The Chronicles of Norm #7 - T1 Tune-up
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- čas přidán 20. 07. 2024
- While in the shop for some maintenance, it was time to upgrade a few things.
0:00 Intro and overview
1:22 Cab figure location goof
2:05 Tender lookover
3:02 Tender running gear
4:14 Tender electronics review
5:01 Locomotive prep and disassembly
9:00 Replacement speaker testing
10:11 3D printed speaker box first try
11:10 Loco mods - chuff mags and new tether and lighting
12:21 3D printed reed switch retainer
15:01 Milling and filling speaker holes
17:30 My new (to me) Sherline 5400
17:42 3D printer speaker enclosure last try
19:07 Component layout and bench test
20:20 Bench review so far
23:25 Back on the layout and wrap-up
27:53 Running montage - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Really enjoyed this video! T-1 is probably my favorite locomotive from the steam era. Also, wanted to say what a fantastic layout you have. Your modeling skills are definitely on a higher plateau than most, especially mine. Would love to see your layout in person some time. Keep those videos coming and many thanks for your dedication to the hobby!
Got yourself a new viewer! We recently added a T-1 LionMaster to our fleet and I’ve been looking at all sorts of videos on it and glad I found yours. Your trains and layout would make museums blush!! Incredible detail and we love the PRR focus you have. Our T-1 isn’t nearly as nice as yours but the sounds sure seem familiar! Now I gotta check the rest out. Love what we see so far!
DAMN NORM, it’s just amazing to watch you work. 👏🏻
If you aren't aware, making your speaker enclosure airtight increases the power of the speaker. Try to use a foam gasket and incorporate the wire input into your design for future projects like this. This willl keep sound quality as high as possible (bass in particular). Love your videos. Love your layout. Your work inspres me for my HO collection.I love your scenery, love your weathering, and relism Thanks for the motivation.
God i love the T1. Good ole Pennsy power.
Absolutely superb layout - I've been enjoying catching up with several of the episodes, and of the classic American steam locomotives.
That T1 is a bit of an unknown legend - the classic question is would it have taken the record from Mallard .... another day perhaps.
Thank you for sharing.
Al.
Amazing workmanship Norm! We love watching your videos. Your attention to detail is second to none. Thanks for always taking the time to show how these projects are done. Happy Railroading!
Cant wait for the T1 Trust to finish this beast! What a day that will be!
Fantastic sound and looks!
Holy crap Norm, that’s incredible. That thing moves out and I had to laugh at the stopping power point, glad I wasn't a passenger standing at the urinal on that run. 🤣
The train looks amazing 🚂😎👍
Wow, that speaker enclosure made
a huge difference Norm!!! I wish I
could squeeze that speaker into my
HO Conrail units!! LOL!!!
there are huge advantages to modeling in O or G
Well done Norm!! I really like the Black and White shot at the end!
Sound is fantastic, excellent job...!
A friend of mine is adding TMCC and an upgraded speaker to my Weaver T1. Iam very anxious to get it back. Thanks so much for all of your surpueb reviews
Excellence! 👏😌
Man...that's a good looking train....
Magnificent layout 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Awesome video Norm. Wow that thing is pumping out some sound now!
Ain't this the steam engine that nearly kills the kids in A Series of Unfortunate Events?
Pretty good choice from either the author or the filmmakers, very intimidating profile for a steam engine X3
Excellent video. I’ve done the same with lionel and mth articulated locomotives. But I’ve used the Bose cube speakers. I had to trim the flanges down the correct width. For the sound chambers I ended up using cardboard tubes from paper roll’s. I need to one invest in a 3d printer.
A side note. The Bose cube speakers I’ve found them thrift shops around town priced relatively cheap!
Oh yeah. The speaker enclosure gives it more resonance to max out the sound from the speaker. Sweet sound!
I love how I’m learning stuff… especially how expensive this hobby really is when you figure the annual maintenance per locomotive 😵💫
Great job. Sounds great amazing work
I would be scared to death to attempt anything
Like that Great video ❤️🚂😎👍
What a BEAST!!!
Beautiful!
Wow! The T1 was easily doing a 120 km/h in the latter part of the clip.
I'm not in 3-rail (I model 0 scale narrow gauge) but I still found this quite interesting anyway. Actually, I have never seen a video of yours I DIDN'T find interesting!
Great work Norm! You should look t getting yourself an aluminum fixture or tooling plate from sherline or from other parties on eBay! This is an easy fix to expand the table capacity on your mill.
Oh man. This is like dejavu. I just did my 3rd Rail T1 conversion (same loco, mine is #31 of 115). I went with the ERR cruise commander + ERR railsounds for steam. That speaker you showed at the beginning is the stock 3rd rail. I ended up creating a DIY fatboy setup. I had two spare 16 ohm speakers (wired in parallel to get 8 ohms) from a junked flatpanel tv. But I don't have a 3D printer so I had to improvise. I used two 2" PVC unions and PVC endcaps to cover the back of the speakers. The unions had to be cut down to fit under that step-downed portion on the rear of the tender. I ended up using silicon to hold them in place to minimize vibrations against the brass bottom. All in all, it sounds way better than that original wimpy speaker.
On the tender I also fabricated two mounts for pickup rollers. And that same style of bracket for the Kadee coupler had to be made, since the two side screw holes on the Kadee would have gone up right through the rear wall of the tender.
On the engine, I retained the original 6V regulator board that powers the lights +sleuthe smoke units. For chuff, the superchuffer was used. What a nice board (thanks gunrunnerjohn)! The superchuffer had to be mounted on the side of the motor as there was minimal clearance on top. And a notch had to be cut in the flywheel shroud but overall it was fairly straightforward to install. The biggest challenge was making a half-wave bridge rectifier +5V regulator assembly. Half-wave rectification is needed since the superchuffer output is fed to the ERR. Lastly, the automatic cab light feature was connected from the output of the superchuffer.
For those cab figures, I gave up on trying to make and mount seats. When I use the loco, I just stuff the engineer and firemen in through the forward windows with their arms hanging out and waving. I mean if you're operating a T1, you have to wave!
One question for ya: For the gearbox on the forward set of drivers, I noticed that if I have the engine sitting up on blocks (under the front/rear of the frame) and run the motor, the front gearbox kind of wobbles around. Does yours do the same?
That's cool. I'm so happy I bought a 3D printer. It's a blast.
Glad you like the GRJ board. He will sell you a 5V mini power supply for it if you run it standalone (without his smoke board). I gave up on using his board since I had a hard time getting a reliable chuff out of it. I find setting up driver magnets to be just as easy and I get a solid crankpin-synched chuff when I want it.
Unloaded gearboxes can tend to 'hunt' a bit. I would be concerned if your 'wobble' is lateral in nature.
..nice videos thank you for posting them, I subscribed...
Be nice if you could get a deeper bass sound for the engines
I have the Lionel 5511 T1, love it, but probably my biggest gripe about Lionel sounds is, they're never correct for the locomotive.
The authentic T1 whistle sound is available, but they didn't use it, Also, the plating on the driver's started flaking off.
I like the Lionmaster T1 sounds. I feel the whistle was a bit closer.
Great
If I had to pick one loco to keep......it would be a PRR T-1.....I have a Weaver version.
Awesome work as usual Norm!! Do you have any Williams brass on your layout?
Thanks. Had some Weaver in the past, but never any Williams.
Hey Norm is that a Lionel Lionmaster T-1 Duplex from the early 2000s? Cause that engine was my brother’s first train.
The sounds are from the LM T1 yes..
@@normstrains So it is a Lionel lionmaster T1. Did modified for its prototypical connect between the tender and engine?
Norm... as a model railroad fan for most of my life, I am finally getting ready to start a layout of my own. I am in my mid 40's now and I would not consider myself artistic at all. I am in awe by your work and to be honest intimidated to start my layout, as I am by no means artistic at all. Would you recommend the Altoona Model works kits to a new modeler with no real artistic ability... or would you steer me in a different direction? Thank you and have a great day!
Thanks Tom. I'd recommend looking at his website and reading one of his kit manuals (if he is still posting them) to get a feel for what it will take to build one. Good luck!
@@normstrains Thank you for the info. He has a small building that it looks like he has some brief instructions on. I was hoping to see the roundhouse and workshop instructions. I was just curious as to the skill level required in your opinion to build these models. I know some things are not recommended for rookies like myself. Keep up the great work! Your videos are awesome!
@@tomvancleaf8054 you may find some build threads on the OGR forum.
Please give electronics circuit diagram and working details
I personally just skip to the engine running montage
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