Excellent video Ken!! The bend in the handle was an intentional bend by Dietz. The bend in the handle(bail) was put there so when it was held to do signaling, your thumb was put into that bend to give you better control of the lantern when swinging it. It’s basically a thumb bend to comfort your grip.

Never realised you were a railway modeller, followed your endeavours on both your carpentry and visits to Lumnah acres. Looking great

So much elevation! So many curves! What a layout!

Fantastic layout. You’ve done a great job putting this all together. Look forward to next weeks update. Thank you Ken for sharing.

Incredible layout! Looks like it could be in Switzerland, if you add mountains & tunnels…

Ken you looked like the cat that caught the canary with the smile 😃 excellent job on the three trains 🚂 running 😮😊❤

I just absolutely love seeing a new video from you !! That 3rd track has quite the steep elevation on the back corner, poor engineer gonna go through a lot of sand for traction lol 😂

Very impressive! I couldn't wait for you to get the third one running! Fun to watch all three running at the same time.

Oh man, that is really nice! I mean, REALLY nice! Have you considered putting in some water features later on? (i.e. small pond or something with a bridge over it) That would be so cool!

From a distance that looks like an amazing slot car track!!! 😳 .... 🏎

Oh my goodness that layout with the three trains interweaving is just beautiful. You made them flow so well in and around each other. Can't wait till you start to add scenery on the board............

That Looks A lot Better than Planned Ken👍👍👍👍.

It’s funny how when one gets to our age group completely different things take over our interests and the old things have lost their luster. Very nice rig and I’m sure it will look awesome when you’re finished. 👍

Looks great Ken. The enjoyment on your face and enthusiasim is great to see. I look forward to see what scenery ideas you have.

Put your controls on a board mounted under the table like a computer desk, slide out keyboard drawer. Pet alert, protect the wires from possible pet damage with plastic loom and zip-ties.

The realism is outstanding. I have mentioned before that when you get down to eye level, it looks so real. Your work is excellent. Great job!

I enjoyed this three trac build as I never knew how it was done. Can't help but wonder how you got into the model railroad hobby as it isn't most often seen but probably larger than one would think. I was into planes. Can't wait for the rest of it. Enjoyed the garage build also. Cheers, Lee

That was fun to watch Ken ..... Great Job Buddy!!!! 😁👍

Great layout Ken. There seems no end to your skills.

Impressive. I doubt I would have the patience.

Time to throw in mountains, towns, bridges and lakes for a litle colour. That train mail depot with windmill pump adds a little variety.

On that notch in lantern handle, it seems the purpose is for your hand to get a better grip when doing various signaling functions that required swinging motions, especially when wearing gloves in cold weather. Holding the handle above the notch would also keep you from dumping the fuel out. As someone who worked in dark places, I also suspect it would give you a quick reference as to which side the wick control was on without fumbling in the dark.

Hi Ken & it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool & Thanks Ken & Friends Randy

That is a REALLY nice layout!

Hi Ken That looks amazing so well done you must be over the moon with that layout . Looking forward to the next episode. Take care.

It's looking pretty amazing Ken! Nice Vince and Linda for giving Ken such a nice RR gift. That looks like the original from 1930 to 1935 because the wire at the bottom is flat. I don't know about the indentation. I like the real life sounds you get Ken. Yay, you had just enough track to finish the third track! Wow, all three of the running! With all three of them going around that corner it was so fun to watch. Great job Ken! That is a real impressive set-up!

Awesome job Sir Ken.

Very nice design. You did well. Will provide a lot of action

Wooooo woooooo, all aboard. Sweet.

Love your layout and all dc with no sound except recordings ,,,,,the best way to go,,,my new layout is going to be all dc to

Looking forward to the landscaping. The time flew by watching.

Hey, Ken. You know, you can find a control box that has 3 different tracks. It'll handle three different tracks, and you can run them all at different speeds that way

👏 👏 I love the layout and the sounds effects. Kk, I just got bitten now. HO scale it is.

Very cool Ken... If you ever decide to go DCC you can add controllable sounds directly to the locomotives. You're making me want to do my own layout now, lol.

Just now watching your current video. I can see some possibilites for helping the viewability of some of your sections of track with fewer 2x4s!!! Sounds like some of your axles are sqeeaking! (LOL)

Ken... That looks awesome!

What an amazing layout! Looks great. Look how far you’ve come with this hobby. The lanterns are usually stamped on the top cap for which railroad they belong to.

That is awesome! So long since I have seen something like this. Well done. The inner child emerges again.

Maybe you thought this may keep Kaia amused as well, hehe. Nice job, love your videos

Fantastic job! Looks amazing with all of the trains in motion. The recorded sound is so perfect. The creeper was ideal for zooming in and out. That light (gift) looks so cool. Don't know what the handle bend is for, but I'm curious. Enjoying this adventure.

Tolle Arbeit 👏🏻👋🙋‍♂️

Really enjoyed watching!

Impressed. I love it.

Can’t wait to watch how your going to landscape and other scenery. Thanks for sharing this with us. Ron

Really enjoying watching your work and the enjoyment you seem to be getting out of it all. With all the over and under of the different tiers, I’m curious to know if your plan is to add contoured scenery and such as this would seem very complex or are you just going to leave it open as you currently have it. Again, really enjoy your progress. Cheers

Reminds me of Dick Brown’s layout.

Great job looks really good

A Fantastic compliment my friend, now listen..lol time to build a mezzanine over at least half that garage all your toy's can be up there with steps and you can still build tiny houses under it ...off too work I go..great video Ken..p.s. Chad and Dan will help you lol.🌴😎

Fun and games now with the creating the scenery of landscaping

Cool Video! I see you took my idea about the braces for the other track! Glad it worked out for you! Just trying to be helpful.

Very interesting layout, Ken.

Now for the interesting part and that is seeing how you do the landscaping.

Lost your cargo. 😆 Looking good.

Looking good 👍🏻

Magnificent!

Are you also ken the carpenter? KZfaq channel? Nice spaghetti tracks!

nicely done

wow looks great..

Pretty cool Ken.

Very nice job Ken!

So now it begines! Railroad collectables.

I now you are new at model railroader who is learning as you go but I do not glue my track down. I hope that you kept the grades down to 2%. I see fr the video thatyou space the lines about 3 inches apart. I like the video.

great job!!

Good morning Ken, I do enjoy your railroad videos, but may I say your road bed look too small in contrast to your column they look so large, anyway have a good day and a wonderful week.

Good work 😊

You can always put the lantern on level 4. lol

I looked at your BNSF train set today in the store. It didn't say it came with sound like yours on the box. Just said lights. Is their different kinds from bachmann.

Sweet

SWEET!

very nice

WOW!

It's looking great. You ever going to connect all 3 or any of these tracks?

Impressive!

Nice, nice,nice!

Last time your channel popped up for me on youtube, you were having surgery on your wrist. Looks like you've recovered, that paintbrush was flying over the wood! Are you still in the garage-building business?

Nice

Do you PLAN on filling in all that open space with actual EARTH? If you are it's going to take years

Good day.

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A man work is never done,keep up the good work,Mr. Conductor😊🪻🇺🇸👍

Really enjoying watching your work and the enjoyment you seem to be getting out of it all. With all the over and under of the different tiers, I’m curious to know if your plan is to add contoured scenery and such as this would seem very complex or are you just going to leave it open as you currently have it. Again, really enjoy your progress. Cheers