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Hi Ron how is your back I hope it's better...I like your RV it looks nice

That's one awesome way to have an O gauge layout, very good stuff Dave and Ron!

You can't beat a good running session with rattlin', bangin', crashin', lights and smoke!

What a great episode. What a sight to see to guys playing trains outside in the blistering heat. “Hey Dave you may want a koozie for that”. “It’s not hanging around that long”. Excellent.

Santa Claus brought a 2026 to me in 1953. Never pulled more than 3 cars without derailments, slipping, etc. What a fun video! Thanks for sharing your fun! The Big Boy is so beautiful!

Omg a double matinee of classic trains!…way to end the weekend!

Awesome Video! You guys were hammering down on the high iron! Love those older sets can't wait to see the video on them! Thanks for having us over! B Safe.....

You guys looked like the happiest kids on your block. Thanks for 2 episodes this week.

Super layout 😊😊,Big Boy Union Pacific 😊😊👍🚂..Lionel sińce on 1900 years... Classic Model Train 😊.

Sometimes as a train guy...you just have to pull out the toys and run them. Really fun video.

Super recording 👍👍

Looks like you all had fun. Enjoy. Thank you for sharing 😊

BIG kids having fun!!! Thank you for sharing your fun day with us!!!!😀

Excellent video, as usual! Nice to see vintage Lionel riding the rails ----- especially the Pennsylvania Steam Turbine.

Wow That is freakin' awesome...Thanks for sharing that with us... Rich...

Hi Ron, and Hi Local Dave. You guys looked like a couple of kids at Christmas. New toys to play with. Nice to see them running outside. That big boy whistle, wooow. Nice to see the big Amtrak all hooked up and running, looks good at night also. Thanks guys. Cheers 🥂

Setting up the tables and track, is a small sample of what it's like setting up a Modular Layout. Week from this coming Friday, we'll be doing a 54 by 30 foot set up. Want to come join us?

Wow…I felt like a seven year old…my friend had a layout and gear like that, in the 50’s…his Dad was an engineer for Canadian Pacific Railway…I wanted a Lionel, but my Dad opted for the Lionel HO for my first train…good days those, thanks for sharing…love the night shots…Cheers to you and Dave from 🇨🇦

Two happy 8 year olds who road in on there Big Wheels and are playing trains! Does not get any better!

I love seeing the post-war era engines. Sweet 736, thanks!

You guys are living the dream.

You make a Post War Man HAPPY!!!!!!

Thank you for sharing. Very nice.👍

Awesome running trains video. Thank you for showing the fun times.

Joy to see you playing trains. Keep living your life with your creative happiness. Good on ya!

Wow, those first 2 locos are really neat! What a steam whistle on that big boy! Sounded awesome! 😊

Great Vid! It's fun mixing pre and postwar stuff with modern items

Ron, really enjoyed the video. I was in Billings a few weeks ago. I would pay admission to hang with you guys on a deal like this. Seeing the trains swaying on the uneven track was like the big boys! Keep them coming.

Great fun, Jersey Bill

The new production engines are nice, but the Post War is special.

Great video, I love seeing the trains running. Thank you for sharing

Awesome. Some really good runners and a few that need some love to be the best they can. Great video. 👍

THAT IS AWESOME!!!!!!

What a great vid! Outside n having fun. I even popped a cold one half way through. This would make a great series of vids. Looking forward to seeing another if possible. Keep it up buddy!!

Nice Lehigh Valley 4 bay hoppers 😊

Glad you found a modeling buddy in Local Dave, Ron. Hope youre healthy and doing all right

You know Ron that I’m not a Lionel guy, in but, man, this is b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l !!! The Superliners are really cool, the steamers are nice, but the Big Boy and the GN one are simply amazing! Thanks for sharing my friend!

that was some sweet shots . but you need a lot of room to run'em. thanks for giving us the show stay well

What a great way to spend a day! Thanks for sharing. Was really hoping to see what was in the trailer. It sounded very healthy. LOL Thanks for sharing.

Thank you Ron and Dave. Great fun to watch.

Awesome! I predict Costco and Sam's Club warehouses around the country will start selling out on folding tables once this goes viral. :)

Thank you for sharing with everyone! Great

Well worth the wait for the night shot!!!!

Good stuff! Looks like you found a great day to do this.

42 year old here grinning like I’m 8 again 😁 Always fun!

That was cool Thanks Ron…

Thank you for making this video. I love the way you put together the folding tables to make a fast, temporary, large layout. I have a permanent layout, but I have 042 curves so I can't run a lot of Lionel's newest offerings. Doing a layout like yours ever so often would allow me to run the larger engines, even though they won't work on my permanent layout. Thanks for sharing.

Now that was fun makes me wanna buy tables in bulk..himm😅

wonderfull day , the big boy is amazing , congratulations

Dammit Ron and Dave that’s amazing

Watching those locos slipping on the track reminded me of the little engine that could

Awesome layout for doing it on thise tables. Keep up on making these awesome videos.

These O scale three rail videos are the best…!!! I have an idea about how to manage more, a whole bunch more, smoke flowing out of the steamers…. I don’t think it will work on HO but there’s got to be plenty room in the O scale. Wait!?! Is that “Old Milwaukee” wobble pop, I’m spying?

Awsome stuff, glad to see some of your o gauge get to stretch their legs

Only thing to say is- WOW!

It looks like you need some helper service on that hill. That looks like it was a lot of fun.

A Perfect Way To Spend A Weekend.

Classic Model Train 😊😊..super american train 🚂🗽.

It’s great to go back to being an eight-year-old again😂🎉❤

The am track train was awesome

Looks like fun. Nice engines. Love the Big Boy. The Genesis passenger set made for a cool nighttime opps. I have all the same postwar engines and almost every one of the Marx E7 configurations. The older sets are fun to run, but those modern engines are hard to beat when it comes to entertainment value with their sounds and smoke effects. It's sure to put a smile on your face. Ron I can see it won't be long before you're hooked on O. When can we expect to see your new layout?

That is so cool right there!

This is awesome love the BIGBOY I have them in HO but I would eventually get one of those for myself

Wow waaay cool Ron and Local Dave! And you guys ran some 6464 cars new and older. I’m not sure of my math so I can’t say for sure about your 2% grade with 2” in 12, . That’s pretty darn steep . And waay more than 2%. Why not scuff away some gravel and level the table a bit more . Those older Lionel post war engines would pull more. And Hey between you and local Dave you have two turbine engines. Trouble coupling them but bet they would pull as well as the big boy. Glad you’re looking better. Take it easy with your back. Thanks for two videos this week. Looking fwd to the weekly classic Model too!

Wheell Sleper😊😊😊..👍👍

Awesome 😎✌️

Dang it, now I need to build a outdoor layout

GARDEN RAILROAD TIME !!!!

Frog Snot you can make your own traction tires with it by just brushing it on the wheels and it will stop the wheels from spinning under load.

That was a great running session with the folding tables. What are you using to keep the tracks from pulling apart. 👍

Ron, I just might buy an O gage one day, I Never had one but my family did I got to play with it for maybe 15 min.

Turbine with out magna traction does a good job. Weight and/or traction aid makes all the difference. Dual motors driving all wheels helps a lot. Gotta have good friction or the wheels just spin. Light weight engines do struggle. Running trains outside is nice.😊

The 671 does not need Magnatraction.

A Train a Palooza on Any Scale Is Better Than Goin to Bar Events.

Boys and their toys right? This is so much fun to do and a great day for it. I need to get my act together and get a layout at our house so the wife and kids can run their trains too. I won't lie it was just as fun to run some of the post war and pre-war. But it was also fun to run the big boy for the first time. We definitely need to accommodate 72 inch radius on the layout, certainly allows for that "authentic" full throttle action, and laying on the horn. Nice and loud, and to quote a radio station from when I was a kid, " if it's too loud, you're too old!". (Anyone tell me what that Radio Station was? )

Great video but I love ho scale locomotive

That sure was fun to watch. Those tables gave me an idea for setting up something temporary in my garage to use for 2-rail O and for code 100 OO. What size are they? They look like 2 different lengths.

How fun! 33%er!

Do you maintenance (like in your videos)on old barn find trains for customers? I would love to send you a couple I found in my grandpa’s storage.

Reminds me of the episode of trailer park boys

As usual I’m a 33% er I just picked up basically three plus full sets of pre war Lionel’s instead of flipping as is I’m considering restoring all the engines and a few passenger cars

Dave(s) I have been in N scale for almost 30 years. And have a collection and layout to go with it (see my channel for vids of the layout) But I got into o / Lionel last year cause I have little kids who specifically cant easily operate digitrax on n scale. But as for the lionchief remote and app that is absolutely perfect for a little kid. You supply the voltage and connect your phone or remote and you are running. Perfect for a kid and an adult. 2 nights ago uncle Shawn was here with a brand new digitrax throttle and he spent a lot of time trying to consist his engines. A little kid wants the thing to run now. I still love n scale and always will. But for a scale for a family o is the one to get. Last week I convinced the wife to let me build a lifts to ceiling o gauge layout in the rumpus room for the kids. I love the sound of 3 rail reminds me of my grandpas house. Great video! Tyler from Regina, Saskatchewan

One thing about it. We see what works and what don't. I know them old analog engines ran like a top in the 50s because I've watched old footage. So this tells me the motors are warn out. The new stuff has newer motors. I wonder if putting a new motor in old stuff makes a pulling difference.

That one engine that was spinning its wheels. I didn’t get the number of train. There was a time during the Korean War that Lionel couldn’t get the zinc and nickel to make there magnetic wheels. There was usually printed on the cab after the number RR. That was identifies those trains.

Just wondering did you wipe the tracks off any time during the day? Thanks for a GREAT video!

Hi Dave, I was wondering if the sound effects for the locomotive could be ran through a sound system. How cool would that be?

I have a K -Line 027 big boy steam locomotive. Only paid $400 for a brand new conventional only. So much cacophonous noise. It gives you a headache after a while especially if you have more than one locomotive running just like to smoke units you can run enough steam engines with their smoke until you turn on the smoke alarm.

Do you think the rounded top of the rail has a smaller contact patch? Thus having less traction

I have a solid train engine made out of gasoline is call the xg547 it was made in South Korea

I don`t know of any prune juice that would give me more runs. You know the thing.

18 volts ac is waht they run at. MTH and Lionel

O 54 or o 72 curves?

You obviously have a bad knuckle on the tender.

O scale is nice, but the sound feature is annoying as hell. I prefer ho scale as it looks more realistic and is much more QUIET!

I know that 0 gauge isn't something for everyone, but they're so much nicer details than something smaller. Yet I know that also the smaller gauges have been coming a long way too with their own scale detailing. But there's something that is unusual and fun about running with the big boy's. The steam locomotives are not the best of pulleys especially without Magnetraction, they can really be a pain in the behind for pulling more than their original set weights. I definitely understand that, but one would think that just their sheer weight alone is enough to support the tractive efforts, but unfortunately they don't have to sand in their domes..... LOL. Great show Ron and Dave. Thanks for sharing your birthday gift with us Lol and congratulations on your B-day.

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