Well, the monsoon stopped for a while and I heard the whistle blowing, so I rushed down to the tracks and got a quick vid, to my surprise and old IC was in the lead! It had to be cut short because of a very ill behaved 7 year old cousin causing trouble. Anywho, here's a bit of tanker cars for ya to look at. I do aplogize for the poor quality of the night time shooting. I will try and get a better vid during the day. We have 15 freight trains that come through here daily along with the City of New Orleans which comes south one and then back north in the mid afternoon. Anywho, enjoy!
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Bal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdWeWAcjgnE&feature=youtu.be

I need to take a vid of my area one night...one whole train nothing but the huge long 22-30K gallon tankers cars a mass of them each night...LONG LONG train!!!

I wonder if it's any reason why Bachmann doesn't do other tanker cars than the 40' ones? Like the big 22k -38K gallon size ones? Their newer hoppers are very nice. I have a few of those just wish they would make some newer tanker cars. Because gosh those things are mega expensive for the updated modern looking ones from other companies. Anyone know why they haven't?
Bal

that's sad to hear, Thomas...

Nice job, Ken!
Here also is a little treat for those of you who watched the video of mine, where I talked about the ICG car and locomotive repair yard in my home town in McComb, MS..here is 'part' of the blueprint for the yard..its got even more stuff but my camera wouldn't get it all! Hope you like it!

yeah, i noticed that as well. it's just a starting point for me from a clueless new train lover. thanks again though for the heads up!

thanks M1, we are both looking forward to the new year and workingn on the layout!

yeah, jw, they will be elminated once we get more track in. thanks for the comment!

one of the people I bought from off of ebay made me this great video of changing out couplers. Just wanted to share it with everyone. Hope this helps! It helped me a great deal!
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Bal

http://youtu.be/D263XrpQHMk

here is a more indepth view of the beginning of the layout before serious work starts on it.
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Bal

http://youtu.be/QqOf1Tk058U

thanks for all the advice. A vid hopefully is coming tomorrow showing the layout and cars me and the little one got for Christmas.

Yeah, RB I thought of doing just that!

Thanks for the links and the vids. Yeah the cars I have are very sentimental to me. They're old IC and ICG cars. Where I live, McComb,MS had the largest car repair yard between New Orleans and Memphis, TN. Sadly most of it **** down in 1987. The old car shed is now a loading center for wood hauling. But back on it's heyday I watched many an ICG engine and car go north and south along those rails and yard. My son got his first train set for Christmas and I loaded up on as many IC and ICG cars as I could find. Yet most have the old horn hooks. I will be doing another vid here soon showing the lot of ICG cars I obtained along with a few old engines and some new ones. I'm most excited about a brand new out of the box athearn engine set one powered and one dummy. I also found a guy to convet it over to Dcc and sound for only parts cost
Thanks again for allthe help!
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Bal

nice layout Napa...i think everyone should start on a 4x8 to see what you can come up with! Love the tiered lines! Now, how about a more recent vid?

Does anyone know of an articlel somewhre or a video that shows how to replace the old horn hook couples to the EZ-mates or Kadees? I have about 15 to convert over and really dont want to botch any of them. Thanks in advance!
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Bal