Jim Zim's Favorite G Scale Model Trains

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In this latest model train video, I answer a common question: Which of my 26 G-scale model trains is my favorite?
To answer the question, I show you my five favorite G scale model trains, ranked in order... and if you've watched a lot of my model train videos, the answer probably won't surprise you very much! The Santa Fe Super Chief is my favorite... because when I was growing up, I had a Lionel version of the Santa Fe Super Chief, and ever since then, I've thought the Super Chief was the greatest train of all time.
I also give you a good look at four of my other favorites: A White Pass steam train made by Piko, a BNSF diesel locomotive made by MTH Trains, an amazing LGB locomotive with chuffing sounds that are synchronized with the smoke coming out of the smokestack, and Emily from Thomas & Friends, made by Bachmann.
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@hqgirl567 8 ай бұрын

Thomas and friends were my favorite when I was a little girl. And I love trains to this day!!!

@diabelli13 7 ай бұрын

Just watched this with my 4 year old son, who wanted to leave a comment. We really enjoyed this video, and many others you have made. Thank you! 😊

@glennellisjr1616 Жыл бұрын

My son is 11. He is on the Autism spectrum and he loves your videos especially your Thomas and friends trains. Emily is one of his favorites. Thank you for posting all these videos.

@thomascomeau9271 Жыл бұрын

Jim Zim has the top five favorite G scale locomotives of the 26 G scale locomotives in the collection of G scale model trains! Number five is the Swiss RhB Rhaetian Railroad steam locomotive #LD1 from LGB! Number four is Emily the Dark Emerald Green Safety Stirling Single steam Tender Engine from Thomas and Friends manufactured by Bachmann! Number three is the BNSF EMD SD70ACE AH diesel locomotive #9370 from MTH Electric Trains! Number two is the White Pass and Yukon Route Railway steam locomotive #52 from Piko! And number one is the Santa Fe Super Chief diesel passenger train #202 from LGB!

@19brittani Жыл бұрын

good job Jim.. love the superchief too.

@JROCKSRAILROADS Жыл бұрын

I love your bnsf train and your my inspiration Jim zim

@Jake-fy3ln 25 күн бұрын

My Favorite G Scale Model Trains That You Have Are All The Thomas & Friends Model Trains.

@jamesholton2630 Жыл бұрын

I love your model trains. They are terrific

@RCKahuna150 5 ай бұрын

Greetings from Kennewick! I just found your channel because of large trains and I too love the F7 Santa Fe for the same reasons you do! My dad still has the old Lionel set from when he was a kid that I in turn got to play with back in the 1970s!!

@JimZim 5 ай бұрын

Hello from across the river! There are LOTS of model train videos on my channel that include the Santa Fe F7... so, feel free to explore my channel and enjoy discovering all the videos I've been making over the last 10 years or so.

@RCKahuna150 5 ай бұрын

Already on it!

@Modeltrainscarsstereos614 Жыл бұрын

Very Impressive

@levidarling5107 Жыл бұрын

I can see why Emily is one of your favorites, because like her real life counterpart and basis the sterling single, Emily sure is a beautiful train indeed. After all, they have tons of beautiful steam locomotives in Britain anyway. Keep up the good videos. Sincerely - caring viewer and soon to be KZfaqr.

@JustinFrazier_360 Жыл бұрын

So amazing

@johnkulpowich5260 Жыл бұрын

Love your enthusiasm for your hobby. Your narration was dead on. Glad you included the prices and some history. You held my interest

@NoahToonsOfficial Жыл бұрын

good job jim

@thomascomeau9271 Жыл бұрын

You have 26 G scale locomotives in your collection of G scale model trains! What are you going to get next for your G scale model train collection? As always I am Thomas Comeau signing off for today and also I love your collection of 26 G scale model trains, the new DJI Mini Three Pro drone, the house in Pasco, Washington and the American Cocker Spaniel dog, Carli!

@loona4133 Жыл бұрын

Hello Jim. Ur trains are the Best. Emily is my favorite. I bet u spent over at least 4,000

@Zombiehunter2_0 Жыл бұрын

4:30 I think I get it: "There's no one quite like Emily. Friendly, emerald Emily. You don't need to ask her twice When you want some sound advice. All those who know Emily Know what shows especially. She's got that certain 'You know what'. There's no one quite like Emily." (From the official song about Emily)

@jamesholton2630 Жыл бұрын

My favorite one in your collection is Thomas and the porter

@wrh41 Жыл бұрын

Wow great trains! Very realistic look and sound - I like your coca-cola train at 9:26

@railfanningisthebest Жыл бұрын

I have 2 Lionel model steam trains that produces smoke from the locomotive, which are the Strasburg Rail Road that runs in southern Pennsylvania, I have locomotive 475 with some passenger cars, and I also have a steam train Lionel set from the 1995 movie, Toy Story with all the movie characters and realistic sounds from the movie Edit: I hope you get at least 30 locomotives by the end of 2023 Another edit: Every time I visit Chicago, BNSF freight trains are VERY common there on Chicago’s commuter rail lines known as Metra, and on their BNSF line, those big freight trains are so common

@shawnakillgore2325 10 ай бұрын

Long time no see Jim im Brayden im on my moms profile I've always watched your channel and I want to get a g scale train for my birthday!!!

@stormingcoasters Жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I didn’t see what was so impressive about number five until I saw it up close and heard the sounds, and then saw that it was amazing! Number four’s a classic, who couldn’t love Emily? The color scheme is beautiful, and has an amazing train body! Number three is such a realistic BNSF locomotive! The sounds are also amazing! Not to mention that bright orange, it’s so cool! That horn is also great! That garden shot at the end of the BNSF part has me convinced that it was a real locomotive for a minute! Number 2 looks amazing! And the whistle is crazy realistic! Number 1 is a classic, it looks amazing, rides smoothly, and I feel like almost every model railroader had a Super Chief as a kid!

@Tmstrains Жыл бұрын

Wow, you've certainly got an impressive collection of G gauge model trains! The sheer number of trains you have is simply awe-inspiring. It's easy to see why Emily is one of your favorites - just like her real-life counterpart and basis, the Sterling Single, Emily is undoubtedly a stunning train. And let's be honest, Britain has some of the most gorgeous steam locomotives in the world! Keep up the great work with your videos! 😍

@kellyashfordtrains2642 Жыл бұрын

I am sometimes asked the very same question. I did have 5 favourite steam engines, but that's gone up to six in general. You can never have too many favourites. So here are my top 6 favourite steam engines, in model form and real life: 6. 3F 0-6-0 LMS tank engine Jimmy the Jinty 5. 4-6-0 GWR tender engine 7819 Hinton Manor 4. 4-6-0 GWR tender engine 4965 Rood Ashton Hall 3. 4-6-0 LMS Jubilee tender engine 5960 Leander 2. 4-6-0 GWR tender engine 7822 Foxcote Manor 1. 4-4-0 GWR tender engine 3440 City of Truro That's my list of favourite British steam engines. We all have our favourites, what's not to love about steam engines?😂

@funtimefreddy0321 Жыл бұрын

I almost like every train

@user-ub8kt7gq8j Ай бұрын

My fav is the Santa Fe super chef

@levidarling5107 Жыл бұрын

Oh, did you know that there is gauge one? It is 1:32 scale, yet fits perfectly on g gauge track.

@VintageRenewed Жыл бұрын

Since you mentioned the white pass and Yukon. I help with a tourist railroad in Oregon and a couple of our locomotives actually operated on the white pass in the 40s and 50s

@JimZim Жыл бұрын

Which tourist railroad is that? Perhaps I should come visit this summer!

@VintageRenewed Жыл бұрын

@@JimZim It is the Sumpter Valley Railroad, near baker city Oregon. The engine which operated on the white pass is currently undergoing some boiler work. If you do ever come ride let me know and I could show you around to see the shop and everything

@JimZim Жыл бұрын

You've got a couple of great steam trains there! If you hear that there's going to be one of the "photographer's specials" where they drop photographers off alongside the tracks and then have the train go by... let me know. I'd love to drive down for one.

@VintageRenewed Жыл бұрын

@@JimZim Will do, I will keep an eye out for when we plan one.

@alexfarrell5533 Жыл бұрын

my favorite is 707

@bdottoz 7 ай бұрын

MTH BSNF my fave

@adventuresofamtrakcascades301 Жыл бұрын

My favorite one of your collection is the Super Chief as well. But do you wanna know what is my all time favorites train to date ever? The Southern Pacific Coast Daylight passenger train, promoted as the most beautiful train in the world

@ellynforsyth7047 Жыл бұрын

That engine is an Electro Motive Diesel SD70ACe.

@vuurvrrailfanner4656 Жыл бұрын

Thought the SD70ACe would be your 1 favorite, im also railfanninh right now

@AnaPereira-pb9fj Жыл бұрын

2:50 mi favorite

@gamemaster7650 Жыл бұрын

I've been looking for a BNSF just like the one you have. Do you have a link for this engine. I absolutely love it

@JimZim Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, they don't make that BNSF locomotive any longer. It was manufactured by MTH Trains, and their model number for it is 70-2136-1. You might do some searching using Google, and especially on eBay, to see if someone still has one for sale somewhere... but I think any of the big model train retailers would have sold theirs out long ago.

@JimZim Жыл бұрын

Oh, you're in luck! There's a new version of this product. You can pre-order it from Trainworld, and they'll ship you one in early April. www.trainworld.com/mth-70-2152-1-g-sd70ace-diesel-engine-w-proto-sound-3-0-bnsf-cab-no-9379.html

@gamemaster7650 Жыл бұрын

@@JimZim thank you so much. Just ordered one.

@exveefan Жыл бұрын

I got #5 as well. The only downside on it's rarity value now is that LGB have announced this year 3 new versions of this Loco (Two black and one Green) with almost all metal construction and with even more features like steam releasing from the whistle.

@JimZim Жыл бұрын

That's interesting! Yes, I see the three of them on LGB's web site. I'm shocked at the prices! They'll be selling for $3000 USD... about three times what I paid for the one I have.

@exveefan Жыл бұрын

@@JimZim With all the extra features they are cramming in, and metal body construction. I'm sadly not surprised. :-(

@ellynforsyth7047 Жыл бұрын

@JimZim

@owenmyers88 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful engines Jim. I have the prodigy elite dcc system. Have you ever had issues programming a new address to your lgb engines? I can program piko but lgb only takes 3 or 128 as an address.

@JimZim Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that you've had that problem. No, I've never had a problem programming a new address to any of my LGB engines.

@thomascomeau9271 Жыл бұрын

The Oscar Mayer Wiener Train is a train that was inspired by the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile that tours the United States of America, North America promoting Oscar Mayer, the Coca Cola train is a train for promoting Coca Cola and the Valvoline Train is a train for promoting Valvoline motor oil! The LGB brand Swiss RhB Rhaetian Railroad steam locomotive #LD1 is based on a real life full scale steam locomotive for the Rhaetian Railroad in Switzerland, Europe! Emily the #12 Dark Emerald Green Safety 4-2-2 Stirling Single Steam Tender Engine from Thomas and Friends manufactured by Bachmann is based on a real life full scale steam locomotive known as a Stirling Single built for the Great Northern Railway. The BNSF EMD SD70ACE AH diesel locomotive #9370 from MTH Electric Trains looks and sounds like the real life full scale BNSF diesel locomotives in Washington state! The White Pass and Yukon Route Railway steam locomotive #52 from Piko is based on a real life full scale steam locomotive that used to run on the real White Pass and Yukon Route Railway in Skagway, Alaska! The Santa Fe Super Chief diesel passenger train #202 from LGB is based on the real life full scale Santa Fe Super Chief passenger trains that were used in the 1950s when they used to carry passengers who ride on trains not airplanes! Also the Santa Fe Super Chief diesel passenger train reminds you, Jim Zim, of a Lionel version of the Santa Fe Super Chief when you were a little boy who got started with model trains!

@asbmp Жыл бұрын

That's looks like the Mocanita steam railway in Romania

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jim. I don’t think I’ve ever seen any USA Trains products on your channel. Just curious why that is?

@JimZim Жыл бұрын

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think USA trains ever builds DCC decoders in to their locomotives at the factory... you have to get them installed after purchase. That's too much hassle for me!

Жыл бұрын

@@JimZim I believe you are correct… only the really expensive big steam engines come with DCC. All of their other locomotives, you do have to add it later and it’s a pain.

@EliotJohnson 9 ай бұрын

What brand has the best starter kit? I'm liking Piko

@JimZim 9 ай бұрын

I've never owned a Piko starter set, but all the other Piko stuff I have seems to be of good quality. LGB starter sets are also good quality. Those are the two I'd recommend. Definitely buy some extra track, though!

@EliotJohnson 9 ай бұрын

@@JimZim thank you!

@MrArtman448 Жыл бұрын

hello again jim zim so i just wanted to tell you that i wanna be like you jim cause i always wanted to go on a cruise line vacation someday so if i had my own patrion account the same as you then does that mean that i can make more money from that website too ? ? ?