Buying Shady Model Trains on eBay - Best Haul Yet??

This young man puts the fun back into model railroading that the nit picking detail worrying high price train snobs took from the hobby. Also he shows many ways to fix model trains so owners won’t have to worry about searching for or buying over bloated pricey trains. Also the shipping has gotten ridiculous on these online bought trains. This young man shows how to get past the bloated junk for sale. We all should take time to get the younger generation interested in model railroading again and keep the hobby in its original amateur form, not some bloated gig to make money and become the know it all of the hobby. Thanks SMT Trains for making the hobby fun and affordable again to many amateur model train enthusiasts. Keep up the great work!

I really enjoy this series, seeing what all can run or not or be repaired is always great. Can’t wait to see part two!

20:52 Southern Pacific subsidiary Cotton Belt EMD SD40T-2. The T stands for tunnel motor. These were used on the famous Tehachappi Loop. The radiator intakes were lowered to walkway level on these for Espee and Rio Grande because earlier SP engines were drawing in hot air at the intakes up near the roofline inside the tunnels on Espee's lines in Southern California. Espee used as many as 15 engines to get coal trains and the GATX oil can trains over the The Tehachappi mountains back in the 1970's.

My 4 year old loves trains, saw you randomly on YouTube. We've been hooked since! Me included! We've been catching up on all your past videos. His favorite part is when you clean the commutators! Long story short, I'm glad we found your channel!

When im bored i always watch these videos to entertain me!

Hey Harrison been watching your channel for a few months now and have learned alot about buying and working on these beautiful engines. I have started to work on them my self now thanks you for what you do I have gained great confidence in working with locamotives. It has added so much enjoyment to the hobby for me. I love this lot its seem to be worth the money paid for it.

What a huge haul. Always appreciate all that you do in trying to help others out. Looking forward in the future to see you test out and start fixing them up. "The Harrison Touch" is always fun to watch. Hope you meant to comment here as I seem to be lagged so the live comments had already ended by the time I heard you mention about the give a ways. Thank you so much Harrison. 😊💜

Thanks for taking the time to put this video together. I loved the premise about doing the Ebay searches, then actually opening the box once the shipment reached you. Well done, SMT!

What a cool lot, SMT! Always enjoy getting to see what you pick up next!

Great video as usual. I’ve been watching for a long time now and the videos just keep getting better. I can’t wait to see these engines tested and worked on.

I just wanted to say thanks for all the videos you upload. Its nice to see someone with the mentality of repair rather than replace. As someone who is a lifelong rail fain but new to the hobby of model railroading your videos are a big help to see how I can keep my trains running longer than there anticipated lifespan. I see from all the fan mail you get that inspire so many young new railfans to get involved in model railroading and to not be afraid to get there hands dirty and take things apart and try and fix them, you really are an ambassador to the hobby. Keep up the good work.

Great video, SMT! I enjoy looking around on eBay too, and I've found good deals too.

Very cool. Can't wait to see you test them.

Awesome haul, that's alot of UP locomotives in that lot

It is hard some time to know what you are getting on eBay. But most of the time it work out. Love you channel Harrison can't wait for the next.

I really enjoyed having you go through how you find your lots on eBay! Very helpful!

Thanks for all you do! You e inspired me to start fixing up locos on my own, and as a 16 year old I’m on a pretty tight budget. Thanks for giving me some great advice!

What a lot, Harrison. Looking forward for the repairing videos of these locomotives, I always learn a lot from them

Thanks Harrison for sharing your process and strategy for finding good deals on ebay! I like that you actually showed your bidding even. Nice haul there!

Thanks SMT for another great video. I have been watching your channel for over a year now. I managed to get my old TYCO locomotive running after watching one of your videos. Thanks!