Best layout ever built. Finest operation I've ever seen, and i Have belonged to 6 different model railroad clubs....and southern pacific is the road i model.

This is by far the most realistic operation I've ever seen. Great work guys

A tremendous amount of real engineering went into the design and fabrication to attain a flawless operation. People who did this are experts.

One of the best train layouts and trains I have ever seen.

All those semi-trucks at 20:54,classic,icing on the cake.

Thatta Boy Bill!! You've displayed (what was) the greatest train in the west! My all time favorite. Been to California 2 or 3 times to see it going over Tehachapi. Last time I was there I didn't even know it was ending very soon after. Caught loads out and empties returning throughout the same day. Once, I followed it upgrade from Caliente, through Woodford and on up to the loop. When at the loop, it had to take the siding (Walong). When the train slowly came to a stop I was trackside taking it all in on film. The engineer saw me and tossed something out the window. Moments later a very long Santa Fe freight came downhill. It was unbelievable! It had 9 engines on the point, a couple were even the F-45's. Moments later the train even revealed a set of mid train helpers. Well, after the Santa Fe freight was clear, the Tank Train quickly throttled up and headed out of the siding. After the rear cans cleared the switch, I walked over to where the engineer threw that item out the window. All I could see is that it was something white and wrapped in plastic. I picked it up and saw it was a "crew pack" it said on the label, with the scarlet red and yellow SP setting sun emblem on it. Guess the engineer was giving me a little souvegnier for chasing him all the way from Caliente! I still have it today. Of course! Got another interesting story about the "Athearn TANK TRAIN" car too!

I have seen hundreds if not thousands of layouts and this is by far the most impressive yet to date. Those autoracks are 🔥🔥🔥greattt!

Wonderful way to spend a good half hour of time while recovering from surgery. Beautiful landscaping and industrial scenes. Thanks

I was most impressed by how well all of the locomotives and rolling stock tracked, I saw no rocking or uneven travel just tremendous attention to detail.

It's like being 7 years old again with my Marx train! Thanks!!!

The No1, best model railroad video in HO on the net, in my opinion. I keep coming back to this. OUTSTANDING. Period! Try matching this. Fantabulousssss!

Something u can never out grow, wonderful video.

Absolutely amazing. The attention to every last detail is incredible. Colorado Model Railroad Museum, you have done yourself proud. This is magnificent.

I cant get over this video. CMRM is run like a professional railway. The smoothness of operations is so prototypical. I have seen some wonderful layouts, but, when their trains run, there's wobbling of cars and stuttering of the trains due to electrical problems and kills the show there and then, giving it a toy-like feel. Not so on this layout. Running humungous, even monster trains just like the real thing, takes my breath away. in this particular video, I just love to see the auto-racks overtaking the oil cans and then the oil cans moving on. Prototypical! Even the trona hopper train in the opposing direction is a hit. You guys are my own No.1. Beauty and difficult technicals, running all taken care of: first class. Impeccable. Allagash comes a very close second. Based on what Ive seen of course. There must be many more geniuses that I haven't seen and my respects to them. Thanks a ton.

The dolly is the deal! Fabulous, and you're ever learning too. Takes it all to a new level. Congratulations!

The loops scene is absolutely incredible, I can only imagine the time that took to create!

Extreme is an understatement!. Truly one of the finest layouts I have ever seen. Bravo, and thanks for sharing.

I live and Australia and this is one of the most amazing set ups I have ever seen, you guys should be proud of your achievements. I have got to visit this if I ever have the opportunity to travel to the states. WELL DONE👍👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

Love this layout. Especially the searchlight signals.

Love the SP logo, always did Btw, that lumber operation is a sight to behold.

Easily one of the most beautiful model railroads in the world. Hope to visit it someday.

Amazing pike! Truly a thrill to watch. Who needs the real thing?

The seamer an the Amount of work that went into this build must have been hours an hours of hard graft. Truly out standing work.

Wonderful US consists beautifully created a & filmed. Thank you for the entertainment.

Gonna have to come out. Can't think of a better destination for a "ROAD TRIP" !!!

Bill Rodgers. I would love to watch more videos like this one. As its just so Amazing.

hi from New Zealand ....now thats amazing! what a railway.... simply the best.... i have a small hornby set.... but love my trains big or small.... thanks for sharing :)

Bill Rodgers, What An Amazing Layout Truly out standing. Just loved watching the Locamotive's going around the tracks. Truly inspirational.

Outstanding video work! I really appreciated the moving map in the corner. The cab ride videos that are so prevalent are interesting - at first - but this one shows the whole "world" so much better!

Wow!! Fantastic layout!

That is one awsome scale model railroad. Brings back memories when I had model trains growing up. GREAT Video!

One of the things that I miss in your fantastically beautiful recordings of model trains is a train that transports trees or wood. If there was such a gig train there would be fantastic.

INCREDIBLE! I'm only 10 minutes into the video. The picture in picture, great!

Beautiful layout.

The Amount of work in the layout is truly out standing. An the design is total also Amazing. 👍

WOW! What an amazing layout. Very impressive! The best layout I have ever seen on film. FANTASTIC!

Outstanding model railroad. I also compliment the videography: one of the reasons I watch is to figure out "How did Bill get that shot?" Reading the comments there is a dolly. I knew it had to be that or an amazing drone that was quiet and not kicking up the air, dust and scenery.

Wow! Nice to see the Southern Pacific back in action! Pride of workmanship is superb all over this layout. Reminded me of my father and I chasing SP and Santa Fe out of Bakersfield and over to the Tehachapi Loop. We'd get lunch in Tehachapi and follow the trains back to Bakersfield. You have made my day sir! Thank you!

That train is quite an impressive display! It would look right at home on the La Mesa Model Railroad Club's Tehachapi prototype layout.

I like watching these train videos it brings back the kid in you n now it's better with new technology dcc n sound which it took a lot of time to develop for the ho trains..

Fantastic video of a beautiful layout. Thanks for posting.

Love your set up,especially those very long trains they are AWESOME!!

Fun to watch this , like being there .

Very well done! That is one of the nicest layouts I have seen in many years. Will have to try to visit.

Thanks, this brought back terrific memories of 4 Aussies there last year about Sept. , so much enjoyed your museum , and we got to go on a tour behind the scenes.P.S after we left we went to Train mountains factory about 1 hour from you guys some of Y,all may remember us..Jamesthank you ...Mr Bill Rogers

wow, what a magnificent loop.

Extreme Oil Cans ... in my dreams, I just love the whole layout and action

Excellent camera work! Love the closeups, nice and focused! Very realistic with the long running trains and several engines pulling them. Perfect speed for the trains

Amazing trains!!!!!

A fantastic model railway, very realistic railway traffic. A beautiful video. I'm excited. wolfgang

man, HO has come a long way!!!

AWESOME, EXCELLENT and PERFECT!!!!! I enjoyed it very much!!! Thank you for sharing and keep up the good work.

Beautiful!!!!

I love the soft curves in the American layouts where they are in sight, in the EU layouts it seems they can not get rid of the start set angles. This is really model trains on steroids.

What a layout. Beautiful

I saw The Oil Cans in a magazine when I was a kid back in.. 04-08 can't remember.

the detail is stunning!

A viewing tip: set your playback speed to 2x and it still looks great playing in half the time.

What a gorgeous layout. The detail is so fascinating. The rocks are very true to life as is the water... and it's all just so enjoyable to see. And those trains! Very much fun was had by hubby and me this evening while we watched the trains make their way around this scene. My compliments to the team who put it together.

Absolument féerique de vérité. Le respect de l'échelle des vitesses est parfait. L'un des plus beaux que j'ai vus !

Wow...picking up jaw... thanks for sharing and keep up the great work...wow.. Lance

Lucky you. You found the cleanest SP locomotives on the entire roster to shoot this video! Awesome video and layout. Thank you very much for taking the time to shoot and share it.

This is impressive! 6:02 If this was real and I had to wait at a grade crossing for the train to pass, I might as well turn off the engine and take a very long nap.

C'est incontestablement le plus beau réseau de chemin de fer en miniature existant au monde ! Le plus réaliste en plus de ça. 😊👍

What an amazing layout! Thank you for sharing! Love your locomotives and oil cans too!

Brilliant camera angle of shot..witg onboard view n graphic view at the same time as train travelling.

Quite an exceptional layout this. Love the wires on the poles and long trains .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. must .. lie .. down .. ..

This is one of the coolest videos

Well, so much for my 4 x 8 plywood.

C'est merveilleux, extraordinaire. Bravo !!!

In Germany we never had such a behemothes. Neither on the tracks nor in model scale. So I even more enjoyed to watch your finely filmed video! The landscape is breath-taking. Especially the rivers and lakes are so realistic, even in the macros! Thanks for this video, and best luck for your oncoming projects!

Looked almost like drone was used! Great video, thanks for sharing!

Wonderful video. Many thanks for all of your work in producing it.

WOW !!!!! Amazing setup bravo !!!!!

Marvelous layout! And some really great shots too!

This is an incredible layout. My father would've loved to have seen this. Well done!

Really fantastic, thanks for showing this.

I watched the entire video, 35 minutes of my life that were very enjoyable. I must say that either I have something wrong with me or I am a Train Enthusiast..., I grew up riding trains from Denver to Ohio, always have loved them, loved the smell, love the motion and action of their movements. I was very impressed with the length of the one SP train, the one with the 9 engines. Is that actual, I mean is that a true representation of a train pulling that many cars, with 5 engines up front and 4 engines in the middle? In any case, just being able to watch it enter one side of a mountain and travel on another level of the railway was amazing. I have subscribed and will be watching your videos from now on. Great videography, especially the view of the passing trains from a first person prospective. Thanks for sharing your guy's work.

Delightful joy! Good work all around and thank you for sharing :-)

I always love watching this layout! All around top-notch work, and very inspiring! Always makes me want to go build something after seeing it. A+

This is likely top 5 greatest ho layouts in North America period. Been to Colorado last two winters and both times on the days y’all weren’t open and went to the rail museum and forney to see big boy 4005. Hopefully I catch y’all open one year so I can see this with my own eyes. This layout is a inspiration for all who seek to create there own model rail empires. This layout, bnsf Fall River sub, La mesa, and a couple of the Ho on30 Sierra narrow gauge layouts that are toured on a main model rail review channel are just above so many. There’s probably another 5 or so channels with personal layouts that are just as high including the guy with the 10,000 sq foot Wyoming Evanston sub layout that’s to scale mile exact

Very well done

Richtig richtig große und sehr schöne Anlage! :)

In a word.....WOW.... Thanks for this video... Holy sheep dip!

Magnificent layout & the sceanic work is fantastic.

Very nice! Thank you for posting it!!🇺🇸

Loved the flat cars with Kenworth road tractors .....must have been for Monfort out of Greely Colorado that was their colors...nicknamed the circus wagons lol

One of the best ever , lovely

Very impressive !

Fantastic!!!! Very very good.

Really loving the scenery and detail of the layout! I'm also a big fan of the tunnel motors :)

Nice layout, great photography.

Amazing, very impression, and love Southern Pacific

Great Layout new here looks amazing. Great work nice blog start to finish👍🏻🚂

Awsome layout &mile long yrsins😎

Great video like always love the SP

Phenomenal! I need to drop by sometime soon.

very nice. great detail and scenery excellent work.. A+

Outstanding!

Super!,amazing detail!