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MRH Staff 7,978 posts jeffshultz MRH Staff 7,978 posts
jeffshultz

This is mostly a test of the 4K capabilities of my cell phone, as well as combining my stabilizer rig with the cell phone. Seemed to work pretty well.

I think I've figured out why I'm going so slowly on the scenery on my layout - I'm not very good at it yet, and I want to get better before I start going whole hog. I also want to get the railroad operating, which at this point is a combination of data entry and getting enough locomotives set up to my satisfaction.

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Modeling a fictional GWI shortline combining three separate areas into one freelance-ish railroad.
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jeffshultz MRH Staff 7,978 posts
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Amtrak Anniversary special

Amtrak also ran a heritage passenger special down the Willamette Western in honor of the 50th Anniversary of Amtrak:

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MikeHughes Super User 5,497 posts
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I like your approach ...

Getting the overall in place and then making solid progress on completing scenes as you go, bring it all along together.  The areas you've got completed look fantastic so I don't think you should be critical of your skills.  Those trees on the corner look amazing.
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jeffshultz MRH Staff 7,978 posts
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The trees on the corner...

Those were a purchase several years ago from a gentleman who lives/lived up in Oakridge, Oregon. He sold them at the Willamette Valley RR Club swap meets in Eugene.

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Graham Line Prolific poster 1,168 posts
Graham Line

Nice

Stabilized footage looks pretty good. Are you using a clip-on mike, or one on the phone?
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Paul Mac espeelark Super User 702 posts
Paul Mac espeelark

Looks like great track-work

...based on how smoothly that Amtrak Heritage Special breezed by! Nicely done!

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Mustangok Frequent poster 964 posts
Mustangok

Amtrak sound

That layout looks to be fun.

As I currently struggle with the entry into DCC sound 'world-of-its-own' I thought that Amtrak locomotive really sounded, and looked great.

What engine is that and what is its decoder?

Kent B
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jeffshultz MRH Staff 7,978 posts
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Thanks!

Thanks to all for the comments. To answer the questions:

1. That was all using the mike on the camera itself.

2. The P42 is an Athearn, equipped with a Loksound Select decoder with the 73482 project specifically for the P42: http://projects.esu.eu/projectoverviews/search?cat=2&q=P42 And I left the volume up - it was screaming.

PaulMac - that was some of the first trackwork I had laid in about 6 years, back in early 2004. Just beyond it to the right is a pretty treacherous S-curve that some of those cars were unhappy about, but they went around it.

 

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barr_ceo Super User 3,267 posts
barr_ceo

Jeff, seeing it's amtrak and

Jeff, seeing it's amtrak and all, was that really an anniversary train?

 

 

 

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... or was the inaugural train just that late?  

 

 

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p51 Super User 3,139 posts
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Amtrak

Great work, loved seeing your progress.

Heck your Amtrak train looked a lot like the early days, were it not for the head end power!
Lee

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Mustangok Frequent poster 964 posts
Mustangok

P42

With its own sound project. Nice.

Kent B
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jeffshultz MRH Staff 7,978 posts
jeffshultz

HEP screams

Both the P42 and the F40PH tend to scream as they use the prime mover to produce power for the rest of the train. So they "idle" at high RPM - notch 6 or so on the F40PH, I believe.

It does make them sound unique.

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