Answers to some of the questions:
1. In addition to the 2 SDP40Fs and the 11 Heritage fleet cars, I have 3 Amfleet II coaches, 1 Amfleet II Lounge, 2 Amfleet I Food Service cars, 6 Amfleet I coaches, 5 MHC cars, 2 F40PHs, 2 P40s, and a third SDP40F on order (whenever Athearn decides to finally release the next run). On the east-west route shown on the video, I'm modeling the Broadway Limited and (my version) of the Pennsylvanian extended to Chicago. On the route crossing at the tower is my ficticious Cleveland-Columbus route, which is where the Amfleet I cars are used for regional trains on that route between the staging yards. Train length is determined by consist cards that I made up with random numbers of bedrooms, coach seats, etc. to determine how many coaches, sleepers, etc. are needed per train. The Broadway and Pennsylvanian can run with up to 18 cars while the Cleveland-Columbus trains run with a food service car and one to three coaches.
2. The camera records to memory card.
3. The main layout is 17.5X12 feet (2 feet across). The leg outside of the oval is 12X1.5 feet. The leg inside the oval is 10X1.5 feet.
4. The video was edited using Adobe Premiere Elements, doing two shots at once (except for the bloopers). I'd let the train overtake the camera car and then speed up to overtake the train or vice versa. The train catching up to the camera was crossing the locomotive and camera car over in front of the train, leaving plenty of room to stop in case of a derailment. :-)
Kevin