Videos of newer production engines

david1
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Videos of newer production engines Feb 28, 2023 4:14:17 GMT curtis likes this

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Post by david1 on Feb 28, 2023 4:14:17 GMT

We as a whole most of us don't always buy all the newer engines. So we watch videos mostly on YouTube to see what we may be missing or we are just curious.
I watched 3 videos tonight and I must say they were the most boring of train videos that I ever watched. It showed the engines on club layouts although you would never know it. No mention of who owns the layouts, where they are, when they did it and no mention of who's engines they were.
Everything went buy the camera at 100 mph. Not one video talked about the engine, the detail, the paint scheme, what they thought about what they just spent their money on.

The videos were basically a waste of time, sorry to say, man say something let us know your thoughts on the new engines.

Oh well!!!!!!

Dave

harborbelt70
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Videos of newer production engines Feb 28, 2023 7:12:39 GMT curtis likes this

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Post by harborbelt70 on Feb 28, 2023 7:12:39 GMT

I guess that it's pointless to ask whose videos these are as they clearly aren't reviews of or even comments on the relevant newer production engines/rolling stock. I agree that a video of things whizzing by on a club layout has no appeal to me unless you are only interested in whether the items just run or roll. On the other hand, I find that the production process videos that Lionel and 3rd Rail issue are very useful - I don't think that MTH have done anything of this kind recently. "Demos with Dave", for example, will usually show a production sample of the engine and the features it has. Unfortunately, this does not prevent assembly issues but that's another story.

curtis
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Videos of newer production engines Feb 28, 2023 14:41:39 GMT

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Post by curtis on Feb 28, 2023 14:41:39 GMT

When I first got back into trains and O Gauge I stumbled upon Erics trains. I started watching and he actual has a complete library showing everything and it is nicely divided into sections. I really learned a lot and it fired my interest even more. His reviews were excellent. There are a few who do that but as you say most show a train traveling at high speed. An usually higher than what it would actually travel in scale!