I cannot believe Bruce was willing to sell the building for warehouse space after he put a tremendous amount of money, effort, passion, and especially time into this model railway. I’m glad the new owners are taking care of his work, I will have to see it someday! Great video as always!

I was wishing my father was alive to see this. I'm 72, back in the 1950's, he filled the basement with a large layout, including bridges, mountains, turntable and roundhouse, all made in his cabinet shop, in his spare time. He was a mill-shop foreman at the local lumberyard during the day. Thanks so much for posting this wonderful video!!

The bridges are…mind blowing. The builder/creater’s skills are off the charts. What a legacy, what a gift.

My grandfather had an N scale model train layout that took up about a third of the basement. He had it walled off, and all the buildings had lights in it so when he turned off the main light in the room and turn the lights on all the buildings, it look like a small town. It was one of the most amazing and beautiful things I ever saw.

Reminds me of Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg Germany. Whenever you're back in Europe, I highly encourage you to visit it. It WILL blow your mind. The level of detail and automation is just incredible.

This needs to be put in a National Registry and protected at all costs.

Grew up just outside of Flemington and spent so many hours here. I don't exaggerate that to me it was better than DisneyWorld. Thank you for bringing some spotlight on this beautiful place.

Jesus that was AMAZING!!! For art lovers AND model train enthusiasts combined, that is starting my day off WELL today! TY!!

I'm from this county! I had at least 4 of my childhood birthday parties there. 24 years old now and super relieved to see that this place full of personal memories is still alive and well. Will have to take a trip back up there to see it again

The man had a quirky style and a sense of humor that shows through in his modelling. I like that there's a little fantasy in his scenes. They were built to amuse and amaze rather than be absolutely prototypically realistic.

My grandfather always loved trains but as a young orphan in west Germany during the 50s he couldn’t afford any. Fast forward 20 years or so later after gaining citizenship and a free ticket to Vietnam upon coming home he finally started a collection of all the German trains he never could afford as a child. I’m glad that I have them now to remember him with. I hope to have them up and running sometime this year. They meant a lot to him & they certainly mean a lot to me too. Thanks for making this video.

As a cartoon caracaturist I really appreciate this level of detail. I bet I could hours and hours just soaking this in, in the flesh, so to speak. When I was a child in the 60's my parents took me and my brothers to a miniature world here in the UK. We felt like giants there, but it was nowhere near the scale of this place.

Some peoples' passions are truly amazing. This is a work of art and should be preserved for future generations to admire.

I'm so excited you went here! I'm literally half a mile from this place! It is an amazing hidden gem in NJ! Glad you got a chance to enjoy

I am totally blown away by the scale of NorthlandZ and all the hours and attention to detail it took to build it. Especially the attention to detail. Those bridges look like they were built with not-quite-toothpicks, but pretty close. It's hard to imagine building just one of those intricate bridges, let alone 400 of them (I think you said). I pray the area never has an earthquake. Thanks for showing this and thanks to Jim for allowing you to document it. Without it, few would know of its existence.

Been there many times when I used to live in NJ. It is an incredible place to visit. It is great that someone with a passion for trains purchased the property and saved it from becoming a statistic like Roadside America in Shartlesville, PA did. The story of Grandma who owns the house in the middle of the mine is a running story throughout Northlandz. She apparently is quite rich and owns lots of property throughout Northlandz.

Glad someone stepped in for the retiree creator. Being a former NJ native, nice to know something this monumental was created amd continues to exist.

Wow! Unbelievable!!!! I'm glad the new owner of the building decided to carry on the legacy.

When this attraction opened in '96, I lived only about a 25 minute drive away. Would take my house guests over here to see the layout. It was impressive then and remains so!

Wow! I built my own- 60 locos, 100 coaches, 200 wagons, 300 ft track , mountains tunnels, river, bridges , roads, buildings , 8 controllers, sidings, plus more .That was big enough - sold the lot n moved to Spain. Miss em now 😢.Took 45 yrs. total collecting

Made the trek here with the family in the early 2000s when Bruce Williams was still very hands-on with this place, what an interesting guy! he even took us for a ride on the outdoor railway on the property, and gave an organ recital in the theater there! So happy to see that this place still exists.

This is a work of almost biblical proportions! I especially loved the factories!

Rude, crude and vile - I love it! 😍😍

No comment I could say could express the awe I have for this.

Incredible, hard to believe. Amazing what someone can do if completely driven.

Is that 8 miles of track or 8 scale miles of track?? From you narrating I’d say 8 real actual miles of track!!!!! AMAZING‼️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇳🇿

I was there in the 90's, it's awesome, and hope it is preserved for generations to come. A work of art for sure.

The control room deserves a video of its own.

Absolutely amazing Model Railroad! Bruce really dedicated so much time and effort in building this and such perfection also. Thanks Chris for sharing!

That's too cool. Can you imagine how accomplished he must've felt after it all came together!?

As a TCA member & collector ( HO & O scale )since 2000 this is by far the most impressive layout I have ever seen. One can not wrap their head around the time consumption & visualization of building this enormous layout 👍🇺🇸

Wow, what a great video Chris! You cover everything, from graveyards to Kensington to the largest model railroad layout in the world! I live in Pennsylvania, about 60 miles away from Flemington, and definitely have to check this place out. I'm a huge railroad fan, both real and model, and was amazed also at the recreation of Harpers Ferry, WV, of which I have been through on Amtrak. Thanks for posting this!

This is incredible! The artistry... I'm blown away watching the video, it must be super impressive to see in real life.

Incredible! I see it, but I still can't believe it! I remember when I was a kid, my friend's dad had his entire basement filled with model trains and things like this. Needless to say, it was nothing compared to this!

I have been there several times. It is simply amazing!! The artistry and humor is everywhere and fun to see. A must for any model train enthusiast.

That was really a piece of art. So much detail it must have been fun for him. It kind of reminded me of the hills of West Virginia. Thanks for showing us. 💞🚆

Wow! Simply incredible! Thanks for taking me along. Loved your Satchmo impression ❤

My mind is blown on so many levels! First of all the amount of details is mind blowing! Pretty much every angle tops the one before. Then that it was built by one man! Then after putting all this work into this amazingly detailed art, he was willing to let it go. Thank you for the detailed video! I'm surprised that i never heard about this place. Wish i had a chance to see it in person!

The most fantastic model railroad setup I've ever seen!

It looks better now, than it was when I visited about a decade ago. I first visited back in the early 2000's and it was awesome. I went back a decade later and it was run down with big holes in the scenery and broken structures and only a few 2 or 3 car trains running. What a disappointment my second visit was. I'm happy to see it has been restored and in operation.

Went to Northlantz back in like 2018 or 2019 and got to meet Bruce. Very nice guy. He was right at the front, with this little half-open office full of cameras all over the layout. Glad to see the place is in good shape! I will say this. The new owners have a better taste in trains. When I saw it, the trains were shorter and only had F-unit locomotives. Good to see longer trains with more variety.

I’ll bet that Bruce decided to leave his obsession behind him and decided to go travel or do anything not in this building. Lots of hours spent there and a lot to show for it. Very cool he could move on. Even more cool that the person who bought the building saw the value of his work. Great Video!!!

Looks like HO scale, my favorite scale for trains. They look the most realistic. When the scale gets bigger you have that center 3rd rail which kills the "scale" part of it. When I was 9-10 years old in the 1980's my dad built me a killer HO scale layout. It was roughly 12 feet by 8 feet with two tracks (can run two trains at once) and was highly detailed with streets, buildings, houses, cars and even working lights in every building. There was even a Kentucky Fried Chicken. The RR crossing gates would lower when the trains approached the road. And amazingly he built it without me knowing it. He made it so it could fold up into the wall of our "play room" and when folded up all you saw was a large rectangle gap in the paneling on the wall. I thought nothing of it at my age. He would work on it when I was asleep at night or if he had a day off work while I was at school. Took him 6 months and he unveiled it one Christmas morning. The way he surprised me was when I opened some presents on Christmas morning and they were trains, HO scale locomotive and 10 rail cars. I was confused until he tole me to go in the play room where the layout was folded down and all the lights lit up in the houses. LOL. I thought that was impressive and it was. But the layout in this video is in a league of it's own. Ironically my parents are from NJ but they moved down to Miami in the 1970's before I was born. My father is still alive and kicking...I'll show him this video. I bet he will enjoy it. OMG...the controls at 15:19...those are the same exact controllers I had, I still have them. The black units with the 3 red switches and knob.

Very impressive. Can't imagine setting aside all the time to build and maintain this miniature world.

Very cool video! This place was awesome. I’m a big model train fan so this was nice to see

I live a few miles from this absolutely amazing wonderland. Have been there many times. A must see.

2:10 "That's me off to work, Sue." "Don't forget your climbing gear, Frank."

I love how impossible and whimsical the bridges are, it feels like this world is so fantastical yet so believable.

Fantastic tour! Thank you so much for taking the time to do such a great in depth video. 🙂

he was genius for being able to plan this out and build it with the ability to maintain it in the future. just stunning. his skill is quite obvious.

Thank you, and thank you to Jim as well. I don't think I will ever get to see this in person, so it's great to see video of it.

Fantastic Chris! Amazing place and amazing accomplishment. As always, a wonderful job!

Never heard of your channel or seen anything train related. But holy hell is this cool. Absolutely beautiful

Wow this beats my father in law’s railway, which takes up the whole attic, scenery is excellent to! 👏🏻🥳👏🏻🥳

Oh my God. Didn't know such a huge Train museum existed. Thank you.

Over the top Wow...! Living vicariously thru you Chris! Thx for this adventure

Absolutely fantastic Chris. This video is so exciting to see very impressive. Many thanks for visiting and sharing. Take care Chris 🇬🇧🇺🇸💯

Hamburg can give this place a run for it's money, but this is certainly very impressive.

Such an amazing place Chris. Awesome editing as well as the video. Keep up the good work.

What a stunning display. The sure amount of work into it is astounding.

Fantastic tour! Thank you so much for taking the time to do such a great in depth video.

Now that's incredible!

WOW This is awesome no words 😊😊👍👍👍👍

That's the most insane thing I've ever seen in my entire life

I used to live a mile or so up the highway from Northlandz and stopped in a couple of times. It truly is amazing. This video doesn't even do justice to the size of this thing. Thanks for filming this and bringing this to peoples attention.

No words!! Very Impressive! I don't even want to think about how you maintain something like this. Cleaning tracks, dusting off the models, getting to a stuck train on a bridge! An amazing layout.

The work is incredible, some of the Arch Bridges are not accurate but they look cool.

This is a wonderful video and this train setup is amazing. I could spend hours and hours there. I don't remember you saying was it all HO gauge? Those bridges are really a thing of wonder. So creative like real bridges. I remember when I was about 12 living in Albuquerque they would have the state fair there every summer, this was mid 70's. They have a train club go there and make a big setup that took up an entire building. I remember spending hours in there in just fascination. My mom and stepdad was so mad at me when they finally found me.

Unbelievable! So much details and love to the Landscape! Wonderful!

WOW.....Thanks for taking us here.

2:22 I see a head in the grey rock, top center. Short hair, looking down and to the left.

The unique and essential thing I like (the most) with model railroads is being with someone (for exemple my girlfriend) and starting with only one track (the main line)... I have my room and she have his room ; our rooms become our distinct cities. I decide how I want it and she decide how she want it too. The only rule is : all needs must be transported via gondola wagons (camera in front of locomotives) and CB are our phones : "Azumi, I need this and that.. Can you..." .. "Hai, give me 10-15 mins"... "Ok, I am waitng for you on L3 and L4"... We can not see what the orther do but very good project of love "(^ . ^)" 💕

Such a beautiful style to it all as well. The style holds it together, visually. Great video - thank you!

Went there twice as a kid. Blew my mind back then. Definitely worth checking out if you're a railroad fan.

I went there years ago when my kid was young ( in their late 20s now). It was overwhelming and to be honest back then it was kind of monotonous. From the video it looks like that changed over the years, it looks fantastic. Glad it survived.

It’s an incredible miniature world, I only wish there was more lighting like in the buildings and streets etc. would have been awesome to see the carnival rides moving and stuff too which I have seen in another huge layout I saw recently I forget where it was but the detail in that place was very impressive too just a different style. Would like to know how Bruce designed it before he started building it?

That's truly impressive, absolutely needed to be preserved.

Amazing! What a great job you did! I’ll always have a soft spot for Marx tin trains. As a kid growing up in the 80’s I got to play with boxes of pre and post war trains at my grandmothers house.

Great job of videoing the layout. Thanks for sharing it with us.

The planning! What a work of art from The Amazing Bruce.

I love trains ❤thanks for sharing

I got to see this a few years ago, when Bruce was still running it. It's wonderful to see Northlandz is still thriving.

This is an impressive display! You can see the craftsmanship in this display!

I visited here a few months ago. The place is _massive,_ yet everywhere seems to be carefully detailed. I definitely recommend visiting.

Salvadore Dali style glued to the mountains. Its like a painting. When you are finished you are finished for good. Very inspiring.

That’s pretty amazing, I never knew or heard about this! Thank you for sharing! ❤🎉😊

Grew up a couple miles from here and went a few times in my youth. Flemington has alot of great history. Glad to see Northlandz is still alive.

Wow,...This is the biggest model rail road I ever seen so far on You Tube or anywhere,....Great work and really detailed,...Thanks for sharing this video

WOW, WOW ,WOW ,AWESOME, i just don't know what to say, I will watching this again and again, thank you for sharing.

Used to go there all the time as a kid. They even had a ride on train out back. Early 2000's. Was such a cool place to wander and watch. The bridges Bruce created are incredible!

This is one of the most incredible pieces of art I have ever seen with exception of my better half. She is still to me one of the most incredible pieces of art ever made. Gods masterpiece !! I would love to see this someday. It is now on my bucket list thank you for this video.

Some of the best rock carving I've seen yet on KZfaq!

i live 10 minutes from Northlandz and can confirm it's an amazing space to visit, way more crazy in person

One huge miniature high five from a maker of miniature armour! The scale here is awe-inspiring. I would love to see some down-low shots with just the models lights... I am sure there would be no way of telling the scale! Incredible work... Especially THAT bridge! 🇬🇧🏆🇺🇲

Wow, this place is awesome. Thanks for sharing.

Biggest layout I've ever seen by a very long shot. Thanks Chris! 👍👍👍👍 Thanks Jim! 👍👍👍👍

So glad someone saved it all ! Should be a museum

WOW, AMAZING!!!😮 SPECTACULAR!!! Thank you for the tour! 🚂❤️😊🙏

Creations by nature are incredible! Grand creations by man are incredible! But when you take both & miniaturize them,now then it becomes fascination!

Very nicely documented! Well done sir! Thanks for sharing!