N&W Y6b, Class A, coal train and Y6a Pusher

Wow, that was awesome, stunning scenery detail, too.....great job!

very nice, almost looks like a real coal drag, especially when the camera pans to the tunnel.

Don

Awe-some !  Great work....thanks for keeping the best alive.  Link would be proud !

Very nice. However that is a lot of tractive and pushing power for empty hoppers.

Chris, where is the coal?

Yves

Lovely. I am truly envious of all those H2/H3 3-bay hoppers.

Chris,

Absolutely Awesome!

Who are the importers for the 3 engines?

Cheers,

Ed

Worth saving a link to that!  Are all those hoppers brass?

Fantastic Chris - you've set a new standard.

Ed Rappe

Chris,

Really nice train and scenery!  I have a Y6b and love them.

Awesome!

Peter

Cool. Are those engines MTH 2 rail?

Chris: Your layout and attention to details is amazing! I have several of the Kohs y6a and Y6bs. I paraicularly love the Link soundtrack. Stephen

Not hardly. I'm sure those are Kohs models.

Nice video. Your scenery is absolutely beautiful.

There is a way from the video you can tell these engines are Kohs?  Pretty impressive.

This would be east of Roanoke, with the single helper flag.  Looks like only the pusher Y6a has coal boards....if so we're talking '52 / '53, maybe, as the other two already have canteens.

Guys,

Thanks for the comments.

The Y engines on this trip are Sunset and the Class A is Precision Scale.

Yves, someone is going to be pretty embarrassed when that train shows up in Norfolk with no coal in it.

Jaygee, dang, '53, and yes it would have to be east of Roanoke. I have to be careful. I didn't realize people were observing so closely. 

Just one word truly describes it all: fantastic!

Christopher,

My hat is off to you! That is some serious motive power! You've got room to add a couple dozen more cars with that kind of power.

Beautiful scenery and layout as well.

Gilly

Why would you think west of Roanoke would be any different?

And, just curious, why is the flag yellow, and not a red flag on that rear coupler. 

'Cause, that is what the rule book states. However, I have never seen anything that states a "single helper flag" east of Roanoke. The use of a yellow flag/s should be universal over the entire system.

Thanks. That is different than what I witnessed on other "eastern railroads" during the 1950s. There always seemed to be a red flag stuck in the knuckle hole, during the daytime. Would the N&W have had illuminated marker lamps on the rear at night, or just one red lantern on the knuckle?

Thanks NYC and Gilly for the comments. Without question the train has too much power, but for the sake of mercy for most people viewing the video, I left off about 100 hoppers.

Jimmy and Hotwater, thanks for the discussion. I think in combination with the engines and train puts the train east of Roanoke, but not specifically anything to do with the flag. I'll admit this train was just a whim based on prototype videos of Blue Ridge, but the inspiration for my layout really comes more from points just west of Bluefield and the Class A doesn't work in as much there.

I am curious about the lantern on the back at night, though.

At night, markers lit showing yellow to the front and sides, red to the rear. In daylight, marker lights not lit or yellow flags.

I'd say you captured the look...

outstanding!

I owe it to myself to tell you what a great job you have done

Christopher     Thats a real show of power there, your scenery really completes the whole picture, thanks for posting it was fun!    Stephen     (cTr....Choose the Right)

That appears to be $1.2 billion worth of Rich Yoder N&W hoppers.......and worth every penny!

Wow! 

Great Video!  Thanks for posting it!  Love that pusher!

West of Roanoke ..towards Christiansburg would be two yellow flags....check out Herron !

Thanks again, guys.

jaygee, interesting. I'll have to look more closely at the videos for a pattern.

John, you do owe it to yourself.

Which one? Your statement seems to read as though the Herron videos take precedence over the rule book.

Actually, according to the rule book, two yellow flags (or unlit marker lights) were to be displayed, one high on each corner of the tender, when the engine was running forward in daylight. If the engine was running backward, two yellow flags (or unlit marker lights) mounted low on each side of the pilot deck were to be displayed. 

The rule book is SYSTEM WIDE. For something like this, there is no provision in the rules as to what district the engine is on. Personally, I see nothing wrong with using one flag in the trailing knuckle to signify an engine pushing a train.

Herron is not the rule book, obviously.  OTOH, there does seem to be a pattern here. These flags were on the deck; either side of the coupler.