Big model trains running inside my small house

This is a collection of G-scale model railroad trains from LGB and Piko. It starts with a LGB 25554 White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad diesel locomotive pulling freight cars. Next, there's a LGB 21576 Santa Fe diesel locomotive pulling passenger cars. Finally, a Piko 38212 AT&SF steam locomotive provides some pretty cool steam train sounds! I don't know what the deal is with the headlight on that locomotive... it seems to randomly go on and off.
The operation of multiple trains on the same layout is made easy due to DCC - digital command control - which allows you to control each train individually. This includes changing speed and operating the horn and bell of each train. It's a fun hobby!
These model train videos are extremely expensive to make. What you see in this video cost in excess of $5000 and I'm sure my entire collection cost in excess of $15,000. Each one of the locomotives cost approximately $1000, each rail car about $200, and each foot of track about $7. If you enjoyed this video, please consider becoming a patron of this channel to help fund the addition of even more model train equipment for future videos. Even a commitment of just $1 per month will help, if enough viewers participate. For more information on becoming a patron, go to / jimzim
What you see in this video was the way my train collection was in early 2015. But these days I have a LOT more trains! See them all in a much newer video of mine at • Every One Of My Model ...
Is my train collection too large for my house? Nevermind, I already know the answer. The obvious next step will be to move the whole thing outdoors.
This channel is funded by viewers like you.
Please help me to continue creating great content by becoming a patron.
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[@JimZim]

If you like this video, another one of mine that you might like is kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHa2oXaAd7WMZ5o

[@JimZim]

Thanks for letting me know, Armando!

[@gumbosupreme]

Jim Zimmerlin y so many views?

[@47485ksc]

This dude must get ALL the chicks!

[@MarcosAurelio-rf1xp]

I LOVE♥

[@EdnaArango]

Jim Zimmerlin How do you control the reversing loops

[@iGotALILbitOSWAG]

Anyone in 2024 rewatching this absolute banger of a nostalgia video from their childhood.

[@tiger_h1]

❤🎉😮me and I was non stop watching this when I was small. 😊

[@Thetimelessvrfan1]

Bro this was my child hood

[@dennisnevesmiranda7026]

Mano eu tava assistindo ontem

[@susancorvalan6765]

Beautiful!! Kudos to your family who put up with your toys! As a child in 1950, my family had Lionel steam locomotive that belched smoke when a special white tablet was inserted in the stack. My dad only set it up on special occassions. What a treat!

[@alexandraburgener6334]

love your track builds

[@zaheermt]

That sound though! ... it sucks being a kid in the 80s... I’m going to do the stuff now with the little one 🤣🤣

[@saitkaragul1895]

Bravo congratulations like a small railway museum

[@Tomeleck]

Great video, and great trains! Marvelous how the carpet manages to deaden the extrinsic sound.

[@quintinwright3135]

my grandpa used to have a whole room in his house where he had a whole huge model train set, where me and him would just go for hours, but he took it all down and packed it way a few years ago, and watching this video braought back so many great memories

[@olvinyldude]

Nothing wrong with this ! (Did it also, many years ago ! ) LOL...gotta love, 1:02 when it creeps around the corner..The pet bowl..Bet that really makes them eat fast ! Nice job.. enjoy !

[@farhanakhan278]

Totally agree nothing wrong with it. I just wish i had the space to do the same.

[@nickviramontes5301]

I remember watching this and loving it

[@heyitshuttz3705]

I really liked the ATSF and the WP&Y trains they looked great

[@Caroni100]

I´m 54 years old and when I was a kid, I never had a Lionel miniature electric train; but I had a Trian-g (I´m not sure if I wrote correctly the trademark) one. It was very elaborated too. What a nostalgic moment for me! Thanks for share this video. Greetings from Venezuela.

[@Ali-uz8qg]

I love you Jim, you bring out the kid in me.

[@Yournormallocal]

you have made my childhood thank you jim zim

[@CherylMotherofSeven]

What a great video, looks like our house when I was growing up! Trains everywhere:)!!! Thanks for the memories:)

[@Romeo_GR]

I just cannot undrstand the (so many) dislikes in this video. Generally, if someone doesn't like train models ,can simply avoid watching. It is absolutely meaningless to watch this video and then.... dislike it. About this video in particular....the man has a small place.....still has done a beautiful work!!!

[@alexandraburgener6334]

love your trains

[@Kirby666.]

We all know the best train is the Pere Marquette 1225, class "N-1" 2-8-4 "Berkshire" type steam locomotive built in October 1941 for the Pere Marquette Railway by Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio.

[@mary2al]

Very cool!! One shot that I, and others, find mesmerizing, and you almost have it, is when two trains are running on tracks that are next to each other with slightly varying curves. This layout would work as it is if only the trains would be running side by side in the same direction or opposite directions. As the cars are doing their 'train thing' it's awesome to see them snaking around next to each other. You almost have it on your pinned video here--all you would need to get that effect is have the trains passing each other and/or running side by side but shoot it from above to catch the snaking effect :-) I had this going on with a beautiful and complex Marklin z gauge at a children's center and groups of adults and kids would often be standing in silence as the trains glided around doing this = just like heaven...

[@deraility963]

I remember watching this as a kid. I loved this vid a lot!

[@DOGGO112]

Yup i agree

[@SussyBaka-kq3sv]

i watched this video when i was 4 and im back now at age 11 i loved this video

[@alencore]

Wow awesome set-up if you leave alone hehe...well if you have people around or even kids they might step on the trains and act as big giants ready to destroy your trains LOL!

[@KeretaDensha]

When the train go around the house it's amazing

[@bax2603]

O.O yeaaa i can see an adult doing this without a kid, kids ruin the fun for some reason lol, looks awesome

[@Narrowgaugefilms]

You have to love LGB!-a carpet is all the ballast you need!The day after Thanksgiving every year my son and I go hiking: if it's raining we bring the trains up and do exactly what you are doing in this video.

[@gacj2010]

I love it and the way they go all around the house gives a huge layout with a lot of different turns

[@Yes-tv6bc]

There's just something so satisfying about watching toy trains run

[@dawoodkhaleeqbhatti2030]

Jim Jim I want such a train. I love trains too

[@sonicgamer6989]

From were you bought them?

[@sonicgamer6989]

I like these trains.

[@kolejarzzmalopolski]

I watched this iconic video when I was 3 or 4 years old! I searched for this video for a long time and finally found! This is a very cool movie 😎👍 Best regards 👋

[@musicvideosv252]

You my good sir, have quite the nifty collection!! :)

[@mosesknows2062]

Nice collection and cool video... Thanks, Moses...

[@FinalFHE]

Amazing. Thanks for sharing brother.

[@sparkijonas]

The best thing about these locomotives is their sound and horn, pretty realistic, This won't be cheap anyway i want :D

[@ROBERT-hz3nb]

I LIKE IT AS LONG YOU DON" T TRIP OVER EVERYTHING DURING THE NIGHT ! ! ! !

[@harryaxe5167]

Wow, so i'm not the only adult with a little kid inside!

[@nargisgujjar6279]

it seems original trains are running really awesome

[@ravisriram6746]

Very nice. I've had HO scale, but I like the larger scale trains as well.

[@ROBERT-hz3nb]

I LIKE THE STEAM ENGINE WITH THE RED CABOOSE . GREAT SOUNDING HORN ! ! ! WELL DONE.

[@PeaShooter33]

😊

[@Swift13768]

I can’t stop watching your vids

[@fernandomenchu6032]

I love your trains Jim

[@UCSPanther20]

I like the ALCO. It reminds me of the old MLW RS 18s that BC Rail used to field back in the 1970s and 1980s.

[@gurrrey]

This has got to be one of the most mentally stimulating and visually satisfying videos on youtube. Right on, man.

[@joannamauchline]

This is a great teaching tool! Thank you!

[@davidmoore7647]

That's a very nice collection, it'll make an amazing garden railroad.

[@joycekeiper]

I wish I could do the same,but found trains don't run on carpet.Loved your video."Here they come through "Dogdsh Pass"

[@coffeeisgood102]

Really cool. Thanks for sharing.

[@richhansenclan]

That is sooooo cooool!!! You are lucky to have a wife that will let you do this.

[@buba4267]

That settles it! I’m getting my nephew a model train set for Christmas. But since he’s 3, it’ll have to be one that’s designed for little kids who tend to... ya know.... break stuff.

[@HotMessCarnivore42]

thanks for making these! my five year old is obsessed!

[@JimZim]

He's not the only one! Check out kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYOaiKumnM6klck for a cute video from another five-year-old obsessed with model train videos!

[@angies3614]

Thank you for this video! My almost 2 year old daughter loves watching this multiple times a day. She asks to see the 'Choo Choo' and gets upset if I make her turn it off. Her favorite train is the Steam Engine. Maybe consider making another video of your model trains featuring an appearance of your dog. She saw the crate and water bowl and kept looking for the 'woof woof'.

[@JimZim]

Oh, so you're responsible for about a million of the six million views! ha ha ha The dog actually does make a special appearance at the very end of another one of my train videos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6DbqmCdZb2Sj68

[@rongchoi2528]

Cool! I love the second one that’s called the Santa Fe. I hope Morgan has it.

[@sylphil51]

That is beyond cool - I want one!

[@MarkByrne1965]

Superb! Thank you for sharing :)

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

My trains ate up 80% of my bedroom space at one time but it was sure was fun for the year I had the layout. Nice variety of trains you have there as well.

[@CSXEMDTrainLover]

nice video Jim of your model train in your video.

[@skatewild123]

Pretty cool turning radius

[@jamesholton2630]

Here’s the list of trains that are in this video. It consists of a white pass diesel #107, a Santa Fe super chief diesel #202, a Santa Fe mogul piko 38212 #707 and a small porter 0-4-0 steam locomotive #3

[@MrStudmouse]

Great video I'd love to build ones like that Maby not as fancy but the sounds and track lay out is amazing! Thanks for sharing

[@vanhnin9594]

I remember watching this when I was young

[@thesusmaster]

Same i used to watch this when i was 3 or 4 now im 10

[@leviperez5960]

same to i watch this when i was 7 or 8

[@Swift13768]

Same I was like3,4,5 and now I am 12

[@agneshadraki8344]

Same I watched it when I was 4,5, or 6. I’m 11 now.

[@jamiemichael6237]

Me too

[@johnmartin9490]

THAT WAS REALLY NEAT,,,,MY WIFE SAID NO ,,,,LOL,,,,

[@maggiedelrio411]

The Santa Fe sounds like a UFO sound based

[@theswanseaking1987]

nice sounds to the trains and the horns on each trains sound amazing thanks

[@cap_hadi]

Nice house

[@djshixa4918]

I remember watching this wen I was a kid

[@unboxingdudegaming8187]

Me to

[@frankthomson6939]

Trains are my favorite

[@oliviakendall3474]

My son is probably responsible for at least 1k of these views! He is 3 and he is enthralled with this video and all things trains. Thanks for providing a video that has brought him so much joy!

[@theaverageredneck8426]

Those are some nice looking trains

[@AustriaGermany]

love trains great sets

[@amyreyes364]

That was the best train video🤩🤩

[@jamesthomasson8197]

G scale is the way to go. awesome

[@LGBSchmalspurbahner]

Hey Jim, I really love your LGB layout and also your lokomotives and waggons. Im just really impressed that a LGB video could reach more than 30 million views, this is really really impressive. I wish you good luck for christmas (your presents) and just stay how you are. LG Philipp (LGB SCHMALSPURBAHNER)

[@LGBSchmalspurbahner]

Form the swabian alb in the south of germany

[@kpdvw]

When the weather outside is frightful;..then bring the train inside...!

[@Ronaldo17254]

I love your trains Jim zim I love ❤️ you all

[@WideWorldofTrains]

Wow trains everywhere in the house! Awesome!

[@praka9264]

Awesomeness

[@natehuggins412]

your trains are so cool.

[@TranAvia_Tranex]

As a child, i can confirm this is my dream XD

[@jukeboxvlogz7139]

Love freight trains or modern passenger trains

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

This Christmas this year, im hoping to get some G scale train too like yours

[@anunggaming]

This is awesome

[@RudyHalle]

wow, awesome! thanks for sharing the fun :)

[@Urboydarkhat]

This is one of my chilhood videos I watched thank you.

[@colinsaunders3106]

That is legit my friend! Love it!

[@mladen5]

My 1.5 and 3.5 year old have watched this mesmerised like 1000 times 😂

[@nscalefun]

AWESOME!!!!! Thank you for sharing and there is always room for trains. Keep up the good work.

[@squilliam61]

I really liked the F7A, as I use it a lot when playing TRS2006.

[@andychan6228]

Ohh Im Amazing Train In House 😺😺😺

[@vedpalsingh5286]

Wonderful

[@fernandothevintagecollecto9808]

So cool choo choo 🚂

[@amyhay3448]

Man! We found your page while getting our small kids excited about their first Liberty of the Seas but then when we found your train videos...wow! My son is in love and chooses these over Netflix shows! Thanks for making fun videos!

[@yessicaaviladebarletta7913]

AWESOME!!!

[@shaza6880]

that's excellent. now my biggest question is how is your wife reacting to all the tracks all over the house ..

[@michelledavis6271]

My granddaughter and I loved it. Thank you.

[@brendarodriguez2122]

They're all over the house because they are it's a train yard

[@nwa482]

It looks like a lot of fun!!!

[@raphaelrae8186]

Very cute and entertaining.

[@ricardoiscarvio7900]

2:22 That Santa Fe train though 🚆

[@michellejohnson9048]

Totally tubular! Awesome.

[@CohaLevelcrossingsChannel]

Good movie !! Choo choo 🚂🚃🚋🚃🚋🚃🚋

[@abhaskar2669]

Very very nice video. Your steam engine train is very attractive. Thanks

[@t-rex8502]

0:08 Chinese Railroad 1:56 Classic Santa Fe Súper Chief 3:20 Steam Train

[@richhpalsinghjat5797]

Toy train is very cool

[@zolimar7481]

É simplesmente fantástico, muito lindo, parabéns.