Bill Heiden's Milwaukee Road

[@oldcaferacer]

Best railroad on you tube lots of engineering tons of interest to keep you looking really enjoyed viewing do like all the multi levels and close up views you should be proud as a builder and operator love those bridges and tresses

[@vanessaheiden1405]

oldcaferacer a convention was going on.

[@dylanakent]

My Mom would have loved this. My Grandfather was a telegraph operator for the MW and his some of his 8 brothers were conductors on the train.

[@MT_Madman]

You've motivated me, I need to get to work on my Montana BN layout again. I need a grandson so he can help!

[@LarsNYCentral]

Great railroad, great layout, great video. Thanks!

[@mec253]

I miss the Milwaukee. Your excellent representation is ....well, I'm at a loss for the right words to describe what I see here. Beautiful work is just a start !! Thank you.

[@chetzaiko511]

When I was a kid I was lucky enough to have relatives working on the Milwaukee Road and had ridden from Deer Lodge to Avery a number of times on the Little Joes. You capture the area in excellent form. Outstanding.

[@robertbowman3406]

The bridge at 5:28 looks just like the one at Garcia on the old main line on the way to Snoqualmie pass in Washington state. Awesome layout for sure.

[@SignalHillProds]

What an awesome layout. It's pretty clear that a lot of thought and time went into this. Nice work.

[@johnredhd]

Fantastic! My dad worked for the Milwaukee RR.

[@vanessaheiden1405]

Hi everyone, this is Bill's wife just so you all know there is work in progress!!!! Just added a 15x15 room off the walk out.. So stay tuned..

[@Duececoupe]

Fantastic layout! I'm huge Milwaukee Road fan! Don't have space for a layout at the moment, so for now, books, posters, timetables etc. Most precious possesion right now, engineers handbook for their FT diesel, perfect condition in black and orange, only need a set of Milwaukee Road FT's now! lol! Jan UK (Glasgow) and Sweden (Östersund)

[@TRAVAM91]

love the shot at saltese, montana at 4:44.. glad that bridge and cantnary supports are still in place and un touched

[@scottb8175]

Outstanding layout....I missed seeing the St. Paul Pass area in operation when I was a kid, but did see some of the last electrics on the Rocky Mountain division around Butte on a family trip to Yellowstone, May/ June 1974. I just have to imagine how good EF-2, 3 and 5 box cabs and tandem Joes would look under wire on your layout.

[@stevenmichael2845]

I saw this layout when I was at the convention... it was amazing.

[@davidcurtis5398]

Great road. great photography. Really like the scale speeds you run.

[@suelinerr]

Excellent layout and video. Thanks for sharing.

[@stevenlitkey9354]

Fantastic !! Hope you get a chance to shoot & post a few more videos. The big Box Cab Electrics would look awesome running on your layout!!

[@roberttrainor7659]

Amazing work. I hope you will be adding some more videos in the future. Would also be nice to see some electrics and some weathering on those beautiful locomotives. Great work.

[@JACK206KNIGHT]

wow very cool! loved the bridge!

[@steveo2129]

I should have commented a long time ago, when Marquette rail was employee owned bill used to pick me up for train ride,s , not only an awesome layout but a really cool guy also.

[@riogrande5761]

Beautiful layout. Enjoyed the video although it always cuts away before I can see the whole train. I do enjoy seeing the freight cars in the train too - please include at least one run by where we can see all the cars! Cheers.

[@thesoo6696]

Schöne MIL Anlage mit super Brücken . Beautiful MIL plant with super bridges.

[@boilerbob7]

I love the bridges. Nice layout

[@peacefulmind1559]

Bill,heard you mention that you might install sound. Your layout is the most real looking layout that I have ever seen on You Tube. In my opinion, your layout would sound good. But without smoke visually because of the realism of your layout it would not seem right. Ho scale diesel locomotives with sound and smoke are becoming available and I think that sound and smoke decoders will be available in the future, at least I'm hoping so. Really impressed with your layout. I have not heard your name mentioned. Because we shop at the same hobby stores and know the same people, I was quite surprised that I hadn't. Thanks for sharing your video and be safe on the rails.

[@mrspacecase]

Looks like they were painted on the wall. Someone did a really good job with them!

[@SomeFrigginChannel]

I was hoping the last shot would show the full consist passing by, so as to see all the rolling stock. Also, some shots closer to track level would've been sweet. Still, amazing layout and good videography of the model railroad. the scene at 8:24 really makes the scale of it all pop!

[@davidhughes4448]

My goodness, how many drop-dead gorgeous bridges are on this layout?! Fantastic. And, that young man with the throttle in his hand is one lucky fellow. I had to wait until my fifties to own a layout and run trains like that. He is well ahead of the curve - and never let codgers attempt to convince us young people aren't getting in the hobby. Question: is the track on the curved bridges super- elevated? If so, how was this accomplished while utilizing what appear to be straight spans underneath to support the track? I'm trying to do this on a curved bridge on my layout, and things get real tricky real quickly.

[@christianpetterson1784]

Amazing layout!!!!

[@mrspacecase]

The first two auto racks - are those old American Motors cars? They look like Pacers. My late cousin Bob Zukowski was a design engineer when those cars were introduced. Cheers!

[@tacomamike2005]

Good stuff...What size is the layout?

[@seancarr7598]

I wonder what would have happened if Milwaukee Road's Pacific line didn't go out of business? Possibly it would be part of Canadian Pacific today or maybe Montana Rail Link.

[@steiger256]

The Rocky Mountain Division is my favorite of the Milwaukee Road. All the tunnels and bridges. You did A amazing job. Did you scratch build all the bridges? The log cars at the beginning of the video are them walthers I have been looking for Milwaukee log cars.

[@kanishirosouthwester]

what size radius curves is he using ?

[@hoosierhobbies]

I felt like I was back in the Bitteroots again!

[@sarsouelle]

Where is little Joe ?

[@MrZeldalove]

Milwaukee Road's orange and black paint scheme was a winner. Didn't they have a few passenger trains in this scheme? What were they called?

[@CHESSIESYSTEM1985]

Great layout, is it open to visitors? Would like to see it in person.

[@shawnjames6714]

No it's not open to visitors,are you nuts?

[@CHESSIESYSTEM1985]

Shawn James , I visited it so I must not be to nuts!

[@admiraltroll5255]

0:20 Not very prototypical MOW equipment. Milwaukee Road didn't preform maintenance :P

[@vangloryous]

Where can I see a track plan for this layout?

[@andrewwalton5778]

brillant layout some magic looking bridges brillant layout any more videos of this layout cheers Andrew

[@TMandN]

Fantastic!

[@swdunlap1]

The layout is 60' x 23'.

[@vanessaheiden1405]

Scott Dunlap we have added a 15x15 room onto the layout.

[@potlatcher]

Wow! Just wow!

[@robertswickard2818]

to me this is how a layout should be done, the land scape surrounding the train has to make the train look small, it hard to do with tighter curve that we have to do , I see so many layout that are stacked levels , that just don't look good if looking some what down ,you have to look ground level to look right and I don't want to sit on the floor

[@agraham9356]

Hi I love your videos. Are you on facebook? I want to build a similar style layout and need pointers here and there especially building the bridges. Thank you.

[@TaXicWaSte]

sweet, very nice

[@DanielG599]

And they even run at Marquette Railroad speeds! S L O W ! Doktor No Knows

[@whoodyfarms5781]

👍

[@htc6600]

It would be a great video if it wasn't for the damned camera clicking and flashing. Kind of melancholy with the empty trolley poles lining the ROW.

[@Almoekd1971]

It's not DEAD.

[@CSXEMDTrainLover]

Awesome train video can you suscribe to me please