Yes it is Ryan ! Good questions…someone here suggested he could have animated the autos into the video somehow. My only guess about lights not flicking in the cars could possibly be battery operated lights, but I kind of doubt it, but who knows? About pulling all those cars, it seems some times you didn’t see the entire train going by, maybe.excuse my ignorance but is the 675 part of the usual middle rail pickup rollers!
To convert the 675 mechanism to 2 rail, I’m guessing he would have insulated the axles from the wheels. He would need to add insulated shims to keep the wheels from rubbing on the frame and add wipers to pick up power. To do this with 1940s materials is impressive.
As for pulling, the nickel rim baldwin disc drivers have never been great pullers albeit very smooth running. The 675 and related locomotives are generally only good for 5-6 postwar freight cars on level track. The film shows double headed 675’s pulling 20 plus freight cars. I think he’s still using the original Lionel motor because you can see the engines hesitate to overcome the static friction when starting a train in the same way as an original Lionel engine would.
