HO Scale AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN

This is a video covering the progress of building an HO scale AFT. The pictures depict construction, painting, refurbishing and decorating the models. Hope you enjoy.

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21 Comments »

  1. Great work Johnny

    Comment by woodlandsteve — May 15, 2007 @ 2:24 pm

  2. AWESOME Johnny!!!!….Made me put my hand on my heart!…Video was very well done too!

    Comment by Trucula79 — May 15, 2007 @ 6:46 pm

  3. Make another video of the train in action!

    Comment by gyjg6564167 — June 26, 2007 @ 11:43 am

  4. Cool! I’m planning on getting the Bachmann version of this

    Comment by ThomasnBear1D3 — July 12, 2007 @ 3:34 pm

  5. Nice work on the train. That is some impressive modeling. Too bad you had to paint over a Rio Grande car though ;-) (I’m a Grande fan)

    Comment by mafarnz — August 31, 2007 @ 5:18 pm

  6. Awesome job…. One thing though…. car 200 was more than a generator car. Two 12 cylinder GMC generators, crew’s bathroom and showers and a bunk car for the operations crew. Held 12 bunks and one seperate room for car foreman…. I know because I lived in bunk car for 3 months. Did you make car 201? the pullman sleeper that housed various crew members? Still I would love to have chance to see this in person……. how many hours did you spend on this wonderful reproduction?

    Comment by Grube54 — September 8, 2007 @ 10:02 pm

  7. Thanks Grube54, Yep, I realized that after I put the video together. The AFT 201 just came out of the paint booth(I airbrush everything including the stripes) and should be finished shortly. It’s taken me about a year to get this far, working at a less than moderate pace. The train will be displayed this fall/winter at various mid-western locations. Thank you for your kind comments. And always good to hear from a a crew member!! Johnny

    Comment by enjineerbill — September 10, 2007 @ 11:14 am

  8. what an inspiration.

    Comment by amtraklover — October 3, 2007 @ 10:13 pm

  9. Nice, Really nice, Just Awesome, none of it (besides the engine) were allready made. Nice

    Comment by mrjohnson253 — November 15, 2007 @ 1:39 pm

  10. KOOL!!!! I’m glad to be an American!!!

    Comment by jazzlife1 — December 21, 2007 @ 12:51 pm

  11. awesome.great job

    Comment by deerecub1977 — January 16, 2008 @ 5:24 pm

  12. Johnny – How many cars did you add to the Lionel set? Are you going to try to make all the cars, including the flat cars and their loads? You did a nice job on detailing the bell and lunar rover. What did you do for decals … I’ve been looking for a good set for years. – Steve

    Comment by sdwinter13 — March 6, 2008 @ 4:16 pm

  13. so cool

    Comment by modeltrainsarecool — September 18, 2008 @ 6:52 pm

  14. what cars did you use for this?

    Comment by MilwaukeeRoad261 — October 26, 2008 @ 12:40 pm

  15. buet.model!! and you used an old lionel at that!! VOTE! VOTE VOTE!!! ON NOV.4!!!

    Comment by helltrain62 — November 3, 2008 @ 12:16 am

  16. beautiful job with the old lionels and good work on the decaling. If only u had those BN bi-centennials. then it would be complete

    Comment by MilwaukeeRoad261 — November 26, 2008 @ 7:53 pm

  17. GREAT JOB
    it is nice to see someone else understand the what southern pacific has gone throught to make this wounderful train. I have been looking for other that understand the beauty of these horses.
    Real nice. Please llok for my email

    Comment by jbhc71 — April 11, 2009 @ 10:27 pm

  18. I have a lionel version and the Backmann version. The Backmann version is all in DCC

    Comment by jbhc71 — April 11, 2009 @ 10:28 pm

  19. oops look sorry kids over my shoulder

    Comment by jbhc71 — April 11, 2009 @ 10:29 pm

  20. Nice. ive also got the Lionel HO version. It runs pretty good.

    Comment by SCL3618 — October 31, 2009 @ 10:35 am

  21. you should be honored to make such a great train

    Comment by MadCat58 — January 10, 2010 @ 9:36 pm

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