Mike can U get me with someone that can show me how to properly bind Joe Byden to a rail track. I'd really like to tie him down tight on top of a track switch in case a train dont come soon enough. Any advice would be helpful
Thanks for watching, Timothy! I thought they were pretty cool layouts, too. The owners all did great jobs. I was able to get a lot inspiration from them! -Mike
Hi Mike I'm excited for the Joplin Missouri Train show this Saturday July 15th. I also go to Springfield Missouri. Sugar Creek model railroad in Siloam Springs Arkansas..Be glad to see any of you my favorite UA-camrs there like Tom's/Ron train n things.Toy man television.I've been watching him on UA-cam for years to come
Hi, Alex! I am definitely going to try and make it to the Joplin show. Maybe I’ll see you then. I’m also looking forward to the Springfield show this fall. Both are really great events. I always appreciate you tuning in! -Mike
@@MainTrack Springfield Missouri?I'll be at the Springfield Missouri show too. see you there I hope we will find each other somehow to. I missed one guy at the same train show as me.he lives a couple miles from me I did not see him and he didn't see me cuz we didn't know what each other looks like maybe I'll tell him what kind of shirt I'll be wearing or hat.O are you a vendor
Awesome stuff. The moving chickens are over the top cool. I will be attending my first ever model railroad show here in Temple, TX in a few weeks. I'm 67 years old and am just starting out in the hobby. Thanks for the inspiring videos.
Thank you! Yes…aren’t those chickens cool? That was a first seeing those! There’s no way my clunky fingers could ever build details that small- animated and all! Sounds like you’ll have a great train show coming up. I’d like to get down to TX sometime to visit some of your shows!
Going To A Model Railroad Show In our Area Is Always Tranquility Never want To leave them till they Close.Then We go home To our Layouts. Try to Finish up our Layouts to Look Great.
Hello! I appreciate you watching! Yes, I had to put some A&M in there! It’s a great railroad. I life in Springfield- just up the road from Monett and the A&M. So, it’s pretty close and I enjoy railfanning it when I can.
For sure! I’m not sure we realized how much we really enjoyed train shows until they were on hiatus! I have read about Trainfest before. I’m sure it’ll be a great one!
Great video & great train show. Great layout combinations as well. I’m looking forward to the 2022 model railroad train show in Scottsdale,AZ in October that I plan to go to and check out what the rail show will be this year.
I appreciate that! Yes, it was a lot of fun. We (normally) have quite a few here in the Midwest. I’ve heard of some big ones out west but haven’t had a chance to visit many out that way.
I only have a little starter set but don’t have any track yet just ordered some and there is a train store opening in a week right in the parking lot where I work
Hello, Bob! I don’t recall seeing any. I had a TSB ACF hopper years ago, but it doesn’t fit well now with my rolling stock as I’ve upgraded over the years. I’ve kept my eye out for a replacement. I’ve never even seen the TSB in real life…I just really liked the yellow paint scheme!
@@MainTrack TSB, while relatively short-lived, had a rich history. It acquired several of the ex-Ann Arbor GP-35s after a prolonged legal battle and ran the line for a dozen years, I believe.
Thank you! We are lucky in that we usually have quite a few each year in the Midwest…”usually”meaning pre-pandemic. I’d like to get to some farther East sometime.
@@MainTrack You're quite welcome :). That's pretty neat about having many train shows to go to, and I imagine each one has its own unique style. I've been to a couple near the Philadelphia area, particularly at an expo center which is on a road where a train station used to be.
There is one coming to Hicksville NY about 40 minutes from me I plan on attending it will be my first train show as I’m just starting out built a 4x8 table from scratch. Any tips you can give a newbie like myself will be greatly appreciated
Very cool…that won’t be too far of a drive for you at all! Hope it’s a great show and you have fun. I’ve got plenty of how-to videos in the works. Feel free to drop any questions you have. I’m always looking for topics to cover!
@@MainTrack like I said I’m brand new to railroading so I happen to like the steam engines and the diesel ones wife ordered the hog warts express not sure how I’m gonna run the 2 together or what I’m gonna model my railroad after
I like the emergency vehicles. They'd be PERFECT for modeling collision and derailment scenes. Just add some spilled freight or a few bloodied victims of the appropriate scale and you're all set! 🤣🤣🤣
Hi, Richard! Atlas Trainman, Athearn Ready-To-Roll, and Walthers Trainline all have some very nice affordable locomotives to start out with. The good things with this hobby is- you can start out basic and then grow out and up from there. I always recommend starting with something simple like those I mentioned- to make sure the hobby is for you. Then, it’s easy to expand as your knowledge and experience levels increase. This sounds like a great question and topic for me me to cover in a future episode!
I used Atlas Code 83 up until recently you. It’s great track. I recently started using Peco Code 83. I like the detail better. It is a little pricier, but think it has been worth it. As for my favorite railroads…Katy is my favorite, but I also like BN and Santa Fe (before BNSF) as well as Missouri Pacific. These were all railroads serving different towns I lived in while growing up.
That would be great if they could. I know some modelers will simply buy duplicates and re-number them with decals. I’ve done that a few times. In do appreciate when they do new numbers with re-releases. -Mike
Hello! Thank you for watching! I highlighted the HO and N layouts since that’s mostly what we feature here and most of the layout there were of those scales. But…I will take that as a request for some O scale stuff and will be sure to include some of that next time!
Hello! Thanks for stopping by! Which song in particular? My intro and outro song is called Friction Locks by Silent Partner- which produces music geared for videos. They have some great music!
Thanks for another great video Mike. I really enjoy your personal layout. I met you a few years ago in Springfield at the train show. Are they putting one on this year, and if so have you heard of the day and month? I've been working on my layout. Been really slow with not much time to spend working on it. But maybe someday when I am nearing more completing it, I would like to show it to you. I'm about an hour away from Springfield Mo. Anyway I enjoy all your videos so keep them coming !!!
Hello! good to hear from you! Always enjoy sharing new videos with everyone....thank you for watching! Yes, there is a train show planned for November 19th at the Oasis Convention Center on N. Glenstone. It was a pretty good show last year, and I'm glad to see it'll be returning that that venue. I understand about slow progress...I certainly have a lot of those periods, myself. Sometimes it's a challenge squeezing in layout time between work and life!
If anyone is even remotely interested about 8 years ago I scored 4 Lionel engines 2 of which were South Pacific Santa Fe N gauge engines and two steam locomotives new in their boxes. I am thinking the stuff was made early 90s the boxes also seemed to say to me the stuff was in a house the burnt or was on fire. I paid eighty bucks and don't even have a track set up period it was the blue & yellow Santa Fe engine is why I even bought the sheet and it sits on an office shelf behind my deck chair here and I still wonder why I bought the things. The detail on the thing is awesome really is. I thought Lionel was out of business and I was thinking it was stuff from the 60s or 70s but the dates on the boxes are 1990 and 1991. I would like some history on the stuff I can't find anything on google but that is nothing unusual
Hello! I did get some footage of that as well and plan on possibly using that in another future episode. It was a pretty cool layout, too. I was already running a little long on time for this one.
Hello! Yes, those layouts were in one of the side rooms and were pretty cool. I did get plenty of shots of the arch and Star Wars modules and saved those for additional episodes in the future.
When I watch a video like this, I wonder about the realization of indutrial-complexes in the model scale. For me it seem´s like nobody is looking for your real old and nice buildings you have got in your country without a doubt. But in most of the cases there are modern and ugly buildings shown. If I had the money to realize a minature dreamworld, my dreams wouln´t be ugly in any way. That´s for shure. You ask about what your watcher prefere: I prefere european model railways, because there is a much greater romantic spirit in most of the installations. Sometimes, if for example an old big wooden railway-bridge is built, taken out of the "western" landscape in US, it becomes very close to that "spirit" I wrote about. You also have got a unbelieveable great amount of landscapes and natural wonders in your country. That is what I miss very often in american model railways. I give you an example, what I´m talking about - and this very well built in the US: ua-cam.com/video/kRLbS226dqA/v-deo.html
Hello! Thanks for watching! There are definitely a lot of differences between U.S. and European railroads in that sense. I have long wanted to go on a trip to Europe and tour the country by rail- both to see the sights and the railroads! I agree with you about western American railroads and I certainly lean toward those in my interests. Some may find the western landscapes bland, but I find a lot of beauty in that part of our country. -Mike
Question of the day: What are some of your favorite train shows or rail-related events held where you live?
The Madison Train show in the 3rd weekend in Feb. Also the The Train show In The Rice Lake Cedar Mall Good Show as well.
Mike can U get me with someone that can show me how to properly bind Joe Byden to a rail track. I'd really like to tie him down tight on top of a track switch in case a train dont come soon enough. Any advice would be helpful
The Intermodellbau in Dortmund Germany and the Märklin days at the Märklin factory in Göppingen Germany
There was a tornado spinning,,,,that was freakin awesome
I thought that was pretty cool, too! You can’t have a Midwestern themed layout without a twister! -Mike
You Cannot Get enough Of Train shows no Matter where you are At. And It’s The Truth.
It's not just seeing the layouts but, the result is giving viewers the insperation to develop their own ideas
Hi! I agree with you 100%. I enjoy getting ideas from other people layouts. Some of the neatest techniques I’ve seen aren’t “by the book” so to speak.
Been a huge fan of HO trains since I was a kid. These layouts are incredible 👏👏👍👍
Thanks for watching, Timothy! I thought they were pretty cool layouts, too. The owners all did great jobs. I was able to get a lot inspiration from them! -Mike
Loved the layouts. Keep bringing them on.
Hi! Thank you for watching…I appreciate it! I agree- everyone did a great job on these layouts. -Mike
That was fun. Thank.you Michael
You bet, thanks Johnny! Happy to “take you along” for the tour!
Very nice layouts
I appreciate you watching!
Awesome video love that tornado setup :)
Hi! I sure appreciate you watching. Yes, I also though the tornado section was very creative! It seemed to be a big hit with the visitors.
Hi Mike I'm excited for the Joplin Missouri Train show this Saturday July 15th. I also go to Springfield Missouri. Sugar Creek model railroad in Siloam Springs Arkansas..Be glad to see any of you my favorite UA-camrs there like Tom's/Ron train n things.Toy man television.I've been watching him on UA-cam for years to come
Hi, Alex! I am definitely going to try and make it to the Joplin show. Maybe I’ll see you then. I’m also looking forward to the Springfield show this fall. Both are really great events. I always appreciate you tuning in! -Mike
@@MainTrack Springfield Missouri?I'll be at the Springfield Missouri show too. see you there I hope we will find each other somehow to. I missed one guy at the same train show as me.he lives a couple miles from me I did not see him and he didn't see me cuz we didn't know what each other looks like maybe I'll tell him what kind of shirt I'll be wearing or hat.O are you a vendor
Awesome stuff. The moving chickens are over the top cool. I will be attending my first ever model railroad show here in Temple, TX in a few weeks. I'm 67 years old and am just starting out in the hobby. Thanks for the inspiring videos.
Thank you! Yes…aren’t those chickens cool? That was a first seeing those! There’s no way my clunky fingers could ever build details that small- animated and all! Sounds like you’ll have a great train show coming up. I’d like to get down to TX sometime to visit some of your shows!
Hope to make it as well I missed the one in austin recently and likely can’t make the one in new braunfels. I really need to make one
Beautiful craftsmanship on all of it... Flawless
Thanks for watching! I agree…these are some fantastic layouts!
Thanks for sharing your visit to the show. Great video as always, Mike.
It was a lot of fun, Dan. I am looking forward to our local show coming up this fall!
Going To A Model Railroad Show In our Area Is Always Tranquility Never want To leave them till they Close.Then We go home To our Layouts. Try to Finish up our Layouts to Look Great.
I love that you have the A&M on your beginning of your videos. I'm going to be modeling the A&M. That's the train line I've grown up with.
Hello! I appreciate you watching! Yes, I had to put some A&M in there! It’s a great railroad. I life in Springfield- just up the road from Monett and the A&M. So, it’s pretty close and I enjoy railfanning it when I can.
Nice to see train shows up and running again. We have Trainfest here in Milwaukee, WI in Nov.
For sure! I’m not sure we realized how much we really enjoyed train shows until they were on hiatus! I have read about Trainfest before. I’m sure it’ll be a great one!
Overland western good job
Yes…they really did an awesome job on that layout. I always love seeing it at shows. -Mike
Looooove your video, keep making more 👍👍🙂🚇
Hi, Michael! I sure appreciate that. Yes, we plan to keep rolling the videos out!
Awesome!!! Thank you for sharing.
Absolutely, Jason...thank you! I look forward to making more vids in the future of shows I attend.
G'day Mike. The Jefferson county & SMRC layout was the stand out of what you showed to me.
Hi! I agree…that was a pretty awesome layout! I spent quite a while admiring that one. They’ve put a lot of hard work into it.
Thanks for sharing and taking some good quality photoshoots. I appreciate your time and your vids
You bet! I appreciate you watching!
Trainfest - Wisconsin State Fair grounds November.
Hi, Steven! I do believe I’ve heard of that show before. Sounds like a good one! -Mike
Never been to one Hicksville NY hopefully will be my first
Very cool! Hope you have a great time and find a lot of good stuff!
There is A Train show In Eau Claire Oct 8-9. We are Goin we Missed it so we are Making it up.
That’s great, Ellery! Hope it’s an awesome show. Everyone has a lot of catching up to do! Ha.
Nicely done video. Looking forward to the train shows this spring in our area. New subscriber.
Hello! Thank your very much…I appreciate that. It’s great to have you on board! -Mike
Great video & great train show. Great layout combinations as well. I’m looking forward to the 2022 model railroad train show in Scottsdale,AZ in October that I plan to go to and check out what the rail show will be this year.
I appreciate that! Yes, it was a lot of fun. We (normally) have quite a few here in the Midwest. I’ve heard of some big ones out west but haven’t had a chance to visit many out that way.
I only have a little starter set but don’t have any track yet just ordered some and there is a train store opening in a week right in the parking lot where I work
Very nice. Goodness, if I had a train store that close to work, I’d have my paychecks spent before I got home! Ha.
@@MainTrack same here gonna be rough with our wife finding out although she likes the steam engines for some reason
Your the best I love you
Can you please make more videos
I appreciate you watching! You bet…lots more videos are on the way!
Did you see any Tuscola & Saginaw Bay (TSB) locomotives or cars? The line is a particular favorite of mine.
Hello, Bob! I don’t recall seeing any. I had a TSB ACF hopper years ago, but it doesn’t fit well now with my rolling stock as I’ve upgraded over the years. I’ve kept my eye out for a replacement. I’ve never even seen the TSB in real life…I just really liked the yellow paint scheme!
@@MainTrack TSB, while relatively short-lived, had a rich history. It acquired several of the ex-Ann Arbor GP-35s after a prolonged legal battle and ran the line for a dozen years, I believe.
A very nice video. I haven't had the opportunity to go to many train shows out West, though I have been to a few here on the East Coast.
Thank you! We are lucky in that we usually have quite a few each year in the Midwest…”usually”meaning pre-pandemic. I’d like to get to some farther East sometime.
@@MainTrack You're quite welcome :). That's pretty neat about having many train shows to go to, and I imagine each one has its own unique style. I've been to a couple near the Philadelphia area, particularly at an expo center which is on a road where a train station used to be.
There is one coming to Hicksville NY about 40 minutes from me I plan on attending it will be my first train show as I’m just starting out built a 4x8 table from scratch. Any tips you can give a newbie like myself will be greatly appreciated
Very cool…that won’t be too far of a drive for you at all! Hope it’s a great show and you have fun. I’ve got plenty of how-to videos in the works.
Feel free to drop any questions you have. I’m always looking for topics to cover!
@@MainTrack like I said I’m brand new to railroading so I happen to like the steam engines and the diesel ones wife ordered the hog warts express not sure how I’m gonna run the 2 together or what I’m gonna model my railroad after
I like the emergency vehicles. They'd be PERFECT for modeling collision and derailment scenes. Just add some spilled freight or a few bloodied victims of the appropriate scale and you're all set! 🤣🤣🤣
Yes, they were pretty neat! Made me think I need an emergency scene somewhere on my layout!
What locomotives would you recommend to a beginner
Hi, Richard! Atlas Trainman, Athearn Ready-To-Roll, and Walthers Trainline all have some very nice affordable locomotives to start out with. The good things with this hobby is- you can start out basic and then grow out and up from there. I always recommend starting with something simple like those I mentioned- to make sure the hobby is for you. Then, it’s easy to expand as your knowledge and experience levels increase. This sounds like a great question and topic for me me to cover in a future episode!
Thanks I just finished my 4x8 table my dad had a 5x9 when my parents divorced he gave it all away. What track would you recommend to a beginner
What railroad do you like. I’m inclined with Csx and CN
I used Atlas Code 83 up until recently you. It’s great track. I recently started using Peco Code 83. I like the detail better. It is a little pricier, but think it has been worth it. As for my favorite railroads…Katy is my favorite, but I also like BN and Santa Fe (before BNSF) as well as Missouri Pacific. These were all railroads serving different towns I lived in while growing up.
I really would like to the manufacturers would make the engines cars in more than 2 or 3 numbers
That would be great if they could. I know some modelers will simply buy duplicates and re-number them with decals. I’ve done that a few times. In do appreciate when they do new numbers with re-releases. -Mike
Nice job! No O scale?
Hello! Thank you for watching! I highlighted the HO and N layouts since that’s mostly what we feature here and most of the layout there were of those scales. But…I will take that as a request for some O scale stuff and will be sure to include some of that next time!
What song is that background music ? I gots to know.
Hello! Thanks for stopping by! Which song in particular? My intro and outro song is called Friction Locks by Silent Partner- which produces music geared for videos. They have some great music!
Just join your channel, all our Train Show got shut down because of the china flu. Some are back so I can sell my Model Trees. Bob
Thanks for joining us! It’s definitely good to be getting back to life as normal. And, good luck selling your trees!
We still haven't gotten back our Vancouver Expo train show.😔 Got cancelled for a third year.
Here’s to hoping for next year! I have heard that’s a great show. It’s a little far of a drive from Missouri, but maybe sometime I can pay it a visit!
Thanks for another great video Mike. I really enjoy your personal layout. I met you a few years ago in Springfield at the train show. Are they putting one on this year, and if so have you heard of the day and month? I've been working on my layout. Been really slow with not much time to spend working on it. But maybe someday when I am nearing more completing it, I would like to show it to you. I'm about an hour away from Springfield Mo. Anyway I enjoy all your videos so keep them coming !!!
Hello! good to hear from you! Always enjoy sharing new videos with everyone....thank you for watching! Yes, there is a train show planned for November 19th at the Oasis Convention Center on N. Glenstone. It was a pretty good show last year, and I'm glad to see it'll be returning that that venue. I understand about slow progress...I certainly have a lot of those periods, myself. Sometimes it's a challenge squeezing in layout time between work and life!
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Hi there! Thank you for watching!
If anyone is even remotely interested about 8 years ago I scored 4 Lionel engines 2 of which were South Pacific Santa Fe N gauge engines and two steam locomotives new in their boxes. I am thinking the stuff was made early 90s the boxes also seemed to say to me the stuff was in a house the burnt or was on fire. I paid eighty bucks and don't even have a track set up period it was the blue & yellow Santa Fe engine is why I even bought the sheet and it sits on an office shelf behind my deck chair here and I still wonder why I bought the things. The detail on the thing is awesome really is. I thought Lionel was out of business and I was thinking it was stuff from the 60s or 70s but the dates on the boxes are 1990 and 1991. I would like some history on the stuff I can't find anything on google but that is nothing unusual
Hello! That sounds like an awesome find! Hopefully someone on here will be able to help and shed some light on that info you’re looking for.
Tons......................
Yes, there were quite a few layouts there! I’m looking forward to visiting more shows in the coming months. Thanks for tuning in, Carlos!
I didn’t and still don’t have and freight trains near where I live in a town called Selden Ny actually long island
Any passenger or commuter trains nearby at least?
@@MainTrack yes we have the LIRR
You completely missed the 40' x 20' Z scale modular layout!
Hello! I did get some footage of that as well and plan on possibly using that in another future episode. It was a pretty cool layout, too. I was already running a little long on time for this one.
I'd really like to see that. Do you have a layout or club name so I can try to locate it on UA-cam or Google?? Thanks Hawk
I found it on Jeff Schultz's UA-cam channel
Too bad you didn't include the N scale Star Wars modules, or the modeled-in-full N scale St Louis Arch.
Hello! Yes, those layouts were in one of the side rooms and were pretty cool. I did get plenty of shots of the arch and Star Wars modules and saved those for additional episodes in the future.
@@MainTrack Ah! Additional episodes in the pipeline. OK, then! :) Looking forward to them.
Train Station Ho N Mark O Lion Mark Amc
Like minded gathering of quality people, not the buck and den do.
It was a great show for sure! I’m hoping to make it to the national show this summer. -Mike
I like this Model Railroad layout so much.
Welcom to visit my Model Railroad Layout
Hi there, James. I appreciate that very much!
SLow them down a little !!!!!
Yes, some of them were going just a little fast! Ha.
When I watch a video like this, I wonder about the realization of indutrial-complexes in the model scale. For me it seem´s like nobody is looking for your real old and nice buildings you have got in your country without a doubt. But in most of the cases there are modern and ugly buildings shown. If I had the money to realize a minature dreamworld, my dreams wouln´t be ugly in any way. That´s for shure.
You ask about what your watcher prefere: I prefere european model railways, because there is a much greater romantic spirit in most of the installations. Sometimes, if for example an old big wooden railway-bridge is built, taken out of the "western" landscape in US, it becomes very close to that "spirit" I wrote about. You also have got a unbelieveable great amount of landscapes and natural wonders in your country. That is what I miss very often in american model railways. I give you an example, what I´m talking about - and this very well built in the US: ua-cam.com/video/kRLbS226dqA/v-deo.html
Hello! Thanks for watching! There are definitely a lot of differences between U.S. and European railroads in that sense. I have long wanted to go on a trip to Europe and tour the country by rail- both to see the sights and the railroads! I agree with you about western American railroads and I certainly lean toward those in my interests. Some may find the western landscapes bland, but I find a lot of beauty in that part of our country. -Mike