seen both new loaders constructed with the spray included in the design and retrofitted to older builds. This is so realistic, it'd be great to keep it 'new as today' current. Loved the video, thanks for putting it up!
What's the loco's name? I vote for Robbie! (Coltrane.. giddit?)
Do you ever have Amtrak run on your layout? I’m not 100% sure but does Amtrak serve Asheville anymore?
Nice setup. What was the comment based on the size of the coal used? To prevent clogging.
I wonder when the old steam engines will get fired up and ran on the layout...
The Sound amazing, so real. Can’t imagine how many hours went into creating this.
Is it me or when the helpers went by the second units wheels were not moving as fast and being dragged?
I got a question, when going through a loading cycle, do the locos need to be throttled up to counter act the loads weight?, obviously you are running a few cars in a train. Just wondering if the load weight plays any part.
When you weather the locomotives, don't forget to power the locomotives wheels 180 degrees so that the other half of the wheels are not shiny and missing the weathering.
Such a great channel. I’m glad I found it. Amazing!
Nice job on your layout n locomotive's n weathering
Do you have any how to’s on how you modified that floor loader on the shoot sliding mechanism??
Who purchased the motor and weight for the loader LOL?
I had a model railroad at one point I need to get back into the modeling railroad
Really assome would like to know how to set things up like ur continous coal unloading operation coolest think iv ever seen
What brand of locomotives do you have? Also do they have sound? Like the horn and bell?
Most of the locos in this video are ScaleTrains (except the 2 helpers - those are athearn), but we also have intermountain, Overland, and Atlas brands on the layout as well!
@@nsmodeler24 Ok I just got into the hobby
Spectacular video. Thanks.
One day HO scale electric motors shall be able to inch along smoothly but meh these vids are still awesome chrz
Do you have to increase the throttle much as the train loads to maintain a constant smooth speed while loading?
First class! Thank you for posting!
I wish their were little people who could live in are layout , they would operate all the little stores and the trains just like tiny city .
Really epic layout Dude. I love how the close shot video makes it look so realistic.
May I ask how you UNload the cars?
Rotary dumper - ruclips.net/video/CBt2n9qMQd4/видео.html
Do you think you could show how to but it together I have been wanting one but never knew how to do that.
where do you get the locomotives from?
How did you build your coal loader I like make one on my layout friends
How much do the loaded cars weigh each?
Those scaletrains engines sure got the pulling power!
how do you get that sound on your layout?
Is it me or is there a blank (dark) section of the video at 12:34?
how much would you change me to make me a coal loader
Great Video. Looks Fantastic
Really like your Locomotives
Excellent video!
Great job on the layout and video production. Very enjoyaGrey.
So VERY Realistic...except the Black Gold aka Coal needs to be a Shiney BLACK...NOT grey.
Especially, after growing up and living in the Pocahontas Coal Fields of Southern West Virginia...where Coal is King!!
About how much cargo weight goes into each car (in ounces & grams),🤔 and what's the models real weight carried per train up the hill Josh?
Those locos are doing a great job up hill!!👍🏻💪
Awesome videos. Enjoy them thouroughly!!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Cheers Richard
Excellent channel and content, Sir. I'm very new to model railroading and I have a question. I bought a used piece of rolling stock off Craigslist. It's an AHM HO scale, and from what I gather online, it's a 5274b 40' refridgerated unit. It's in SFRD livery, with the car number 35829. I understand AHM is no longer in business.
My question is when was this particular piece made, and what time period did it represent? I'd like to weather it accordingly, and I'm assuming its prototype could have ran anywhere as indicated on the rail line map on the side of the car?
So realistic. Awesome
Great layout
Looks good josh, keep it up!
so on the real NS would a road crew be called to load a train or would a yard crew do it... yard crew would be the better choice
I believe a local crew would handle loading the train. Road crews would take the train from the marshaling yards towards the destination
nice video man
Josh...so amazing you seem to have a lot knowledge about the railroad..ever thought about working for Norfolk Southern.....I live about a mile from the calumet yard here in chicago....it's a nice yard.....103rd st bridge goes over the yard.....great video as always....
One of the coal co. I worked for, also had their own tipple and train load out on the property. Though I worked the deep mine, we often had to stop at the main office, to gossip like old women and pick up our coal bonuses 😁. The load out was directly at the end of the office. I had some buddies that worked at the plant and loaded trains. I would go up in the load out if one of them happened to be up there. A few times I got to load some cars. It's not as easy as I had always thought. Even with a staging bin with digital scales. You had to glance at the sugg load wt on each car, and be ready to charge the staging bin with that much weight, while you were loading the current car. All while the CSX conductor was sitting behind you babysitting his train. If you didn't uniformly load the car or you overflowed one end and spilled coal, they were very unhappy. If you underweighted cars, the coal co wasn't happy. It's stressful and aggravating, glad it wasn't my job, but experienced operators made it look so easy. But it was fun too try, and a nice view of the train. This was at the Jupiter Coal co. in Boone Co. WV, ran bye the late Chris Cline, a hell of a man and coal operator
Getting ready to tear down my N scale Chessie➡️CSX layout. And rebuild with a lot of inspiration from NS Modelers layout and operations, his layout is incredible.
Nice video I enjoyed it
Remarkable layout!
Sounded awesome Mike
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Another amazing video
That closed loop system is genius! I was wondering about how you went about getting it back and forth. I wasn’t familiar enough with your layout to know the unloading happened above. I may have to steal this general idea if I ever get the privilege of designing a layout for myself. I’ll go ahead and say I’ve been very impressed with the overall production quality of your videos and of the layout itself. You and your father can be very proud of what you have achieved. Keep it up!