55 years in the hobby with the same layout. It started out as a 4x8 oval, and now is a 26’x 26’ empire.

This is not just a hobby, it's an art form.

Advice to beginners: You may find you actually love your layout so when you build yours, be sure to allow for expansion. Keep everything level and solid. Right on cool you got it

My dad, brother, and I recently got into the hobby that is model railroading. It’s awesome. We don’t really care if our engines have sound or smoke or anything, we just like the fun of it. We have N-scale, and our trains consist of a diesel train running a passenger train, courtesy of the Silver Streak Zephyr, and a steam freight train, courtesy of the Union Pacific Big Boy (which I got for my birthday) and 4 freight cars including a caboose that I recently purchased. Our strategy is to have 4 types of engines pulling 4 types of trains. My brother is covering the passenger trains, and I’m doing freight. We need now a steam locomotive to pull passengers and a diesel locomotive to pull freight. We’re really happy with what we have right now.

Model Railroading is the Best therapy hands down.

This isn’t a hobby, it’s a type of therapy! Just watching this calms me, really wish I had space for one though

Just bought my first Lionel set I'm 47 years old and have always wanted to do this thank you for a great video

It’s been my dream to have one of these Model Railroads for years

What the heck! Bert Gummer playing Mr Rogers was the last thing I expected…

This video was done about 25 years ago. I had brought the DVD 10 years ago knowing it was an advert for a specific company, as it was plastered all over the magazine. I just liked the bit of tuition this video offered.

If you have the room, time and money to do a railroad, the experience is like nothing else. The people we met while researching and buying our equipment and supplies were a unique bunch. Artists all and passionate especially for their own work. From the guy who scratch built everything except the locos to the guy who made a hump yard so complex, he didn't have room for scenery. The challenges of any layout you decide on can keep you engaged (and possibly broke) for years. The world is yours to create or replicate and I'll guess you'll want to do both at some time in the hobby.

Families that play together stay together, excellent video! Thank you.

Pro-tip, you can replace the non-terminal rerailer with an E-Z Track Crossing Gate. Also, I suggest adding yellow road marking down the center of Main Street for added realism.

Great tutorial video but im sorry the guys facial expressions had me in stitches 😂

model railroading takes my sadness and lonelyness away i can finally have peace and enjoy a miniature world watch trains roll by

This is old school. I remember buying VHS tapes like this in the 80's. Of coarse I was stupid and didn't keep them.

Timeless. The hobby just keeps getting better 👍🏼

What I agree with and what I disagree with. Agree: The scenery advice is good. I'm gonna try this technique for my grass and mountains. For those of you wondering, use foam as depicted here. Bare wood will make too much noise. Disagree: Don't use bare Bachmann EZ-track. If you use it at all (it is easier than cork) add ballast. The same is true for Atlas True-Track, Kato Unitrack, and Life-Like Power-Loc Track. Additionally, make the most out of your space. Don't waste so much space. Finally, make a track plan that has turnouts, letting people get to the world outside your table. Don't lock it in. Obviously, you wouldn't run the trains off the edge, bit simply having the track improves the look. Oh, add a yard and siding too. All in all, great video, great tips. Follow them, but don't rely on them. *Note: I can't say an opinion on the bench work as I have not used this plan for my own layout.

For Shortcuts: Table/Benchwork 2:21 Track laying 14:42 Control 20:36 Structures 24:35 Scenery 29:10 Timelapse 48:36 Conclusion 48:58->49:35

Here is a professional tip. Before you glue the track down, drill holes for the switch wires.

Great video! I’m a beginner and this is just what I needed. Thanks again

Gracias señora por su maravillosa acción y rescatar este hermoso gatito. Dios la compensará por su humanidad y amor ❤️

Pro tip: the best possible adhesive (and cheapest) for the poly styrene insulation boards is acrylic latex paint. Home box stores often have a return or damaged section for next to no cost. The paint only needs to be applied to one side and is a better bond than the best adhesives in the store. Good luck!

I am glad I learnt english. Thank you for uploading.

Every summer I would get to stay with my Papa and Nana Goodrich in Hollister, California for two weeks! And when I was a teenager I stayed for two years! The steam train would roll by their house every day. I’d be on the Victorian house and wave at the conductor and engineer and they’d wave back. I miss those lazy summer days, I’ve loved trains ever since.

I remember watching this when I bought this set! It was my first set, and I still have it ever since I was 4! Such memories!

I just built the table for my first train platform. I fastened the two leg assemblies 64" apart. The length of the angle braces (1/4 x 1-1/4 molding) is described as 48" long in the video, but I had to make the length of the angle braces about 70" to fit properly between the leg assemblies. Thanks for a great plan.

This video resonates pureness and happy afternoons and I love it

I have a different scale of model railroad and I planning on building a layout soon this video is a huge help for advice , Thank you !

Thank You very much, it's a very nice presentation. God Bless You.

I never thought Burt Gummer would teach me to build a model railroad.

this was my bible in 2013 when I did my first model railroad. Can't thank this video enough for all the information I've gotten from it.

Model Railroading isn't just a hobby , no sir... IT'S A WAY OF LIFE! :-)

Great to see you Mr Gross . Still love watching Family Ties . Good 👍 to see you again.

i keep watching this years later and its awesome

At this point, this video is childhood nostalgia for me

I watched the whole video through thanks for this wonderful experience as I had gotten this set yesterday Of course I had a car player but it’s pretty much crushed in storage since we moved

Great video and thank you. I know I'll do all the work but I know my son will enjoy this as much as I do.

A good beginning tutorial for me. The builder made it look so easy when all the steps were broken down and made manageable. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. Thanks for sharing.

Fantastic video full of great information to get started.

I had this video on a disk when I was 9 years old. I lost the disk but I'm so glad I found the video.

Hi guys I’m just getting into the hobby a great video it has helped me get some great ideas I’ve been looking for what’s an average amount people spend monthly on there hobbies

Building train layout. Good job my friend. My layout is N scale. Atlas and Bachmann tracks, code 80. Manual and remote switch. Good luck with you hobby.

Greatest hobby there is. Thanks for the great ideas. Joe

the most wholesome video on the internet

Very great and complete video about the different aspects of the hobby.

Hey that's Michael Gross! Tremors represent!

Like, shows you from start to finished.

Thanks!! I have had trouble getting my landscapes to look authentic!!

that turorial was well done and very instructional. Makes me want to build another 4x8 sheet, but this time using the smaller grade below HO. I just thing you can put a lot more detail and track with a smaller scale train. I like the ease of working with the raises tracks, but I set up my tracks on the flat sections of track and simply nailed them down with very small crushed gravel supporting the trackway. On my set up I also utilized 8 switch tracks and about a total of eight track kill switches in order to stop the train at a dead end. I also built a nice trestled bridge about 20 " long, modeling the bridge after a real wooden trestle I saw in a photo, I weathered it as well. One of my trains entered and excited a mountain tunnel in a corner of the track, the tunnel took up the whole back of the board with a mountain built around it. My last feature was a small pond under the trestle next to it a workers hut with a small boat dock from it to into the water. I had a row boat tied up to the dock. It took me a long time to build the set and I got a kick out of weathering the engines and boxcars behind it. I'm fascinating by roundhouses so the next set up I built I want to include a working round house, working streetlights and functional crossings look cool as well. Nice job on this and nice job narrating Mr. Gross.

Impressive.. I'm glad I'm part of this family. 🤩👍😇

they make this look so easy

This is a good beginners video

This is a great video. A+!

thanks for inspiring me to keep on railroading

Had no idea this video was Russian, check the description!

Thank you for your very informative video.

Helpful hint... while marking the foam for track, scenery, buildings, vehicles and people is very useful and helpful, I like to take photographs as well. Often objects are close to the same size or shape and can accidentally be misplaced. A picture is indeed worth a 1000 words.

Great video. And I realize it's for beginners. But I only wish they would have shown how to use cork roadbed instead of E-Z Track. That would be nice to learn right off the bat.

This is so innocent. I love it.

When I was a kid I had an HO scale train track I loved. As an adult I have no room for a lay out in my small home. So I'm taking a two by four that maxes out at 72 inches and making a diorama. I've already purchased a used ho scale steam engine ( Big B&O engine, all black ) and pulled the decals off it. I can't decide what coaches to put behind it, I'm going for an aesthetic not from any time period or even a historically accurate one.

Excellent video. I used it to build the platform/table and very pleased with the outcome. One comment, the four 4' - 1/4" x 1 1/2" molding for the cross bars on the legs need to be much longer then 48". I bought 8' pieces and cut them down to about 65".

Great instructional video. Keep it up

Thank you your video was very educational!!

So informative!! Thanks for this

Really good to watch...even better to do!

I followed the steps and ended up with a bird house.

This film should teach me how to build a detailed Lionel O Gauge layout.

I love the train table

Great film I want to build another model,now

Great video ! HC Treintje Belgium.

Their is something better than making model railway’s for standard gauge engines, it is making model railways with narrow gauge engines. 😉👌

Looks very informative. My son would love to do this with me, I’m thinking. I’m subscribed.

Very fun video thanks!!!

only thing i changed was the gravel plant. i used a lumber mill

Congratulations ! Very good !

Am I the only one who watched this when they were really young, and is now returning to it?

Great video Burt.

Hey, it's the dad from "Family Ties"! Hi, Mike!

Having Burt Gummer narrate/host this makes this much more entertaining

When I was a kid, the Lionel Trans were the only thing in my life. Now all I can do is I watch the videos

I don't have a damn clue how youtube took me here. And I am completely fascinated.

It was really a long video, and I like it

2020 anyone?

This video never seems to get old.

The Host is Burt does this mean the railroad will have a Graboid situation?

How did they get the dad from “family ties” to do this? Way cool! Adds even more nostalgia to this!

Great video!

Nice video .Enjoy it thanks.

I would've never guessed this guy was a rail roader. Just a side note. I bought a Bauchman steam locomotive train set. 9 cars and engine. It comes with the EZ Snap track. My engine kept derailing. The plow on the front of the locomotive was so low it kept catching the track where 2 pieces connected. I got rid of the E Z Track and just started using Atlas track. Problem solved.

thank you brothers for this info

They now make lock washers for carriage bolts that have claws on them that are pushed into the wood or other material to lock the head of the carriage bolt in place. Also, for the landscape, you can use broken drop-ceiling tiles to make quick cliffs.

I would had liked to place the tracks in different heights.... Like running the track over a hill, bridge or something like that

If you want to transport a layout like this, wouldn't it make more sense to have the legs be folding and locking? Any modifications you might want to make to this layout would be a real pain in the butt though

I am a follower of the channel

great video !!

Burt!!! Great video

Cool!

My brother is crazy over train CRASHES so how do you save a layout from some one that runs down at you with a living bat and smacks every single thing he sees?

I am enjoying the instructional video, however, the ad breaks are too frequent and rather distracting. I had to go back a few times because of a couple of seconds of lost video/audio after the breaks.