The way those articulated locos - and all those cars - went around those insanely tight bends was amazing. Fantastic.

What is just as impresive is just how clean it is all being kept; let alone just having that much stock. Magic.

When people say :”I like to collect O-gauge trains” I have a big layout in my basement. This guy right here- Hold my beer 🍺

This needs to be in the Guinness Book of World Records. A train great run conducted on a great permanent outdoor O Gauge rail layout winding through a grove of real redwood trees. Was it serious or was it fun??? Yes!

My grandfather was a coal miner, and I can vividly remember watching the coal trains riding by the house, at 2 am in the morning, headed to Virginia Beach with coal headed for Europe. I get a thrill viewing this video. This is enormously emotional for me.

I LOVE this long freight train! This is like the most amazing long train I have ever seen on a model layout.

I'm overwhelmed! This is like a hobbyist " I've died and gone to heaven" system. Yeah, I'm gushing. Fantastic!

Just A Great Feet Of The Power Of The Locomotives. Wonderful Set Up And Completion Of The Run Loved It Thanks👍👍👍👍

I love trains. Makes me feel like a little kid again.

That layout is amazing! Thanks for sharing and NEVER GROW OLD!

Has to be one of the most fascinating things I've seen in a very long time! The smaller redwood trees really give it a real-world view!

Amazing! The capital outlay for the rolling stock and engines alone must be in the stratosphere.

Man...those three model Big Boy locomotives are powerful little trains aren't they? I've hear how expansive just one of them cost. But from what I see here, you're getting your money's worth.

Glad I came across this video. My parents moved out to the country and the property they bought had a Gauge 1 track and shed the previous owner put up with love and care. There’s 270 yards of track they had removed by an enthusiast who knew the previous owners d showed me the gas powered engines they used on there. Amazing things. I never knew these garden miniature railways were so popular 👍🍻

You have managed to capture that horrible feeling of sitting at a crossing waiting for a very long train to pass. That's is the hardest thing to do! Makes your set the most realistic I've ever seen.

Wow, that was very impressive! Jawtooth Approved!!

What an amazing minature railway. A lot of effort gone to creating the layout and rolling stock. Would like to visit one day.

That was awsome! Love the outdoor layout and real trees. Great job.

WOW! A lot of effort was put into creating such a fantastic layout, thank you for sharing. Enjoyed watching this run.

After watching this video,i only saw 1 old man and a bunch of young boys/girls enjoying watching train

Bubbles of Trailer Park Boys would have tears in his eyes seeing this

I must say though, Lionell has some pretty good looking stuff. And the Soundsystem is beautiful. Sounds great!

That's really a neat layout. Steam powered? Wow! It runs real smooth. I've always wanted to build something like that but never had the time or money. My interest is in lighted tunnels and overhead lines. Congratulations to the builders!!

This is a wonderful layout! Congratulations on your achievements and great success on this historic run!

This is beautiful. I used to love train when I was little.

Just found your video, and I am very impressed. So glad you had a successful run.

I used to love to visit the model railroad museum in San Diego, CA when I was young. I'm now 36 and still love watching these tiny locomotives chug along!

I am wondering just what the actual pulling load is? Even a hundred and ten feet of model railroad cars has got to be a substantial amount of weight. Nice job Y'all.

Thanks for picking my 64th birthday to achieve this feat. I see that there may have been a few more 60ish young boys enjoying the trains also. I love the layout and the location. I know that there's many hours of work and love placed into its construction and I only wish that I could run my vintage trains there just once. I was given my extensive set of Lionel trains in 1956 and have lovingly cared for them ever since. They were always placed back in their boxes and the multitude of lengths of track disassembled with care when the time came for my "layout" to be put away. I would have track running all through the house. I found the receipt for my trains in one of the boxes. It was from a hobby store in Chicago IL, dated 1953. My dad had purchased me my train set when I was a year old, probably in hopes that I would also become a train fan. Was he ever right. Thanks for the video experience it was very well done and congratulations.

Several questions have come up asking about the freight cars used for this event. Here are some answers: Of the 114 freight cars, a majority of them (86) were extruded aluminum tank and one Caboose made by K-Line. Reefers and Milk cars (16) made by Lionel. Hopper cars (6) made by Atlas. Big Boy Box cars (6) made be MTH. Generally, all well made freight cars have steel wheels, several had needle bearings, and all had excellent couplers. Our crew went through all of them to give a sparing dose of oil to minimize friction.

I still remember when the Museum of Transportation in St.Louis County got a Big Boy . My dad dabbled in Model Railroading when I was a kid and we spent a lot of time at the museum and driving around to towns to measure Railroad buildings . I was lucky , I grew up playing with Cool Trains , what you have is Amazing !! Thank you for sharing your passion !

A real train set. I wish I could have seen this as a kid. 7th heaven. Those 2 engines have to be heavy to pull that much weight.

Loved this! Planning a small outdoor layout, can’t wait! 🚂

Way cool . Seen old pictures of the big boy doing all that solo .

"Ach du lieber, mein schatz"!!! I'm not into model steam trains, but get GREAT PLEASURE seeing them in action! The wonderful DETAIL on these steamers really "turns me on"! HOW do you "syncronize" all these engines??? I love to see "Eric'sTrains" videos as much as I can as he goes into great detail when reviewing these wonderful model steamers (you diesel guys stay at home!!!). This is one very very wonderful hobby for sure! "Gesundheit"!!!

Fantastic!!! To run a train that long without any problems is a testament to the quality of construction

Your video was so fun to see. Thank you ! 👍👍👍👍👍

Interesting layout and nice job on the train.

This is the result of PURE ART .. love, and D E V O T I ON 👏👏👏👏 Thanks for sharing this mind blowing experience 👏👍🙏

Well done, enjoyed watching. Props to conductor and crew.

A little history of the Big Boy Locomotives. A total of 25 were built by ALCO at Schenectady, NY. 20 in 1941 (Nos. 4000-4019) and 5 in 1944 (Nos. 4020-4024). Their primary early route was between Ogden, UT to Green River, WY used for WW-II to replace the requirement for double heading long freights over the Wasatch Mountains. The last revenue train using a Big Boy was in 1962. Only eight (non-operating) still exist, which are located generally at museums with the one (No. 4014) which was located at the Pomona, Los Angeles Fairgrounds. No. 4014 was selected by Union Pacific during 2013 as being in the best shape for restoration (thanks to The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, Southern California Chapter who maintained it during it's stay at Pomona). It is the only Big Boy that will likely be restored to operating condition after a five year re-work at Cheyenne, WY as it becomes part of Union Pacific's Heritage Steam Locomotive Fleet.

Amazing run!! 👍🏻👍🏻 Great video!! Love that Steam!!

Well done! Great show! I didn't think the train would make it round all those curves, but it did!

Seen this a couple times over the years and it amazes me every time!

Pretty cool. Far cry from the Lionel set up my dad built and set up for XMas back in 1953 or 54. It had two switches and two ovals, my brother and I would race around a locomotive and blue switcher, trying not to to crash into each other, but it happened. They were very durable and I don't recall them breaking down. My dad built a town and airport with a twirling tower light, he even installed lights in the buildings. I wish I still had it, but for sure it was one thing I vividly remember growing up.

Location unknown, what a coincidence heaven’s location is also unknown...

Beautiful layout. Legendary Locomotives. Great consist in tow. Thank you!

Wow, I had write a novel, bake an apple pie, and read 2 books. I came back and we are STILL going by this train!

I LOVE THIS VIDEO. THANK YOU.

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

Absolutely wonderful. The effort to construct the track and locomotives plus rolling stock is very impressive. Really enjoyed watching, thanks for posting. The Big Boy was such an impressive engine, would have loved to have seen one in real life.

I love the articulateds! One day I will have one. But, I think the commentary at the end was best. Reminds me of my grandparents. 👍🇺🇸

I don't have a real interest in trains but if I ever visit the States its these sort of places I want to visit. I don't wanna go and look at a load of stupid stars on a sidewalk. I wanna see the weird and wonderful, filled with eccentrics and real characters with big beards and funny nicknames; like Hobo Mike, I bet he has a few stories to tell, nobody gets called Hobo Mike without having some stories! :D

I live in Cheyenne WY, and I've touched the old Girl that is being restored, she still has life left in her. And when they got her all the way down to the cast iron frame, it was in perfect shape. Cant wait to see her run under her own power.

Such a wonderful reconstruction of miniscule train model , real memoir of the nostalgia of past. Quite a feat. Nice feelings to see it.

These boys sure know how to have serious fun, BIG time!

Great , great stuff lots of love invested to get this job done !!

Wow - I find myself singin' " Freight Train " and with this music playin' along with me, i sound petty dawg-gone good. - Thanks for the buzz !

Just love the music."Freight Train" if my memory serves me correct. Long time no hear. The locomotives are just super. If I had the chance to see this layout when I was a boy it would have changed my life for sure. Thanks a million for the video.

WOW This is an Outstanding Layout and I am totally blown away by the attention to detail. My Hometown Railroad is Reading PA and I as well have the distinction of being one of those lucky kids born between 1959 to 1964 to be known as a "rambler baby". Looking forward to seeing one of the last remaining T-1's back in steam this year! Keep those engines on schedule my friends!

Nobody: KZfaq recommendations: Hey wanna see this mile long model train

great collection, ive never seen the union pacific tankers in yellow in person.

What a wonderful video. 4-8-8-4. Sort of a holy grail. I will watch this again.

Incredible detail and talent putting that together!

I estimate the cost of the locomotives and rolling stock alone in this video to be $12-14k. Very cool!

Whoa this is awesome. Also the Centurion tanks look awesome.

What a fantastic layout! Thank you for sharing this event. Seeing the young ones there with the older folks and everyone in between, well, thats the best part. I live in Arizona, U.S. and have seriously put thought into doing an outside layout. Im by the Mohave desert and it gets kinda warm at times, 🤣 yeah, kinda warm😉. So im thinking I would have melting plastics to contend with. Anyway, an inspirational, just downright beautiful layout you all have there and I thank you for sharing.

Amazing video! Big thumbs up from me and new subs. Now got your back catalogue of videos to watch,deep joy! Thanks guys.

I thought it ran along a mile track. This was much more impressive

Wow!! I am forced to believe what I have a hard time believing. That is astounding !! I didn't know that model railways could achieve this length. This is an eye-opener.

Fantastic and beautiful. Thanks a mile.

A true Master Peace. I enjoyed watching this video.👍🏻👍🏻

That is amazing!

The most that my dad and I ever made it was 55 cars on out oof line we had in o gauge, which we used a QSI SD 90 Mac to pull them all. Occasionally we’d use his old postwar Santa Fe locomotive with magnetraction. That thing would pull like nobody’s business. Other times we’d run 4 old Lionel Chicago Northwestern FM train masters to that consist. We’d run her wide open on a ZW with nothing else connected to the ZW because they would draw a lot of current and we didn’t want to melt down the old transformer.

What a festival of trains with tiny miniatures, elegantly firing up running!

Wonderful wonderful train layout. Awesome to watch the trains move on the track. I missed Santa Ynez, California.!

Great video, great layout. I have seen Union Pacific Big Boy number 4012 at Steamtown in Scranton, PA on 9/24//2012, I had to take 2 pictures of Big Boy 4012 that I have displayed on my dining room table.

Keeping the layout clean must be a full time job, especially cleaning the tracks for good electrical contact.

I really enjoyed your video of the train layout. I am not a model train person but have ridden all the AMTRAK routes west of St. Louis as a great way to see The West. Several years ago I saw a Union Pacific Big Boy pulling its business passenger cars speeding past the Kirkwood train station, which is a suburb of St. Louis. The loud noise of the locomotive as it neared and went by was deafening. What a sight! I sure enjoy looking at train layouts such as yours. It's incredible.

Great video! Thanks. Greetings from Czech Rep. Petr, Olomouc.

Even at 1/8 scale, I still cant tell which train is moving in the station. The one I'm on or the one beside me?

Love it, I would like to be there.

Very nice O gauge set up. Enjoyable. Still have my Lionel from about 1956 in their boxes. One of my prize possessions.

Amazing! Just wonderful! Such a lay out and the craftsmanship of it's construction. Impressive. The great tanker run. TY worthy to be seen...TV is Dead!

G'day and greetings from Tasmania Australia, well bloody fantastic! I suppose the rolling stock and engines are Lionel a great American Company that has survived. Thank you for showing the video kind regards John PS have subscribed and it's great to see the articulation on the front leading engine as it tackles the track radius, by the way lovely grounds and how you rounded the track though the trees. One day I'm going to get over to the States I would love to see it.

Great video&layout😎😎

Great video, excellent work. Thank you for sharing.

A dream come true for everyone to see! Thank you for the video!

Awesome, love it. Quite the accomplishment. Also diggin' the irony of steam loco's pulling fuel tankers. Lmao. Thought only i did this

The “Lionel” third rail always wrecked it for me, but this is a a great layout that captures an era we will never see again. Ever.

Seeing that young fella at 17:40 made me wonder if he would be a future railway engineer or modeller himself as he gets older, having built several 00 and N gauge layouts in the past, all indoors within a 12’ x 9’ space, I would just have loved to have something like this close by and to think it all had to be dismantled, such a shame, nowadays I don’t have a model railway but fond memories, thanks for sharing this lovely video, Mike West Bromwich, UK

I didn't think the vision line big boy's could pull that many freight cars. Nice work!!

Magnificent

Who the hell gave this video a thumbs down? Shame on you. Some people just suck.

Truly amazing! Nice work.

Wow! We were moving along the train when we saw a giant! He was huge!

11:24 articulated locomotive ! : )

Reading the comments, I think it's funny you can break couplers on a model train. It just never occurred to me. I work for Rio Tinto Iron Ore in Western Australia and our trains are 2,300 m long and weigh 33,000 tons and we break couplers on a regular basis. I've never broken one myself (touch wood) but I've seen plenty of them lying on the side of the track. Breaking couplers on a model, so funny.

This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen!!!!

Still have mine from the 60's, this is what I dreamed of,sooooo cool.