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A very interesting video about old railway lines and old silver mines and a very unique shipping. Thanks for showing

Thank you Laurie. I wish you and Wendy the very best.

If you put this circuit onto regular dc will it still work? Or does the rectifier not work?

Nice. Good job.

BEST WAY FIX OLD ATH LOCO PICKUP OTHER MODEL CAN DO THAT SAME WAY THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE VIDEO

Thanks Laurie, and thanks to Josh. Thinking back to my days of trying to make Athearn Co-Co chassis work for use under Australian Clyde/GM locos, the worst problem was the relying on the truck/bogie swivel to get current from the bogie to the chassis. Lack of soldering point on the bogie was the problem, the usual fix being to solder a wire laid gently along the edge of the steel swivel plate on the bogie. Your brass solution is better. The cat's whiskers are probably not needed, and positioned on the tread of the wheels will tend to lose out to the tread dirt they constantly accumulate. I think what you are actually doing is trying to make up for the appalling pickup performance of the sintered wheels. The simple fix is to replace with Nickel Silver. That brings us on to the implied lack of confidence in the axle to bearing (or half axle to bearing) current transfer. Correctly built, and Athearn pretty much is, this split axle pickup is hard to beat, as there is no added friction or added wear. If you follow Model Railway Journal (Wild Swan, now Signet, I think) you might remember a letter by probably an engineer stating that the only real concern with bearing pickup is electrically induced pitting, which at our currents can be safely ignored. For professional standard treatment of split axle pickup verses wipers see Model Railways Illustrated (MORIL) articles and letters by Iain Rice (now sadly deceased), and Stuart Hine (I trust still going). High time I shut-up, so just two finishing points. 1/ I'm yet to be convinced the loose rivet matters. The whole structure relies on tolerance to move, something they do so much better than the really old 1960s Athearn, good though it was. 2/ Anyone new to Athearn Blue Box should realise that protracted running can overheat the motors; the faster, the longer, and the heavier the load, the quicker the heating. In other words, these models (as with all models) have a duty cycle. Any model train should be monitored for heat buildup - if nothing else, just use your fingers and nose. You will notice that slow speed on a cold model is superb, but when a model is warm the 'demented mouse theory' starting performance evaporates in favor of surging to a start. Watch with kids; Mum calls for lunch and the kid leaves the train full speed for Sydney. I don't know why anybody would want to go to Sydney. Dave Ramirez' Warbonnet Trains UA-cam has an instructive video on servicing and running models. He begins servicing an N scale steamer, but the really useful bit is just after that and concerns brushes, brush springs, and loading motors. Only my overblown opinion, so probably all wrong, and Redgreen; don't be afraid to join a club and ask questions. Anyhow, all the best to you all.

One thing about these Athearn "Blue Box" locomotives being converted to DCC, you will Need to replace those sintered steel alloy wheelsets with nickel silver wheelsets. (Athearn sells a complete one piece drop in replacement wheelset in packages of 6, with bronze thrust washers and the gears.) Those sintered steel alloy wheels that those Blue Box models came with, have the tendency to ark and this can scramble a DCC decoder. This problem is even worse if you happen to use the older HO track with sintered steel allow rails. It appears that you've replaced the original motor with a Mashima can motor and redid the way the loco receives power from the rails. Another thing you'd might want to consider, (obviously the chassis of the loco provides part of the electrical pathway on these older Athearn Blue Box locos) instead of using metal couplers, I'd use EZ Mate plastic ones from Bachmann. If you have two Athearn Blue Box locos with metal couplers, this could short out the DCC system or booster, unless you've used the Kadee #232 coupler box and use a #2-56 screw to hold every thing in place. I live in the US and have worked on projects like this for years and I've added cab interiors to many of these available through Cannon & Co. I would also encourage you to look on Walthers Model Railroad product manufacturers list and search for parts there. God bless.

Interesting work and great idea. Thank you for showing me.

well me you lost me i gess my brain dose not work that whay but you got it to work in end and that good bit glad stell round fun see the trains and tun in to nest one

Great ideas. I have a number of Athearn loco's that need this repair. Thanks for sharing.

An easier modern solution would also be a stay alive/capacitor.

Laurie, thank you. I have been working on improving Athearn Diesels for years. Never thought of this. I use connecter on the high terminals in case I have to pull the trucks later. Thanks again.

Very good. How did you get the arm moving on the figure at fear of box car?

Any chance you could show us HOW to build these? Thanks and I love your layout

That is awesome idea! Now what if you put a magnet reed switch under the plate that you place the figure, so he activates the switch and when you remove him the switch goes back. Those magnets are so useful in the hobby i just did a video in using them to attach structures to my modules.

I wish you were coming to the Springfield Massachusetts train show this weekend

Magnets are a great idea. So many uses for them! Good to see they work thru plastic.

I tried pins in the legs - doesn't work nearly as well as magnets. Using 2 x Nano's works best IMHO.

Nice bit of movable fun to add, Laurie. Saves having pin holes scattered over the layout if have a bunch of common spots for figures to “be working” (with steel shim under terrain). Could you perhaps try a small shim of styrene under the figures other foot to level out the underside of their shoes? Not sure if that would make it any easier to stand?

Very neat idea. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent idea Laurie. Billy the brakeman was doing a lot of running. I hope you do the same to the cab end of the switcher. 😀

Neat solution for a removable crew member. As an alternative to a magnet on the foot, how about a steel wire in the leg?

Very Good

Very cool, thanks for sharing🥳

I got you beat by a few years......and with more lights. ua-cam.com/video/z-5IeblY_r4/v-deo.htmlsi=qBd6e8XyvrsWzByt

*watches video intently...takes notes...then installs a prefab lighting kit instead.

Looks great! Thanks for sharing the how to.

Great work, looks very good.💗💗👍👍👍👍

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amazing work! looks very good :) the moving figures are next level!

Thank you for making this video and for sharing all your tips and tricks. Tremendous help.

Man, you got too much time on your hands, Amazing effect.

This is sooooo damn cool.

Very smart railroad modeler great content

Well done, Sir!

That's brilliant mate!

Excellent shelf layout. So much detail can be done on a shelf layout as you have shown. I like the fact multiple shelf layouts or modules can be done with different themes and time frames.

Merry Christmas to you Laurie and your family in 2020 2021, 2022 and 2023.

Ouch, just looked at the price for AE10 AU$115, that makes me wonder if I want to include a Xing in my next layout. I do prefer the metal frog. The Tam Valley dual frog juicer is now AU$65 but may not be available. I have one on my turntable and it works faultlessly.

Привет. 🖐️🖐️🖐️Очень красиво у вас всё получается. Это сколько терпения нужно, чтобы это всё сделать и чтобы ещё все работало. Супер 👍👍👍

welll he see to work like em and will tune in to the nest VId as pst em

A great job and a fantastic gift

Very nice! Awesome detail. Thanks for sharing.

Always love your designs. bringing life to the layout, I wish I had your talents.

Great, well done

Your custom electronic engineering work is absolutely brilliant Laurie!!👍 I always look forward to seeing your new projects!

Nice

Just Amazing Laurie!! So very talented. Love your video's

This is really neat. New here to your channel. Big 👍

wel fun see and well works great your having fun and see whats new as post it