The modern-day record is 31 locomotives and 1,563 freight cars. Now you have the bar to jump over...

75 cars with one postwar FM Trainmaster is my longest. Great video!

Excellent Jason, I am a major fan of long trains. My problem is being retired and getting back into the model train world is a lot more expensive than I can afford. But what I do have put together is more than enough to make my 7 y/o granddaughter very happy. Just an aside, I still have my original Lionel train given to me by my parents back in the mid-1950's. And it still runs great and I would bet you a 2 liter bottle of soda that it could pull all 54 coal cars! Enjoy your summer, I am looking forward to seeing your 2024 Christmas layout. Respectfully, ~Ken

You said it best: "a childhood dream realized" great video, Jason! - Ryan

Great video. I love O gauge even though I'm an N scale modeler. For comparison, my 25-car roadrailer train pulled by 2 SD70's measures 9' 5".

Jason don't drop your Big Boy like someone we know

Been awesome seeing the layout come together, been watching since it was only REALTRAX on the original layout with the Dash 9

That was a mighty little switcher to pull all those cars, Jason, with power to spare. Very impressive!

Wow! The Big boy I guessed could probably do it. Really had to say wow when the switcher did it. Keep having fun!

Impressive, very impressive. I’ve never seen a single individual own so much of the same type of rolling stock. You my friend are a true railfan junkie. -🤣👍🏻

Fun video, Jason! I know this video was a lot of work to put together, but know you had a good time running all of those trains. Thank you for sharing your railroad and trains with us! Bill B.

Nice! Loved seeing your long trains! Now I don't feel as bad when I pull mine out on the Austin Tinplate Trackers layout. Thanks for sharing! -Ricky

I think I had that mth video on DVD. A great tribute to our childhood.

The hobo union approves of this video, and will be visiting a layout near you.....❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊

Makes me glad I model HO scale which allows me to realistically run 90-100 cars.

Fantastic video Jason! The nostalgia callbacks were excellent and plentiful, that 98 product video is one of my favorites as well, excellent collection showcase and homage!

This is so awesome I want to be like you. When I grow up wait a minute I’m 73. I’m already grown up. Thanks for sharing. You’re awesome.

Thanks for the fun ! I just made a video with 44 Lionel 8000 gallon tank cars, now I need to make a longer one. A tiny MTH 44 ton GE diesel could pull it.

Hi JD. I've been looking forward to your next video and wondering exactly what's your next challenge would be. Well I wasn't disappointed. You remind me of myself and that I always look for challenges that blow my mind. I really like your sense of humor and I enjoy the sarcasm that goes along with it. You have a great layout and a great railroad car collection. I wondered what you been doing during the winter to entertain yourself and now I know! You really crack me up. I always look forward just seeing your next video. You must be some kind of telepathy going on here because I've been thinking about you for the past 2 weeks wandering how are you doing. Thanks for sharing this video. I wish I lived closer to you. We would have a blast running your trains and checking out your cars. Thanks for sharing a great video. Looking forward to the next one. Try not to drive your wife crazy!

Very cool. We do this all the time. 20ft×20ft layout, O Scale. Front of the engine within a few inches of the rear or the Caboose

Wow!!!!!! Good work!!!!!

Jason I remember that promo MTH video and even before I bought my first Lionel. I quickly purchased an MTH R-T-R starter set as my first purchase. To me, MTH still gives you the best bang for your buck in what you get for lets say $400-500. Even today, Lionel does not even come close, even with their newer Lion Chief Plus models. You have an awesome and impressive layout! Cheers!

I am glad to hear positive remarks of the MTH engines. Also, of the Railing switcher. JH

Nice train run with 50 fright cars Jason. Layout looks great.

Wow the last minute with the 4 long trains going. Very cool!!

That switcher must be in steroids or something lol

Magnificent catches of the model trains coming by and pass, I like it 5 stars. By watching more 50+ more cars being pulled by Big Boy was amazing. Keep up the perfect work, my friend, liked and subscribed, Greetings from Portugal to the USA.

A lot of fun to watch! Thanks for posting this. Train ON!

The MTH Stteel Switcher is absolutely amazing

The GT engine is really nice.

Congrats and thanks for the fun video Jason! 🚂👏

Hi Jason. I enjoyed the video. Keep up the good work. And keep those videos rolling.

Great episode and great trains!

Looks good can’t wait to see some color on the layout

Great video,thanks Jason

What a great run session Jason! Love long trains.

I enjoyed this video, JDStucks! I love the fast food buildings too!

That was pretty great, thanks! Ron

Fantastic video!!!!

Man I got to Finnish my train layout . I got the curving to pull easy 50 cars . So much time and work . All the track is in place .

Great video as always!

Nice. This brings back memories of the mighty pre PSR NS! 😊

Having some fun now huh!!! I don't know.....maybe just one more car and it would have been alot more fun LOL LOL Good to see you and your vids again. Great work!!!

That promo video made me fall in love with MTH and even though I am in HO and N nowadays I still go back to that video every now and then. And with Scale Trains acquiring the MTH HO tooling and NCE having the same design as the MTH DCS I can say MTH is still with me in a smaller scale.

That’s why I can’t find any auto racks…you have them all! :)

That was really spectacular! My record was 65 cars of mixed types, including some K-Line diecast hoppers! It fit on my longest loop, but the locomotive had only about five car lengths spacing behind the caboose!

Some of the coal drags on the old B&O mainline are 200 car trains, and some of the Mixed freight like m372 are over 200cars

I love your train layout

I agree ive had some on my layout lately!

Great video Jason! I was especially surprised to see that SW switcher, right out of the box, do it's job so well. But, it is also a testament to you for the meticulous track laying you've undertaken. You gotta' have good trackwork! And I believe AtlasO gives you that peace of mind. Thanks for the entertaining update! And are you still on the hunt for Conrail Diesels? -Don

Holy smokes JD. With all that rolling stock looks like a major expansion to your layout is needed! ;

Excellent video Jason

Thanks, that was fun.

Great video ❤

Great to see all those coal cars! 😊 When I got back in the hobby, I promised myself not to get more than 10 of each type of rolling stock - that went out the window real fast! I have more than 10 locomotives but nowhere near what you have.

Muito linda sua coleção !! Parabéns

Great video Jason! You've got quite the unit trains! I will have to check under the layout to see if I can beat 56 coal cars...

Wife keeping Jason busy that’s for sure lol. Soon the kids will be coming and then the fun begins oh video cool to lol

Sam's Trains just one up'ed you...... Your move.😂

You just gave me a reason to unbox a 6 car set of NS Coalporters I recently got. Will add them to all of the other coal sets I have to see if they'll fit on my largest loop. Will post vid on my channel when I get them running. Perhaps a Lionel Greenbrier vs MTH for head of consist? Great video and good progress on layout. O-scale fun at its finest.

Legend has it he is still saying and a coal car

like the lay out good show

Excellent trains. It would also be cool to run a giant, mixed freight, maybe with DP. A fine video.

Bad ass bro

FANTASTIC!!!!!

The PSR joke is way underrated lol

The new GT unit looks amazing! 🤩

MTH cars are some of the free rolling cars on the market which means they're VERY light on the drawbar. I've used about 15 rapid discharge hoppers along with my 10 die-cast lionel 100 ton hoppers which I've recently sold. The whole 15 car train weighed less in terms of lateral pulling thank 3 of them die-cast hoppers. And I lubricated the crud outta them metal.things too lol. I wish MTH would do more scale steam era freight cars, specifically reefers. And I wish they'd sell em cheaper so I could get 100+ of em together and run em in a unit train or in a long maxed manifest drag freight.

Jason, great fun! But the real question was not realized. How long of a train can you run on your layout???? 😉

I was actually impressed seeing that switcher pull all those cars! I’m a HO guy but maybe O is more capable??

Just saying even if it is still wrong shouldn’t you have a N&W class A pulling the N&S coal train? Good fun. I used to be barely able to get a 70’s full 15 Milwaukee special around 027 curves. How far the hobby has come is amazing

I got an 80-90ft long intermodal train

I Love Trains as well but I haven't put my own layout yet put my favorite train is the Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 if I have one for an N scale and a true scale

Whoa ! 😃

LOL I wondered if you wanted to borrow back all the coal cars I bought from you to add to it. PLUS remember a MTH NS can pull anything. Miracle is no Couplers opened.

When I was working at the railroad we built a couple trains out of Bedford Park (southwest side of Chicago) right next to BRC Clearing yard that were 15000'+. Had to use cell phones because the hand held radios couldn't reach the head end. Just curious, do all the locomotives in O scale have a lot swinging pilot? That one detail turns me away. Rolling stock and engines are looking less toylike but the snowplow swinging with truck kills it for me.

nice video, where did you get the chevy police vehicle white SUV? looks o scale.

I couldn’t fit 52 semi-scale cars on my two loops combined!

I guess now I know what Shelby meant when she said that Jason buys too many hoppers

I like doing long trains on my ho layout for fun use the smallest switchers I have

Hey you should run the GT heriage with the honors our veterans NS heritage unit

Where did you get your backdrop? I am needing to install some backdrop before I go any further and i like the tree covered hills.

My longest unit train is 45 coal cars. But the club I run at has a 17 car limit plus the locomotives.

9:55 that’s 53 Jdstucks

I cant imagine how much $$$ you got into your layout and trains!

Hey brother the train carrying the Freight containers are them from atlas? Your look bigger than the ones that I have. Or is that a g scale train. If you have info where I can get them please do. I love yours a lot

Hey J.D. This is my first time watching your channel. I must say I really enjoyed watching it. But I have a question. Will you be finishing your layout with grass and roads etc. Because I see a lot of Barron board. In other words there is nothing on some of the board. Just asking. But I did really enjoy your lay out and stuff

Where did you get Norfolk Southern railroad 6920 btw I saw that locomotive in real life at the Amtrak train station in tucloosa Alabama

Yep I knew when I clicked on this video you would be that guy and you definitely are

How do you keep those Atlas switches from burning up? I’ve had to use the green “Circuitron Tortoise Slow Motion Switch Machines” for all of my switches

Long trains are a fun way of testing your track. Years ago, I had 2 SD40-2s, 47 89-foot autoracks, and a bay window caboose on the outside of the two mainline tracks on my layout. Things were going smoothly. Then I decided to cross the train over to the inside mainline track, forgetting that the inside curves would be shorter than the outside curves. The caboose crossed over with just six inches to spare in front of the locomotives. That was the longest trains I've run, but a few years ago when I got my onboard camera for the layout, I ran the second longest train, which is how I got this video. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e9F2ddimrtfUmWw.html

My friend! How many trains can you run concurrently? 3 or 4?

Hey brother I had a question are your TRIPLE CROWN trailers from mth the 48 Footer? I’m looking at your & yours look bigger than my 48 feet trailer?

Have you calculated the draw force on the locomotive?

Jason, why has your big boy been to the repair department so many times? Is it the same issue over and over again?

I bet you could by a pretty nice car or suv for what you paid for all your train stuff!

What scale is this?

O-H

Very easy in HO scale.

4 repairs on the Big Boy???