Realistic Model Railroading - "Maintenance-of-Way" and Signals in HO Scale
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
- In this video we will look at construction projects on the railroad and prototypically train operations around these maintenance of way zones. This is a location on the East end of the yard on our Norfolk Southern (NS) Asheville District Layout in HO Scale.
Thanks for watching!
- Josh
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Awesome! Typically, at the beginning of a signal replacement, MOW crews will install new boxes. Then The new signals will be brought in and put up (the new signals heads will be turned), and when they're ready to be activated, they will tear down the old signals and simultaneously turn the new heads and activate them.
I just wanted to say thank you. Your videos were a part of the reason I decided to change paths and work on the railroad. I am one week from finishing my college program and will be going for training with CN as a Conductor in January. Watching your videos reminded me of my passion for the railroad and was honestly a large part of my decision. Thank you.
Hey Mark, thanks for the kind words! Congrats on finishing your program and best of luck with CN! I'm sure it'll be rewarding. Take care! - Josh
As a Train Conductor for CP, I love watching your videos, the scenes you put together are amazing with a very good amount of detail and story telling, way to go! I want to get back into model railroading but have zero clue where to start and what the best path is for realistic CTC operations. I’d rather go with NCE compared to Digitrax but am unsure if NCE can support CTC. Anyways keep up the great work!!
Where are you located with CP? I have a friend who just applied with CP for Revelstoke and I just got hired by CN in Toronto.
@@157RANDOM I thinks he's fake..
A bit more operational info for anyone interested; The foreman would set up a rule 42 Planned Protection, and the RTC (dispatcher for Americans) would issue all trains to be operating in that area a Form Y GBO (General Bulletin Order). The foreman would have red flags at the side of the track at the working limits and yellow over red flags 2 miles out. Every crew operating through those limits would have to contact the foreman and receive instructions for passing through his limits. (This is rule 42 of the Canadian Rail Operating Rules, CROR, I am not sure how exactly they differ since I haven't studied the US/Canada rule differences book, however due to the similarity in our rail systems I would imagine that they are quite similar)
yea it's very similar in the U.S.... and easy for train crews to miss in their train orders if they don't look over them CAREFULLY... i would highlight any "form Bs" with one of those pink highliters... you DO NOT wanna miss those form Bs
It's similar, in addition to bulletin orders you would also have a restriction bulletin. The carrier I work for uses metal signs as opposed to flags for the approach to and marking the working limits. The signs are slowly being phased out.
This is excellent! Always wanted to see M.o.W work done on a model railroad! Great job, Josh. Hope you and your loved one's are doing well. Happy Holidays.
Thanks! Happy holidays to you as well! -Josh
Usually new signals are put in before old removed
Very nice it's very creative how y'all actually modeled the replacement with NS trucks and backhoe way to go
Finally another video it was a long time
Great work as always Josh! Love it when you post new vids of your awesome railroad !
I hate to see the old GRS equipment go, but progress must go on as it has on the real roads. Fortunately, several people photographed many of the old Great Northern signal installations before they were replaced by BNSF. Now an old timer stuck modeling the 1960s with alcos and F units. I love your videos, still using signals that were closest to GN.
Once again…mind blown.🤯
I really enjoy your professional videos.. luv the Atlas customized signal bridge! David 😜
Thanks Josh for showing us this awesome layout that needs to be in a museum or at least in my train shop. Lol! I just know your going to sell me your old signals. Lol!!!!
You gotta bless us more often man, you cant be blue ballin is for so long lol
This is the only layout-based model railroading channel I watch with any regularity; the production values, storytelling, and quality of the modeling are all outstanding. I know you have a busy life, but for whatever it's worth, I'd gladly watch more videos if you posted more often, and I'm sure many others here would say the same!
Thanks Matt - that means a lot! Life has been busy, but I really do enjoy sharing them. More to come! - Josh
Nice signals and great layout
I really enjoyed this video! Thanks for sharing!
On NS the person in charge of the work area is the RWIC or road worker in charge, not a road foreman. Road Foreman is the supervisor in charge of train crew certificattions, rules and testing.
Amazing video as always!
Well animated & highly informative-Thanks for sharing.
Looking awesome josh can't wait see your layout someday
Nice story going with your signal construction.
Cool video Josh!! I caught a little
bit of NS repairing battery bunkers
for a couple sets of crossing signals
here in Central Indiana, when CSX
here replaced their old main line
signals from the NYC-PC-Conrail
Era they turned them sideways
as they installed new hooded signals
at the CSX-NS interchange!!
Happy Holidays to your and yours
Josh!!!
Great video. I love the realism of the videos.
Thanks Robert!
Enjoyed hearing you on the AML!
Nice work.
Absolutely Awesome!
Dude that's so cool awesome thanks
Great video! Thanks!
Enjoy the video Josh, was always. Bob
Look,s always great....
Very cool
This inspired me
A suggestion for detail at 1:24 since I have never seen an underpass and I am well into my Gray years...have a Paint crew painting over partial graffiti. At 3:40 was that rail separation caused by a Loram? (haha) As always I enjoy your videos for informational narration and nice editing and layout is every boys dream.
They are referred to as RWIC (roadway worker in charge). Road foreman’s are over locomotive engineers.
Love the information of your operations on your layout! Been looking forward to a video from you for some time.
I had a question about converting one of my brass locomotives on Facebook some time ago.
I saw how you did one of your brass top 🎩hats. I wanted to convert My brass SD60 to DCC, and would it be a simple conversion like an Athearn blue box.
I greatly appreciate your videos Josh 👍 ! I am modeling Conrail ( ex PRR ) in HO scale . You have a great knowledge on signals , where did you get all this info … the web , historical site or other ways because I want to learn about PRR signals , can you lead me in the right direction? Thank you 😊 Josh
GREAT
I still don't watshed this video, but already a like!
Awesome video also what speakers do you use for your models to make them sound life like
Your MOW guys had better remember to take the RRV off the track before they run the tests on the new signal heads
this layout is amazing also were do u buy your engines from
Josh you got to use the Southern term for work zones "proceed and make noise"
I've never heard of it, but I like it! Good to know
Josh
Not the Road Foreman, but the RWIC or Rail Worker In Charge. They communicate with crews through the working limits. They are a MOW official in charge of the project. Road Foremen deal more with locomotive power
I stand corrected. Thanks for the info!
@@nsmodeler24 Not about right or wrong! All for your info sir.
During the cut over process, trains are also not permitted to accept any signal indication other then stop, regardless of the signal indication.
@@jpmikesh At a control point. Not at an intermediate.
@@marinekid2006 you are correct, control point and interlocking signals. Automatic Signals, where still being used, would be handled differently and are slowly being phased out for what is called 562 territory under Norac rules.
I have alot of questions. But I think it would be easier for me to look for a video on block detection and signaling... Great video however!
Thanks for posting
where do you get your locomotives from. i want to start my own model train railroad and you have inspired me to do that.
Hope your MOW guys got there track authority
Quick question
What kind of track do you use for your layout
For my future layout, I will be using generic Chinese made block signals.
Is it only for me that the movement of the trains is a little bit jerky? It is either the setup of my player or something with the rendering of the video.
The Road Foremen has nothing to do with the signal instillation. A Road Foremen is a supervisor of locomotive engineers. I think you mean Roadmaster, or Signal Supervisor.
Hey Josh I sent you a Facebook group request after hearing you on aml Patrick h
Where do u but the signals?
The signal heads are from Details West and the Signal Mast is from Atlas.
@@nsmodeler24 Thanka
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