Who says you can’t make a HO scale model railway look realistic? I had to look twice for it to register with me that what I was seeing wasn’t real, but an absolutely magnificent work of realistic art !!

Another charming preview of perfect work with an amazing musical background! Congratulations!👏👍

If only the different sections of Northlandz could be united under one whole circuit of Track, and I would love to see a long manifest Freight Train, pulled by a Squad of EMD F45’s and a Pair of EMD F7 A & B units. This heavy train would run around the entirety of Northlandz, whilst running along side the smaller passenger & freights pulled by other miscellaneous locomotives.

Absolutely incredible.

Supa!

It would take me 2 years to copy one square foot of that layout. I almost don't believe my eyes.

Finest detailing I’ve yet to see on a working layout. There’s a story to be found in every square inch of this creation. Amazing

You did amazing job. So incredibly real! Well done. Thanks!

Beautiful!Wonderful!

I've never been to Switzerland. I know it's a gorgeous country and I hope to visit it someday. I would also LOVE to see and ride the country's rail system. I enjoyed watching this video. It's beautiful. 🚎 🚂

Such a work of art! Is it an exhibit? Is it on display somewhere you can see it in person?

A work of live😅

For me, this is one of the most accurate and perfect model scenery with an excellent background music!👏👍❤️

I went to college in Riverside and remember the many Santa Fe trains that would pass through there and Corona. Great layout! Now, how much does it look like Corona? (I do see a lot of Palm Trees!)

Loved it🎉😊

Yeah, I can’t handle listening to the music throughout the video. That got old really quick. Plenty of other videos of George’s layout on here.

Thanks for these awesome vids!

Wow, masterpiece is right. Such great detail and very busy but managing to not look crowded. Thank you for sharing!

I watch all these diorama/ model railroad you tubes. This one really is the best of all. Hope to see it in person someday.

BONJOUR. une des plus belle maquette de trains usa.... j'aimerais un jour de la voir en personne même que sa va pas arrivé, elle est magnifique . merci d avoir filmé la maquette pour qu'on puisse en profiter..

Super Anlage. Die Landschaft ist sehr gut in Szene gesetzt. Toller Fahrbetrieb 👍🙋‍♂️ Gruß vom Michel

for sure, One Of The Best and Most Detailed Model Railroad Layouts in the World

Magnifique réseau

I watched this now and and I have never seen its equal in depth and detail ..Even Wunderland in Hamburg Germany would bow to this layout ,,and they are the world class best,,thanks for sharing..😊

Like everyone else said this is pure art nothing else..thanks for sharing..😊

Could you even imagine if you had to move and you had to take all that down and and put it back up again?

I’ve been visiting George’s layout regularly for eight years, now. You’ve produced one fine video souvenir. Thank you for sharing it in our Facebook group.

👏👍☘

Wow... 😲

I'm dumbfounded !!! I almost cant believe my eyes. I can't fathom how much time and energy we into that. A true work of art. !!!!!!

great scenery. A little of everything

Folks, put the video to 4K even if you don't have 4K monitor. All the detail and colours will pop.

That is incredible how realistic it is 😮😮

Thanks, I think this is one of the best videos I have seen on this layout. I am always amazed by the number of windows in all the buildings here, as well as all of the wooden fencing. That is some tedious work. Also, there are so many stone walls, either buildings or retaining walls, which I assume are cast metal just like in his kits. I don't think those are cheap.

Great job. The attention to detail Is top tier.. beyond the rail cars and the locomotive…. Everything is its owne world…. Every brick roof tile…down to the playing cards for gambling…just perfect.. it is the rite amount of age and weathering that it walks the line between reality and life…. I hope this is setup and forgotten… moving this setup wow..could be a catastrophe… again hands down amazing!

Mind boggling.

Как всегда профессионально и познавательно. Благодаря чему я смогла попутешествова ть во времени и пространстве. Спасибо автору!

The cameraman cuts much too rapidly from one view to another. Can"t take a shot in completely before he moves to something else.

My Dad liked modeling people and all the details, he would be working on them and murmuring to himself, especially if he had been drinking a little, hashing out the conversations they were having. I would be working on wiring or something and laughing to myself. He might have 20 scenarios in a scene. He likes a scene, time period or not. He brought an 1800's Western Bar scene, horses and all. I tried to explain, we generally model the modern era. He would pout a while, and I would find a place. Told him I was going to put in a satellite ground station next to his silly bar. That would work, like the guys would get off work and go to the bar. On their horses? Miss him, we complemented each other's work pretty well.

Where does one start to comment?! A guy could wear out a Roget's Thesaurus attempting to find enough superlatives to craft even the most humbly inadequate exposition on George's masterpiece. Laudatory comparisons to the legendary layout creations of Rod Stewart, Norm Charbonneau, Howard Zane, John Allen's Gorre and Daphetid, Frank Ellison, Bob Bartizek, Neil Schorr, Dave Hikel's Northwest Trunklines, Pelle Soeberg....all would fail to capture the magnificence of this model railroading masterpiece! One is almost overwhelmed by the level and evocative intricacies of George's cityscape level of detail. If we buy into the old shiboleth that a model railroader is saner than his unfortunate mere mortal and unenlightened fellow humans who don't have train layouts, because he gets to create the world in the miniature idealism of how he wishes the world to be, that myth explodes herewith! The universally powerful thematic impression of George's miniature slice of life is inescapably gritty Great Depression Era, in-your-face REALISM. We're witnessing Atlas shrugging here for sure. I can hear Ayn Rand asking the observer, "Who IS John Galt?" And yet, as we watch George's HO scale inhabitants busily going about their economically depressed lives, surviving somehow, there is an unmistakable hint of hope, a subtle tease suggesting, however sotto voce, a better tomorrow in their future. They don't yet know that it will take a bloody world war to get them to a better economic and social place, but meantime, they're making do with their limited resources. So, that's my humbly attempted impression of George's incredible magnum opus....superhuman artistry that captures a very compelling story of human resilience and optimism. I'm an O scale, hi-railer who hasn't subscribed to "Model Railroader" in years, so this is my first glimpse of your amazing work, George. Congratulations on a monumentally unique achievement! The video is wonderfully relaxing to watch, especially with the really somnolent jazz selections playing unobtrusively in the background. Thank you so much for making this drone's-eye tour of the layout available to us train goobers out here in cyberspace. I loved it! A++++!

I have seen so many photos of this awesome layout through the years, but it is so amazing to see it in three dimensions. Takes my breath away. Thanks!

Wow! Hopefully that will be preserved in a museum or something. Thanks for these awesome vids!

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think you might be rather fond of the F&SM! Best video I’ve ever seen of the layout. Great job! Thank you so much… And thank you, George!!!

Wow... it's a masterpiece!!

This channel does need a better videographer. The camera angles here are boring at best. Too generic. I won't give any suggestions as it's not my place to do so. It takes a bit of talent to shoot good video. Get with it.

The structures are original and unique. Why? We all know why. This layout gets the Oscar for most original art piece.

This is what Model Railroading is. Art. This layout is truly a masterpiece. Well done. The paint is superb. Signage is glorious. And the trains run at speeds realistic. All the details. I am inspired. Thank you. I am saving this one. What a motivational presentation! Great! Thanks.

This is one of the best HO scale layouts I've ever seen. I truly enjoyed seeing a train of A-B-B-A F-units occasionally showing up on the famous layout. I LOVE F-units, and I appreciated seeing them running on George Sellio's layout. ❤ 07:40, 09:39 and 16:35. 😊

One of the best videos of the FSM I’ve seen. Been following this layout since it started back in 1984 85.