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Very much so. Sadly I missed it this year.

@@associatedblacksheepandmisfits Oh you would be right 😊👍 He has the same Roundhouse engine.

@@trainchaserlouisvilleindia7096 Ohhhh, that would be amazing. 🥰

That would be great. However, my bags ram packed for traveling on the plane already. 😂 Thank you!

I just discovered your channel and I love it! Your a sweet guy and the excitement of trains always gave me goosebumps

@@darlenemary5274 Aww, brilliant. Thank you so much! Nice to have you join me. Simon

Ohhh, no. Why don't you join?

Ah nice! You will see I looked at the yard in the previous video, and in was a beautiful evening. A great railway. I visited Promontory back in the 90s, and my Dad played a part in the reenactment! There is a video on my channel of that. Thanks Boe 👍 Simon

@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy Thank you, I will check that one out also.👌

Thanks for the compliments and thank you for joining! This was a special day for me. I only saw what I knew was there and what I could fit in a single day. There IS more to see still. My Silverton ride is there for you to see, and my Chama ride is still to come. I STILL have around 11/12 videos to come from this trip! Thanks again. And... oh yes, Pink Floyd 👍 Simon

@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy Hello Simon, If you Stay in Chama NM. I have a great hotel suggestion over looking the train yard. Dinning there can be a bit difficult. Cheers, Boe

@@boe4448 I stayed in Chama Hotel, which was right opposite the yard. Is that the one you mean? I ate (and had drinks and spoke with all the local people) in Fosters. I had a good time.

@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy Hello again Simon, We stayed at the Sage & Ivy. It had a balcony looking over the train yard. A beautiful room. A bit pricy but well wort it. I will watch your Chama ride Today. We have rode 5 times. Hope you are well. Boe

@@boe4448 That sounds nice. I do like Chama. I have ridden the Cumbres & Toltec three tines now. I haven't made my ride video yet! That will probably be episode 15 of this series. Seriously, life is so busy I barely have time for making videos and I'm over a year behind. But, it will come. 👍 Thank you!

Thanks very much! I'm sure you are correct. As I say in the video, the staff dress "bordello" style. That's posh for brothel. 😂 Yeah, a family-friendly dining place where staff dress as vintage hookers. 🤣 Cheers!

Ahh, it's lovely isn't it? 🥰

@ThatBIGTRAINGuy sure is i love steam engines

We had more liquid sunshine that anyone could wish for. Thanks Steve!

We like a little bit of silly. Thank you John!

Ohh we didn't look at the platforms. It was busy and we weren't taking too much time, so we didn't get to see Paddington Bear. Euston is indeed, nothing special at all. Thanks Michael! I'm keeping 'em coming as much as I can. Loads to come!

Hi Wolfgang. I've very pleased you enjoyed. Thank you very much. All the best, Simon 😊👍

Excellent. Thanks very much. Cheers Charles!

Hmm... well if travelling the length of the country it is very comfortable. Sure you could fly to Glasgow or wherever in an hour, but then train to Fort William. (That's what we did coming home). There are pros and cons to either side of the pond. Cheers!

White Pass & Yukon, yes. I believe it's the other way around: D&S are fully oil-fired steam, and C&T I think have just one engine converted.

@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy those diesels will enjoy the warmer weather

@@redwolfpiping5701 I'm sure they will 👍

It's taken me four days to respond to the comments here, so that may give you some idea of how much spare time I have. Answer is: As soon as possible. That is all. If a bunch of viewers would like to club together and pay a membership to me every month, if there is enough I could quit my job and do this full time. Then I'd have one or two videos each week. But, that's not going to happen any time soon. I started this channel to focus around model trains, and I have not touched a model in almost two years because I'm making videos in the tiny amount of time I have instead. Off the top of my head, videos to come (in no order): Scotland part 2 Accucraft live steam C-18 unboxing C-18 fixing problems C-18 steaming for the first time Durango to Chama Exploring yards and lines between Chama and Antonito Riding Cumbres & Toltec Indiana Jones Bed and Breakfast Antonito to Georgetown, stopping at Alamosa and Leadville Georgetown Loop Railroad Hiking the Argentine Central Railway route Georgetown to Golden. Driving around Coors Brewery Colorado Railroad Museum Driving to Denver and exploring the site of Burnham Shops Forney Transport Museum Denver Union Station and my VERY expensive hotel with views over the station Review of Bachmann C-19 Review AMS flat car Review Accucraft brass caboose Review AMS short caboose Review Bachmann long caboose Review AMS pipe gon Making pipes for pipe gon Unboxing and review of AMS high side gondola Unboxing and review of Bachmann flat car Relettering Bachmann flat car to D&RG Relettering AMS boxcar to D&RG Repainting and lettering AMS short caboose to D&RG Plus a whole bunch of other projects and ideas, trips I want to do and people are suggesting things all the time or wanting to do things with me. I think you for your interest though, it means a huge amount to me 🙏

We had a great time. Well worth doing. 😊👍

It was indeed. Well as I mention, Flying Scotsman used to run out of Kings Cross to Edinburgh. (As that route, the service was actually called the Flying Scotsman, and the locomotive was named after it). The engine doesn't have any regular route now, just excursions. I did rude behind it when I was a small boy, and on my channel I have a video of seeing it pass my home town last year 😊

Haha! Well it should be near. We were unlucky with the weather. Well, having said that it did actually stop raining for about ten minutes at one point. Of course it's turnips! Ohhhh, how did I get that wrong. I MEANT turnips. I was THINKING turnips. I must have been tired at the time. 🤦‍♂ That whisky WAS good. Best I've had in a while. We asked for a recommendation, and the lady said "Start at the top and work your way down" 🤣 As far as I know, Stu doesn't stew. He's partial to a beer though. Cheers Dave! 😁👍

Hmm... well Stu knew there were free snacks on the train, yet still bought some before hand 🤣. I trust the process. Euston is horrible. Maybe they thought the big advertising screens would brighten it up. They kinda do, but not in a good way. The place just has no soul. I'm pretty good with accents, just that guy seemed to go Turbo Scottish for a moment 😂 The Caledonian does have a double room, which is more spacious as far as I know,... but not much. Thanks Becs!

@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy haha well I’m interested to see if the Turbo Scottish accent happens in Scotland as well!

They are very cosy. Our room is second from top I think. Most basic is a seat, pretty much like a normal train and you can have food and drink brought to you. Next is a cabin like ours but no bathroom. then there is our, and top is a room with a double bed, - like Stu experienced the previous time he travelled. The Club Car was very busy in the first hour. Many people did go back to their cabin once they'd eaten or had a drink, giving chance of others to take a turn. We didn't feel bad sitting there all evening as there actually were some empty spaces around about an hour into the journey. But, if you don't go to the Club Car, then you can have food and drink brought to your cabin. Bare in mind, we boarded at 8:30pm so many people will go straight to bed. As I say, there is the option to dine in the lounge before you board. We arrived at Fort William at 10am, so it's not like there's lots of time to kill when you're not sleeping. It was fun! Thanks Karl. 👍

@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy I see. It’s an overnight train. We took a sleeping compartment on Amtrak. I believe it was 4 days and 3 nights from Salt Lake, Utah, to Altoona, Pennsylvania. There needed to be a place to be besides the bunks all day. Everything converted to chairs and couches during the day and bunks at night.

@@northernutahlivesteam Very nice. I do intend to do that one day. The California Zephyr route ideally. There is only one other sleeper service in the UK which is even shorter! It runs from Pensance in the most South West point of England to London Paddington. I'll do that sometime too.

@@nicksmith7879 Thanks Nick!

@@_j_loco_ Haha! It's not my first on-screen shower 😝 Yay! I'm glad you saw this. I was going to send it to you if you didn't. I loved it. It was very enjoyable, very comfortable, and the shower was actually fine once you lift the head down. And as I say, make sure you get to the Club Car quickly! I'm excited for you doing the trip. I'd love to do it again sometime, - (and I think I've got myself a lady now so might try the Double Room 😉🤫). Thank you Jen!

@ThatBIGTRAINGuy oooh well exciting times for you 😁 must admit I loved your video...very well made...might have to watch it again 😁 it's made me want January to just be here now 😂😂

@@_j_loco_ Haha! Awwww, well thank you very much. I love to know I have inspired people 🥰

Thank you Crosby! 👍

Oh wow! That must have been an adventure. The accommodation here would be hard to beat!

Thanks very much! I've only been working on it for about two months 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy I can only guess , never having edited any videos before, but am well acquainted to filming ,rushes,continuity etc and you didn't have much room in yr cabin !🤣🤣 Look forward to more.

@@associatedblacksheepandmisfits Yeah depending on the subject and style, it could be quick or it could take ages to put together. Haha! It was cramped, but surprisingly comfortable!

Thank you so much! I'm over double this celebration now. 😎 I'm very glad to hear you are enjoying my videos. I have SO much to come, - just struggling for the time to make them, but they ARE coming! I MAY have to do a video on my guitars once I'm caught up. Haha! Cheers! Simon

Ahh I would love to visit Gunnison and the rest along that stretch. I do like in the UK though and there's a lot more America and World to see,... so I don't know when I'll be in the area again but it'll probably be quite a while. Thank you!

Thank you. Yes, I actually did visit the Colorado Railroad Museum. Hyce was away (he did message me to apologise he missed me) but I was given a full tour by Charlie, who even posted about my visit on the museums Facebook page! Great people, very friendly and welcoming, and a fantastic museum. (There will be a video at some point, but damn everyday life getting in the way!) Cheers! Simon

Thank you! 😁

Thank you so much. The museum is great, it's a real labour of love by those that keep it. I'm looking forward to their steam engine emerging! I have another 11 - 12 episodes to do from this trip, plus a whole bunch of other videos to do. I'm really struggling to fit in video editing into my hectic life, but they WILL come out at some point. Anyway, thanks again! Simon

Thank you Matt! I have several other videos from before, plus several model review videos yet to do. I've just had no time recently with my US trip vids and other stuff. Oh well, I hope you enjoy! Simon

Great. I'm very glad. Thanks!

Oh yes! 😁

Thanks so much!

Hellooo! Thank you 😊

@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy 🙂❤️