1 Train, 5 Engines, 58 Cars, & 1 Caboose Fun O Gauge Train Running!
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- A little less than a week ago I watched a video produced by Sam of Sam's O Gauge Trains @samsogaugetrains8670 titled "My LONGEST Train EVER!?" • My LONGEST Train EVER!? . I was very impressed with what Sam did on his railroad and wondered to myself if I could replicate what he did on the Ozark Midland & Southern Railway.
After considering the idea of trying this on the OM&S, I ran the proposal by the OM&S's fictional Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Mr. Will B. Goodman. Despite his being a hard driving railroad man, Mr. Goodman has a good sense of humor and loves taking on a challenge. He approved and said, "Make it happen." So with that, the railroad's revenue traffic was temporarily halted, and I got busy working to replicate what Sam had done. Now I did not have a sufficient number of box cars to stretch the entire length of the railroad, so I decided to make my train a mixed freight. In this video you can see the results of my efforts. If you enjoy watching toy trains in action, I believe you will enjoy this video.
Bill B.
Well don Bill. It was awesome seeing the continues train running on your layout. I made a train using four engines. Two in the lead one in the middle and one as a pusher. Although it was not a continues train. You inspired me to build a continues train. Although my lower-level tracks are not connected to the upper-level tracks. Still, it would be fun building the continues train. Thanks for the video. Nick
Hi Nick, good morning! I appreciate your taking the time to tell me about your effort to make a continuous train. It was fun wasn't it, but not as easy as it looks, lol. I enjoyed making the video as there was so much train running involved. I am pleased it inspired you and that you had a good time doing it. Have a good day now. Bill
All about having fun!
Good morning, Peter! Yes, I agree with you and fun the little experiment was. As mentioned in the video there were a few hair-raising moments as derailments were occurring, especially in the beginning stages as I was working to figure out the car distribution and weights. I almost continually kept my finger close to the train brake when the train was moving as even as slow as the train would be travelling, a lot could occur in just a matter of seconds. It was great fun! Bill
Now, that was impressive 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Hey, Tony, good evening and thank you! I appreciate your watching and commenting! I am going to have to get over to that Georgia Sun Belt and catch up with what you have been up too! Bill
I think the variance in distance between lead engine and the end of the train is caused by the different lengths in cars and engines. The larger the car the greater overhang on turns. very interesting run session. take care
Hi Steve, thanks for watching! You may very well be right. I've already taken the cars off the track, or I would put that idea to the test. It would be interesting to know. I already have another video in the works. Take care, and Happy Thanksgiving! Bill
Awesome video Bill! Beautiful layout too! New subscriber! -Brian
Hey, thank you, Brian, I am happy you enjoyed the video. That was the longest train I'd ever run on the railroad. It was just a fun thing to do. I wish I had captured and shared some video of the derailments, as some might have found that interesting. I guess I was just to focused on trying to make the whole thing work. 🤣 Thank you for subscribing to the channel! I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Bill
Very cool Bill! Also, I'm getting ready do my boxcar challenge! I have all the cars out and ready to go. Just need to make some time to film it! ;) -Brian
@@naxshack Oh, that will be great! I will look forward to seeing it. No pressure, just have fun doing it when time allows. Bill
That was just incredible Bill! Really impressive to see the amount of rolling stock and locomotives working seamlessly together. What a task!! 😊👍😊🚂💯❤️👏
Thanks, Frank! I don't know if I could have made it happen without the fine locomotive control offered by the Legacy system. I had a fun time running the train. Take care! Bill
It is extremely difficult. all the cars must be weighted exactly identical to pull it off. Love watching your videos Bill, please keep up the great work. 😊
That’s so cool.
Hi, msalas0101 (Mickey), thank you! I am glad you liked it. Bill B.
Those GP 30 are beautiful, especially the N&W.rolling stock is superb
Good evening, William! Lionel has always done a nice job with their GP30's. N&W model is one of my favorites. The rolling stock is Lionel, MTH, Atlas with a little K-Line thrown in for good measure. Thank you for your comment. Bill
That was fascinating bill b.
Good evening, Jim, thank you! That is how I felt after watching Sam’s video. Bill
Awesome!!!
Thanks, NPVSRR, much appreciated! Bill
Bill B, it was great to meet you and your wife at the train show today in Camdenton!! Great video, I think it is more challenging than people realize to run a long train on grades and curves, impressive that you got it to work so well.
Take care, Craig
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Hi, Craig! Yes, it was wonderful meeting you as well. I have only met a couple of channel viewers from Missouri and to think we met at a show so close to home, I was thrilled! I appreciate your watching the video and am so pleased you liked it. Now don't tell any real railroaders I said this as they would likely laugh at me, but as I was working with the train seen in the video, there were moments when I started to feel like a real engineer trying to work his train on the grades and curves. It really was fun. Take care and let me know if you are ever up this way again. Bill B.
I think you and Sam are starting a trend here, Bill. Now I need to try this. That was fun!
Hey, Jason, good morning! Thank you for watching the video. I do think it would be fun to see what you could do on your large railroad with your modern era locomotives and rolling stock. Even with your layout's more gradual grades and broader curves I think the exercise would still be very challenging, but real fun. I would love to see what you can do. I believe you could make it happen! Thanks again! Bill
J.d.,,,I look forward to you trying this on your huge layout. Do you have enough coal cars? Ha ha
I did like the video Bill, that is one long and awesome train.
Hi Roger, thank you! I appreciate your comment, Roger. Bill
Great fun! Really enjoyed it. This kind of stunt is what separates, dare I say "elevates", us "toy train" goobers from the rest of the model railroading community. It's wonderful that we never have to grow up!
The world has gone insane. Aren't we lucky that when we have to retreat to our bunkers that there are trains to play with in ours?
Good morning, Bear! I love the sentiment expressed in your comment. I completely get it. While I do enjoy the many aspects of the train hobby, from real trains to toy trains, I do not take the hobby or my part in it so seriously that I lose the fascination and the joy it has always offered me. While my collection of trains has grown over the years and I have grown older, when I am down in the Train Room alone with my trains, I am just as fascinated by them today as I was that Christmas morning in 1956/57 when I unboxed with the help of my father, my first Lionel train. I am very glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you again! Bill
To bill b and bear Owen, I also share your feelings of joy and fascination building and watching my postwar layout. My father gave me a great hobby to continue.
Quite a feat of planning and ingenuity, Bill. The continuous movement over and under must have taken a toll on the nerves, but you did it! Good on you!
Hi, Tom, thank you! Well, the whole thing proved more challenging than I thought it would be. There were some derailments that I wish now I had caught on camera, but at the time I was more focused on operating the train and then when derailments did happen getting the train put back together. I never had anything go off the layout, so I called it all good, lol! It was by-in- large a lot of fun. Thank you for watching and for your comment. Bill
Very impressive Bill! A long stretch of track, up-and-over grades , it couldn’t have been easy!
Good evening, Ed, thank you! Taken as a whole the experience was fun, but it was challenging at the same time. More challenging than I thought it would be. The early derailments took some time to sort through and to figure out the real cause. One thing I was really pleased about is how well the couplers held up to the stresses. The five locomotives too did a really nice job of working together. Bill
This is a Powerful Realistic Run Bill. Nice Job. Putting that Train together and taking it down is alot work.
Thank you! Yes, putting the train together was a lot more fun than taking it apart and putting it away, lol!
Glad I could offer inspiration! Great video!
Thanks, Sam, I could not have done it without you! It was your idea and video that gave me the inspiration. Bill
Quite an accomplishment, Bill! Not a good day to go into town for some groceries, though... I can imagine a few of the townsfolk waiting to get across the grade! lol Thanks.
Good afternoon, T4! Thanks for watching the video. Well, the word was put about the train experiment on the OM&S several days before the event. The residents in both Elizabethtown and Williamsport as well as the surrounding area recognize that the OM&S is their lifeblood, so they go the extra length to accommodate the railway whenever possible. Besides all of that, Mr. Will B. Goodman and hence the railway besides employing many of the residents, does a lot for both communities. He does not talk about the later. He lives up to his name. Thanks, T4! Bill
I want one.
Hi, Mitch! It was a fun train to build. I am now disassembling it so I can run some different, much shorter trains. The shorter trains are much easier to manage on my relatively small railroad. Thanks for your comment. Bill
That was awesome Bill! Really impressive! Thanks for sharing!
Hi, Ian, good evening! I appreciate your watching and your comment! Thank you! Bill
WELL DONE Bill.!👍You have the Perfect Layout for that operation.! Very Cool.!😊
Hey, Mark, thanks you for watching the video and commenting. The layout did pose some challenges, but I had fun working with the trains to make it all come together. Bill
Great video Bill, anyone waiting at a grade crossing on the OM &S would have been frustrated ! Tim
Hi Tim, good morning and thank you! Yes, it would have been trying for those travelers having to wait at the grad crossings, but it seems everyone took the delays in stride. 😂 Thanks again. Bill
That was very interesting. I think a lot of people might have to try this on their layout. Having all the engines run the same must be essential. I'm surprised you didn't need more engines closer together.
Hi Chris, thank you for watching! Placement of the mid-train helpers was a little touchy. I wanted to keep the number of locos to five to avoid the appearance that it was only a train of locos, lol! It was part of the challenge for me. I don't know if others will want to give it a try, but I would be thrilled if they did. I bet Sam would be too. Thanks Chris! Bill
Very impressive Bill. Love the layout. Awesome motive power. Makes me want to give it a try too.
Hi, Dave, thank you! The experiment and video was something a little different. The challenge was fun, but honestly harder than I originally thought it would be. I’ve run multiple units before but, never mid-train or end of train helpers. Yeah, you had ought to give it a try, but I am not sure how or what the HO community might think of the attempt. 🤣 Thanks again! Bill
Nice one Bill! Seems like quite the challenge!
Hi, Clay, good afternoon and thank you! It was more of a challenge than I expected. Our friend Steve K. offered that he thought the reason the distance between the lead locomotive and caboose fluctuated as the train moved around the railroad was due to the different car lengths in the train's make up. I think he may be right. I have already disassembled the train seen in the video so I cannot immediately test his idea but would one day like too. Have a Happy Thanksgiving! Bill
Amazing Bill. Very amazing.
Hey, Hunter, thank you! It was a fun experiment and run. It almost had the feel of real railroading! Bill
really enjoyed the video!
Hi, mccoy79productions66, thank you! It was just fun to do, and it is the largest number of locomotives and rolling stock that I have ever had on the layout at one time. Thanks for watching. Bill
The OM&S was almost pushing for you on this video.
Hi, Ken, that is clever! In reality, in this video the OM&S was doing some of both, lol! Thanks Ken for your comment. It is much appreciated! Bill
Excellent video Bill! Long trains rule! You have several gp30s, my favorite geep.
Hi Joey, good evening and thank you! My favorite geeps are the GP7/GP9, but I do like those GP30's a lot. Bill
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Thanks, Randy! Much appreciated! Bill
While we are impressed by the number of cars being pulled, I'm also impressed by your layout. The incline used and the strength of the engines pulling the cars are something special to see. I am curious if having more than one engine pull a train puts added stress on the motors of that train and the others. I'm guessing when applying more electricity to the trains that the motors in other trains may not run exactly the same speed, but maybe the same could be said about two motors in one train, unless there is some sort of synchronization in the train's circuitry that synchs up both motors. - Regardless, I am jealous, like others, of your trains and setup. I hope to have something as fun as your setup in the future. I'm also curious of the incline percentage(s) you are using and I appreciate your ingenuity for making your own custom incline. - Thanks for sharing.
Good afternoon, mzinet2099, thank you! For this video I used five Lionel Legacy GP30's. Each of the locomotives has two motors. The five GP30's all run at essentially the same speed. Using Lionel's Legacy command control the track volage was set at 17 volts and then it was just a matter of lashing the locomotives together control wise so that when I adjusted the speed, they all responded together as one locomotive sort a speak. The railroad has two grades and if I remember correctly, one is 4.6% and the other is 4.8%. Admittedly they are very steep. If the space I had available would have allowed for something more like 3% that would have been much better, but one has to work with what one has. I am not complaining. In regard to my trains and setup, I would just keep in mind that I have been in the hobby for much of my life so as a consequence it seems that I have amassed a good number of cars and locomotives. Honestly far more than one really needs to have fun in this hobby. Taking the space I had available to build the OM&S, I sat down first thing and decided what specific elements I wanted to have. For example, I wanted the landscape to somewhat represent the area in which I live. I wanted as long a run as the space would allow without creating a spaghetti bowl of track. I also wanted two reverse loops to allow me to be able to turn the trains around without having to remove them from the railroad. Other elements included were a town or two with some industrial trackage, a couple bridges and tunnels, and a small yard. Taking the time to decide what you want and plan things out I think is important. Thank you for your thoughtful and kind comment. Bill
Just discovered your channel and enjoy it very much.
How do you like the Fastrack ? And do you do anything to quiet it down ??
Good afternoon, mplake6909! Thank you for stopping by and watching my video. The OM&S is kind of a small channel, so I am glad you found it and are enjoying it. While Lionel's Fastrack is certainly not the most realistic O gauge track system, when I started building the OM&S about 3 years ago it is the track I decided to use. The track is reliable and was readily available to me. I have really enjoyed using it. I first laid 1/2" plywood on top of my layout table and then put down 1/2" homasote (an insulation material I purchased from Menards) on top of the plywood. The Fastrack was then laid directly on the homasote. When I am running my trains, I really do not notice the noise it makes. Again, thank you for watching my video. I hope you will stay tuned for future videos. Merry Christmas! Bill B.
I’m sorry Bill but this video just screwed me you said the D word over three times. If I get called in tonight it’s your fault brother.
Ha, Ha, kind of sensitive aren't we, brother? It took me more than a moment to recognize what you were talking about and then it hit me. Sorry about that, but now I understand. Not to repeat the "D" word, but I will say I had some doozies! I did not photograph them, but wish I had. At the time of those early "events", lol, I was to taken aback and busy too even think about grabbing my camera. I do appreciate your watching the video! Bill