Sincerely appreciate that

Great memories

I was too. I grew up in Johnstown, PA, which was like a miniature Pittsburgh, complete with three rivers (two into one).

Thanks Scott

You moved the interesting looking freight cars

Thanks again!

Great memories!

​@@djstrains I'm from the Ruhr area in Germany, and starting from the 1970s we too have also lost the heavy industrie that had shaped the region for over a century. During my childhood in the1980s I got to see the last days of coal and steel, by the mid and late 1990s it was all dead. (But we have gained clean air and non-poisonous rivers in the process, so it's not all bad.) I still have vivid memories of the additional rapid "sunrises" when the horizon and the sky lit up as the ast remaining steel mill tapped their blast furnaces. Sometimes hot iron would be shuttled between different plants in torpedo cars over regular state railway lines (the indurstries also used to have a vast network of private rail). Looking down into the "lava" and feeling the heat as they passed under the bridge you were standing on was very intense. One particular impression that I will probably never forget was while we were waiting for a train at Essen central station, one of the hot iron shuttles would run through on the middle "through" tracks between the two northern platforms. A chrome ocide green DB class E50 with a couple of giant 18-axle torpedo pan cars, separated by "spacer" cars (as not to overwhelm bridges). It was a cold, wet, grey autumn day, but we got hit by a wave of sizzling summer heat as the each torpedo car passed. Which is the reason why I now own a couple of torpedo cars although I will never have the space to run them, and I am looking for a green class 150...

Thank you very much!

And you have been an awesome supporter for a very long time. Thank you!

Much appreciated!

Very welcome

Appreciated!!

Thanks!

Thank you

Glad you enjoyed it!

I sincerely appreciate that! Have a great 2024

Rock on!

Glad to hear it

Thanks!

Thanks

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Portugal? Wow! I’m honored! Thanks for watching!!!

I am grateful for your support and kindness

Thank you so much! Sincerely appreciate that. Got hit with some unexpected expenses and I will be doing a lot of traveling for upcoming videos! Have a great day

Much appreciated!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Much appreciated!

Wow, thanks!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Appreciate that very much

Thanks

I might do part 2. There was some questions and answers

You made my day

Glad you enjoyed it

It was a huge honor to finally meet you and thank you for the inspiration you provided me. I’ll definitely take you up on your offer when I get more vacation time

I miss it too, but as one of my trainers, an engineer, once said "This isn't a bad job, but the hours suck." And he was very senior. (RIP Mark)

Thank you so much 😀

@djstrains 3 mile shove, damn..I remember we had a 2 mile shove going into Monsanto, and that was always interesting, especially in the winter.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great question! Maybe someone will answer

At the end, I think those three cars are filled with coffee!🙄 (just sayin', ya know?) 🚂Lawrence Oh, sorry. You mean the cars on the layout. Ashes from DJ's cigars. His wife thinks he quit, but he bottles up the smoke and uses it in the mill's chimneys! Brilliant!🤔

All their stuff is fantastic

it ran prior to me talking

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I’m strictly n scale. Always have been. But I travel to Ho scale layouts to make videos. My channel has PLAYLISTS and a few are on layout tours, including my various n scale layouts over 12 years worth. Also layout building and scenery, and scratch building

Ok. As I said elsewhere, what threw me was a tagline on your avatar over there--or so I remembered anyway--"Professor of HO." I was sure I saw it, but I don't see it now. Of course it's always possible to be a Professor of HO and still model mostly or only in N scale too, right? They aren't exclusive to one another, after all.

That was not me

Indeed it was not, and only because he popped up in the last few hours did I realize my mistake: He is "D&J Railroad" over there and still does seem to be a Professor of HO. Headslap! I missed it by that [.................................................................................] much. @@djstrains

Yes, but we never see him unless something happens

@@djstrains they must be blind as bats and hid away sleeping then seeing all the tagged cars!!

@@keithmoore5306 - stopping tagging is not a high priority for railroad police. Watching out for high value lading is.

@@mmi16 stopping tagging and guarding cargo go hand in hand as in trespassing!! and going by LA last year UP cops don;t give a flying!! and frankly some of what i've seen around a few yards in ohio it's a wonder someone hasn't hauled off an engine!!

Chesapeake…cheap skate? Lol

we have an EOT (end of train device). It attaches to last car. We also know the length of our train prior to departure (paperwork), and we have an odometer on engine. We hit the start odometer when we enter siding. when we exceed our known train length, we can stop. The EOT lets us know there is communication with the end of train, so we know train is intact.

@@djstrains Thank you, DJ.

Big frickin' deal! Middling player...big hype!

@@gregginter5867 4x pro bowler. College HOF. Yeah... middling. Aaron Donald is also a Penn Hills alum. Another middling player?? ROLFMAO

Actually did a sound check with my lapel mic into the house system. Not sure why when I came back in the room to do the presentation that it gave feedback but I felt I was able to project my voice that a mic wasn’t needed for every one in the back heard me clearly.

Any other criticism?

@@djstrains Nope... I can't speak to what was heard in the room, all I know is the audio that was recorded was poor.