Ron is the best host. He instructed me through fixing my Lionel diesel unit. I was just happy that he put up with me asking, asking, asking how to. That unit is now a hoot to run on my layout.

Hey Ron! Just wanted to say thank you again for being willing to work on the old 259. You have no idea how much it means to me and my family, and we all hope that you’re feeling better

You're a good Man for taking on what most people wouldn't these days, I can't wait it's the only TV I get Classic Model Trains Show, What a treat watching to the end.

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

Hi Ron, good to see you. I'm sorry you're not feeling well, hopefully you get better soon. Watch your health, you don't want to burn out. You have been busy with the sale etc, looks like you sold a few. Looking forward to seeing the next restoration and paint removal video. I'm going to keep my eye on the passenger cars restoration you showed in the bus, be a good addition 🤔... Keep up the great work, get well, get better. Cheers.

Keep On Working On those Trains Be You Ron.

Another great video Ron. Hope you are feeling better. I have been there done that where nobody can tell me what is wrong with me… frustrating. What a donation! Should make for great content for several weeks! Take care, Jeff.

The 259 looks like something that the Chip Channel should restore. He does a most excellent job on old crusty rusty Tonka and Buddy L trucks.

Good to see you back ron sorry to hear you’ve been ill hope all back to normal now bud take care

I recommend Super Clean (in the purple jug) for stripping paint, especially for plastic which it is safe to use on.

Looks like we got a lot of good videos coming up!

yhanks for the video job well done see ya next one

We are born dying Ron..but there is the best train videos in between..lol..great video

Nice one Ron. I wish you better. Yours, Gordon.

Like always Ron,great video, great person you are, please take care,remember health is first.

As usual great content in the video. Hope you’re doing better and can’t wait to see how good that 259 comes out. I have standard gauge steamers with that brass and copper and when they shine they are something to see.

Thanks for another great video. I’ll be sending you an email on some Ho stuff.

Hey Ron glad you’re feeling better. Keep us entertained with what u do so well. I enjoy all that you put out for us to see I find it relaxing

Well, Ron, it looks like you now have a few more projects to work on.. I love steamers... There are some very nice looking locos there... and I will be following along with interest. I'm glad you're feeling better. Wow, Lynn is sure looking after you there with that lovely donation of a few locos........................... I would definitely buy some stuff from you if I was in USA or Canada but seeing I'm in Melbourne Australia.. the postage would be phenomenal and not worth it... damn.. you have some great bargains....

Incredible donation from Lynn! 😲 There's some cool stuff in there. Hope you're feeling better.

First I would like to say thank you for your service . Glad you are feeling better . My guess for the classic model George Harrison : ( Guess I need to renew my lens prescription . Thank you for your great videos .

That SP is an SD-40. SD-40-2s have a hole in one of the rear doors on the engineer's side of the long hood, so the radiator's water level sight glass can be checked without having to open the door.

Hope you’re feeling better. You got some nice stuff there.

Ron hope you feel better soon, love the cars I bought off you there great!

Super glad you're feeling better. When we talked, I'd figured you wouldn't have a video out for another week. When you're ready, I can share some of the Back Story on those engines and a little more what's wrong with them. Example is the two Cotton Belts. Those are the ones I got from a Lady, assume she was a lady. That told her now Ex husband to Get Out and you better take all your trains with you. He didn't, or not Fast enough and sold them to me for cheap. Worked great till at a train show a few years ago when both of them came to a Grinding halt. That Big Boy is really messed up. You didn't take the engine out of the sleeve.

Very nice locomotive collection that Lynn mccurdy donated to your channel.

I hope you are feeling better. I had an inner ear infection last month and it was miserable, I felt like I had a hangover and I didn't even get to enjoy the intoxication part first. The first thing I would do with that Pacific is rip that MRC decoder out of it and throw it in the trash where it belongs. To date the only functioning decoders I have ever chucked in the bin were MRC/XL Systems sound decoders. I don't know so much about their HO scale, but Bachmann has really upped their game in N scale in the past 20 years or so, they have come a long ways since their white box days.

Kato Made a straight sd-40. Look at the engineer side long hood, if there's a site glass opening it's a dash 2, if not it's a straight sd-40. At the end of the video you showed track, saying it's super-0, but it's just regular heavier 0 guage. Super-0 has simulated wood ties with a metal strip for a third rail instead of a regular rail. It was supposed to look more realistic and make the third rail less noticable. It was made late 50s/early 60s. It really does look nice, but was nearly twice as expensive as the regular track, especially the switches.good luck on the repairs I'm looking forward to them.

Great video!! I got the order today, can’t believe how quickly it arrived. Thanks for everything, it was great talking to you in person.

hi Ron. Love the videos you do. your the best. What up with the all Bachmanns?? L McC loves you man...Hehelol

That was fun to watch Ron 😁👍

Thumbs Up 2-8-2 I like that. Your page and videos are awesome. 4:00 "...a small dent..." You're talking like, like a mountain... Hill-areas... hilarious. 4:40 Brake fluid is a dessicant, it'll eat/absorb moisture (and your water-content skin) so please be careful or wear gloves while using it. 13:52 Sperry... It's belt driven and that belt gets dry and breaks. The rail detector car is well over 25 years old, same general chassis and motor as their Doodlebug. Have fun... April 30 was the crash date in 1900 for Casey Jones. 29:15 Behind that Amtrak unit you have wood paneling... That is called Boxcar Siding. John

Dropping a Big Boy. YIKES!! Casey Jones wasn't watching his speed! Hopefully it will be back up and looking good!

Best instructional and most entertaining model train channel out there, by far! Just enough information, just short of too much! (we had the same 'uncle")

Was a really good show Ron. Glad you are feeling better. I just got an ultrasonic cleaner, used the simple green in a bag trick you do, worked great. You teach us some really useful tips. Thanks Ron… Good stuff dude

That Athearn big boy suffered the same fate as my Broadway Limited big boy, although mine was able to be fixed after a hefty fee

Thanks for the Chessie/B&O/C&O stuff, Ron. Lots of stuff to have fun upgrading. It was cool talking to you on the phone...I actually know somebody on KZfaq now. ;)

Wishing all the best for you my Good Friend. Hope you get better very, very soon. Take a good care of yourself Ron, ok?

Glad you are feeling better, hope you get back to 100% soon.

Great episode. Can't wait to see the restoration.

Another great video. Sorry to hear you were under the weather. Those inner ear infections can be a real pain. Glad to see you working on stuff again. Until next time.

Well, good luck with the body work on the train set and I'm looking forward to seeing the results. I can't believe some of the things you are donated. I am envious! I also want to wish you good health for the future and if you need help with that BIG BOY, just sent it to me. lol

I just had the same symptoms myself, am feeling better now.

Hi Ron, so who was the super model , great video, always amazed by the donations, 33% regards Marc

Great video & hello Ron get well

I suggest calling Northlandz in New Jersey....America's Largest Model railroad...they might work a deal out with you

Ron; hope that you are feeling better and the darn ear infection is a thing of the past! I need to email you regarding O gauge remaining estate sale items.

Since that NP 484 was a custom it is possible that's a modified tender from the old Monogram Big Boy model kit. Bowser put out a Big Boy kit in the 80s that was just the locomotive and an electrification kit for the tender. For the tender you went to the model kit section of the hobby shop and got the static Big Boy kit and modded the tender to work with the Bowser parts. Needless to say anyone that had the kits after Monogram discontinued the model made serious bank off Ebay when people bought the Bowser kit at swap meets. Don't sweat the voice there's a folksy feller that does will it start and drive home car videos with a similar voice mannerism that does pretty good.

Welcome to the Big Boy club for the 3rd time Ron, just became an O scale member this weekend, come over and see!

Good luck on the restoration you'll do a good job usually do and you'll feel better if you get more sleep

Wow got your hand full there Ron Good luck looking forward to it

The Bachmann 517 4-8-2 is actually called a “Mountain” and Bachmann made both a Light version and Heavy version. A Berkshire is a 2-8-4 wheel arrangement. The CNW 6 axle 8606 locomotive is actually a dash 9 and not a dash 8. Glad you’re feeling better!

I love brasso. Wish I had known about it a few years ago! Looks like some good projects coming up. The Athearn Genesis I fixed a while ago was sensitive to dirty track. Oh, and I have that Bachmann Niagara, same box. I think I got it in the early 2000's, mine has survived with no cracked gears. Has the can motor with flywheel gear. I took out most of the tender axles so it could fit the 18" radius on our old layout.

Super colleciom 😊😊 model train, super Big Boy for Athearn.J have model Big Boy Union Pacific for Rivarossii, Classic model.

Early genesis with MRC sound, crazy locomotive

21:35 The 4006 is at the Museum of Transport in Saint Louis.

Do your best to not burn yourself out. Doing too much can have negative effects. Don’t forget to enjoy a cold one and have a set on the porch. Maybe enjoy a pipe or a cigar.

It feels surreal knowing that I helped thin out that collection of old Talgo truck-fitted rolling stock shown, lol.

I like NAPA's Purple Power Degreaser cleaner better than Simple Grenn. I find it's cheaper too. Window cleaner without ammonia cleans very well on most plastics including old plastics. The best clear plastic cleaner is an aircraft window cleaner.

Those tracks you called super O are really just 'O' gauge. The super Os have the thin blackish middle rail.

Glad you're feeling better. So, were all those Bachmanns really a "gift", or did you unknowingly do something to tick-off Lynn?!? Lol 😂

More wheels in,more videos, a coming👨‍🔧🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲🙋

The Pennsylvania car you first started with 86.Foot long were used to carry automobile body panels

Olivia Hussey I think! Romeo and Juliet and Lost Horizon movies. The CNW is a AC 4400 I think. Will check in with you when we head out East and swing by to see if you have anything left to purchase around June 7 or 8.

Kato got the SD40s wrong in my opinion. The dash 2's have the bigger porches since they were using the SD45-2 chassis. But all the dash 2s have sight glass/port hole window on the engineers side of the long hood near the rear and this sifht glass applies to GP38s, GP40s, SD40s, and SD45s that i know for sure. So they gave them the dash 2 porches but gave it a straight 40 hood.

Hope you are feeling better! PUH TOW MACK 😉 33%er! KAHTOE

SAW IT 8 TIMES

Super O track has plastic ties and a thin center rail.

I bought a 259E and tender at York a year ago and it has been a great little engine. It's not wild about my O-27 curves though. I use oven cleaner and Dawn Platinum for stripping and painting preparation (on tinplates I should add). Was that Tom Cruise's ex?

Hey Ron great video. How abut giving me a call so I can get with you on buying some HO scale cars before they all get away? Thanks my friend. 🤠

Hi, really enjoy your light hearted and informative videos. May I ask, how do you polish those jewel cases so great? Thanks.

Awesome. We're the locos from the donation ho scale?

Olivia Hussey/Romeo and Juliet 1970-71

I've had the same health problems. Stupid doctors don't know whats going on. I randomly get headaches followed by dizziness every so often.

Old MRC sound.

a berkshire is 2-8-4

It's a dash9

Are berks a 2-8-4 or 4-8-4

Ron do you still have any o gauge stuff for sale

Hey Ron, I don’t know what your medical problems are but I know a lot of people have issues because they’ve been eating standard American diet. The new trend it’s called the carnivore diet or lion diet - People are turning around many ailments - basically go to a low carbohydrate maybe zero carbohydrate diet and I bet you’ll feel 20 years younger - I did. Mineral water and red meat 🥩- best wishes to you.

That's not a berk. That's a MOUNTAIN

Potomac is pronounced puh toe mick

Olivia Hussy.

My an i wish i was able to work i need a blow up car my nephew been asking for it

Go see a doctor Ron. Don't take any chances with your health.