Monthly Archives: May 2010

Some of the most popular videos I've ever posted have been of the Union Pacific (UP) Big Boy steam locomotives.  The prototypes were the longest steam locomotives ever built and everything about them was enormous.  My MTH Premier models are … Continue reading →

I've been busily reshooting videos of my various locomotives in True HD 1080p using my new camcorder.  The latest video isn't a reshoot but rather is an original video that I've never shot before.  When reshooting the videos for the … Continue reading →

 I actually have two Triplexes (Triplices?)  in my collection; the Erie and the Virginian.  Now, the Virginian's prototype Triplex was a 2-8-8-8-4 whereas the model is a 2-8-8-8-2, basically a redecorated Erie Triplex. Given that there was only one prototype … Continue reading →

Mallet locomotives were articulated; that is, they had at least two sets of drivers, one of which could swing free of the boiler, allowing a very long and powerful locomotive to make its way around fairly tight curves with the … Continue reading →

It was bound to happen!  The two original videos of my Daylights in action are some of my most popular on YouTube.  Almost as soon as I had them up, people wanted to see them double-headed, so I posted a … Continue reading →

I've reshot in True HD 1080p the MTH Premier model of the PRR Decapod (2-10-0) steam locomotive pulling a long string of mostly MTH Premier freight cars of various types.  The prototype was a brute of a freight hauler and … Continue reading →

I have a number of locomotives that are models of prototypes that hauled huge quantities of coal from the coal fields to our nation's ports.  One such is the Norfolk & Western (N&W) Y6b, a huge 2-8-8-2 compound articulated locomotive.  … Continue reading →

In shooting my HD videos, I've either been showing passenger trains or freight trains consisting of long strings of AtlasO reefers.  While very attractive, the reefers can get a bit boring after a while.  I just reshot the video of … Continue reading →

As long as I have the Daylight passenger set on the main track, I went ahead and reshot my original SP Daylight steam locomotive in True HD 1080p.  This is the model of SP #4449, the most famous of the … Continue reading →

The day before surgery, I did a somewhat different HD video shoot.  Rather than set up a train just for a shoot, I simply shot one of the trains that I've been running for a while.  It's a long string … Continue reading →