Best layout ever built. Finest operation I've ever seen, and i Have belonged to 6 different model railroad clubs....and southern pacific is the road i model.
Thatta Boy Bill!! You've displayed (what was) the greatest train in the west! My all time favorite. Been to California 2 or 3 times to see it going over Tehachapi. Last time I was there I didn't even know it was ending very soon after. Caught loads out and empties returning throughout the same day. Once, I followed it upgrade from Caliente, through Woodford and on up to the loop. When at the loop, it had to take the siding (Walong). When the train slowly came to a stop I was trackside taking it all in on film. The engineer saw me and tossed something out the window. Moments later a very long Santa Fe freight came downhill. It was unbelievable! It had 9 engines on the point, a couple were even the F-45's. Moments later the train even revealed a set of mid train helpers. Well, after the Santa Fe freight was clear, the Tank Train quickly throttled up and headed out of the siding. After the rear cans cleared the switch, I walked over to where the engineer threw that item out the window. All I could see is that it was something white and wrapped in plastic. I picked it up and saw it was a "crew pack" it said on the label, with the scarlet red and yellow SP setting sun emblem on it. Guess the engineer was giving me a little souvegnier for chasing him all the way from Caliente! I still have it today. Of course! Got another interesting story about the "Athearn TANK TRAIN" car too!
No, never did. At least not at this point. It was shot on VHS back in 1998, if i remember correctly. Not 100% sure how to accomplish that right now. But it's a great idea! I've seen other video of similar encounters on You Tube but actually think mine might be better. It was very fast paced and non stop action. At this point I haven't posted anything on the tube.
Building train layouts is the best investment n they keep getting better everyday with DCC n Sound technology n make the locomotive's better with sound technology all the way for tourists at the museum n family entertainment n for the grandkids to see what you built
Love the details and the video content in this presentation. I’m lucky to live only couple hours drive away from this museum. It’s worth the visit for any rail fan.
I was most impressed by how well all of the locomotives and rolling stock tracked, I saw no rocking or uneven travel just tremendous attention to detail.
I cant get over this video. CMRM is run like a professional railway. The smoothness of operations is so prototypical. I have seen some wonderful layouts, but, when their trains run, there's wobbling of cars and stuttering of the trains due to electrical problems and kills the show there and then, giving it a toy-like feel. Not so on this layout. Running humungous, even monster trains just like the real thing, takes my breath away. in this particular video, I just love to see the auto-racks overtaking the oil cans and then the oil cans moving on. Prototypical! Even the trona hopper train in the opposing direction is a hit. You guys are my own No.1. Beauty and difficult technicals, running all taken care of: first class. Impeccable. Allagash comes a very close second. Based on what Ive seen of course. There must be many more geniuses that I haven't seen and my respects to them. Thanks a ton.
I live and Australia and this is one of the most amazing set ups I have ever seen, you guys should be proud of your achievements. I have got to visit this if I ever have the opportunity to travel to the states. WELL DONE👍👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Outstanding video work! I really appreciated the moving map in the corner. The cab ride videos that are so prevalent are interesting - at first - but this one shows the whole "world" so much better!
The No1, best model railroad video in HO on the net, in my opinion. I keep coming back to this. OUTSTANDING. Period! Try matching this. Fantabulousssss!
hi from New Zealand ....now thats amazing! what a railway.... simply the best.... i have a small hornby set.... but love my trains big or small.... thanks for sharing :)
Absolutely amazing. The attention to every last detail is incredible. Colorado Model Railroad Museum, you have done yourself proud. This is magnificent.
Wow! Nice to see the Southern Pacific back in action! Pride of workmanship is superb all over this layout. Reminded me of my father and I chasing SP and Santa Fe out of Bakersfield and over to the Tehachapi Loop. We'd get lunch in Tehachapi and follow the trains back to Bakersfield. You have made my day sir! Thank you!
Thanks, this brought back terrific memories of 4 Aussies there last year about Sept. , so much enjoyed your museum , and we got to go on a tour behind the scenes.P.S after we left we went to Train mountains factory about 1 hour from you guys some of Y,all may remember us..Jamesthank you ...Mr Bill Rogers
One of the things that I miss in your fantastically beautiful recordings of model trains is a train that transports trees or wood. If there was such a gig train there would be fantastic.
Excellent camera work! Love the closeups, nice and focused! Very realistic with the long running trains and several engines pulling them. Perfect speed for the trains
Lucky you. You found the cleanest SP locomotives on the entire roster to shoot this video! Awesome video and layout. Thank you very much for taking the time to shoot and share it.
In Germany we never had such a behemothes. Neither on the tracks nor in model scale. So I even more enjoyed to watch your finely filmed video! The landscape is breath-taking. Especially the rivers and lakes are so realistic, even in the macros! Thanks for this video, and best luck for your oncoming projects!
Outstanding model railroad. I also compliment the videography: one of the reasons I watch is to figure out "How did Bill get that shot?" Reading the comments there is a dolly. I knew it had to be that or an amazing drone that was quiet and not kicking up the air, dust and scenery.
We run the oil cans on the La Mesa Club's layout occasionally. At least one of our members owns a set of oil cans, and visiting modelers come by once in a while. Keeping a train that size in operating mechanical condition is a big job!
Bill, all thanks are for you and your wonderfull crew/team !! And thanks for the great link you just sended. It is a pitty for me that your beautyfull layout is on the other side of the ocean... But a really great resource of inspiration (with al these seperate levels). It starts me thinking about how I can create much more driving-space in the room that I have available. Warm regards from Holland :-)
Wow!the best model railroad videos ever, i love how everything look so real i love the loop that was awesome! The camera shots was awesome, love the video keep it up,you are a genius.
I watched the entire video, 35 minutes of my life that were very enjoyable. I must say that either I have something wrong with me or I am a Train Enthusiast..., I grew up riding trains from Denver to Ohio, always have loved them, loved the smell, love the motion and action of their movements. I was very impressed with the length of the one SP train, the one with the 9 engines. Is that actual, I mean is that a true representation of a train pulling that many cars, with 5 engines up front and 4 engines in the middle? In any case, just being able to watch it enter one side of a mountain and travel on another level of the railway was amazing. I have subscribed and will be watching your videos from now on. Great videography, especially the view of the passing trains from a first person prospective. Thanks for sharing your guy's work.
Interesting read, I actually rode the train line to Bakersfield from Fort Hood Tx, when I was in the military. It was for a training exercise we had at the National Training Center (NTC), I, along with some other Soldiers were the guard force and road in the caboose. Which is while reading the article it was of interest to me why they eliminated the cabooses from train. Thanks for the information and knowledge.
I like watching these train videos it brings back the kid in you n now it's better with new technology dcc n sound which it took a lot of time to develop for the ho trains..
Fantastic layout, very well built with credible and realistic scenery. Train speeds are realistic too. Great videography including what appears to be "on-train camera following". Only real hick-up for me was the jerky/hesitant restart of the Southern Pacific "oilcan" train at about 5:30 on the time line. I assume this is running a DCC system, especially considering the multiple engines pulling/pushing. I haven't been a model railroader now for many years but can you get flex track with "concrete ties"? Very inspiring, well done to all involved!
Yes you can. Last I remember I think it was Micro Engineering or PECO made it. They were the only ones last I knew. (I've been out of it for about 8 yrs now myself) Too many other projects going on since I retired! I like the modern era most myself. Those oil cans are my favorite! Saw them running prob. only a few years before the UP merger. "one powerful sight"!! Nowhere else does a RR put on a show like that!
This is likely top 5 greatest ho layouts in North America period. Been to Colorado last two winters and both times on the days y’all weren’t open and went to the rail museum and forney to see big boy 4005. Hopefully I catch y’all open one year so I can see this with my own eyes. This layout is a inspiration for all who seek to create there own model rail empires. This layout, bnsf Fall River sub, La mesa, and a couple of the Ho on30 Sierra narrow gauge layouts that are toured on a main model rail review channel are just above so many. There’s probably another 5 or so channels with personal layouts that are just as high including the guy with the 10,000 sq foot Wyoming Evanston sub layout that’s to scale mile exact
I love the soft curves in the American layouts where they are in sight, in the EU layouts it seems they can not get rid of the start set angles. This is really model trains on steroids.
Loved the flat cars with Kenworth road tractors .....must have been for Monfort out of Greely Colorado that was their colors...nicknamed the circus wagons lol
Best layout ever built. Finest operation I've ever seen, and i Have belonged to 6 different model railroad clubs....and southern pacific is the road i model.
This is by far the most realistic operation I've ever seen. Great work guys
Thatta Boy Bill!! You've displayed (what was) the greatest train in the west! My all time favorite. Been to California 2 or 3 times to see it going over Tehachapi. Last time I was there I didn't even know it was ending very soon after. Caught loads out and empties returning throughout the same day. Once, I followed it upgrade from Caliente, through Woodford and on up to the loop. When at the loop, it had to take the siding (Walong). When the train slowly came to a stop I was trackside taking it all in on film. The engineer saw me and tossed something out the window. Moments later a very long Santa Fe freight came downhill. It was unbelievable! It had 9 engines on the point, a couple were even the F-45's. Moments later the train even revealed a set of mid train helpers. Well, after the Santa Fe freight was clear, the Tank Train quickly throttled up and headed out of the siding. After the rear cans cleared the switch, I walked over to where the engineer threw that item out the window. All I could see is that it was something white and wrapped in plastic. I picked it up and saw it was a "crew pack" it said on the label, with the scarlet red and yellow SP setting sun emblem on it. Guess the engineer was giving me a little souvegnier for chasing him all the way from Caliente! I still have it today. Of course! Got another interesting story about the "Athearn TANK TRAIN" car too!
Thanks for the fascinating story. Did you ever post any of the footage you shot on UA-cam? If so, I would love to see a link to it posted here.
No, never did. At least not at this point. It was shot on VHS back in 1998, if i remember correctly. Not 100% sure how to accomplish that right now. But it's a great idea! I've seen other video of similar encounters on You Tube but actually think mine might be better. It was very fast paced and non stop action. At this point I haven't posted anything on the tube.
One of the best train layouts and trains I have ever seen.
Building train layouts is the best investment n they keep getting better everyday with DCC n Sound technology n make the locomotive's better with sound technology all the way for tourists at the museum n family entertainment n for the grandkids to see what you built
Love the details and the video content in this presentation. I’m lucky to live only couple hours drive away from this museum. It’s worth the visit for any rail fan.
A tremendous amount of real engineering went into the design and fabrication to attain a flawless operation. People who did this are experts.
Wonderful way to spend a good half hour of time while recovering from surgery. Beautiful landscaping and industrial scenes. Thanks
I have seen hundreds if not thousands of layouts and this is by far the most impressive yet to date. Those autoracks are 🔥🔥🔥greattt!
I was most impressed by how well all of the locomotives and rolling stock tracked, I saw no rocking or uneven travel just tremendous attention to detail.
I cant get over this video. CMRM is run like a professional railway. The smoothness of operations is so prototypical. I have seen some wonderful layouts, but, when their trains run, there's wobbling of cars and stuttering of the trains due to electrical problems and kills the show there and then, giving it a toy-like feel. Not so on this layout. Running humungous, even monster trains just like the real thing, takes my breath away.
in this particular video, I just love to see the auto-racks overtaking the oil cans and then the oil cans moving on. Prototypical! Even the trona hopper train in the opposing direction is a hit.
You guys are my own No.1. Beauty and difficult technicals, running all taken care of: first class. Impeccable.
Allagash comes a very close second. Based on what Ive seen of course. There must be many more geniuses that I haven't seen and my respects to them.
Thanks a ton.
I live and Australia and this is one of the most amazing set ups I have ever seen, you guys should be proud of your achievements. I have got to visit this if I ever have the opportunity to travel to the states. WELL DONE👍👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Outstanding video work! I really appreciated the moving map in the corner. The cab ride videos that are so prevalent are interesting - at first - but this one shows the whole "world" so much better!
Just enough on-train camera work to appreciate the FINE details. The carside view is cool!
The No1, best model railroad video in HO on the net, in my opinion. I keep coming back to this. OUTSTANDING. Period! Try matching this. Fantabulousssss!
The dolly is the deal! Fabulous, and you're ever learning too. Takes it all to a new level. Congratulations!
hi from New Zealand ....now thats amazing! what a railway.... simply the best.... i have a small hornby set.... but love my trains big or small.... thanks for sharing :)
Absolutely amazing. The attention to every last detail is incredible. Colorado Model Railroad Museum, you have done yourself proud. This is magnificent.
Extreme is an understatement!. Truly one of the finest layouts I have ever seen. Bravo, and thanks for sharing.
That is one awsome scale model railroad. Brings back memories when I had model trains growing up. GREAT Video!
Wow! Nice to see the Southern Pacific back in action! Pride of workmanship is superb all over this layout. Reminded me of my father and I chasing SP and Santa Fe out of Bakersfield and over to the Tehachapi Loop. We'd get lunch in Tehachapi and follow the trains back to Bakersfield. You have made my day sir! Thank you!
INCREDIBLE! I'm only 10 minutes into the video. The picture in picture, great!
Thanks, this brought back terrific memories of 4 Aussies there last year about Sept. , so much enjoyed your museum , and we got to go on a tour behind the scenes.P.S after we left we went to Train mountains factory about 1 hour from you guys some of Y,all may remember us..Jamesthank you ...Mr Bill Rogers
One of the things that I miss in your fantastically beautiful recordings of model trains is a train that transports trees or wood. If there was such a gig train there would be fantastic.
Very well done! That is one of the nicest layouts I have seen in many years. Will have to try to visit.
Something u can never out grow, wonderful video.
WOW! What an amazing layout. Very impressive! The best layout I have ever seen on film. FANTASTIC!
Love your set up,especially those very long trains they are AWESOME!!
The Amount of work in the layout is truly out standing. An the design is total also Amazing. 👍
It's like being 7 years old again with my Marx train! Thanks!!!
Excellent camera work! Love the closeups, nice and focused! Very realistic with the long running trains and several engines pulling them. Perfect speed for the trains
Fantastic video of a beautiful layout. Thanks for posting.
Love the SP logo, always did Btw, that lumber operation is a sight to behold.
Bill Rodgers,
What An Amazing Layout Truly out standing. Just loved watching the Locamotive's going around the tracks. Truly inspirational.
Lucky you. You found the cleanest SP locomotives on the entire roster to shoot this video! Awesome video and layout. Thank you very much for taking the time to shoot and share it.
This was from back in the day when the SP was so prosperous, that they could afford to hire people who washed all the rolling stock every night. ;-)
AWESOME, EXCELLENT and PERFECT!!!!! I enjoyed it very much!!! Thank you for sharing and keep up the good work.
What an amazing layout! Thank you for sharing! Love your locomotives and oil cans too!
The loops scene is absolutely incredible, I can only imagine the time that took to create!
A long weekend.
In Germany we never had such a behemothes. Neither on the tracks nor in model scale. So I even more enjoyed to watch your finely filmed video! The landscape is breath-taking. Especially the rivers and lakes are so realistic, even in the macros! Thanks for this video, and best luck for your oncoming projects!
Wow!! Fantastic layout!
A fantastic model railway, very realistic railway traffic. A beautiful video. I'm excited.
wolfgang
Thanks Wolfgang! :-)
Delightful joy! Good work all around and thank you for sharing :-)
Easily one of the most beautiful model railroads in the world. Hope to visit it someday.
The seamer an the Amount of work that went into this build must have been hours an hours of hard graft. Truly out standing work.
Amazing pike! Truly a thrill to watch. Who needs the real thing?
This is an incredible layout. My father would've loved to have seen this. Well done!
All those semi-trucks at 20:54,classic,icing on the cake.
Wonderful video. Many thanks for all of your work in producing it.
Outstanding model railroad. I also compliment the videography: one of the reasons I watch is to figure out "How did Bill get that shot?" Reading the comments there is a dolly. I knew it had to be that or an amazing drone that was quiet and not kicking up the air, dust and scenery.
Thanks Ted. We have talked about using a drone, but the consensus is that we don't want to risk crashing and damaging the scenery or structures.
That train is quite an impressive display! It would look right at home on the La Mesa Model Railroad Club's Tehachapi prototype layout.
We run the oil cans on the La Mesa Club's layout occasionally. At least one of our members owns a set of oil cans, and visiting modelers come by once in a while. Keeping a train that size in operating mechanical condition is a big job!
Brilliant camera angle of shot..witg onboard view n graphic view at the same time as train travelling.
Really REALLY great video. You can see there is put a lot of love in the scenery. Hope to see more beauties soon...
Thanks Erik. I'm glad you like the video. You can see more of them here:
ua-cam.com/play/PLCiFPrus_jMrL3c9K5oPPXSAZCixTVRdL.html
Bill, all thanks are for you and your wonderfull crew/team !! And thanks for the great link you just sended. It is a pitty for me that your beautyfull layout is on the other side of the ocean... But a really great resource of inspiration (with al these seperate levels). It starts me thinking about how I can create much more driving-space in the room that I have available. Warm regards from Holland :-)
I always love watching this layout! All around top-notch work, and very inspiring! Always makes me want to go build something after seeing it. A+
Thanks for sharing this excellent footage!
The filming and video creation is a passion of mine too.
😉😎
This is such a versatile hobby.
Wow!the best model railroad videos ever, i love how everything look so real i love the loop that was awesome! The camera shots was awesome, love the video keep it up,you are a genius.
Wow...picking up jaw... thanks for sharing and keep up the great work...wow.. Lance
Quite an exceptional layout this. Love the wires on the poles and long trains .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
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I watched the entire video, 35 minutes of my life that were very enjoyable. I must say that either I have something wrong with me or I am a Train Enthusiast..., I grew up riding trains from Denver to Ohio, always have loved them, loved the smell, love the motion and action of their movements.
I was very impressed with the length of the one SP train, the one with the 9 engines. Is that actual, I mean is that a true representation of a train pulling that many cars, with 5 engines up front and 4 engines in the middle?
In any case, just being able to watch it enter one side of a mountain and travel on another level of the railway was amazing.
I have subscribed and will be watching your videos from now on.
Great videography, especially the view of the passing trains from a first person prospective.
Thanks for sharing your guy's work.
Thank you Vincent. Sometimes as many as 12 locomotives were used. See sptco.proboards.com/thread/881/
Interesting read, I actually rode the train line to Bakersfield from Fort Hood Tx, when I was in the military. It was for a training exercise we had at the National Training Center (NTC), I, along with some other Soldiers were the guard force and road in the caboose. Which is while reading the article it was of interest to me why they eliminated the cabooses from train.
Thanks for the information and knowledge.
Love this layout. Especially the searchlight signals.
Marvelous layout! And some really great shots too!
Looked almost like drone was used! Great video, thanks for sharing!
Great Layout new here looks amazing. Great work nice blog start to finish👍🏻🚂
Extreme Oil Cans ... in my dreams, I just love the whole layout and action
Gonna have to come out. Can't think of a better destination for a "ROAD TRIP" !!!
C'est incontestablement le plus beau réseau de chemin de fer en miniature existant au monde ! Le plus réaliste en plus de ça. 😊👍
Really loving the scenery and detail of the layout! I'm also a big fan of the tunnel motors :)
Really fantastic, thanks for showing this.
Very nice! Thank you for posting it!!🇺🇸
very nice. great detail and scenery excellent work.. A+
Great video like always love the SP
Sp roll on roll on!
the detail is stunning!
This is truly a great layout but your layout Bill is also a great layout that I enjoy a lot.
Absolument féerique de vérité.
Le respect de l'échelle des vitesses est parfait.
L'un des plus beaux que j'ai vus !
Bill Rodgers.
I would love to watch more videos like this one. As its just so Amazing.
Click on the link m.ua-cam.com/play/PLCiFPrus_jMrL3c9K5oPPXSAZCixTVRdL.html
WOW !!!!! Amazing setup bravo !!!!!
I like watching these train videos it brings back the kid in you n now it's better with new technology dcc n sound which it took a lot of time to develop for the ho trains..
Magnificent layout & the sceanic work is fantastic.
Phenomenal! I need to drop by sometime soon.
Thank you! Be sure to check and make sure the museum will be open when you want to visit. www.cmrm.org
Beautiful and excelent camera work!!!
Beautiful layout.
Fantastic layout, very well built with credible and realistic scenery. Train speeds are realistic too. Great videography including what appears to be "on-train camera following". Only real hick-up for me was the jerky/hesitant restart of the Southern Pacific "oilcan" train at about 5:30 on the time line. I assume this is running a DCC system, especially considering the multiple engines pulling/pushing. I haven't been a model railroader now for many years but can you get flex track with "concrete ties"? Very inspiring, well done to all involved!
Yes you can. Last I remember I think it was Micro Engineering or PECO made it. They were the only ones last I knew. (I've been out of it for about 8 yrs now myself) Too many other projects going on since I retired! I like the modern era most myself. Those oil cans are my favorite! Saw them running prob. only a few years before the UP merger. "one powerful sight"!! Nowhere else does a RR put on a show like that!
This is one of the coolest videos
Richtig richtig große und sehr schöne Anlage! :)
C'est merveilleux, extraordinaire. Bravo !!!
This is likely top 5 greatest ho layouts in North America period. Been to Colorado last two winters and both times on the days y’all weren’t open and went to the rail museum and forney to see big boy 4005. Hopefully I catch y’all open one year so I can see this with my own eyes. This layout is a inspiration for all who seek to create there own model rail empires. This layout, bnsf Fall River sub, La mesa, and a couple of the Ho on30 Sierra narrow gauge layouts that are toured on a main model rail review channel are just above so many. There’s probably another 5 or so channels with personal layouts that are just as high including the guy with the 10,000 sq foot Wyoming Evanston sub layout that’s to scale mile exact
What a layout. Beautiful
Sieht das toll aus, vielen dankfürs Zeigen
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I saw The Oil Cans in a magazine when I was a kid back in.. 04-08 can't remember.
Nice layout, great photography.
wow, what a magnificent loop.
Great railroad I need to visit the museum it's been a long time from my last visit.
Amazing, very impression, and love Southern Pacific
Awesome thanks for posting.
In a word.....WOW.... Thanks for this video... Holy sheep dip!
Thanks David. If you like this one, you should take a look at our latest "Oil Cans" video: ua-cam.com/video/EAEbqQmSX1I/v-deo.html
Fantastic!!!! Very very good.
I love the soft curves in the American layouts where they are in sight,
in the EU layouts it seems they can not get rid of the start set angles.
This is really model trains on steroids.
Loved the flat cars with Kenworth road tractors .....must have been for Monfort out of Greely Colorado that was their colors...nicknamed the circus wagons lol
man, HO has come a long way!!!
One of the best ever , lovely
Super!,amazing detail!
Bravo,bravo na ovom lepom prikazivanju vozova,
I have spent months researching how to build a railroad layout and discovered an awesome website at Jareks hobby club (check it out on google)