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Can We Make This Rivarossi Big Boy Run Again? Sitting for 20 Years
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- Опубликовано: 27 дек 2022
- I purchased this vintage big boy locomotive in an auction around a year ago and today I decided to finally take it out of the box and see if we could get it working again. I brought it over to the track to test it and it seemed to be having trouble picking up electricity.
It's possible this locomotive has been sitting for decades and many contacts have rusted over so it required disassembly and cleaning to get things going again. I'm overall impressed with the results.
Did you see the initials? ES? That big boy belonged to Ed Sheeran! So cool. Speaking of initials, SMT now stands for So Much Talent. Great job!
Soldering Machine Teen
Superior Model Technician
i thougt it stood for slow moving train
Ed Sherran!? Must have been run on a layout with many lego houses
Sudbury, Montreal, & Toronto Railway.
I love that you film repairs on virtually every make and model, especially vintage ones. Watching these videos has been teaching me to repair mine
Nice locomotives!
Thanks, I don’t want to be dedicated to only doing repairs on certain types, this can be a learning curve but makes future projects easier.
As soon as I see the "Can we make it run" in the title I already felt like yes it will and I hope it runs.
Thank you!
Same here!
Has SMT ever failed at repairing a model on one of these “episodes”?
SMT mainline I think u should do a charity for people who are with any food to eat and for the people who are homeless and for people who are trynna get off drugs
Those are some charity ideas for you to do that are good !
3:45am
@@stephenlongtin6441 um he had done that before. International food bank. That was a live stream he did before
I had a Riv Big Boy oh, so long ago. I enjoyed taking things apart and putting them back together. Fortunately I was intimidated by my steam locomotives and never attempted to disassemble any of them, because if I had, they never would have gone back together!
They can be tricky, especially when you don’t have a parts diagram.
I love seeing your restoration videos; always great to see a Big Boy running again. Keep up the great work!
Thank you very much!
Excellent job on the repair someone will be a happy camper.
My 6 year old loves trains. We got to see the big boy when it came through eastern Oklahoma.
I just got myself a Rivarossi 4005 Big Boy that needed some new oil and grease. I got it from my local railroad club where it was running rough but with the help of your video here, I got her going smoothly! Hope you have a happy new year!
Super. The drive is a lot better than I imagined, and oiling the siderods, bearings, and valve gear is very important on a locomotive like this. I like the Big Boy, but will probably not buy one for my railroad, but if one just happens to come my way, I'd find an excuse to operate it on my railroads fantrips. 💙 T.E.N.
Good thing you worked on that cabforward before, now you know how to deal with big engines
I used to use a small brass wire brush to clean wheels. I attached a wire between it and a 9v battery and had a return wire to complete the circuit so the brush itself powered the loco whilst cleaning the wheels.
Nice job getting this one going.
Another great fix and video. I am surprised you haven't run out of space in the basement
I've had a few of Rivarossi's articulated locomotives. I've never been game to disassemble the drivetrain quite as far as you did. But I think I'll be able to give it a go on the next one I get thanks to seeing this!
You probaly are unaware of this youtuber, but your like the Growling Sidewinder of HO scale train repairing, meaning every episode gets more amazing and you learn alot more than you think you knew
I haven’t watched them to be honest but I appreciate the kind words
Great job on the rebuild. This was a fun video to watch. This reminds of when I was a little boy and my Paternal Grandfather took me to the train yards of The Santa Fe Railroad. Seeing anything train related reminds me of my childhood days. Thanks for showing this particular video
I’m blown away that you took that Big Boy apart (which I could do) but then cleaned it, got it running, and most importantly, put it back together with no leftover parts. (Which I could not do, lol.) A+ to you.
Thanks, it's taken me a while to learn how to work on this stuff.
Love that there was a little 0-4-0 in there I love those little guys
Its always so interesting to watch the intricate breakdown of these bigger engines. I personally like my N scales as it feels a bit easier for me with less parts!
I haven’t worked too many n scale locomotives but I actually find them trickier haha
These things are so damn expensive, I wish I could get my hands on even a used one, or 3d print my own. Good find man.
This man can make anything run
Got to see the real thing. It stopped at a crossing in front of the old Standard oil refinery where my dad worked. Not only that it stopped right in front of his office.
I remember when you were at 5k subscribers... Man have you grown. The quality of the videos you produce always increases. I can really see your channel being a well known name in model railroading, but that's in the future. It's a long way to get there, but you will.
I really appreciate that, I’ve been trying to improve the quality over the last few months so hearing that means a lot.
First post: I thought I should let you know how much I enjoy your videos. Not only are the successes great, but your presentation is also very engaging. It just shows that old does not mean trash worthy. Much can be restored with patience and attention to detail.
Thanks. Some people don’t get why I bother working on these types of locomotives but I find it satisfying when you get something written off as junk running again.
man, discovered your channel yesterday. You have got this RUclips thing nailed. Great vid work, great lighting, perfect narrative, fun storylines, for us model train guys and gals to enjoy. Love your "rehab mechanicals" videos the best but the Train Store archeology tours are very cool. Spent many hours in them across the US collecting in my travels. So thank you, and your friends for saving the old stuff we had as a kid and then an adult. Had to part with my collections several times, (space, no basement.) Great to see some Gen Zs enjoying this hobby.
Looks like you took a tip from Ron form classic model trains on that wheel cleaning technique. Those wheels look SO clean...
Thanks, enjoyed the video...
Great work bringing it back from the scrap yard. Never doubted you could.
Thank you!
This would make a cool addition to my starter set up nice loco for sure
As a lover of old Rivarossi locos, thanks for the tender loving care. Lol. Always enjoyable watching you work your magic. See ya. Happy New Year.
Thanks 👍
You taught me how to repair engines and that is now the way I buy most of my engines
excellent video. I have one of these engines, in fact 4005 like yours. Once clean and lubricated can pull 40 cars on level track. Love these large articulateds
You are a very talented young man..great work and care
Thank you very much!
Oh jeez, I need this. My Rivarossi mallet blew itself up and I would love to have another beast on the rails once again until I fix mine… I will get this loco until I can’t… then I’ll be sad.
Also that speed up edit at the end was hilarious and it jump scared me 😂
My mom found me a limited edition HO scale Publix Express train set by International Hobby Corporation for Christmas. I work for Publix in the state of florida and it’s a grocery store chain. For 25 consecutive years, the company has been recognized by Fortune as a great place to work
So cool!!! I love that layout.
Darned fine runner there! I was rather surprised the motor was in as good of a condition as it is! Another fantastic Dr. SMT surgery - ya brought her back to perfect health!!! Now..if you could only convert her to DCC and a sound decoder....
Don’t know why the hell this was in my recommended but it was fun to watch
Glad to hear it lol
Great demonstration. I will use these techniques on my own Big Boy that needs repair. Thank you for posting another valuable video.
I want to get a big boy for my layout ! I love these gorgeous machines ..me and my pop pop chased one from saint peters mo to pacific missouri ... amazing beast ... every time I see one it reminds me of him!
It is incredible to see the process of how to repair a Rivarossi Big Boy, plus it reminded me that if one day I have one of those locomotives, I would like to customize it so that it looks like the BIG ONE, is from the anime "The Galaxy Railways", greetings and good video!
Thank you!
Sadly I don’t have the space anymore for this hobby. I have other expensive hobbies anyways.
Love the repair. Loved the video though. 👌🏻
I replaced the brushes in the motor and it ran better but it didn’t last long. The biggest problem was the super-deep flanges that walked across switches.
Hi Harrison. Got my first Rivarossi Big Boy this week and was told it didn’t run. After watching your videos, I took it apart, lubed and greased it and cleaned the wheels and now its running great! In watching your video you mentioned that most of the time the cover for the top screw is always missing. Mine was also missing and managed to find a pretty good fix. My daughter bought me a plastic pen that has a “hammer” head top. The one end of this plastic hammer is the exact same size as the original. I just cut the piece off the pen and popped it right into place. If you message me I can send you a pic of this and what it looks like on the locomotive.
nice job on that one iv got a couple older Rivarossi big boy locos in N they run well if you keep up the maintenance on them
Bit of history on 4005, it was the only Big Boy to wreck. It was later repaired, then retired and placed on display in Cheyenne, Wyoming. I've actually visited it before, and it's in pretty rough shape. Great video like always Harrison! Keep it up.
Your wrong it’s displayed at Forney museum in Denver Colorado and I now for a fact it is there because I have seen it a million times your thinking of 4004 when you say it’s in Cheyenne
I had one kinda like that one, but now a member of my family has the train set, the more I watch your videos I am getting the bug again hoping to maybe find a small train set for the Christmas tree this year.
You do a great job on repairs. You leave no stone unturned. I'm watching your channel from New Zealand.
Thanks 👍
I've been watching your video's for well over a year now and I've noticed that you have become very good at Model Locomotive diagnosis and repair. Keep up the good work. I look forward to all of your video's.
Thanks I’ve been trying to learn more, the community is constantly giving me good suggestions which helps.
Thank you Harrison for the excellent restoration of the Rivarossi Big Boy (aka..beast). And thank you especially for the track side running shots of this monster in real time and slow motion. Happy New Year to you and yours!! :-)
Thank you too!
I love the big boy! It's really cool looking.
That's really cool that you got this locomotive running. The tender looks like it goes to a Riverrossi mallet locomotive my uncle used to have one. My current uncle has it and you won't let it go for anything maybe I'll buy it off of him who knows but they claim that there's no parts available which I heard the same thing from a hobby store. I'm glad that you are careful taking apart this locomotive because the availability of parts I bet is slim. Everything you do in these videos I do to my locomotives that's why they run so good. I loved the run bys that you did.
Excellent as always, thanks for the video Harrison😀👍 I'm resurrecting a RivaRossi Cab Forward. She has significant Zinc Pest, I'm going to slather a layer of JB weld all over that😁 Motors good, drive train too. Got lucky and found her at an estate sale for $60 USD I've got screenshots of your Cab Forward Video for reference. Thanks alot, take care.
Toys for tots is a great charity. An incredible idea. This is a beautiful locomotive. It was great watching you fix and service this locomotive. The Harrison Touch again prevails. I know it has been some Time since this aired but I explained in your latest video as to why. Thank you so much for sharing this video. 💕❤💕 I hope you raise a lot of money for what you choose for the charity.
Thanks, hopefully it will.
Three possible suggestions.
If it's brass, polish that strip between the 2 driver sets.
Check the gauge on the wheels. That front end pops up a lot when going through the street crossing.
See if you can remove the brushes and check to make sure the contact surface with the commutator is flat. Sand if it won't make them too short.
These videos are always so satisfying. Glad this ran!
What a great locomotive, came across your channel randomly, glad I did. Great content. subbed
Thank you so kindly!
I feel a lot more confident servicing a big boy after your video, well done from across the pond, regards pete
What a nice rig. Always have been a fan of the big boys, even as a child! Let alone model trains in general!
Great job on the repair, runs beautifully Harrison!
Thanks
Nice old Rivarossi - that's a model I always wanted as a kid. I'd have cleaned the wheels and checked the wheel pickup brushes before I did anything else with an old engine like that - most of the time that's the only problem.
This is amazing. Im currently looking for a big boy for my layout. I love big steam locos. Ive seen the big boy in person and it was amazing. Really a beautiful sight to behold
I saw one too at steamtown. Super impressive!
Did you mean sight instead of site?
I have one of these made in mid 1970s. Mine has the dreaded mazak rot, and the chassis expanded and stretched the drivetrain so far apart it no longer connected together. Think it must be easier for you to get these engines second hand in the USA. As I have never found one in the UK for spares and repairs. So sadly it remains in its broken state.
Tender source, there was a manufacturer that made a wheel set conversion for the Monogram ( now Revell) BigBoy kit tender, someone thought it was pretty well detailed. The other parts may by found through Precision Scale Models, they also had the centipede truck and front tender truck for the Big Boy tender.
This was such an impressive fix.
A one of a kind toy you really out done yourself here great job
Good job on fixing the Bigboy Man 🎉
Wow man! I bet you got another big boy for fun but I’m glad you got this thing running here and pretty cool that your giving it away as a raffle.
Thanks 👍
I was hoping you would show what was making the tender roll over ? Great videos , thank you .
I just bought my first-ever Rivarossi Loco, a 2-8-8-2 N&W mallet, and will use this video for maintenance/repair guidance, as it’s the most complicated engine in my Roundhouse. Thanks, SMT, and keep repairing! 🚃
another great video. You inspire me to try and repair my locomotives and to be sure , all of us are in awe of your ability. Keep up the good work, we all look forward to your videos
Nice job. It's a beautiful engine. I'm surprised it wasn't dirtier.
You and me both
You've probably used Deoxit electrical contact cleaner. It's great for cleaning most electrical devices. Makes old audio equipment work / sound better as well.
Thanks for the tip!
You did a great job! 👍😎
Thank you! Cheers!
Doesn't surprise me that a Big Boy locomotive model can haul that many cars with ease. If anything it should be able to haul even more. These models are some of the most faithful to real life locomotives, and if this model follows the normal guidelines of a Union Pacific Big Boy (which can normally haul more than 50 cars without the assistance of a diesel locomotive), it should be capable of hauling more than enough cars if the layout is big enough. It's unbelievable how insane American steam locomotives are compared to British steam locomotives.
I bought one new about 20 years ago as well, never used it, been sitting in my display case.
Heres a trick for you- try dunking a problematic motor in water and running it. I race radio control cars and back in the day that was a great way to clean the coms brushes, or break them in for new motors without lots of deposits on the comm. You can use tap water, just use motor spray (brake cleaner) to clean it out. BUT with your motors I'd use distilled water. Either way direct current motors will run just fine underwater. Theres lots of youtube videos showing this. And there are still brush and comm cleaning tools sold on (bigger) rc rock crawling websites as a lot of them still used brushed motors. Just something to try! Obviously thoroughly clean the motor out after with something thats paint safe but should work well for you!
Sure would like to add that to my collect of my one Mikado Light. Just getting started with my train layout. 🙏
Love hearing Well folks!
Hearing it makes me happy!
@@MattKonsol So kind :)
Love watching your can we make it run videos. They're really enjoyable and relaxing to watch.
Glad you like them!
Good job. Really nice engine. Just needed a little cleaning and maintenance.
Am I the only one that is actually happy for the trains that he fixes?
They’re given a second chance to be enjoyed. Otherwise they would probably end up in the trash.
I mean i am right here
nice job and nice piece in youre collection !
it is kind of crazy how you make it look so easy to fix it up
You rescued a mammoth (for that you deserved all the holy respects)
That big boy looks amazing goin around ur track
Funny enough I actually got the big boy #4005 on Christmas in a giant lot with two giant boxes that also included a forward cab steam engine and others. It was unknown how much both large boxes of trains in rolling stock were because my parents bought them at an antique store and I got it running with 20 other trains for the first time in over 3 decades and it's cool that you got the big boy to run as well again, it's also my dream HO engine since I was 7 years old and here I am at 19 finally owning one in working condition. It's a shame that in real life the original #4005 is no longer with us as it perished almost 70 years ago after derailing but there is a replica at a museum and I would assume this was like a tribute for that engine and that's why RiverRossi made it.
It's the real locomotive. The 4005 was repaired after the accident
@@therailfanman2078 oh okay I thought it was a replica but that must have taken a lot of time to repair it after the crash.
@@brendan.rockwell.31 I'm surprised they even repaired her.
Hi Harrison. Decided to dig out the HO scale train set. Found out most of my track and track jointers are bad. Both of my Norfolk southern and Santa fe run pretty good without being lubed over the years.
I’m guessing they are both by athearn?
@@SMTMainline I wish. They're both Bachmann locomotives. Definitely tough as nails. Fired to life when I placed them on the track. I hate bachmann eztrack. You know a great place to buy new track. I'm thinking about building a layout.
yaaaay! another piece of model train history saved, i love it!
Nicely done Harrison!
One of my favorite locomotive
Nice video. Greatings from Brazil.
Look at you Harrison. Big Boy engine detective. Great video as always.
Thank you!
I’m happy about the trains he repairs too! I think it’s great!
The batteries are dead 😂
It's informative to watch your videos, you know what you're doing. Good looking engine. You realize how much coal and water the BigBoy engine used in sn hour at say a steady 40 mph? Its crazy, no wonder they came out with Diesel. I found out BigBoy 4014 was converted to oil.
Another great job Harrison!!!
I did a lot of this when I was a kid, I just don’t have the patience now. BTW if you are in NJ go to Northlands in Flemington. A three hour tour, a three hour tour.
Loving the camera work on this video keep up the good work
Well done and nice to see someone open them up. We used to look at 4014 and wonder if it was just going to rot
Good job. Very interesting to watch how you repaired it.
You are really a good repairman! Hats off to you Sir.