Thank you so very much for you program. I am 75 years old and no longer able to have a train layouts do to my health and money really enjoy your program.

Eric you must have a very understanding wife to put up with the train shelf’s in your living areas.

Thanks for the update Eric, Love the engine house and workbench. Having an actual (comfortable) place to work on engines and projects makes a huge difference.

Hi Eric, I am watching your trains from Kuwait. No train stores over here that I have found. Glad to be able to watch you and the others in the hobby grow.That is great news about writing for the MAG. Layout looking great. Hope you have a great Open House.

Hi eric I'm 12 and you've inspired me to build a model train layout so I will like to say thank you so much for spreading the love of trains

Loved the cab ride. Great video as usual. Thx.

I remember when that giant bridge was only an idea so nice to see how you and your project has come!

This layout is incredible. I don't know how you do it. Many of those tunnels look great and I love your fleet.

Nice.

Hey Eric.. good to see a mighty pic of an NZR loco there in your workshop. Couldn't quite make out the number, but looks great. Keep up the good work. From a Kiwi.

Me an my lil guy are going to try to make the drive from Fort Benning Ga for the open house. We love watching your videos. Just wanted to tell you that we love your videos and we appreciate them very much. TY!

Hey Eric my grandpa is subscribed to classic toy train and he has a lot of old Lionel O-27 trains from the 1950’s postwar era.

Congrats on getting a writing gig with Classic Toy Trains! I had a subscription to them.... must have been 20 years ago.. I even still, I consider them to be *the* hobbyists magazine.

Hey Eric, it's great to get a video from you bro and the layout is looking awesome as always, love what you have done in the garage too! Bar some unforeseen emergency, I will definitely be attending the open house this year! Last year I was working in Iowa so attending was impossible, but this year I'm in North Carolina and only 4 to 5 hours drive away, so I will almost definitely be there! Anyways thanks for the video bro and have a great one!

Brilliant layout love the videos one day I might get a chance to see it in person

Most detailed “O” scale layout I have seen. Great job Eric!

I saw the legacy polar express Berkshire in the line of steam locos on the layout

Great video, thanks for the tour

An informative video and well worth the wait. I like what you've done with the garage. I did similar modifications with my last garage. Presently working on a plan for the one I now have. You certainly have made a lot of progress on the layout and I like your storage shelving units. Looking forward to reading your reviews.

Good to see you . I remember when you were working on the metal bridge that you weathered green in the main room. I have been collecting trains and some rolling stock in HO scale. Hope to have a railroad yard soon. No layout just yet. Have a great show in Nov. .

Eric, Thanks for the fun ride. Very relaxing.

Oh my gosh, Eric, it's so great to watch this, as I've been watching since 2012!

Looking good, Eric! I wish I could be at the open house, but it would be too expensive to travel from Portland, Maine to Piedmont.

I just started saving my money for a brand new legacy engine, probably a diesel about the size of a SD70ACe, but maybe a small steamer like that beautiful H-10. I am hoping to raise the money in at least a year and a half. I am at about $230 so far, so I think I can do it! Wish me luck Eric!

Whoa great run through at end, I bet the layout looks amazing with a night look too with all your awesome buildings and lights.

Glad to see you back in action! I'll be there for the open house for sure!

Nice! It's great to see yet another update! I've been watching since late 2012 or early 2013 (can't exactly remember) once I was really into model railroading. Unfortunately, my work and KZfaq videos about Meteorology and Radio have kind of pushed me out of the hobby due to a lack of time and funding, but I love your videos and work so much!

Good to see you got the diesel depot completed! Well done.

Thanks for the mighty fine train ride, I thoroughly enjoyed it! :-)

nice

YOU'VE GOT WESTERN MARYLAND #6?! I rode on her back in 2012!

That's great Eric.

Quite happy nobody said anything about 69. 👏👏👏👏

Great video as always Eric. I enjoy ALL of them. I have every issue of Classic Toy Trains since the premier issue. I am looking forward to reading your reviews. Congrats and you are going to an excellent addition to the magazine.

Love the Updates Eric! Great Work!!!

Those berks look amazing!

Great video Eric. Your layout is looking great

Nice update Eric!!!

It's been at least 4 years since I visited this channel, I vaguely remember the man behind it, Eric. Today, I sat down, and pretended I was 9 again.

I have the same 2819 Pennsylvania consolidation featured on ur work bench it was the first train in my collection

I have to admit. I’ve been seeing your reviews over and over again. There amazing. However I’m more and HO and N scale model railroader. I also suggest you get the O gauge 2-8-8 Mikado Southern Railway 4501 by MTH. It’s still available at Legacy station for your choice of train shopping. Being a resident of Jacksonville FL we don’t have as many brick and mortar Hobby shops. Also being a resident of JAX I’m on the Georgia Border. I haven’t been to Atlanta yet. It’s an extremely long drive away. My favorite reviews are the Lionel vision line big boy 4014, the MTH Big Boy 4014, the Lionel Legacy UP #844, the N&W Pocahontas set with 611, and the NKP #765. As you mentioned Rich Melvin, his voice on the 765 and 844, I think Riches voice was on 844 because since she did an excursion for the LCCA, he was the engineer of 844 along with manager Ed Dickens. But only for that excursion.

Your a very talented guy. Your layout is amazing!

How the best way to get the details on your railway

Very nice!

Excellent video Eric

YES FINALLY

Diesel House looks great!

Great update Eric!!!

Love the front mounted camera. Was that on a flatbed or something else? Love your videos. 🐢🚂🐢🚂🐢🚂

10:44 good to see a picture of a NZ steam engine in your workshop!

Wonderfull video

Eric, Great and admirable amount of work on and around the layout. Also congratulations on your classic toy trains endeavor and yes it's a great publication. I'm assuming from the video that you no longer use your garage for parking cars. I patiently await the video of how you do your roads. I plan to be at your open house. As always, thanks for what you do for our hobby.

Great to see another video keep it up Eric’s Trains

11:32 Oh god lol. I took one look and heard it like it was in the room "steam and fire, I'm the Pennsylvania Flyer!"

awesome!

the name of your channel made me think you had trouble going to the bathroom. i'm glad to see that isn't the case. nice setup

Eric...the scenery on walls...decals, wallpaper, hand painted?...very nice! Was it added after the layout, before the layout, during...maybe work in process of both?...

A night view will look all some

Impressive

That was awesome you should do a night run and turn the train lights on also I am sad to say I will not make it to the open house since I live in Pennsylvania but wish I could will try to get down there someday

most of my mth engines are protosound(10), proto 1(20) a few proto 2 engines (4), some (10) lionel prewar conventional & (8) k-line engines. Tranformers- have 1 mth z4000 with 1 tiu & dcs remote, 1 old zw, 1 new (from 2008) lionel zw, 1 lionel legacy command system. Am I correct that I cant run conventional pre war engines without this double throw toggle switch because, at 18 volts they fly off the track? Finding it very hard to make the lionel & mth transformers to work together. very few videos go into detail. My track plan( atlas track) has a main circle, 2nd circle, 4 sidings to park passenger cars, 18 parking tracks for my steam engines. Have power feeds every 5 feet. Seems like a double throw toggle is the only way to run so many different era engines run the layout? I'll try to do some videos so you & others can critique my setup, but I'm very overwhelmed. Using a separate transformer & separate track to run prewar conventional & proto 1 mth engines defeats the purpose of having so many parking tracks ( my parking tracks were so I did not need to lift the often very heavy engines every time I run a diff engine.) Suggestions please

Fantastic! 👍

Did you hear that Lionel is re-releasing the Vision Line Challenger?

I'll pay you money for that Lehigh Valley geep Eric. XD Seriously though good video as always.

I have that exact same C & O Tin Poster on my Wall in my Train room!

Hi Eric, nice stuff. I saw Bachmann has released a lovely little 0-6-0 tender engine for On30, maybe something for your narrow gauge track in the Colorado room?

Love keeping up with your work. Your videos reignited that spark I had as a kid when my dad built me a train set. Just curious, have you ever considered running one of the locomotives that run off of real steam or coal? I think it would be a really neat challange.

'' I hope you never have to move '' ...- and btw; ... what two engines would you use for a 'Gomez Addams ' ??

Eric ,love your layouts ! I have smoke units in my trains as well, do your air purifier's really pull all that smoke smell out of your layout space?

I wanna see that Southern berk in action!

Would love to check out your layout at the layout tour, but I live in Indiana. Maybe someday, I'll be in the area and can check it out, if possible.

Enjoyed it.

Hey Eric can you do showcase of the of your new trains when you get them thanks.

Are you going to York in october this year

Please do a video on the Lionel vision line H7 class 2-8-8-2

Nice

Is the Norfolk Southern Diesel shop based of any particular Norfolk Southern terminal? such as Inmann Yard or Roanoke?

It’s funny that the number 69 is a meme now

Nice video!

Great video, I always am amazed at your layout. Was looking to expand my layout with an elevated section, Do you have to back your trains down from your elevated section?

Love Big Six!

Can you run two separate powered diesel engines together?

Are you using Atlas O gauge tracks?

Great work so far. I have a few building that would great on your layout if you interested in them. I just no longer have room to store them. I would love for them to go to a good home-----Anthony Boey

LOL 3 berks 123 right there. LOL love them

Eric you should do the Santa Fe 2-10-10-2 steam locomotive

Hey Eric!

I would really like to come to the open house

Do the air purification systems do anything for reducing and/or eliminating the ozone odor the trains give off?

Hi Eric, I was wondering if you, in the future, are going to incorporate lionels new IRV2 system into your layout?

Hey Eric, great video. Could you tell me about your brink portals and retaining walls. Did you make them or are they from a company? Thanks. JMAC

You should get Polar Express train for Christmas video.

Why don't you do many running sessions?

Veranda! Any chamce you cpuld run the new s3 with your hiawtha set?

love the vids!!!!!!!

Scenery tutorial?

I'm planning on purchasing a 400e for Christmas. Which one do you think I should get?

Which New Haven set is that specifically?

When r u gonna review the sp Christmas gs-4

are you going to build a rip track for your rail cars to get fix