08.21.11 Model Railroading Update Video of Railfanning, Weathering & Layout Projects

[johnyboy087]

Congrats man!

[modeltrainteen95]

CONGRATS BRO|

all the best

n great update

[a7xchic922]

nice weathering!!

[a7xchic922]

nice smurftastic covered hopper.

[hottrodmike]

i see a 67 galaxie thats OFF THE HOOK

[Jlk2707]

Congratulations on joining the fire department buddy! Enjoy it!

[wushockorient]

Super congrats on your new profession!

[sarafrey6]

hey al, how do you power your accessories on your layout, and how much are they. thanks. pleased get back to me before christmas trying to buy my husband one. thanxxx

[DungeonStudio]

Congrats Al! And great footage all the way around! I remember those old Amtrak schemes as they came into Toronto way back in the day. Good to see them again. Great layout as well, really like the vignettes you've set up. Great stuff! Stay cool my man! :)

[snoops702]

Al check out my last vid from my shelf layout lay me know what ya think I need some more thoughts of a Cali layout let me know thx

[snoops702]

Hope to see another vid soon AL :-)

[woozlebug1942]

Hi Big Al hope the training is going well, have just found your channel it's great.

All the best from here in the U.K

[MonsterRailroad]

@woozlebug1942 Well I am surviving man. Thanks! :)

[jackhillybilly]

God speed Big Al. Good luck with the training. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos when you get back!

[metallicafan3113]

Contrats on the FD, I'm a fire cadet, but I love your videos also!

[tomnaro]

So for all your long time subscriber how about a little update on the traiing and such? How's it going are you having fun or does it suck lol. Don't make a vid if u don't have the time but a simple response. Or he'll if your instructors will allow you to film a short video of training we would LOVE to see big al mayo dressed up and playing with a real mans hose. Haha.

[JetSetDiva]

Model railroading and Big Daddy Kane.......sounds like my house!  *grin*

[Train699]

Dude I watch your videos all night and skip school the next day and work on my layout

[trainboy1979]

Way to go Al! From one firefighter to another, good job sir! Can't wait too see more videos when your back at it!

[usafisasome]

Al id want to see some nightime photos of the wreck

[randyjaerger]

Congrats on your selection to the Fire Department! Thank you for serving your community and sharing your creative skills with the model railroading community. I also want to thank you for enhancing the image of model railroading. Your videos are fun to watch without putting me to sleep.

[voltage497]

how did you make the mail box?

you need to come down to fostoria ohio to see train.

[voltage497]

how did you make the mail box?

[voltage497]

cool layout



[ConstipatedKimmy]

How much would you charge for weathering an n scale dash 8 or something similar

[railbubba1]

Good luck AL!



[PoathTV]

Great weathering on that CMW car at 10:05

[digitalqw33r]

al's a firefighter.... sweet!

[JoeCohenVA]

I hope the new job works out for you Al. It's well earned and you worked hard for it. Glad to see that good things come to good fellas. I just lost out and can

t work anymore my health has taken it's toll and it will now be Social Secuty disablty going forward. Damn I miss working. I hope the trains can stay in my play pin, I would go nuts with out them.

[vzjtothalo1]

Big Al:

Very nice work. Where did you get hired on at?

John L.

(A fellow AA Hobbies customer)

[MonsterRailroad]

@vzjtothalo1 I didnt want to tell everyone because of the Stalking haters I have but they would have so much work to get to me in the NEW HAVEN fire department. That is where I got on at. My starting pay is great money to me at $45,059 first year with full benefits. I am so excited and happy. Oh yeah, I LOVE AA Hobbies too!! ;)

[BigUnitBeef]

@MonsterRailroad Two thums up Mayo. Not just on the layout but the job too. It's the hardest job you'll ever love.

[gil6114]

My current engines are DC can they be converted to DCC??? I really like to get me a NCE Powercab. I am currently using 3 power packs on my current layout and would really like to make the swtich to DCC. Right now I can't afford to buy any DCC engines unless I get some really great deals..

[MonsterRailroad]

@gil6114 Yes every engine that you own that is currently DC can be converted over to DCC by simpley buying a decoder for $18-28 and then installing them into the engines as you get money. You can slowly convert all your engines to DCC or take a huge leap and do them all at once. The DCC I use is Digitrax and I always recommend that system because I have owned and used lenz in the past and now Digitrax. NCEs Throttle is way too big. It is a Bulky throttle, go with Digitrax.

[gil6114]

@MonsterRailroad Why the difference in price for a decoder. Also, where can a find reasonable price for Digitrax? Is that easy to set up? I wish I could take a huge leap and buy what I need. Except my wife would cut my N*ts off if I did. I may be a little crazy but not stupid. I just really enjoy my train hobby guess you can say I'm stupid about that.

[gil6114]

My tengines are DC can they be converted to DCC??? I really like to get me a NCE Powercab. I currently use 3 power packs on my current layout. Right now I can't afford to buy any DCC engines.

[AMTK510]

I love how you always say "off the hook" you're fucking awesome dude

[umytbnext]

Yo Al! You modeled the car I bought when I was 16! LOL, used to roll around Detroit in that thing. (Mine had a lot more rust on it though)

[raveXavier125]

Hi big al, after waching about 30 vids i went out and bough a train and a crap lade of track. I need some layout ideas can you help me

[AAPOLICE]

where did u grt de security fence

[Coastie1995]

Thanks for another great video and congratulations! My cuz has been a part of the Boston FD for over 22 years, so let me know if you need some advise, and I can hook you up. He has seen it all!

[scottielarock]

Good luck Al. Hope I be blessed as well and when you get back I will be with CSX . Have a great one and be safe.

[bmvernil]

Great stuff Big Al!

[dokfizzle]

Good luck with your training. Hope to see you in januari. Watching all of your vids, the`re great! Greetings and good luck from the netherlands!

[Chessie1977]

Wish you the best during your training, remember it is mostly mental! We will see you in Jan.

[dep92]

Awesome video, the layout and weathering, as usual, SICK!! Loved the new lights, I gotta get back to my layout pain or not. You are inspiring me man. Be safe and don't enjoy hose pulling too much! j/k LOL

Adam

[QuantumRise]

Probably a super basic question but how do i get my Athern c44-9 open to install a decoder into it? The explode page doesn't really give me any insight into that and I'm afraid i'm going to break something.

[chevelle396guy]

Congrats Al. Good luck with the training. In the future, a video on how you made those extinguishers would be cool.

[hoorider13]

Congrats on getting onto the fire department! Most of your calls will be medical in nature though!

[CPWindsorsub]

dude, your layout is fricken amazing. the detail is amazing, it looks like a real city and railroad

[gramps5463]

Congrats Al on the firefighter training! you deserve it, anyone that deicated to the profession needs to be IN!!!!what blows me away is the way your family is growing! what do you feed them? mircalgrow?

[rfbranch]

Any chance you could do a little more on that CMW sedan that you weathered/detailed? That is EXACTLY the look I'm going for. I assume just makeup sponges and some rust colored paint, correct?

[MrDraftpoint]

Hi Al, just an FYI that I noticed that you typed the wrong year (2010) in your closing dialogue. Great work on the layout! Best of luck to you on the firefighting career!

[MonsterRailroad]

@MrDraftpoint LMAO I Know! WTF! I do not know how the hell I did that because I was certainly thinking of 2012.  So silly! LOL

[DieselSmoke92]

Seriously does CSX have any SD70ACe or SD70M-2's? because CN has so many almost every train i see is a SD70M-2 or ES44DC and K5LLA's and K5HL's/K5LA's...

[awsem1o1]

Nice lookin layout, My father was a fire fighter for 22 1/2 years and then retired. Good luck with the firefighting!

[disturbed1954]

Al, good luck with the fire department. I know you will do them a good job just be careful so after your shift you can go home to your family. Layout looks amazing, you have a very keen eye for detail man!

[BigUnitBeef]

Al....I'm proud of you. From one smoke eater to another. Take care of yourself and don't use the fog pattern without an open window.....( learned the hard way ).

[marinesniper32]

@BigUnitBeef steam yourself? i like the smooth bore but stay safe brother

[BigUnitBeef]

@marinesniper32 Oh yeah......fog nozzle. Thought I seen a window, went to fog.......got toasted. lol Oh well.

[maryandrobby]

welcome to the fireservice brother....

[Ravenheartless322]

Congrats on the firefighter! good luck in training take care your self out there also layout looks amazing!

[GothamTerminal]

Congratulations Al,

I"ve been a firefighter/EMT 6 years now and it's been one of the best things I've ever done with my life, good luck with the academy!

[5292Nate]

Hey! We saw a couple of these trains WITH you! (Nathan and Jared)

[CSILCPD]

Hi Al,

congratulations to the new Fire fighting job.

Take care

[Chicagojoe28]

NIce!

[benboarder09]

congrats on the fire fighting job

[railroading29]

thats cool stuff man...off the hook yo....

[jordanrctm]

Great Video. Congratulations on the Fire Academy. Take your break and we will be here when you get back.

Thanks for checking in and letting us know that you are still alive!!! LOL.

As you say, Peace out!!

[geargrinder12]

Hey Al Just out of curiosity do u own any steam engines I don't think i've ever seen any on your layout

[Willowfs4472]

Well done AL congratulation on your new career well done hope you do well again all the best to you and your family .. Those guys do a fantastic job ..

[beemoe]

good vid. Nice work. Missed you.

[lespaulguy32]

Dude, Al, this is EPIC!!!! I wish you GREAT luck with your career!! That stuff on the layout was just AWESOME!!!

[TrashMan2008]

congrats Big AL much love from this guy, know that we will miss you, and we wait for your return. Stay safe, and don't get your ass burnt the hell up we are all counting on you, and most of all your family. Peace out

[50lego]

Congrats Al!!

[theultimatesabresfan]

welcome to the brotherhood man :) keep up on the trainstuff though when u got the time

[RMTrekker]

Congrats Big Al!!! Study hard, work hard and the railroading thing will be there when you get back. Maybe we will even see a new channel, MonsterFireman. We will miss you during your leave, but wait anxiously for your return. Good luck and our thought will be with you.

[retrainrun]

Take care Al! It was because of you that I started watching youtube videos, and really got back into modelrailroading. The best of luck.

[49MCURLL49]

Welcome to the brother-hood Al! You will never regret it!

[WPRR1]

Congrats on getting the job! Be safe and whenever you have time work on your layout and have fun with your family!

[johnyboy087]

Congrats on becoming a firefighter!

[dogcatcher84]

Good Luck in the Academy Al, Study Hard they throw a lot at you in a short time. We will miss you, but use the weekends to study. It's not going to be a walk in the park.

[P90DLS]

Congrats Al best of luck with the fire service

[joeg1117]

Big Al.......Sometimes Good things really do happen to Good People! Best of Luck!

[yurysausage]

Way to man !

[upsd402]

Congrat with the fire department, you were missed. Take care and God bless.  How did you power your lights?

[mona6302]

Nice new stuff Al.  Nice badge!

[upsd402]

Congrat with the fire department, you were missed. Take care and God bless.

[aocruiser]

Congrats Al and good luck with the training! :) Awesome video and your layout is off the chain!

[wasteom]

Cool that your training for that. Im still waiting for the county to look at my physicle results

[wasteom]

LOL. 6:55 "It was the police officers fault. "

[Rdrake1413]

Nice video glad to see you back good luck with the fire dept

[motorcitymatt]

Congrats Al, You Made it buddy...

[audiom]

thanks for the update al nice to see again

[bdrastal]

congrats Al its a great job and you get to meet a good people

[steffens69]

Congrats...stay safe.

[metronorthrr4life]

at least i get to blow the real horn

[challenger151]

Congradulations on the new career!

[488scooby]

good luck dawg...

[Flowmaster40Series]

Great video Al and once again congratulations and good luck on the new career.

[cn8800]

Great vid as usual. Congrats on the career Al! Take care of the the family first.

[RichmanJ93]

well your not really retiring, more like a hiatus.

[MARTYANDDYLAN]

when you go on call's you should record you responding

[oscgigi0808]

Nice job on the layout AL and go do your thing good luck!

[52mrblue]

Excellent video! Congrats on the job!

[SantaFebuff]

Wha-- your not dead? Get out... ;) Great video.

[moonwalker5058]

Congrats on the new career and nice vid!! 

[aricars6263]

I just subscribed to your channel now you gotta go away for a while, oh well you gotta do wat you gotta do, at least you chose a line of work you will enjoy. GOOD LUCK!

[drewzdrew27]

Congrats dude! Awesome video as usual. Cant Wait until January.

[ArtofModeling]

YOUR THE MAN ,YOUR THE COOLES & ONE OF THE BEST MODELER IN THE WORLD !!!!

[bigB6flyer]

Great update. Congrats on the new job and thanks in advance for helping keep your community safe. Layout looks great!

[CNCRW94]

"Digitrax you guys are retarded"... best comment! Loving the stuff Big Al, I'll miss ya as I'm sure others will but congrats on the whole firefighting thing!

[1991conrail]

congrats on becoming a fire man. Nice catches while railfanning too, The parking meters add alot to those scenes, nice job. Your great at weathering and putting graffiti on rolling stock too, awesome video.

[AIRSOFTTANK1]

can the dash 9 work on 18 radius??

[CharmCityChamps]

yo al congrats, glad to see you on the job.

[nawrock]

Congrats! Good luck with your training.

[RSSisWAR]

Congrats!

[Railfan108]

"they are just retarted....we can say that right?.....YOUR JUST RETARTED!" had me rolfin'

[Tcostello105]

Congrats Al on getting a job with the fire dept. Also very nice add ons to your layout! I also noticed the bay colony car at 8:30 behind the UP locomotive, i just got one of those.

[TheEriefan]

Congradulations Big Al on be your new carreer move. I am certain that you will enjoy your time at the Fire station as well as I did.

[104trucker]

Awesome vid Al!! Selkirk is a ways south from me, about 2 hours. I got 3/4 trains I saw yesterday, I'll try to put them sometime this/next week.

[OlsensModeltrain]

Hi Big Al! Great videos and v. nice layout. Hope u like foreign spectators, as i live in Denmark, europe. Gl in your new job - am looking forward to next year when u hopefully will be making videos and maybe contests again. PEASE OUT :-)

[tomnaro]

hey al, first and foremost congrats on the new career. I certianly know how it feels to get the call to tell you that you have been accepted to your chosen career. your lay out is looking amazing. my wife and I may be passing by your area in a month or so if we do ill drop a small present off for you. nothing special but a token of my appreciation for all the hard work you do on these videos. good luck and enjoy the TRAINing ;)

[kittycraft]

Nice catch in the 40th Anniversary train, I am hopefully going to see it during the weekend of September 3-4 down in Steamtown in Scranton PA

[aces116]

that was just off the hook that vid Big Al bit of every thing , now was that a little Al standing there on the layout near that fire truck ...

[mojo12010]

Loadsa luck with your new career. Hope there's time for some more videos. Breath of fresh air in a hobby that can get stale at times. Peace out.

[JoMaVEX]

You show really super details. I am again impressed on what small things you work on. Wait for your next video, hopefully in not too long time.

Markus

[usafisasome]

,lookin better every time

[ilog0008]

Great video again!!

[cvgeeps]

I guess i can put my black suit back in the closet if your'e not dead I wont be going to your funeral but better to have you alive and makeing vids good to see you on the tube again Steve

[IMRROcom]

Time to put out the FIRE boy. Still keep the videos. I think we all look forward to an off da Hook video.

[AKrailroad]

Hey, I just started following you, and your layout looks real nice, I'm impressed. I look forward to your videos, and good luck with the future!!

[MrRLN2010]

Great fire extinguishers...cool

[wmg33]

Yo Big Al, youre a firefighter now? Man congrats and Big Upps. Great for you and your fam. Wish U the best playa, and a long safe career. Take time for trains still Peace