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Twice a year we tear it all apart and do something different. THIS year the summer layout will be an attempt to incorporate those Lionel accessories from the 50's. But FIRST need to "fix" something and build a base to work from. This is about the tear down and beginning that conceptualization...

The longest I've captured on video for me, AND the busy day provided a few more But a unique catch for this area. With two lead and two DPU Locomotives all under power on this west bound monster of a train.

Got one for a present "mew in the box", needed a little help :)

A focus on manifests. "Creeper" creeps in on track 4 from the east. Passed MP280 Kirkville crossing, I was able to get to Minoa's cross walk for an over head shot before he "creeped" to there :) Had some cool trailing locomotives, and they were ALL running as they went under the cross walk.

Had this Williams SD45 in Pennsylvania colors. Wouldn't pull but maybe two or three cars. Because it only has one powered truck. With a weight. Pretty useless actually. SO I went about trying to figure out how to make it usefull....

Yup all were powered including the Boston & Maine "B" unit

What I usually do for relaxation when the camera is OFF, just mix up and build goofy consists with my old Lionel ALCO's. SO turned on the camera for a typical rain/snow evening

Couldn't turn it down for $120 delivered. With the vertical can motors and detail they have.... a LOT of locomotive for that money in my humble opinion.

Kicked around the difference between the two brands spine cars, ran some "scale 0" for a bit and then went home to 027 ALCO's :)

SO how did this all work out?

Went to an Olin Auction & Picked up a couple of things, one for way too much and the other "OK", but was seduced by the shear volume of stuff and wanted to come home with SOMETHING! So ended up with a set of four MTH NYC Madison Passenger cars & a William RDC Budd Car

That's kind of where I'm going, looks like the MTH might match up with the base of the can motor

Might make a project of it, try to blend a Lionel truck or use the machine shop capability in my saw shop to blend a dummy truck with the powered truck parts

Bachmann has a nice web site & parts diagram with virtually no parts! Have a almost complete Williams ALCO Pa in War Bonnet Santa Fe where I need a powered truck assembly and side plates for it.

This is actually an experiment. I video'ed this in 160fps A setting on the Samsung s23 Ultra. Then ran it through "OpenShot" video editor & output in 60fps 4k

A look back to when I was a kid, AND a little Lionel Alco train run time :) A look at the 1962 Catalog & One Of the books I wore out.. :)

Hey I like the stuff (( Lionel Semi Scale & 027 ), it puts a smile on my face & my grand kids as well. If I want to see "real" I go an hour north or right down town :) BUT I have been getting piece by piece a couple of Scale MTH trains & Collecting some of the Williams Scale O as well. They have...

Behind Tractor Supply in East Syracuse. That would be in the area of CP 285 or Between MP 286 & MP 285 on the CSX Main Line, Syracuse Terminal Sub. One train has EMD SD70MAC 4788 as a DPU and another a SD70MAC 4724 as lead. AND the trailing locomotive on that one is a rare ET23DCM 1715 ( A CSX...

I happen to like the Lionel "Semi Scale" for esoteric reasons. I appreciate the true model railroading types, it's an art form, a skill to the point of specialized craftsmanship to me. Especially those who live it and then model a section of their world. Since I "Rail fan", realize its a tough...