You and your dad are very lucky to share a great hobby with each other

It is so cool that model railroading has always been a family affair, the closest I ever came to that was my dad buying me my first set when I was 4 and having a life long love of trains ever since,cherish every moment you have with your dad because once they are gone it really leaves a void in your life regardless if they were involved in your hobby or not R.I.P. to my dad 4/27/19

ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR DAD BROTHERMAN, NEVER FORGET!! GOD BLESS!!!! J.M. & H.M. 😊😊😊😊

Well done. The love you have for your Dad transcends the video lens. It is clear your family understands the true meaning of “family”. Excellent narrative overview of the layout.

Your Dad has a wonderful layout - something to be very proud of!

Thanks for sharing some of your family memories, as well as your father's layout.

BEAUTIFUL BROTHERMAN, JUST BEAUTIFUL, LOVE THIS!! J.M. 😀😃😊😊

Your dad has an awesome layout, and warms my heart to hear the joy your dad gave you,

My dad introduced me to trains. He had Lionel and Marx, bought me HO. He’s been gone many years but they are still dad’s trains.

It is awesome that you and your dad share this hobby together I like the way you share your layout and other locomotives with us, I can tell where you got it from, Did Grandpa have a hand in this o gauge hobby.👍👌🇺🇸

Man! I wish my dad, or someone I know, was into trains! You’re one lucky guy!

This is what model trains are all about. I have memories as a kid putting together our track every Christmas. I built a 2 car garage set for my boys when they were small. We took it down years ago but we had a lot of good memories.

This is pretty amazing in that when dad created this it was for him and just a few eyes to enjoy. Now with the power of the internet tens of thousands of people are enjoying this and seeing this work. Well done

Beautiful! Your lucky your dad is still with you! My dad got me into this hobby! Father and Son! Fantastic! Bless you guys thanks for sharing!!

Thanks for sharing your dad's layout with us. My father made a layout when I was a kid and that inspired me to build mine. Wish my dad was still with us to share it with me. Enjoy the precious time with your family everyone..

Few are able to bring thier love for the hobby across the way you do. Truly amazing. The variety of those cabriolets and other cars from that era caught my eyes rigjt away.

A great layout by your dad. Its great for a family to have some of the same interests. My brother and myself always had layouts from the time we were kids. Enjoy the time with your dad now, it does not last forever.

Chris ! Thanks for sharing some of your heritage ;)

God bless you and your Dad.

Your Dad has a wonderful looking layout,with a lot of thought put into it. Excellent presentation.

My dad still has his lionel set from the 70's when general mills owned lionel. The build quality is poor but it is still neat he has his original set. And i still have my lionel set that my parents got me in the 90's. Now i have one daughter of my own and a son on the way. I hope to continue the love of model trains!

Your dad has a great layout and many great trains

Another great video. Love your dad’s layout, definitely looks like a lot of fun.

Chris, this was definitely something special and I was immersed in your father’s layout. I think you could have went on for hours and I would have never lost attention trying to see every detail. I have bought Gargraves track for my new layout and after seeing your dad’s layout, I think I made the right decision. There’s so much in his 16x9 layout that made me smile and the fact that I am setting up my new layout to be about 11x21, I will definitely be able to fit a lot more then what I thought inside those city limits. Thank you for this amazing look at your dad’s layout, I have been looking forward to this one for a long time. I will add that you have not aged a bit. I took a social media break over the past week to focus on my mom for Mother’s Day, so I am late to this party, but isn’t it something special...indeed.

I keep watching this video for ideas and to get just plain ole enthused! Big smiles.

I love the old 50's style trucks. I can imagine someone running a delivery as a train runs by in one of these trucks.

Awesome! My dad doesn’t even look at my trains

Thank you for sharing your dad's layout. It's wonderful to see the photos of construction and your dads layout is full of detailed scenes. The post war section for the kids is a great addition and must be a lot of fun for the kids. Another job well done on this video and its great that you and your dad share this passion. Looking forward to what you put up next!

Wow! What a great family legacy, Chris!! Dad has an awesome layout too. Thanks for sharing.

That layout is next level awesomeness. The attention to detail is flawless. Great video my friend

Now that's something special! Great tour of your dad's layout and collection even if it's missing a few diecast cars!

Beautiful layout. Very nice presentation!!

Very nice layout you dad built! A lot of really nice elements. Thanks for sharing the video!

Thanks so much Chris for showing off your Father’s layout it’s so amazing that it inspired you to this day to carry on the tradition I too have built layouts for myself and my son and hope he will still be interested to carry on the hobby when he gets his own home some day. cheers to you and dad, Ken

Another incredible video Chris!!! It's funny that your Dad is not a 'youtuber' so much as you. As old fashioned as my Dad was, he'd be right at home in front of the camera. I know this because one year, an antique show came down from New York City to do an hour long show featuring my father's collection. I could not believe how at home he was in front of the camera. My mother on the other hand had that wild animal look as she was extremely nervous. I was somewhere in between, a bit nervous but could still function. - LOL You're a natural in front of the camera, you even look a bit like a young Jim Carrey. This video is a great tribute to your parents and your memories of childhood, I believe this is what our hobby is all about - family. Keep up the great work!!

Thats great you and your dad can share that. You both have nice train layouts. Keep up with the great videos.

What a great looking layout. Lots of detail

Wonderful video showing off your Dad's sharp layout. Keep making more as time permits. John

This is very enjoyable video indeed seeing these trains inspires me to keep running my trains more and more !!

Great Video of your dad's layout!! The beauty of this hobby is its a family hobby!! The best part of it is when you can share it with others!!

Great job Chris, It's awesome to see how deep the hobby goes into people's lives. That first coaling tower your showed was amazing, I need to find something like that for my layout.

Your dad really put alot of thought into this very nice set up!

Great layout and wonderful commentary

Your dad's layout is nice. U guys are lucky to share this hobby

Would have been wonderful if your dad had come on the channel, please pass on my respect for a job well done. 🇦🇺

Hey, tell your dad, that is the best train lay-out I've ever seen! Thanks for posting this video!

There you go again Chris, great video. You and your dad are lucky to share a great love of trains. Amazing layout’s you both have. Amazing buildings, access areas are well hidden, that was a great shot with the hand. Love the idea of the kids layout. Keep up the great work. Oh and I see where you learned to power a layout. LOL. Look forward to the next video as always. Take care my friend, Tim

That Falstaff Beer truck is super cool. That was my dads beer of choice.

Both of y'all have awesome layouts gives inspiration had to tear down my tubular Lionel layout to reorganize my train/hobby room due to life changes but planning in the near future to rebuild I enjoy your channel and the trains you show case

This is a good looking layout with plenty of detail

Great overview! Your dad has some very nice buildings on his layout. Sure looks like a lot of fun!

Was looking forward to seeing your Dad's layout. It looks super! Sure has a lot going on in 16x9'. I keep hoping one of my kids will get the bug so we can enjoy the hobby together!

Nice 👍 video you nailed this your dad really knows how to build a good layout I’m impressed this is good entertainment!

Hi Chris, New subscriber after seeing you in Classic Toy Trains. It is very cool that you and your Dad share the hobby. Reviewed some if your past videos. Loved the Euro locos from MTH. I had forgotten just how beautiful they were. All the best to you and family be safe 👍🙂😮🌟

Wonderful!

FISHING & MODELRAILROADING, your family would be my perfect family! The only hobby missing is aquariums!

I just ran across this video. I love your dad's track choice. Ross switches and Gargraves track. My choices also. I'm at 11x16 with 072 to 096 curves. His scenes are great.

Hi Chris, I was video foaming and happened upon your Chanel, it’s great all of your videos are great but what really grabbed me was the video at your dads layout, it’s heartwarming to see the tradition being carried on. (Thanks your dad for me) I’m a train nut, started with my dads Lionel at my birth 70 years ago, then into HO and now I’m doing a (never ending) N scale because I’m doing it in modules, we’ll kind of. LOL Thanks for sharing a great hobby!

Such a cool layout! Scenery looks awesome!

Your video have given me some good idea for my set up .

great layout thanks for posting

Great video and wonderful layout and tour.

Really cool!

Dad has a nice layout

Your dad has one fine layout! I run Western Maryland on my layout and it's cool to see I'm not the only one that does (I saw some WM freight cars on your layout too!). Thanks for the overview of your dad's layout. Enjoyed watching this very much.

Awesome video! I was at my parents last week and saw the old 4x12 layout. Brought back lots of memories. I also “borrowed” a few items from it 😂

Superb vid

Great stuff. Thank you!

No wonder you have such a passion.your dad's layout is magazine grade awesome.thanks for sharing.how is your southern f3s?. choochoo auctions has a postwar era aba set on market.itis an excellent source for postwar and MPC era trains.your last video made me realize the charm of MPC era trains.now we all focus on prototypical and scale stuff.somehow those MPC engines just keep going.keep up your wonderful work.god bless you all

Very nice!

Inspiring! Thank you.

I'm a dad & hello from Milwaukee wisconsin 👍

Your dad is COOL! Awesome layout.

Being 65 I'm hoping that my kids / grandkids will be continuing the trains tradition that my Dad started long ago with my brother and me...

I came across your channel. Looks great and fun attitude. Subscribed

One word”WoW” 🚂

Great video!!!

Very nice layout.......

Great video as usual! How the heck did you get so many subscribers so fast? I want in on the secret lol. Congrats on growing your channel, I bet you’ll be a 2K before the end of the summer!

Hey!!!! How did you know I was watching????? (3:45). What a pleasant trip down memory lane. 05/06/2021

Awesome video 🚂👍🚄

I remember Boston and Maine.

Great stuff Chris! My dad and I have an O Gauge layout that we've been building on little by little since 1989. It's 20 ft by 20 ft and there's a lot of action on it. I would love to see your layout in person

Holy cow, this whole time I’ve been watching you I didn’t recognize you until I saw your dad!!! My uncle owned train depot in mt airy. Tom gartner. My dad was bull gartner who repaired American flyer trains and we worked with your family many years working with you. Sadly my dad passed last August from cancer and Tom gartner sold the train store. It’s not the same anymore! I was the younger kid always in store on Saturday helping. I’m 35 now but been helping there since I was 8. Love to chat with you sometime

Your Dad has good taste in trains.

I love the coaling tower on your Dad’s layout. Is that scratch-built, or a kit?

I’ve always been an HO guy myself, but these layouts are very nice

I get the same feeling with my Amtrak autoracks. N scale though lol

Yes as soon as I could walk and talk at a young young person I could nothing but trains trains trains and more trains. Penn Central and such like that I love trains

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Excellent video and narrative. Could you tell me who made that grain car with graffiti? Also why did your dad do the tubular elevated track? Just wondering. Those are good memories you have of your younger train hobby days. Its good you have the pictures to go along with them. Many of my dad's old tables are just a memory. Take care.

I change my layout so often, nothing is permanent.

I love the beard!

Chris. I watched your video with r’s trains tonight. You mentioned your dads/your first train was a Marx train. I’m curious? Is that train still in the family? Also which engine/set was it? I started out with Marx trains myself. Every time I see a Marx train I’m a kid again.

Know any background on his green bridges? I have one from years ago that looks just like them, but never really knew who made them. Picked it up at a model train show in Houston.

you lucky you still have your dad

What is the use of that centre rail in O scale tracks?

Rip bill the guy that made the coal tower

I have some old train stuff that I'd like to get rid of I was a kid I was in the trains a lot love your channel but just not in the trains like that anymore do enjoy watching also have some other buildings and stuff original in the box don't know if anybody's interested

Maddux is here