He added a SECOND FLOOR just for TRAINS? | Eddie Carroll's HO scale empire 

I'm still glad I was able to get things together for this video to be possible. If there was more free time to do things and if the track were clean, it would have been amazing to get something running around the layout for the video. But, also, it's nice to have a detailed and updated video on Eddie's layout that'll make sure it's at least immortalized for everyone to see.

As a geologist (still in uni) I gotta say, those rock formations are amazing, their strike and dip make sense, and the way that neighbouring outcrops have angles that would make sense if you reconstructed their formation history through folding and erosion. Just amazing environment building. Also, I can't imagine what an operating session would look like. Pure insanity

"not this yard.. these yards.."

42:22 Oh my gosh yes he needs to. His layout is just incredible.

Fun fact, our smallest map in Century of Steam will be 41 times the area of this layout, *after* it's been scaled up from HO scale.

Not only would I like to see Eddie start a channel about his layout, I'd somehow squeeze the money out of my budget to be a channel member. That layout is amazing, and, because some of it covers Pennsylvania, and indeed, Pittsburgh, where I used to live, I'm sure I'd see plenty I was familiar with too!

I love when layouts become more of an art over just a railroad hobby.

this is absolutely insane, love to see mark walking through slack-jawed like a kid in Disneyland

This is the most insane home layout I have ever seen. So good!

I'd love to see how he makes those switches and bridges. All the maker RU-vidrs I've seen have said that trying to record their process to a high standard about doubles the time everything takes, though, so I'd warn him of that. But if he were to do tutorials of all the different techniques he uses, and showcasing some of the cooler parts next time he has the tracks all cleaned up to run trains for an open house, yeah, I'd watch that.

My father and I are building a model railway (with a narrow gauge, standard gauge and a cog railway in one layout, one mixed train station) for nearly 20 years now and we still haven´t finished it (probably because of my dad having spontanious ideas for changes we obviously have to make). And we don´t work on it that often so that is also one of the causes for the building time.

19:10 Some say, Hyce is still picking his jaw up off the ground....

I remember seeing this one year in person during the local annual Layout Tour, where people can choose a weekend to open up their homes and show off their train layouts. This one always stuck with me, and I'm really happy to see it covered here!

Bruh. That is commitment to building a 1st class railroad. BZ Eddie. BZ.

Never seen dual gauge on a standard gauge before.. Wait.. you able to run both type of trains together with the off-set couplers?... the lay out and scenic out looks is mind blowing, so much detail put in to it.Even the mountains and tunnels and cut thru.. god.. @_@ As well Eddie Carroll sound very lively and you will get a nice good laugh what im hearing from the vid. Every turn you can see Mark expression is like little child dreams lighting up like Christmas tree but the turn is mind blowing scene.

Eddie's created a work of art, that's an incredible amount of work on display to incredible standards. Thanks for showing us from the the UK

I'd love to see him running some trains on there

This is beyond amazingballs! Like you think what you see in detail is fantastic but then he casually opens another space in between the top and lower levels and there's a mid hidden level, like Dr Strange showing you another dimension!

Holy. fucking. shit. This is actually just insane.

Woo zero minute gang

Absolutely amazing layout, thank you for sharing it!

Absolutely incredible!! 😮

This is awesome life goals

I would for sure be interested in something like that. To get to know every little detail of the layout, the history of it and how it got made. Perhaps some tutorials on how he do the layout work and track laying? You never know, It might be some new ideas, tips and tricks that could be worth knowing for future builds.

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Most impressive

This was a serious jaw dropping moment, Mark. My brain was in overload! Magnificent is the only word that comes to mind, and to echo you, awe inspiring. Choo choos aside which were fab, the background scenery, was absolutely stunning! All those beautiful bridges of varying construction types and sizes were impressive. And the buildings-loved that crescent shaped roundhouse! The scenery scenarios were recognizable and so authentic. I loved the dual level setup and even the different tiers in those. You could literally get lost in there running the trains about. I so loved this beautiful tour! Many thanks to Mr. Carroll for inviting us in to see this masterpiece. He was a charming host for sure and I enjoyed hearing his interesting stories about how this all came to be and the true artisans he became acquainted with. OMG I’d so watch any video he might post about his layout! Mark, thank you and crew for making this video; it was triple spectacular!!! Looking forward to the next installment. As always, Professor cheers to you!

Oh My Word!!! That layout is incredible!!!🤯🤯

I'd subcribe to Eddy's youtube. We need more old guys on youtube, they got a charm about em.

6 minutes in, and holy cow those are big yards, will comment again at the end, but so freaking cool!

I remember as a kid visiting some model railway exhibitions and group meetings, usually held in a local town hall or some rented space, one time it was held in a church, and this guy has more in his one setup than most of those exhibits did XD

Wow, just wow. The amount of time and effort and skill put into this is indeed breathtakingly impressive. I want to extend much thanks to Mr. Carroll and Hyce for bringing us along to marvel at this incredible project, no a fantastic work of art. It’s simply amazing.

I think Eddie could make a channel just running FPV trains.

Amazing layout, with a lot of life stories. Would subscribe just to listen to his experiences and bits of wisdom. Thank you for sharing your visit with us.

This layout is Nutz, I love it !!

This layout was so detailed, it was incredible.

Wow, that was amazing, thanks for the tour, Hyce, and thank Eddie for the wonderful explanation.

Ludicrous! But in a good way~ Hey if he'd start a youtube channel and post videos on this thing, I'd watch it. 👍

Thanks for the video Mark! A club member of my local club, the Lubbock Model Railroad Club, got to visit this layout during the NMRA convention. Nice to see the layout in action!

Never ending layout.

Some of the layouts you visit and see are really good representations of good model making and true craftsmanship

Holy crap this is amazing! I'm sure Eddie had a blast telling you all about it too.

This is one of those layouts, you need multiple visits to, because you cannot fathom nor notice everything - spectacular!

It is so amazing 🤩 I like this layout and I happy to see News of this incredible Hon3 dream. I found another video on youtube but it was not so finished. Congratulation to Eddie 👍

Wow, I would keep that for life. So professional with the lighting and switch control panels.

You should always remove backpacks on this sort of museum quality, just in case you back into the layout accidentally.

That's a true Texas man if I ain't ever heard one. My boss talks exactly like he does.

This is the most beautiful layout I have ever seen. This should be a national treasure.

I could only hope to have a tenth of this layout at a tenth quantity. Truly astonishing detail and craftsmanship.

Wow! That is incredible!

This video was amazing! I loved that layout! The double decker is genius, and it gives me some ideas

Wonderful video. Thanks for posting this.

He should visit "Miniatur Wunderland" in Hamburg Germany. They have the world's largest miniature railway

Amazing layout, and incredible stories!

I've always wanted to do something like this, and now I realize how big my dreams are. It's MASSIVE!

Hey Hyce. Nice to see you made it to Eddie’s layout. Wish I couldv’e been there with you all but I had to be at work that day. I’m one of Eddie’s regular crew (have been for about seven years now) and I’m there every other Friday. I always have a passenger train or two (or more) when I’m there. Your friend in north Texas who drives light rail in Dallas will confirm that (don’t want to publically say his name). Hope you can make it out there again some time when I can be there. Eddie has a public open house every year just after Thanksgiving, so hopefully you can make it back then. Thanks for the exposure. Eddie’s layout really needs it. Some of the more memorable moments for me… “I hope nothing derails over there.” Yeah about three years ago my Panama Limited crashed in that scene. “Roundhouse there and roundhouse there… I wonder how much layout is in between them?” 😁 “Oh look at this cut. I didn’t even see that.” I have a short home video of my Cab Forard pulling a Daylight passe ger train through that cut. Would LOVE to see a You Tube channel about the Glenbrook Valley railroad (that’s the official name of Eddie’s railroad).

Even more overwhelming is imagining all that exact layout in G-Scale! 😀

I know a gentleman in Oregon who has a 2 level layout in a special expansion he put on his house that is based on the 1950s and 60's SantaFe railroad. It's a very impressive layout, close to the size of the layout here.

Holy mother of god THAT is a layout! Ive never seen one bigger than that!

Very nice, Good Job!😊

The layout we all dream of 😂

Hey Hyce, can you do another 101 video about train horns, and whistles? I wish you a great day hyce, take care!

This layout is collossal! Thats incredible

I've never been overwhelmed by a video of a layout before... lol

Incredible layout but watching you turn around that fragile stuff with a backpack on made me scared for the guys work

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Kudos to Eddie - that's some serious layout right there. And dual gauge stuff too! Honking heck. And yeah, I can totally relate to Mark's reaction. That's exactly what happens when I walk into a really nice layout, or visit a really good train shop. Just curious as to how Eddie keeps it all in good running order?

That is amazing! but imagine getting the rails cleaned 😅

Love the kcs stock and locos

This thing is absolutely insane! I would die to see him running daily ops on it the time table is probably completely bonkers.

Staying tuned for his new channel! 🤣

Man how do people do this it is very impressive

That railroad is more than four times bigger than my house... While it's unfortunately being torn down soon, the Oregon Joint Line in Frisco, TX would've been another fun one to visit. And it does have its own RU-vid channel!

I agree that Eddie should start a RU-vid channel where he talks about his layout. I also think you guys should get your boss to see that layout. He'd go NUTS!

Hyce, when you get the chance you should realy visit "Miniatur Wunderland" in Hamburg Germany, its the biggest model railroad in the world. You gonna love it im sure

Have you seen Mr. Barry Bogs full scale and narrow gauge G scale layout? It’s incredible!!

When I watch these guys building these gigantic railroads I can’t stop thinking that he and his wife could travel the world in real trains, seeing real places and meeting real people for a fraction of the cost. Just thinking.

K-36!

Next time your in Texas go to Amarillo there is a preserved diesel puttering around and in a park or something sante fe number 5000 "madame Queen". Plus a lot of dash-9 warbonnets

That is the best layout I have ever seen

If only y’all would have been in Houston this weekend. We had a live steam meet at HALS. Would have been awesome to have you stop by

dude this is amazing

Everyone knows John Allan and the "Gorre and Dephited", in my humble opinion this equals if not surpasses John Allan's layout. Having said that I realize, that we have access to modern equipment/technology. Probably the difference between the two layouts is the philosophy behind each of them. John Allan was a humorist and that was reflected in his creations.

There's a model railroad club out here called "Scale Rails of Southwest Florida" unfortunately they've been closed since Hurricane Ian but their layout is pretty and has an SP Cabforward and some narrow gauge shenanigans-

Eddie Carroll is a god amongst men.

This really is on a whole other level....

All I wanted was a simple 6x6 layout and my wife cussed me up one side and down the other over it. This guy got a whole addition for his layout

if you ever get the chance to come to Massachusetts, theres a layout called the Franklin & South Manchester that is not as big but is so well detailed

If your ever in minnesota and want to some of the local layouts let me know, I'm a member of few different layouts and I could show you around. Also if you ever go to minnesota I recommend going up to duluth and visiting the museum there and see one of three surviving yellowstone steam locomotives that has moving wheels.

Super cool layout!😊

I would love to watch a video of that layout from a go pro point of view going around the tracks!

The backpack in the way though

I wish I had the space to build something of this sheer magnitude

Hyce did you see 2816 while you were in Houston?

Man, someone needs to remake this for Trainz. I would love to run engines around in this environment.

Yes on that RU-vid channel

It’s like a micro entertrainment junction!

I'm freaking out, he's walking around with a back pack !!!!

I take it that he doesn't play golf. 😂🤣 Great layout! 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃

You have the story in the different areas but also the story oh the building of the area or where it came from. I noticed that you have great respect and self control to not reach into the layout and touch as you are looking.