Bill Kachel's HO Scale PRR Railroad
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- čas přidán 3. 06. 2017
- I visited Bill Katchel's layout with the HARMS model railroad group in February of this year. WOW what a layout! Bill has done a wonderful job capturing the essence of the PRR with scratch built catenary.
Thanks Bill for letting me see your layout.
Wow. Somebody's done Horseshoe Curve. Layout is terrific!
Another layout of my dreams.
Love.the.old..p.r.r..trains..i.just..stared..model..railroad..again..h.o.scale
Without a question, and certainly enhanced by your incredible photography, this is a trip into 'a time ago' that is period specific. It is one of the most incredible layouts and documentaries of model railroading I've even seen. Stunning! Unbelievable! Incomparable! Breathtaking! Monumental! Singular and unlikely to be matched - all come to mind.
Wow Dan! What a compliment to Bill and me. Thanks!! Take care.
One incredible scene follows another.
True artist.
Visited this layout many times over the years. Track plan is gnarly and perfect. Bill is a super chill dude too, "gimme a call any time and we'll run trains!"
Agreed, Bill is a cool guy and very talented!
I don’t know who in hell could give this a thumbs down. This is a great layout. I normal don’t comment on this stuff. But it is great. It’s about the area the trains traverse...not the trains. That is what makes a great layout.
Beautiful work. I had to keep reminding myself this is a model!
Nice one. Love the city yards and bridges.
I really appreciate the format in which this video was filmed. It concentrates on various scenes on the railroad and not on individual trains. It gives the viewer plenty of time to see the detail in each scene. I need that for advice in helping with scenery on a friend's HO model railroad.
Thanks for the compliment Seattle Fan!!
one the best layouts ever seen, thanks for sharing.
Your welcome!
Loved that odd B & O caboose right at the very end.
Striking scenery - the rusty industrial environment, the trains snaking through viaducts, emerging under catenary, the red brick retainer walls and Horseshoe curve. Amazing stuff!
This is the best most natural trees and shrubs that I have seen ....plus the mix of the modern city ,and the country is just awesome 👏 ! thank you so much for this...The bridges are extravagant 😲 WOW
That's super cool. 👌 👍
This layout is spectacular. Really accurately captures a specific period in history. Extraordinarily well done and an incredible display of modeling skill. Just awesome...
Absolutely beautiful layout! Excellent detail work and a great video. Thank you for sharing.
Outstanding detail. Great use of older rolling stock with first generation locomotives. Astounding and amazing. Well done!
Astonishing, such a masterful bit of modelling!!
vvvveerrrrrrry nice!!!!!!!
This is an amazing layout! I LOVE heavy urban railroading and you have captured that feel perfectly. I must admit though, my favorite part is seeing the weathering at horseshoe curve. I have not ever seen anyone achieve this look of the upgrade tracks being weathered tan from sand, downhill tracks weathered brown from cast iron brake shoe dust. Fantastic work!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Rustic, gritty, urban scenes, and very real depiction of that area of the country. Shark-nosed Baldwins. I read they were good, lugging engines - not speed demons. Unreal track plan - very awesome.
exquisite.
Oh my goodness - that catenary wire! The rest of us must take to our knees. Fantastic work, Bill.
Beautiful layout Bill and the soft ambient light works very nicely on all of your scenes. 👍👍
You are right. A beautiful layout.
This layout is fantastic. Well done.
Very realistic extensive modeling of power lines. Thanks for sharing.
Super work!!!
THIS IS A SO TOTALY AWESOME PENNSY LAYOUT I EVER SEEN AND I LOVE THE PENNSY ,,,AWESOME,,AWESOME THATS ALL I CAN SAY ,,KUDOS TO BILL,,,THANKS FOR SHARING,,,KEN
Truly a beautiful lay out! The Horseshoe curve was right on! I know I live here where it is. M.Williams.
I smiled the whole way through this amazing layout. Amazing details throughout. Absolutely incredible job to all those individuals who have labored on this artwork. Bravo!!
oh MY, THIS IS JUST BEAUTIFUL, no other words, what a magnificent demonstration of modeling skill, well done, great video.
Thanks swayteca! The layout is much better when seen in person! Glad you liked the video.
That is a wonderful layout.
I love that Bessemer spotted in the yard
THANK YOU...for sharing.
Amazing detail.
Super trains. Great impressions.
I love to see a cab ride of this incredible realistic layout!
That is one of many layouts I would ALWAYS keep. Only tweak with time
Nice clip Big Bill,,, nice layout.
Awesome layout. Wow.
Hi Fred - You did an outstanding job of taking and editing this video. Bill Katchel has a five star, spectacular model railroad that, if it hasn't been yet, should be featured in a model railroad publication for many to see and enjoy. The level of detail with the scenery, rolling stock weathering, structures, and catenary is second to none. I can't say enough about how great this model railroad is. Thank you very much for posting and sharing this video! Mike
Thanks Mike! I have a lead on getting someone to do a professional video on Bill's layout.
THANKS!! Sorry for the late reply
Magnificent !
Outstanding layout.I felt like I was there.
Very nice.
GREAT VIDEO AWESOME INFORMATION AND GREAT MODLER VERY INTERESTING AND REALISTIC thumbs up . AWESOME GOOD STUFF 👍👍👍👍JIM KAMMERER OF PHILADELPHIA PA THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIDEO AND YOUR TIME HAVE A SAFE AND CAREFUL ENJOY YOUR WORK AND LAYOUT. IS BEAUTIFUL AND GORGEOUS A REAL WORK OF ART🙂😁👌
Thank you Jim!!
A very nice video and layout. I have plans to expand my own HO scale layout and primarily run Pennsy locomotives, though as I'm looking to model a 1940s-50s steam-era railroad, I don't think it will look quite as modern as this.
wow, you don't see Diesel era Pennsy layouts often, nice!
Diesels and GG-1's does it get any better? Thanks!
Just SUPER ! 👽
I just obtained the PRR Twin Centipedes...what did you utilize for the 'B' unit ?
Particularly liked the Hellgate Bridge area.
Superb layout..any videos of AN OVERALL PESPECTIVE?
Great layout! I like to see this one because of almost all urban scenery. Missing a big shark BP20 A/B.
I also like the mail train, in special that first former horse car. Do you know who used to sell that kit?
All that wire and nary a GG-1 in sight. Impressive, though.
There were GG1's om the layout. But in the background.
There is nothing better then a PRR sharknose.
Woo i like video!
this pleases me
COOL
I guess "beautiful" is the wrong word to use for a model railroad layout, but there is an authenticity and such a great feel to all of this, that I should probably use the word "magnificent". I've seen many layouts, and this one is second to none.
I only watched the video until 3:29, but that's all I need to see. I don't need to see anything else.
Thanks for the nice video - so much better than the other videos I've seen of this layout. The others make it look gloomy and sad and old beyond it's years. I'll not name names but he's the one who does the 'cab ride' vids that are jerky and not generally that good.
Question though - that shrimper on the other side of the bascule bridge - is she grounded or what? Up on the keel like that and she'll tip over.
Sorry about the late response Musicman. Bill only has water level hulls. He has a large number of ships both commercial and military which he routinely rotates onto the layout. In fact he has an aircraft carrier which I missed seeing. Thanks for the compliment!
Beautiful. Where is it at?
Very good lyout, but the human talk behind demeans the great vision u offer.
Yes. And at 8:45 is this guy trying to ruin the shot? I've seen other videos where people swing and move the camera around, and makes a blurry mess, But you did a great job by setting the camera and letting the trains go by.
Great layout and clip. Thanks for the post. I found out about this layout awhile back. I have no idea why it hasn't been featured in Model Railroader yet. It would be nice to see an MR trackplan of this layout. I like how they do trackplans. You wrote below that you might get someone to to a professional video of this amazing layout. Good idea! Maybe it can be done similar to how Allen Keller presented layout tours; following the train from on end of the layout to the other, then the other way following another train doing some switching. Maybe even a cabride! There are a few cabrides of this layout done by the same person on here but the picture quality is poor and there are people in the camera view. I subscribed to your channel. Thumbs up! p.s. Is it Katchel? I thought it was Kachel.
Thanks iceeking! You are correct about Bill's last name. I will fix it today. I am working with a guy videoing Howard Zane's layout to be done much like Allen Keller's videos and have mentioned to him about Bill Kachel's layout so maybe in the near future will can get one done of his layout. Thanks again!
Oh, and thanks for subscribing!
Fred
I think I found the guy that's videoing Howard Zane's layout which you were talking about in a comment above. I found him on CZcams a few weeks back. Is his name Forrest Nace? He said he should have the DVD/Blu-Ray on Howard's layout in a couple of months. Do you know if he's going to film Bill Kachel's layout next? He said he's looking for layouts to film after this first one. His CZcams channel is Nace's Videography LLC and he has his e-mail and a link to his webpage in the description of the one clip he has on there. It would be amazing to see Bill's incredible Pennsy on a professionally done DVD/Blu-Ray of 2 hours! Ok, just wanted to let you know since you know Bill and you mentioned the videographer before.
Q: How many hours did it take to build something like this???
A: All of them, lol. Amazing work
Everything is great on this layout! My concerne is that most modelers run trains at crazy fast speeds, He does NOT, look's most realistic too!
Bill is all about operations. The group I was with is called HARMS and all members are accomplished model railroaders. We where operating the railroad at the time.
Love those Pennsy covered wagons and Baldwin sharks. Sorry to say, but I never liked the look of the Pennsy steam, with those ugly Belpaire fireboxes and cluttered looking compressors. But early Pennsy diesels have a look that's hard to put into words. Superb layout!
0:01-0:59 are those f7's?
The first run by has EMD E-8's
Good thing about this is it's a more ideal world without scumbag grafitti on the freight cars
Good camera work, no obnoxious pan and zoom, camera low, maybe even a tripod, train speeds excellent, background chit-chat distracting....
It was an operating and visitation session so a lot of talking was required. With about 20 people in attendance.
Gee Fred , I caught a brief glimpse of a large rail yard which you didn't include in your video . Too much to see I guess. When I was younger, I told my boss that I just started building a model railroad in my basement. He said that when he bought his house the previous year , there was a model railroad that took up the entire basement and complained that " it cost him $2000 to have it all ripped out" . . . Ouch !!!
Yea, I guess I missed that. I am friends with Howard Zane. His layout is around 5000 sf and he is up in age so I am wondering what will become of his outstanding railroad. I think I he told me that his son will take over the house and preserve the layout.
@@fredeisen7401 That is good to hear. I have started up again on my railroad and at 67 I am having concerns about putting someone else in that position. Whatever happens at least I won't have to worry about it; although somehow I think I will probably still find a way ...
Best Wishes !
@@brucew.5177 I have you by 3 years but my wife supports my hobbies and said she and my model railroading friends will handle things once I am gone.
Nice!! I have O scale Pennsylvania Flyer layout . Please check it out its modest but I like it.
Thanks Dennis. Will checkout your channel
@@fredeisen7401 Thanks Fred. I'm on a fixed budget but I do what I can.
Wonderful railroad. But no steam?!! Sorry, but I’m afraid I’m going to have to deduct 5 points. A-
Can I come over and do a Godzilla?
HA HA! If I didn't see the name I would sware my older brother made this comment.
Beautiful, realistic-looking railroad, but the people talking in the background kinda ruins it .
I agree but I was with my model railroad group (HARMS)
Great layout, but only one scene with electrics, and why would you need 2 GG1s to pull such a short freight train. Also most Pennsy cabooses did not have cupolas, they had side bay windows. How about some E-44s pulling freight, and a few MU units for commuters, as well as a Metroliner. In electrified areas, one very rarely sees diesel locomotives pulling freight or passenger trains. Love the detail on the catenaries.
Thanks Bill did a great job. As for the cabooses Pennsy did not have bay window cabooses that was the Baltimore and Ohio.
A world class layout indeed but those of us interested in signaling are disappointed by the mockup, non-working position lights that were so characteristic on this railroad.
All of these are well thought out and constructed but nothing looks real. Every piece of rolling stock is fresh plastic, unmarred and looks like it just went through the dishwasher. Railroads are grubby, dirty, graffiti covered and often look like they are about to fall to pieces. And most model trains are run like a 4 year old rides a tricycle, as fast as it will stay upright. Trains do not run through a town at 90 miles an hour..... models need to be run at scale speeds.
I bet you're fun at the party.
I saw a lot of weathered cars.