Train Layout Tour - The UP Roundhouse in Ogden Utah with Animated Features 

Ralph and Rosie... One can't help but fall in love with these two sweethearts, who have spent their time together taking an interest in each others lives and hobbies! Their model railroad is one of a kind! Such attention to detail... and the animation on the railroad is totally amazing! I learned so much, visiting this couple and this wonderful model railroad! Thanks Ralph and Rosie for inviting us!! :D

I can only hope Ralph and Rosie's layout is preserved when they're no longer able to work on it anymore. It's seriously impressive and just amazing to look at. Deserves to be in a proper museum someday!

When you think of the time spent to build this, the craftsmanship, the detail, you have to wonder why 13 people gave this video a thumb down?

I’m just amazed by Ralph he is somebody of a dying generation, he reminds me of my grandfather and father who had skill sets that were able to fabricate and built just about anything. It is wonderful to see this incredible layout that is one year older than me! this was such a neat video.

50 years ago, when I was 10 years old, I can still remember when my Grandfather, who was a Union Pacific engineer that operated an NW-2 switch engine in the Ogden rail yards, let me into the cab of the engine and actually drive the train a short distance in the yard and hit the train horn. An experience of a lifetime.

Such an amazing layout! It has aged quite well and his attention to detail and automation was too cool. Still can't believe this layout is almost 60 years old.

Never boring. Oh Karyn, I bet you were drooling over those light switching lanterns. Thanks for another great show.

This is what the new youtube railroaders need to see. High quality and excellent construction and engineering on a model , not just flat gigantic layouts with tons of locomotives.

there are modelers and then there are true artists ,I doesn't need to be said which one he is or will ever be , a true work of ART !

What a wonderful layout I've never seen anything like it! This brings out the kid in me, the intrigue & amazement of discovering something fascinating!

Its a work of art. My Dad was a lifetime employee for UP in Omaha HQ, and I worked for UP in college summers '78 & '79 for a special projects surveying crew from Laramie to North Platte, so I got to tour a lot of the RR yards and the old Cheyenne round house. Just beautiful.

Absolutely AMAZING. I couldn’t help but get giddy at all the little automation details! What a genius! Wish I could see it in person!!

AN GREAT LAYOUT A THING OF BEAUTY . I APPRECIATE THE VIDEO AND YOUR TIME THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH YOUR SUBSCRIBERS VERY INTERESTING AND IMPRESSIVE AND INFORMATIVE. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

This is amazing!! Ralph & Rosie are to be treasured for sharing this with us! Thanks a million Toyman!

DETAIL AND AUTOMATION JUST FANTASTIC INDEED VERY GOOD LAYOUT. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

eyyyy. It's this guy. I forgot about this channel until I accidental ran across it on a playlist. Now I remember how brilliant this Channel is.

As a 40-something modeler who loves to build the "old school" craftsman models, I hope I live as long as Ralph and have as many years of enjoyment from these classic (and modern) models. Thanks for sharing another inspiring video. I smiled when I saw the SS Ltd Jennings lumber...probably more of those still in boxes than on layouts. Great layout, great video.

THIS was a GREAT video! I discovered it 4 years after you posted it... but better late than never. I hope Ralph is still going strong, but if not, he (through you two) provide me with 17 minutes of joy. Those automated features were jaw dropping to me. Wow. Thanks for this!

you seem so nice it makes me glad i served my nation for people like you who i have never meet.

WOW! What a picture of that period of time! Not only is it an image of 1968 HO scale model railways, but also capture what the Union Pacific Railroad looked like at the transition from steam power to diesel-electric power is an epic image. The detail of set amazing especially with respect mechanical operation fluidity of that period of time. I could write about them but, Dale, Sir, you are the best at narrating I think they ought to watch this show. The UP, the artwork that is this layout, the man who built it are national treasures and thank you Dale for sharing this with us. Again I say, Wow!

Ralph is a mechanical and electrical genius. Really enjoyed this fantastic layout. I love the old school stuff. Great inspiration and an incredible life led by Ralph and his UP layout. Thank you!

That was totally Amazing to see, Ralph is such a artisan. Thank you for sharing!

If there was a National Railroad Hobbyist Hall of Fame Ralph would be amongst the inaugural class. He is a true renaissance man of modeling and an inspiration to all railroad hobbyists. This is genius level performance of art and engineering.

Ok my jaw is on the ground. Absolutely brilliant. Ralph you are a true craftsman. Old school rules! Thank you for this incredible look at a true old-school masterpiece...

I actually had tears in my eyes. My late father was really into this back in the 60’s. This was a refreshing and nice video. You can’t get any better than this when it comes to model railroading. I’m sure I’ll watch this video many, many more times. 😊👍

STUNNING! Never get tired of seeing this layout. It may be 'old school', but quality never goes out of date.

That is a true gem of a layout! The level of detail and automation is just incredible! Thanks for the video tour.

And the ingenuity to do it all without computers. Ralph's the Michelangelo of the HO model railroad. What an absolutely magnificent creation.

Congratulations Mr. Ralph very impressed and perfectly done

Love the detail

Greetings from England. Your delivery is supurb and not at all boring. In fact you make the subjects come alive. I've recently retired after working for 50-years in the UK film & TV industry (editing plus occasional acting) and have found you to keep meself awake. Keep it up! Best wishes, Al.

Keep coming back to this video, so inspiring

I used to use tons of Utah Pacific castings and detail parts back in my scratch building days. Good to see he's enjoying his retirement with his layout.

That was a fantastic layout! Thank you! It reminded me of the Lionel layouts with all the working "gizmos".

What a fantastic model railroad. Really enjoyed this. Thanks guys.

Amazing. True love for his screwing around. So talented.

Great layout! nice to see how well the old stuff can be modernized and make it work so well. thanks!

Fantastic layout, the automation is amazing

Not many of these, "Old World Craftsman" left with us. Wonderful work. Nothing wrong with, "Old School". Look in the mirror, you and I by our years marked could be considered "Old School". I came to the "Craftsman stage" in my life a little old in life. I watched this piece with a young lady this morning that boards with us. She was stunned by the level of detail. Seeing our trains she had no idea just how small this HO is. She really enjoyed it. Of course she comes from "Old World Stock", a young Amish/Old Order person in the world, teaching. She was stunned when I put an HO steamer in her hands and pointed to the O gauge on the layout and compared the sizes. It is amazing to watch our world of railroading through the eyes of a person not normally not exposed to it. Well done, you guys. Greg and Jeanne.

Wow! What a talent. What an inspiration! Amazing stuff to even consider implementing on our own layouts. Thanks for the visit!

I visited Ralph's layout many years ago and loved the animation.

This is truly a "Work of Art" layout. The details are so finely finished and varied it is just mind boggling. When I lived in Santa Barbara I had a HO garden railroad which ran both passenger and freight, steam and early diesel. Blue jays would watch the California Zephyr from the power lines. Must have resembled a snake because they would fly down and kick the lead engine off of the track. Train shop owner I used to buy supplies from invited me to visit a rail enthusiast's home where a 2000 sq. ft. addition was added to the home for his layout. He had many routes all meandering from one end of the layout to the other. Train orders would be written for goods to be picked up and delivered to towns along the branches and main lines. They even had a true Southern Pacific dispatchers office who dictated train movements. It took about a dozen people to run the operation of evening fun. Owner of the layout designed and built high end restaurant kitchens around the world. This is how he let off steam when he was home to re-group. Exquisitely fine as his operating train line was I have to say Ralph and Rosie's layout pushes it over the edge. Thank you for putting together such a wonderful and informative documentation. Fine Work.

Amazing love it! Can't wait till you can get out to that 1/8 scale RR and shoot some video of them running the live steam trains!

Wow! Cool layout.

Good old Ogden Utah. Some of my favorite memories are going to the Hostler's model train festival there with my dad and brother.

I have to do N scale right now but seeing what that gentleman did with HO scale just really brought back memories of when my dad was alive (unfortunately he died when I was just 26), when I was a kid he and I and my oldest brother would go to a place in Moreno Valley California and get stuff for his HO scale train, I loved playing with it. We had a shed in the back yard that had it all in there. I wish I had been able to keep my uncle's HO set that he gave me but unfortunately having it moved around at different times actually damaged it. And I didn't have the finances to improve it or fix the engine he gave me at the time, so now I just am going to do N scale with my small room. But thank y'all for the video, it brought back memories of one thing my oldest brother, my dad, and I did.

I love this layout. I too love the Big Boy locomotives and animated features as well. And this layout is no exception.

Meticulous attention to detail, a true craftsman!

Magnificent layout and me being a UP fan this is extra special for me. Love the coal loading ramp genius scene. Thanks for bringing this to my attention!! - Matt

This is sooo cool!This is so priceless and way worth it. Thank you for sharing this great video.

Amazing. The best layout I’ve seen

WOW - Totally blown away with this amazing railroad, truly brilliant.

How did I miss this video? You have so many contacts in the model railroad community. Really enjoyed the R&R Ry. Ralph is truly a truly gifted person. Waiting for the next episode.

I just wanted to say that I was smiling the whole time I watched. You two are so lovely! And the layout was AMAZING!! Thank you for making my day better!

I love visiting these kinds of layouts. Built back when the hobby was young, and you had to build your railroad, not just buy it. I've taken to buying old cardstock rolling stock and rehabilitating it and running it. There's just something about the simplicity and ingenuity of model railroading from the 1930s to the 1970s. Very well produced video, thanks for the tour.

Unbelievable!!! Thanks a bunch, Toyman for bringing us along.

Absolutely awesome work. Well done 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Hats off to you Ralph. Spectacular creation sir. 👍

Thank you to you guys and Ralph! i loved the video. The amount of detail that Ralph has gone too is simply amazing! and the age of it talks bundles to the quality of his work!

wow very impressed, the details are out this world, well done see we use to play with those toys and build the layouts, today's kids can't get their heads of tablets and cell phones what a shame. Mr. Ralph Ms Rosie thank you for sharing

Has to be the coolest layout ever.Could watch it all day.Thank you for the video.

Truly a master model railroader.

JUST AN AWESOME GOOD JOB A TRUE CRAFTSMAN AND I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TIME HAVE A GOOD DAY. A VERY GOOD LOOKING LAYOUT. JUST AWESOME NICE WORK

What a layout. Love the old school magnet action. I'll bet you this layout made several railroad magazines over the years.

A small area, boy! what a person can do with it .Excellent . Can't wait for "the live steam" show. I am also into the live steam hobby and have a home track that I run on. Next week I play at a home that has a spring meet. What fun that will be . Great video Dale as always keep up the good work.

So glad that this came up in my recommendations, what a wonderful layout, pure magic.

beautiful layout, a true labour of love.

Lovely layout! Wonderfull, great, terrific... and more! Wow! Great video!

Love this old school layout... my first inspiration for model railroading was John Allen ... so I have a love for the old school 😁❤

What awesome railroad modeling! Kudos Mr and Mrs Gochnour!

This is like a dream. Magnificent. Do you know if anyone has ever built a historic layout of the trains on the west side of Manhattan in NYC from like 1900 to 1950? My dad told me of roundhouses and trains everywhere. He used to hop freights and travel across the country. Your video here made me think and wonder if anyone did the same for Manhattan's rails. The IRT Power House used to have coal cars that came in on barges and went down to the bottom of the Power House and unloaded deed underground. The coal would go up by conveyor belts to be burned. Thank you, Hoss

HI Ralph and Rosie / Like this classic layout and the operating coal mine. • Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂

Fantastic tour! Thanks again.

You guys are GREAT! Luv you, Luv the banter and Luv the matching t-shirts... Keep 'em coming, and cheers

Incredible work. What a skill set. This layout needs to go to a museum for all to see and remember Ralph and Rosie. It is a brilliant man and an accommodating spouse that built this wonderful piece of history. My husband models UP and stated this work needs to be remembered for all to appreciate. And old school not only works, but got us where we are today with the hobby. Just fabulous.

RU-vid and their infinite wisdom has derailed me from your communication and channel I am so glad I have found you again I cannot wait see what you and the mrs. have been up to

Simply amazing!

Amazing layout! Very well done!

This is one of the coolest layouts I have ever seen thank you for so much for posting it I really enjoyed watching it.

What a great layout and attention to detail don't think it gets any better than that. Currently I'm completely rebuilding my O gauge set one last time I have a really bad back so before I get to old to move I'll have a beautiful set to play with. Nothing like being hooked on trains.

OMG. I'm two years late to this video. It was freaking awesome! Ralph is amazing and so was your commentary. I have now subscribed and look forward to more great videos.

Absolutely amazing. So glad I found your channel!!!

WOW! Here's to old school! Great visit. Very inspirational. Thanks y'all.

Most of us just do what we can. Some of us do what they want. Respect!

Fantastic layout! Loved the skill it took to automate the crane car, pile driver, coaling operations and other features. It demonstrates the wonder and fascination of model railroading!

Magnificent. I could spend days in Ralph's "world"... I had a small layout when I was a kid that my dad built for me (I helped a bit!). It eventually had three lines and a switching yard with roundhouse, a raised trestle line with a couple of bridges, and some paper mache mountains my uncle made me. I played with it literally every day for years. I miss it! In the summer of 1973, when I was 8, the whole family took a trip out to western Canada where we boarded a Canadian Pacific passenger train (complete with observation car!) to take us from Banff down into Vancouver. My absolute coolest memory from childhood is getting the opportunity to sit up front with the engineer and actually change speeds and sound the horn! TOTALLY against the rules of course, but the engineer was a friend of my dad's father who was close to retirement at the time (and, I suppose, didn't care!). He stopped the train in the middle of nowhere and I was escorted up to the cabin of a gigantic F7, where I was "assistant engineer" for a few hours. I was in AWE! To this day, the F7 is by far and away my favourite type of locomotive. Anyway thank you for your wonderful videos. They are a welcome escape from this crazy world of ours. Subscribed!

Thank you for uploading, and Mr. Ralph you are a kid like us..God bless you sir, incredible detail I love it love it love it

What a layout. Truely amazing.

I guess my first comments didn't stick. Thank you for sharing Ralph and Rosie's layout. Very cool layout and automations. I hope to make the 2019 convention in Utah and see these great layouts.

That layout just takes your breath away, it deserves to be managed in a museum when they are no longer around. To lose such amazing excellence would be criminal. If ever anybody wants to know 'How Its Done', then heres you lesson.deep respect.

Absolutely outstanding. Amazing skills

Thanx guys... that wuz incredible!

Awesome video, thanks for taking the time to produce.

What a wonderful video!!!! Your friend Ralph and Rosie have a absolutely amazing layout!! Its so amazing to see all the automated features Ralph has built!! The attention to detail in his automated pieces is remarkable, much better than what I've seen out on the market right now!

Im 58 and have been collecting train set pcs since I was a boy but never put it together in fear I might have to move.....but happy to see others made it happen....Thank you for the nice and informative video...

Go Ralph and Rosie RR! Live and love 100 years. Thanks, Paul Venne, Agent D&RG Ry.

Very nice tiny details in this layout. I really appreciate that kind of detail.

Fantastic layout in every respect. You guys have the best days out!

Just discovered this and have to say that this made my day! This truly shows that old is gold! The automation and the animation is outstanding and that coal discharge and cable ramp is going right in my wish list!

Great job guys!!! Awesome layout, I could only dream to have such a set up