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Watching you mold the earthen scenes with your hands makes me think of the saying: The hand of God. Good comparison?

Great vidio, like how you did the rocks, good idea with the plant pots.Thanks for the morning coffee...

Thanks 😊

Just a thought...have you considered building a roof over your outdoor railroad to reduce the temperature swings and the kitty litter from getting wet? It would also deduce expansion and contraction of the rails. What are your thoughts?

There is one thing about using OO scale locomotives on HO track. Some locomotives, especially the larger ones like Pacifics will only run on Code 100 track. They will derail on smaller code switches. Ask me how I know! My smaller OO locos, like 0-4-0 and 0-6-0, are more forgiving, and I haven't had trouble with rolling stock. At least some, maybe all, of the newest OO locomotives are designed to run on Code 70 and Code 100 switches and track. At least that is what the manufacturers told me. I am about to order a couple, so fingers crossed. Love your videos!

Fascinating outdoor work. Great idea with the Sage Brush for a tree. Great video!!!

The river Why could just be a dry river bed that you could make and only gets wet during a rain. Just a thought.

DIY auto has great content too

Will big boy be in parsons Kansas again

Hey, Dale. Thanks for the tip about mortar. I've got a small retaining wall with cinder blocks that I've been delaying to build because, well, just because! I want to use small batches too but didn't know about mixing it first. (Aren't those 80 pound bags of mortar so fun to move around?) I'm going to put it in a trash can and mix it up first then use what I want and not get caught with a lot of mortar mix setting up before I'm ready to use it. Thanks again! Your rock walls look great!

Nice work looks great. Another great video thanks for sharing. Have a great weekend.

One idea that would be interesting is to have a small portion of the layout that looks as though the railroad is going through dredge tailings Pull a bit of inspiration from the sumpter valley

You could try some mulch locking glue on some of the smaller crumple to make it look like natural erosion. It drys clear and has been durable for 3 years, do far, in South Carolina. I’ve started using it to secure track ballast.

Dale, Great Job!!! What do your neighbors think of all this ???

👍👍 As per usual , great sharing of experience . As we approach the 4th , re-watching your Follow the Flag upload of 11-21-23 , goosebumps . . . 🎇🎆🎇

Looking good Dale and Karen.

Another great train video toy man Television keep it up and be safe out there well rail fanning, please

The debris you removed from the scenery (that is not placed back at the base) can be used to add to track ballast. You probably thought of that though. You could also flex the mixing tub too to remove more material; waste not... want not... sort of thing; make copper wire out of a copper penny.

It looks great to mee

That is looking great. Learning from your trials and errors helps me out a lot. Looking forward to the bridge over the river why build. Thanks for sharing. GOD BLESS 🚂 ❤ 🚂 ❤ 🚂 ❤

Carving those rocks reminds me of a rock by my house we called Indian Head Rock that would look good on your Railroad Google Indian Head Rock Verona PA there are pictures of it

Never boring. Looking fantastic

I understand why you've built your outdoor railroad elevated, at our age it's best that we are not always on our hands and knees

Dale, Do you know what "kitty litter" (aka oil dry) is? You may not believe this, but it is the sludge from the waste water treatment plant, dried out and ground Way back in the 1950's the treatment plant, in my home town, would give away the stuff, A guy there would come with a dump truck and get a load, go home and bag the stuff up and sell it. He made quite a lot of money. Finally, the city figured out what he was doing and started charging for the stuff. That's the story I heard, any way, but that IS what "Kitty Litter" is made of. The rail road is looking better all the time. I am looking forward to seeing that bridge completed. ;-)

I've been putting up videos over the weekend of running excursion train sessions on my layout for my railroad's railfest

nice work looking good

9:02 this engine look beautiful! I would definitely do that mod to a Bachmann big hauler!

You two are the greatest thanks

The biggest thing is to just have common sense and enjoy seeing the train. Nobody needs to die snapping photos. It's not worth it.

Sad day.

I had one of the Lucky Locket Kiddles

I've been a resident of the Easrtern USA my whole life (discounting military service), and I've been, since childhood a steam locomotive lover. Sadly the 4014 will probably never make it to Eastern PA!

Excellent choice on the JB Weld. That stuff holds engine blocks together.

Great vidio, love that train.Thanks for the morning coffee...

Sounds FUN! I live in D/FW and plan to see the 2014 when it comes to Ft. Worth in October 2024.

Wow what a fiasco with all those buildings on the snow! Glad you found all those pieces. Maybe is was Elsa form Frozen that did this! I was thinking, looking at the thickness of your buildings, could you use a 23-gauge pin nailer?

Is the Big Boy going to stop in Green River, WY?

Dale: Thanks so much for this detailed information, but you did not touch on standard gauge and narrow gauge with the same scale, with each having a different gauge. Since 1987, I model G scale at 22.5 to 1, both SG and NG, much of it running on dual gauge track. Hyce did a video of my layout recently and you can see the size difference between NG and SG sitting side by side. Of course my NG is 1 and 3/4" gauge, meter gauge depicting 3 feet between the rails and the SG is 2.5" depicting 4' 8 1/2" between the rails. I refer my SG as Gauge 3 equipment. I think you should have some F standard gauge on your layout so that folks can see the difference between NG and SG trains of the same scale. Most folks are so use to looking at HO models, that when they see my G scale NG equipment, they think it is so big, until I bring out the UP Big Boy, at almost 6 feet long and sit it next to a NG Rio Grande C16! It is a real eye opening experience for them! Thanks so much for all you do for the model railroad hobby! Barry Bogs MMR

Coming here ( Oroville, Ca. ) on 7/11. Looking forward to video of Oroville approach under table mountain, over the curved Lincoln Blvd overpass & the Ophir Rd underpass…& if really lucky the roll by of the old Western Pacific Zephir station in Marysville.

So they are leaving the round house at 8am? I ask because I live in Cheyenne, and I want to see them rolling out. Like I did that very first time.

Come ON If you know that Bad Wether IS Coming Bring IN the Smaller Buildings BEFORE THE STORM HITS And Stain and Seal the Wooden Bridge I've been very ill and have missed a few episodes Due too a Minor stroke You're Getting Sloppy I'm still recovering but this is ridiculous

Awesome reporting, toyman!! Thanks so much!

Thanks 😊

So what you're saying is, I'd better start putting in job applications to UP? 😜

Has there been any talk of 4014 making a trip up to Montana?

Oops!!!! The Salt Lake transit hub is 300 south but 600 west!! Not 200 west! Oops!! 😊😮

Professor google lol

I like your animation. And I appreciate the update. I have been considering driving up to Roseville, which is probably the closest stop to me that it will make.

Where is this? Neat seeing the photos of equipment and all that went into this creation.