This railroad is so cool and realistic, i almost expected to see the late Hobo Shoestring (Mark Nichols in miniature) riding one of those grainers. RIP Shoestring. Greetings from Australia.
I love America, and Americans, for that. Everything is a little bigger and better❣ Wonderful facility! Continued success, if I'm ever in the States again, I'll visit you! Greetings from Germany 🧡🧡🧡
Look at part 1? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2iOYokAP0vA.html "Train Mountain" is on the west coast side of the USA, the actual and city state escapes my mind at the moment sorry. There is also literally a Geo Location link under the video for google maps location. You find multiple vidoes on youtube from many different users/visitors/engineers that go to "Train Mountain", as it is one of the bigger hobby spots in this country for these rail fans.
WOW... The first thing I noticed the MOPac Short Bay caboose.... this was one of the last ones built at the De Soto, and Sedalia MoPac shop. Structure was built in De Soto, finish and paint done in the Sedalia Shop which was closed shortly after the run of this series of Caboose. Thanks for the memories.....
Until this video came out I never knew this hobby existed. I've seen 6060 many times, she's in my home town. Really enjoyed this, I'll be watching.......
10:45 I like. When a kid, I ran my O scale around an acre of land that was my backyard after getting kicked out of the house. I got to run it full tilt in the beginning days. Then because I mowed the grass, I wouldn't worry about it getting damaged except for the dog.
Nice to see the Australian model of the original UK 🇬🇧 British designed HS125 by BR British Rail it's one of the successes of BR. They have just a few years ago been replaced by Hitachi 800 series electric/diesel's after about 50 years of brilliant service. The model mounting rail road MMRR seems to be the Mecca (Rolls Royce) of model rail roads. Never been to North America, but I think it would be number one on my list. Thanks for the video tour.
Yes and totally redesigned by the State Rail Authority because NSW track is rubbish back in the 80’s. The original had a cow catcher on the front made of tube steel, and I was a young man at Transport House Wynyard and commented on the silliness of it much to the chief engineers constination told be if you can do better, and the current air dam shape is down to me.
Over at the Hamilton Museum of Steam & Technology here in well... Hamilton, we have the same scale trains you can ride, we took our daughter for a train ride couple years back. Good times.
Les Dent who is. mentioned a couple of times was a really great guy, and loved by everyone. I didn't see him between triennials, and in between he grew a beard. I told him he changed in those three years, and he answered, "Nope, I'm still old and ugly." I immediately shot back, "But now even more so." Everyone around went "Oohhh."
Awesome to see the CTC track signalling behind the scenes a little, kudos to the busy dispatchers! And great to see a solid Aussie contingent present too, nice to see someone also from Brisbane Australia. Great video, cheers! =)
27:47 Intercity XPT! Ik it’s styled after an Aussie loco but it’s nice to see at least a bit of British Rail represented, as the XPT’s were export models of the immensely successful Intercity 125’s AKA High Speed Trains AKA class 43’s of British rail, still in use today, specially designed for the Australian environment.
These are really cool trains, We have a club noit to far from where we live in SE Wisconsin that has these type trains, Nice footage and have a great rest of your Friday evening.
I was hoping they could organize a scale recreation of the famous San Bernadino train derailment, where the train was going so fast, its wheels began to melt. The working scale steam engine replicas are works of art..........feat of engineering.
I want to see an upto date detailed track plan! This is amazing. Their website doesn't have an upto date detail plan with all sidings and connections to the private railway there too.
They probably do if you're in a country that falls into the old "1st world" category.... Even third world have people building stuff to ride on old abandoned rail lines.
@@dennispedersen7460 "@Able Magawitch that was a rather lame comment" How so? Most of the richer countries have people into this hobby . This size/scale/ratio is more expensive, so you see it more in countries that have high economic statuses. There are even more people are into the ready made "G" scale "Garden" railway set up they show running inside their main tracks. G scale is indoor and outdoor, even used around the base of Christmas trees for holiday decoration. If people watch Part 1, 2 and part 3 (look for it, I wish Both were in description for links) you'll see people from all over the world that traveled to Train Mountain for these Big Meet Ups. Some that even shipped their own trains over to the USA for use on these tracks. Bringing them from their country and/or continent. Australia and Europe (multiple countries) are both represented. I learned about this hobby and scale for ride-able trains from the UK videos first , even though Train Mountain is my country. In poorer countries, they have various railroads and the where does smaller narrow gauge cross into ""model"" is debate for someone else. While some of the vehicles they use on those narrow rails technically are not trains like this, the vehicles they build to ride on the active and abandoned rail lines and ingenious. The amount of engineering and adaption far out weighs the hobby bicycle to rail adapters, that lock down on to one rail(the bicycle rides on this one) then has a side extension that puts a braced wheel on the other rail for stability. Then they use old rail lines for cross country touring. Since "Dou Amari" didn't list their country, but hoped to have something like, they're probably do have something since they're posting in English. The problem is model railroading all the various scales and ratios has turned into a more expensive hobby. Hobby train making companies all went for the higher return retired later in life with higher disposable income end of the market leaving out most of the cheaper train sets and accessories that were common in the 1970's and 1980's. Back when most towns and cities had stores that specialized in hobbies, especially model railroading. I went phases on each of the gauges and then went back and forth between them over years. The Model Railroading clubs tend to exist without much publicity and the older particpants don't also welcome younger people as they should to help keep their hobby alive. So it can be hard to find the group in your city, or in your country. Example "Train Mountain" which is located in Chiloquin, in Klamath County, Oregon USA sadly isn't known very well outside the hobby and isn't a larger railroad amusement park. Which that subject will digress into how sad it is that even Disney even took out their steam train rides, and with that Walt Disney's personal Miniature Railroad no longer exists.... Not sure what is left of the local club he and it were part of. I'm no expert but realize kids today are sadly missing on the joys of model trains once they get to an age where "Thomas The Tank Engine is for babies" and they're too cool and too old for that now. I've had few friends' kids grow out of it and was like but but I still have the adventure sets I was spacing out giving you....
@@AussieGunzel don't forget building your own railroad around your house. Interest your neighbor(s) and have two yards worth of trackage to ride on..... The more neighbors, the more you have free labor help and can split and share rolling stock to pull behind your engines. Then you could go all East Terminal Railway though ru-vid.com/show-UCZDPxlyQo-gRMKJJxDIM7BQ where the bought a real railroad siding track line and are restoring it to service and even buying rolling stock. You can live that dream with by their videos going through all the work and maybe they make money , maybe they go bust but they are playing with real train and railroad equipment and tracks.
@@AussieGunzel "has to be a DIY one" If you have a shop or access to one, the time, and the skills (something I lack which makes the whole thing amazing to me) i say go for it! There are many who have done it and I'm sure would be glad to help with advice and information. Look for live steam clubs in your area.
I like that rail bike.😊 where is this park located? I want to see this rail bike in person and wonder it it could be scaled to narrow gauge, stander gauge and broad gauge to operate on abandoned railroads.🙂
I had over 200 feet of HO track. I had to clean the track to often. The little track cleaning car with a fluid still did not do the job. Too much maintenance for one person.
I like model railway but without people seating on it. To me it kill the whole nostalgia of miniaturization: watching, enjoying and operating it holistically. Is there any model railway set up where every technology is employed that is installed in real world but miniaturized? Most realistic model railway I have seen was installed by Maharaja of Baroda (now Vadodra) in India. Where, childrens upto certain age and height were allowed to board. Inside was just like real carriage of the day, except restroom and emergency chains. The only out of size character was the engine driver. Set up was span around wast area comprising a public park and a zoo. I am not sure it still exist and operational. The best RU-vid video presentation I watched about model railway is from Germany, they have whole miniature world set up where not only trains but the whole logistics of traffic, towns and outback. It’s like 3D google map of huge region presented live.
I always have to laugh, when I see some old guy sitting on a locomotive,which is a lot smaller than he is. They look silly to me. The miniature live steam is really very nice. It may look better if they would put a kid on the engine or a pet cat or dog.
Hey, I’m very interested in theses trains. Where do you purchase the trains, carts and the other stuff like rails? And how much does a train cost? Thank you guys 🙌🏼
How intense was your research to "the biggest little railroad in the world" ? I know a few around 3miles without research, so in first place 5 miles sounds impressive.
Many people do build their own. There are also businesses that build some. There are also individuals who make miniature parts like steam valves for others. It's truly amazing what some of them do. The Erie triplex visible in a few shots is an example.
