MEGA Vintage Locomotives Mail Unboxing - Will Any Run?

Yes!! I'm so happy you got my package!! I was starting to think it got lost.

It’s always Christmas morning at SMT! A clear sign of how much people appreciate your channel.

Always nice to wake up on. Saturday morning and start it off right with a fresh SMT video.

it is a solder sucker so you can desolder stuff, you melt the solder and it sucks it in to the vacuum. You press on the back to "load" it and press on the button to suck it up.

The Scale Trains would have been the showstopper, but there were many other things that caught my eye. The Delta Lines box car may have more significance than you think. This was the railroad of the late Frank Ellison who was an early pioneer in model railroading. His two rail O scale model railroad was featured in the Model Railroader in the early years of the magazine. He would rank up in the notable names of model railroading of people like John Allen of the Gorre and Daphetid fame. I did notice the Southern Crescent Limited Pacific from Tyco/Mantua. This locomotive was paired with matching Southern passenger cars which are some of the hardest to find. As for the soldering iron, the strange tool to with a plunger is a vacuum desolder tool for removing solder. Just push in the plunger, heat the solder joint, and push the button. The older solder should be removed. If not, just repeat the process. Also, I was of many that was pleased to see this soldering iron as someone who works on electronics. I save the "Big Guns" such as the current tool that you use for big jobs only that need extreme heat. Also, for using soldering irons, the best way to keep them in place is to use an iron holder. I have an old Radio Shack iron holder with a sponge to keep the iron from moving around. Hopefully, this was included in the package. There are many other cool things, but I need to start to wrap this up. I did see some items with Mehano motors. Have you ever thought about doing a motor replacement based on the videos from Scott Rails using the AliExpress motor? I have a couple locomotives that I plan to do the replacement. This may make a good video on the channel showing the "Proof of Concept" idea. Well, I could mention more, but this post is long enough. So, this is a great video, and congratulations on the mail call items. Hopefully, they will lead to more content.

I’m glad someone sent you a real soldering iron!

Great video as usual. I enjoy these unboxings and testing of equipment. It is the reason I sent you a small box so long ago that I can't remember exactly what was in it. I think it was five older locomotives. Hope it didn't get lost. I'm jealous that you have that working snowplow and power unit. I remember the video you did with the train outside in the snow and it may need a revisit next winter. The running of the trains at the end with all those locomotives was new and I LIKE IT! Best train videos on the internet.

Glad you like the Alaska Rotary Snowplow, Harrison. I thought about choosing the BNSF plow, but don't recall you having much in the way of Alaska on the layout, plus it would really pop riding the rails. So many considerate subscribers sending awesome gifts to a very deserving model railroader -- thanks to all of you. Thanks for sharing. 👍🐾👍

Your Videos Made Me Get Into Model Trains And Helped Me Get Better At Modeling

I agree about Bowser. They don't get talked about very much, but everything they make is great quality and a lot of the trains they produce are oddball offerings that make for interesting modeling.

I'm amazed at how you know the classifications of all of the different types of locos that you have. I used to have an old HO scale Burlington Northern set where the headlight was in the center.

the end running session was like an outro for a documentary. Add some text and you have a cinematic masterpiece.

Lots of cool stuff! The glitter perpetually stuck on the hands after opening the one package made me chuckle for whatever reason.

You need a desk top spring holder for that pencil soldering iron, its a must have - lets you sit your iron in while hot and works much like an old fountain pen holder, you might like the iron better with a proper holder

Un known tool is a solder sucker. It's helpful for removing and desoldering components from circuit boards

Glad to see all these goodies are finding a new home! The gods are smiling on you🙂

Hello Harrison, I'm a new youtuber and I've posted 2 videos! Love yours videos and I've been watching since 2023 (not very long) but you've helped me through tough times by taking my mind off the hard things and more on my Railroad!

back again for the amazing content! still the best model train hobbyist and ive learnt alot from watching. keep being amazing bro! (edit my names also patrick so i found that funny lol)

Very nice haul Harrison. Looks like that Bowser Soo Line is a patched Duluth South Shore & Atlantic locomotive. Soo Line borged DSS&A and since those Baldwins were fairly new they kept their original paint and Soo just put Soo on the long hood. Possibly that U25C can be modded to run on an Athearn chassis and the side frames modded to fit. Finally take a look at your local hardware store as they sell stands for soldering irons. The one I have came with it's stand but they're effectively a weighted plastic base with a funnel shaped spring thing and a depression with a sponge you can dampen to clear solder/flux build up from. Very handy to have and minimizes catching a hot iron with your gentleman's bits.

Congrats on your first ScaleTrains locomotive. As an owner of many, I can say you’re in for a treat. They’re also very tidy to work on compared to Genesis and other high-end brands, especially the shell removal process, very well engineered stuff