Burr Stewart
The Burrlington Northern, Seattle Region, is an HO model railroad set in 1973, based on the operations of the Burington Northern, MILW and UP railroads in the region from Seattle north to Bellingham and east to Skykomish, WA. It also includes the fictitious "Troublesome Creek Railway", a narrow gage road which represents the ultimate expansion of the D&RGW west to interchange with the BN at Everett, WA. This channel features video clips from both standard and narrow gage operations on the HO layout, as well as my N scale layout and other people's layouts that I've visited. It also includes footage of the BNSF railroad taken around Seattle, and a few random music and other kinds of performances.
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Which of these engine consists do you like best, and why?
3 hours ago | [YT] | 2
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Here's another example of why it pays to leave your buildings, details and scenery as removable as possible. Electricians are going to work on wiring in the ceiling above this scene, and now I don't have to worry about them damaging anything, and they can put down a pad to protect the track.
3 weeks ago | [YT] | 39
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You might enjoy these unusual "before and after" shots: To protect the layout from plumbers and electricians about to do some work below the kitchen above the train layout, I needed to clear out some of the scenery on the layout. This is the corner at the foot of the basement stairs, where you normally see trains going through "downtown Seattle" in my videos, with the crossing bells ringing and so forth. It's kind of amazing what a few details and a backdrop will do to a small section of layout!
4 weeks ago | [YT] | 27
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Which blue is best, for GN's "Big Sky Blue?" And, what else is "wrong" with this picture?!
1 month ago | [YT] | 49
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My last video (Part 132) ended abruptly with an HOn3 steam engine pulling into the town of "Opportunity," but you didn't get to see where the train actually parked. So here is a photo of the train, parked caboose-first and engine at the end, on the temporary mainline that will eventually extend up to a rendition of the Monarch mine in Colorado. This town of Opportunity is built on a shelf high above the Everett turntable, about six feet above the floor. The good news is that we have somplace to run trains to, and I'm tall enough to see it. The bad news, of course, is that most people have to climb up on footstools to get a glimpse of it. So, now you know where that pusher operation ended up parking at the end of the Part 132 video! Here's the link to it, if you missed it: https://youtu.be/JBEEyqF4Pdo
1 month ago | [YT] | 45
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West Seattle yard is now officially in service! Look for future videos on this, for sure!!
2 months ago | [YT] | 98
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Turning my attention now to administrivia - labeling car card boxes, printing waybills, etc...
2 months ago | [YT] | 58
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The (stand-in for the) West Seattle Bethlehem Steel mill is now "in service", having received its first load of coal and a covered hopper to collect baghouse dust in! Two mill gons are in the shipping department, ready to receive the first outbound rebar loads. Lots more to come on this, but it's a major milestone for sure. (If the mill looks more like an old Suydam metal enginehouse kit, it is. It's doing the job, for now....)
2 months ago | [YT] | 63
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Tracklaying in West Seattle yard is continuing at a fast pace!
2 months ago | [YT] | 67
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Spend the weekend tracklaying in West Seattle, as these photos attest. The method I use is to tack it down with push-pins, apply drops of diluted "liquid latex" (3:1 with H2O), and then apply weights for about 8 hours. There are faster methods, I'm just used to doing it this way so I'm in a rut. What I like about it is that the latex is not water soluble when it dries (although easily removable if you want to make a change later), so when you put down ballast with water soluble glue like PVA, you don't have to worry about the track glue coming loose. What's your favorite method for laying track?
2 months ago | [YT] | 51
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