Oh my god. That opening and closing doors are amazing! Same with the pantographs. None of the British trains we have in the UK do that. That's AWESOME.

Chris stop it. Your making me want this model. If it was not for the journal bearings on the trucks and the parts availability dwindling for this model. I would not hesitate to try to get one. The issues on this set do not seem as hard to fix as I was lead to belive. The opening doors are the real draw that makes me still want this set. They will hold their value as you pointed out. Thanks for making my sunday night.

Great video and enjoyed the fun presentation with this set! I’ve ridden in that fine, thin air on the Acela, Germany ICE and Japan’s Bullet trains at 150 mph +. The recent Virtual Rail trip with Executive Rail’s Catalpha Falls clocked at 110 was also a smooth as silk experience for a 1949 rail car!

I just happened to check out your channel. It’s great to see someone other than myself appreciate the much maligned MPC era products. I think they really are responsible for reviving the Lionel brand by bringing back some desirable items like the GG1s, and producing new ones such as the SP Daylight sets with both diesel and steam engines. And it looks like you’re having a good time with your trains! Keep up the good work!

“Welcome back Folks! Hope you having a great week…” Always makes my day!

0:06 I love that sound from the Amtrak Acela express when the doors are about to be close.

Dang! I blinked and I missed it! Gotta rewind, give me a minute... OK. Wow, that's fast all right! Truly an amazing piece of model engineering, but Acela's a bit too "avant-garde" for my taste. I'm a traditionalist, so I took a little sweet satisfaction when you said your 675 is the fastest on your layout. Of course! Steam rules, baby! No catenary? No biggie, just say it's running on "third rail" power! (Ahem.) Thanks for being here Chris, you made my Sunday night! Better than anything on the tube right now, let me tell you!

Oh god. I had chills when the acela extended it's pentograph (I hope I said it right.) Also it's a train from the year 2026, and it's going back to the future!

I never got into the 3 track train sets but this is awsome

That Acela horn is marvelous 😍

What a great model, Chris! The most amazing technologically activated trains I've ever seen! Cool does not do justice to this awesome model!

the Genuine excitement whenever you move a train is so good!

Love the Acela, the doors, the pantographs, the whole thing. Also really liked the F unit, well all of it really, but the F unit is eye catching. Great video Chris, and if I start wanting Amtrak equipment I’ll know who to blame!

That is truly an amazing train packed with some cool technology going back to 2005. Very impressive looking on your layout Chris with the added three car set.

Another awesome video Chris! Love the fact that you are running a nice variety of different Amtrak trains! My favorite is the GG-1 with the streamline passenger cars. I have the same set that I run on my club’s layout. It is such a great looking set!!!!

Dude, you are hilarious. Looks like a fun layout you got there. I love the look of the Amtrak lines. Probably the F40PH and SDP40F Phase III are my favorites.

Nice video, interesting to see trains from the past still running.. Btw in 2005 I had the Acela. Although I never got to see it run a complete trip around my layout. It was exciting to have such a technological toy train

I love your enthusiasm coupled with you stylised way of presenting.

Chris, I can’t tell you how much I have always wanted an Amtrak train set. When I was a kid, I asked for the 1995 set, but it was unfortunately not available in our area and I have always admired the MPC set because like you, I have a thing for that era for some reason. As always, I enjoyed your break down about the Acela and seeing one Amtrak after another make a cameo was a highlight. I also liked that you gave a demo for quenching the Acela’s thirst which will definitely help some younger hobbyist to listen to their trains. It’s Christmas time and this is the time of year for trains! I have my Polar Express sitting around the tree and my Santa Fe visiting our Christmas Village! I hope that you and your family have a wonderful Christmas and a blessed New Year! Happy Holidays Chris!!!

The Acela is really nice, enjoyed seeing all the different Amtrac trains, had never seen them all together, thanks for sharing Chris

Great video! Super layout! Excellent variety of trains! Love the Acela! (On my wishlist)

THAT WAS GREAT ☺️👍 Nice seeing you have a great time also. Having all of them running was fun. 🤗

To this day I have not even taken my Acela set out of the box for testing. I hope mine runs as well as yours once I get a new layout up and running when my new home is finished.

Holy smokes thats an awesome train set you have picked up. love the opening doors, so cool!

Great to see a man involved with his hobbies. Subscribed

Awesome Amtrak set! Love the features!

I didn’t think this modern train would be that interesting but your video proved me wrong what a great set I just wish they made a smaller version for 48” curves so I could run it

That Layout Looks Amazing! Especially the GG1!

Just WOW. I was at the Lionel booth in the Orange Hall back when this first came out. I think I was 12 then, but I'm super excited to see how these come out next year. I was very tempted to get one (especially that Hiawatha fantasy paint scheme)!

Awesome stuff Chris! Your collection really took a step up with this one

My favourite video of RBP trains, great video Chris!

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

This is a fantastic video it's very fun to show the various amtraks including the 2005 acela The thing that really stands out here is that you show off the layout size and all the volume where the train traverses from the various tracks I hope you're able to do that with some more of the videos for videos for all the freights and passenger and other specialty trains that you can run

Wow!!! Awesome video as always my friend. I love the Amtrak varieties. I have the Genesis Engine in the Phase 1 paint scheme and some Amfleet cars. I lived in CT for about 5 years and would always Amtraks on the New Haven line.

Love all this Amtrak equipment, thanks for running them

God I enjoyed this, I really wish that I had the space, time and money to be able to build a set to this degree. This was brilliant 👏

Wow, what a rocket ship train to enjoy!

Hey Chris I had a big beaming smile all the way through this video, so cool and so very funny and how about those doors. Thanks again wonderful.

This train looks awesome. After seeing your video and Sean’s, I definitely want one. Even with the issues people have with it, I’d still buy this one.

Love the video. Also your haircut brings me back to 1999!

You've been holding out on me Chris🤔 Didn't know you had 1 too. Great to see MY favorite model train running and without incident. Great vid as always👏🏻

Woooow, amazing, mind blown hopefully one day I'll have this set or any other one of the sets. Great video RBP Trains 👍👍👍😎😎😎

Great video! Great shots!

the acela is dope! they all looked great running high speed on the layout.

Cool video! Before commissioning the Acela from Bombardier AMTRAK did a case study by testing two European trainsets in the early 1990s. The Swedish State Railways ASEA/ABB model X2000 and the German DB AEG, ABB Siemens model ICE 1. The X2000 had tilt technology and coluld maintain speed in “standard” non-high-speed turns while the ICE was more powerful and could accelerate harder out of turns. And in the eleventh hour Bombardier came out of left field with the concept design for the Acela. There is a brilliant YT mini documentary about that test period.

Chris!!! That’s so cool. I’ve watched 29 seconds and had to reply. Those doors closing is too cool!! Absolutely love it!!

Chris….I watch a lot of train layout videos and you are the most entertaining. Keep up the good work. Rick B

Very entertaining. I run the Alco FA set, with a non powered A unit also at Christmas. I runs along my Christmas 1964 @029 steam engine. Gotta love the old ozone smell from the old transformer.

Cool, I love the Amtrak Acela! But I’ve never ridden it before.

Nice layout, beautiful trains. Thanks

Cool train layout video.

Woah that’s amazing

This is the first video of yours I've seen and I instantly sub'ed. Great work. I'm not in the train hobby myself anymore(havn't had a setup since I was 16-17) but I love watching peoples setups. I had HO scale, what gauge/scale is your setup? I'm not familiar. It looks fantastic.

Great video! I love most older trains but pretty soon, Acelas express will be replaced with a new Acela Express called the Avelia Liberty!

Pretty accurate! I hope it came with the Rather unfriendly Attendant in the Cafe Car that I hade to deal with going to DC about a Month ago.

Just bought my first little model rail road trains because of your videos now. I got build a layout ect... decided to go ho for my first set up thanks man love the videos been a sub on my other account for awhile now

Thanks for sharing the video really cool

Sweet layout, I really like the amtrak acela.

Excellent video, nice work 👍

Lionel released a new Acela in 2021. It’s really cool. The other engine is powered as well. Do that gives it extra pulling power.

NOT ONLY DID I GET THE NEW ACELA BUT JUST SCORED THE 2005 Acela full set tonight on eBay, yea I payed over but it’s never been ran! Still in original plastic! 2100 for it, but love it. I’m so so so excited. I really wanted both of these together, the new and old. I gotta wait on the bridge for like a year or so, plus the pay out will be moving to a building here in Kentucky.

You know you're living the dream when you get to have an entire railway setup in the comfort of your own home.😆

WONDERFUL Models ! 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

Great train, your layout is awesome.

That Acela is one the best models I’ve ever seen. What a treat to see it running at full speed as well! Does it tilt at all like the real ones? That would be the icing on the cake.

It’s nice to see working pantographs on H0 scale too! Although we H0:ers still miss those wonderful doors!

Good one, Chris! He he - Your personality is half the fun! Keep it up!

Love your videos RBP right on.

I heard the doors on the acela set were a nightmare for Lionel. Your doors seem to work flawlessly.

Now that is what I am talking about, nice!

That is awesome!

IT'S GREAT!!! CONGRATULATIONS FROM MONTEVIDEO URUGUAY, SOUTH AMÉRICA!!

Great job awesome video thank you

I think that it’s a lot cooler to run O gauge due to the fact that it’s harder to fit inside a house without having a room/garage fully dedicated to it, it’s also easier to make due to it being bigger but it’s far more difficult all around due to the space it takes up

You're fun to watch! In a good way of course :)

I've never seen that many AMTRAK train running at once on a layout. Way cool!

A new version is coming?! Wow! I wonder how big of a King's ransom that'll cost. I admire all of you in this type of O scale as it's really expensive, hence my sticking with the Lionel Metro-North M7 set and if I can ever find one reasonably priced, the Lionel LIRR M7 set. I stick with the O scale NYC subway sets from MTH and the one set of only three that Lionel produced of the NYC subway, I have the R30 with the automatic opening and closing doors as on this gorgeous Acela set. Out of 12 sets of O scale NYC subway sets that I have, that Lionel set with the opening/closing doors and directional lighting is my absolute FAVOURITE and what a shame Lionel didn't continue producing NYC subway sets in O scale. This Acela is superb and thanks so much for this video. Is it possible to see the Acela run again "at night"? That would be fun! New to your channel, subscribing NOW!

That Acela set is awesome

I really enjoy your videos and love the combination of old and new. You remind me so much of a younger/happier Jim Carrey. I keep on waiting for you to snap into Fire Marshall Bill and scream "Let me show you something!".

This guy spent tens of thousands on this train set. What a train set it is.

This is actually so cool

That’s awesome!!

That Acela train is awesome.

You have awesome setup so cool.

Man I love that amtrak train for a 2005 model that is 👌

Love that video 👌🏼

Entertaining video as always Chris! Made my father and laugh. We would love to see a video of the lighting and camera equipment setup you have when filming. Everything always seems so bright and vibrant. I really want to share our hard work on youtube as well but the test video I recorded tonight is way to dark.

That's a good looking set but I think I would prefer the GG one that looked awesome thanks for sharing 👍👍

This is awesome

Congrats!

I have the same post-war loco, but it’s number 224, got it in a New York Central freight set

Good job man love the trains

Gotta love it!

I always wanted this one! 😍

Great trains!

I love it!

Fantastic video!

Cool layout

i'm new here but i just subbed. this is an awesome model ! :D

I didn’t think I’d be a fan of this one but you have converted me. Sooooooper Nice. (PS-the MS assistant was named Clippy at one time. Silly paper clip.)