I Bought a BNSF HO Scale Intermodal Freight Train
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- Ever since getting my first Intermodal train car in 2018 I've been on the lookout to pick up some extras but unfortunately they tend to be quite pricy however recently I found some on eBay at fairly decent prices and decided to buy them.
I ended up getting seven new cars featuring three Walther's BNSF well cars as well as four off-brand ones. The BNSF ones were particularly fitting since I was a huge fan of Microsoft train simulator back in the day and always wanted to get an ho scale one just like in the game.
Despite needing some more work I'm overall very pleased with these new pieces of rolling stock.
As someone who had worked in a intermodal yard; bent handrails are pretty spot on-
Right on, a bit of free weathering is alright with me haha
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Very cool Harrison, Walthers is virtually the king of intermodal equipment in HO scale, got several articulated 5 unit (dubbed 5 packers on BNSF) and several stand alone cars as well as 89 foot TOFC cars and they are great! Those small pieces go on the car sides and help prevent the bottom container from shifting side to side and provide a nice snug fit for them. If you look along the tops of the sides of the car, there should be holes drilled for them to be mounted.
Intermodal cars are pretty excellent here!
Athearn *cries*
@@ACL_modeler emotional damage
@@ACL_modeler emotional damage to ahern
I’d say Walthers has it one the cheaper bulk side but athearn and Kato make the better models
Just wanted to say thanks for all you do for the model train community. Your videos helped me repair the electric motor in a Tyco 4301 Virginian Diesel engine. Me and my kids had a blast watching your videos and learning about the guts of a model train. It's been fun to see their imaginations come to life!
Nice grab! It looks better than my three car intermodal train lol. But you can buy packs of three Atlas containers rather inexpensively to. Weathering the cars and adding graffiti decals would really help due to intermodals running really weathered.
Maybe it's time I add some, no real train is perfect.
Your TTX set is one car, it's supposed to be drawbar connected between the middle wells. It's probably marked A-B-C-D and should be arranged A-D-C-B.
What I usually do on those is use some horn hooks with the bottom clipped off instead of drawbars, so they're easy to handle rather than have to pick up one long four piece car.
I wouldn't be surprised if the BNSF set is one car also.
It's not a big deal, you can run them how you like, only up close is it noticeable. The train looks good on the layout.
Thanks for explaining this. Unfortunately as seen in the video one of the draw bars was busted and I figured why not just replace them all at the same time and not have issues in the future with coupling.
@@SMTMainline Absolutely, keeping the drawbars makes them a pain to try to handle.
4-unit Drawbarred-connected wellcars are have A-D-C-B.
Harrison goes Intermodal. 👍 They look good behind that Dash 9 Locomotive I sent about 2 years ago. Looks like the stack trains I railfan here in Colorado. Add a couple flat cars with UPS and FedEx trailers to the end.
Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍
Indeed they do go well with the bnsf dash 9 here. Not sure if I wanna get some intermodals for my collect due to radius curves being outta place but who knows?
Hi SMT! I have been watching you vids for like a month now, you’ve inspired me to get back into railroading.
This is the first time I've seen some modern freight cars on your channel. I like it!
There will be some modern stuff coming. Not that I'm gonna stop working on old tyco locomotives and so on, I just wanna mix it up a bit.
I love that Walthers made theirs out of durable and heavy metal instead of the light and fragile plastic that Athrearn uses. Athearn intermodal cars like to shear-off the cross bracing on the bottom of the cars, leading to containers dropping out...and a huge resulting fender-bender.
I have a feeling the Walthers ones will last quite a long time.
They’re not missing the couplers; note the drawbar on the 1st unit you unwrapped (from the 2nd box) - hook that to one of the units without a coupler, then put the draft gear box cover back on. These well cars are usually a 3- or 5-car set. The two cars with couplers are the A and B units, then the remaining ones are C, D, and E (or just C, if a 3-car set). The end unit with the brake wheel (or ratchet handle) is the B-end car, while the other one is the A-end car. There should be another drawbar in there, somewhere. Usually, the prototypes have a shared bogie (truck), but it looks like yours are a model of a set with permanent drawbars.
One of the cross bars was broken and I figured I may as well upgrade them at the same time.
I noticed that too but if he was to remove two of the cars that were connected together with that drawbar he would end up risking breaking it. I think that approach he did with making all the cars have couplers was a good approach to avoid having it's get broken since it is plastic
First, very nice models look great and they all work well together as a train.
Second*
I just got my first modern locomotive too. I got the EMD SD70 ACE BNSF.
Great video mate. Those intermodal cars look great running around with your BNSF dash-9. I'm also glad to see that Australia Post took good care of your package. As an Australian I have had good service from them and I'm sure you will too.
Haven't had any bad experiences with them so far, same goes for customer service :)
Thé lights really add to the aesthetic. Nice stuff man
Hey Harrison those little left over parts there guides for the containers to go into the wells they sit at each end corner nice catch😊
Thanks for letting me know, hopefully they will still work even after being broken off.
No joke, I could watch you put holes in plastic with a hot screw driver for hours. Nice purchases.
It's like a hot knife through butter.
Sweet lot! For whatever reason the sounds the cars make as they go around the track. It kinda makes it look real as if you’re hearing the real cars, ya know? In a way, that’s a very nice touch from the models. Great vid.
This will be great for live streams, because now we get to see longer freight trains
They look great! Not out of place at all. Just passing through town.
What a nice addition to your collection SMT!
Thanks
SMT Min line , enjoy watching your CZcams videos. I just retired and bought my first HO set back in February, I picked a Marklin digital set because it has train sounds along with the German styled trains, I also have a couple of O scale layouts in my basement. The reason for the HO layout because I did not have much room , its a 7 foot by 4 foot layout, it is different from my O scale trains which also have the sound effects but its a lot of fun.
What a great combo of loco+cars, thanks for sharing with us!
Awesome additions to your collection Harrison! They looked great running the layout! Love how your gorgr scene between the two tables is looking! Take care!
Thanks
Nice double-stack set there! I've been checking out your resto/repair videos of older Tyco/Mantua locos. Very impressive and keep up the good hobbying!
Wow, that Train looks so good you should get more like this!
Those would look really cool in a shunting yard with a lot of the other freight cars you have. That would be really cool to see
Absolutely!
A nice looking consist!😁👍 Be more gentle when unwrapping bubble wrap... you have less damage to fine details.
"a little work I don't mind" LOL You bring locomotives back from the dead, making us mere mortals simply say All Hail SMT!
I'm not perfect at it but thanks for the comment lol
There are fantastic details on your intermediate model fright train now you went down the rabbit hole no coming back from you need a Crain too off load the train and may be a fork lift and some figure men at the yard congratulations on the channel
I don't know if I have the space but it would be a great addition.
One thing I've wondered about intermodal cars is why they put the bigger container on top of a smaller one
Great work Harrison I am rigth behind u with stack train and trailer train good work
Hi Harrison this set is fantastic. How many railroad videos I have played on other channels from Kansas & Missouri, Wide World Of Trains , Baltimore & Ohio , B. & P etc. that have. these intermodals running on their railroads in fact i am so glad you have these & ran them. I applaud you i to have WALTHERS early kits. WALTHERS & KATO are a blast to run these. I am giving you a 5 star rating for this video. Excellent work, road names, designs
& impressive run. 🛤🛤🛤🚦 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🎥
This is super cool SMT to finally see some modern stuff on the layout! Now time for the autoracks ;)
Yup but you never know and I have 2 auto racks in my collection 1 walthers which is a grand trunk one I had since 7th grade in 2007 or 2008 and 1 bachmann in Santa Fe paint I’m guessing both of them are in ho scale. Not sure about the walthers one because it might have some trouble on my curves abit the bachmann one doesn’t some to have any trouble at all on my curves.
Today I obtained a vintage Life -like proto 2000 series PRR EMD E8. It is unopened and in mint condition. I got it from an antique flea market. I was very impressed by it's quality.
That CP Rail really pops in contrast. Living room lamps..had to laugh.. I'm using them too. I mix some e forerunners in with the metal wellcars. Lightens the load. Nice repair job btw.
The living room lamps have been one of the best things that have happened to this layout haha.
As someone who recently worked near the waterfront in Richmond Beach WA, BNSF intermodal trains are quite frequent passing by, alongside Procar tank trains and coal trains. Inspired me to get back into modern railroading and have also been stocking up on well cars to run on a layout. You should definitely weather the cars, it's much rarer to see a clean car than it is to see one weathered or caked in graffiti or both! I know there are quite a few manufacturers of HO scale graffiti decals, Fusion Scale Graphics and Microscale make some nice looking ones, and can be used for the side of buildings or other rolling stock that tend to get tagged~. Would definitely recommend to get some Micro Sol to soften the decals around all the details of the well cars.
Maybe even get a weathering powder and use a fluffy brush to streak vertically and spray some rattle can clearcoat to seal it all, sould be a quick and easy effect to pull off and look decent. Excited to see what comes of it all!
I think I will weather them lightly just so they're not "too clean". A bit of graffiti wouldn't hurt ether.
I have to say, it definitely looks good on your layout because your layout is quite long!👍
On the straights they look great!
Awesome
Like the way you made the repairs to the draft gear boxes. Fast, easy and quite clever
Thank you!
Glad to see another addition to your collection! Enjoy the rest of the weekend and see you soon!
Thanks
love your vids you inspired me to make my channel keep up the good work:)
Man intermodal trains look so cool head on!
I love your videos 👍keep up the good work
I like the whisker coupler by Kadee. If #5s is what you got though go man go!
Really Neat Harrison!! Have a great evening!! Be well
Nice purchases, enjoy 😎👍!
love these videos the fact i got the same intermodal set as you do but different color
Lucky! they seem like an excellent set.
AMAZING!!!! I'm jealous!
Hey Harrison just wanted to say I love your videos so much I have been watching you for a while now and I want you to know your doing great remember to open that throttle wide andkeep up the good work ❤
Thanks a bunch!
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It runs really smoothly too
Now your just missing Fred to complete the train set. In case you don't know Fred is an acronym for flashing rear-ended device that you see blinking at the end of trains
Can you buy the Fred on it's own or do you have to buy a separate car? I've seen some Bachmann box cars featuring one.
3:20 the wheels like "here swap me out"
Exactly, no more of this plastic nonsense
Very nicely done.
Cool Beans.
What Engines you Getting Next?
BNSF actually has the locomotive used in the game marked in real life. It has "Microsoft Train Simulator" on the side of the cab by the nose on both sides. Caught it in Tehachapi California a few times. Id send a picture but i cant.
I'm impressed BNSF would do such a thing.
@@SMTMainline BNSF C44-9W 4723
Looks great, SMT!
I have a lot of HO CN trains C-Liners and freight and passenger cars from the 1950s also the old President’s Choice Mountain Class Steam locomotive. They have been boxed up for about 25 years now would be good to see them running again. Cool to see you bring new life to older rolling stock
You should dig them out, those Presidents choice sets had excellent locomotives.
@@SMTMainline yes I will. I moved from Canada to New Zealand so glad I brought them with me. I would be the only one in New Zealand with a Canadian collection like that
I love this I seen the feed earlier but didn't think it was your channel due to the modern style train. Looks Awesome cool to see on the lay out.
😁
It's certainly out of the ordinary for this channel but I figured it was time. I've been quite impressed with the first Walthers car so why not expand?
Now you need a eot device for the rear of that train.
I am so happy I'm getting a BNSF locomotive in a few days
And watching this video gets my hopes up I can't wait
quite impressive to see something like that new on the layout. I noticed one of the comments or said that they thought the wheel flanges screeching as you are going around the curve. To me it sounds like the wheel flanges were rubbing against the frame of the intermodal cars maybe needs broader curves? What I thought was really realistic is when you see the cars rocking back and forth the way that the track work is it's actually quite neat to see looks authentic. I noticed you took off the drawbar off one of them and then there was one that was broken in half. I could see the drawbars being a hassle because if you wanted to remove them from the layout you'd have to unscrew the drawbar or risk breaking it trying to move so I like your approach to just put kadees or equivalent on the cars. Very good.
Also that engine is perfect for that Freight cars
Nice finds. I've heard that the Walthers intermodal cars are great, bu from experience, modern athearn well cars are problematic unless you get weighted containers, as the cars themselves are mostly plastic
The I'm guessing that's who made the yellow ones? They were suppose to be Walthers as well but whatever.
@@SMTMainline maybe, those yellow ones definitely seemed odd, the note about the Athearn cars was just more of a heads up/warning about their modern cars
The intermodal cars look great along with the Dash 9. You scored on the price too.
"well folks in todays video" Classic.
Wow! I am happy for you, my favorite hobby store has a lot of intermodal cars right now, not going to tell you what it is.
Lol, keeping all the good stuff for yourself xD
@@SMTMainline when I said "what" i meant to say "where", I did not buy any yet.
Edit: I bought 3 Walthers Mainline 40 footers which I plan to connect together with drawbars or couplers, in real life the 40' cars were semi perminently coupled with drawbars.
I have noticed that almost all your cars are Thrall 53' well cars for BNSF, and Thrall 53' well cars for TTZX. I think they had run these models a couple years back as proto models.
The camera work on running train was awesome.
Thanks, I had fun looking for different locations to film from.
Great intermodal look I see that set up in real life 4 times a day
Awesome!!!! I am planning on moving back into the Joliet Illinois area and rejoin the Will County Model Railroad Club that my dad is an member of. Also see what new HO scale locomotives my little bro bought himself. I would also have to upgrade my locomotives to DCC. =^.^=
Cool video
Oh man that is so cool right there! That’s awesome that you got these intermodal cars aka well cars with the containers that go with it too the bnsf ge dash 9 right there does indeed go with this consist here though and I remember playing alittle bit of train similator growing up here maybe I. 1st grade when it came out. Thanks for sharing man! I was thinking getting one of these someday for my ho scale collection but idk about the radius of my track here
They might struggle on 18R, my track is 22 and they were already making some strange noises.
@@SMTMainline yea it could idk I know my walthers grand trunk autorack here does kinda struggle on my radius curves here but not my bachmann Santa Fe one which it rolls pretty well on my curves I think they’re 18 radius curves which I have on my ho scale layout but idk I’ll have to check on it later.
Harrison as someone who has personally witnessed the BNSF spilt the quiet of many a small town or rural crossing along the Transcon in Illinois that looks quite at home and correct save for two small details.
Needs at least one more Dash 9 and trust me they're moving about twice the speed. Ever get the chance to get to Chicago head out a little outside Joliet Illinois or the Coal City area and stand by to be verrrrry impressed.
I've seen that on some of the Canadian Pacific mainlines in small towns south of Ottawa. The modern world rushing through small towns from the past.
I'd be intrigued to see one of the Big Boys you got, Harrison, to pull those intermodal cars.
I should try that.
Your layout is amazing
Thank you!
Hello Harrison I think that model train looks cool dude
Good to see you it’s been a while since I’ve ever saw you because my account in 2020 was named Phoenix Crossman
Welcome back!
Cool consist beautiful loco 👍
Nice Layout..👍
Great find, try to track down a gunderson twin stack, older style but there's always one still running.
you know what?
Im gonna get a dash 9, some guys I know have some and they love em, and they're just really good looking
2:19 The blue container in the bottom is owned by APL.
Don’t use oil on the wheels, use Kadee graphite lubricant. Does the job and doesn’t attract dust (or cat hair).
Nice find smt! Another great video, keep up the good work
I just remembered that Amazon has 5 packs of these cars for like 150 usd, so not bad! Might buy some
Thanks
A P L is American President Lines. Your intermodal train is very cool 👍
Thanks
Nice sets! I liked the way you made the coupler pocket covers. That was sneaky. And they look great running on the layout! ANother good loco to hauls those with would be a UP EMD SD70ACe - I see those quite a bit here in So Cal pulling intermodal trains through Burbank.
Thanks. I couldn't think of anything better to replace them as so far it seems to be working quite well.
@@SMTMainline Well, next time I need a coupler pocket cover and don't have one - I'm stealing your idea!!!! 😄
I like New BNSF Wellcars from Walthers Mainline.
Love the containers cars. I have N gauge But HO is impressive too! They do track really well with no wobbling.
HO is slightly easier to work on, not that N scale is bad.
@@SMTMainline I'm more of a fan of some what far viewing for trains, thus N gauge. Keep up the good work. 👍
Nice
Kool Harrison , spine car 53 trailer well look kool
Looks excellent. Maybe the bent railing are just that extra touch of realism.
another gr8 video keep up the good work
Thank you!
Nice BNSF setup!!!
I also just got a BNSF Dash 9 but in the Warbonnet scheme.
Now that a cool one
Hey SMT, I saw your layout seems pretty decently sized. How big is that rectangular part with the loop?
I like it. I think you maybe want to more carefully open your cars up. I think you may have bent the rails pulling on the plastic wrap.
It's not impossible but I bought everything in "as-is"/slightly damaged condition so it might have already been there.
Looks great
Very nice intermodal cars Harrison.
Thank you!
Food for thought: Those well cars from Australia. As many miles on them as a real one in scale.. Shipped from China to America. Then to Australia. Then shipped to Canada.
Never would have thought of it that way. I do wonder how they ended up in Australia to begin with though.
@SMT Mainline FedEx packages that floated to shore from Castaway, haha 😄
Love the well cars. One idea I have for the future for you would be to get some auto racks with some sort of industry for cars.
Some auto racks would be awesome, I will have to be on the look out!