Cab ride on a very large model train layout in HO scale

This model train layout in HO scale was installed in a former railway museum in Germany. Then, the whole model railway layout was restored, and the train control was converted from analog technology to digital technology. Today, this display is one of many model railroad layouts at the largest model railway exhibition in Southern Germany. Totally, there are 126 model trains in action. A lot of the electric trains, steam trains and diesel trains are parked inside of the fiddle yards. The whole display has a length of 50 meters and varies in width from 1.6 meters to 2.2 meters. The entire layout has more than 1,100 meters of track length. Please, enjoy this beautiful cab rides along the whole railway exhibition. More information and a lot of photos are available at www.pilentum.de, for free.

[@Yourhighnessnona]

I have no idea how I ended up here and I never really thought of model trains, but I've watched the entire thing with so much wonder, respect for the builders and love for the beautiful details and landscaping. This world has something wholesome and "safe" about it, making me want to step outside of the train and explore the place. I could watch this every day! Lovely.

[@ricardoruben5915]

A mí me pasa algo parecido, yourhighnessnona.

[@1986Unlimited]

Every little boy who grew up playing with trains..this is their dream. What a beautiful and magical layout and that steam engine approaching and then passing by at 6:30 was awesome!

[@pilentum]

I'm older than 40 years now. And yet my dreams are getting bigger and bigger :-)

[@1986Unlimited]

Never stop dreaming friend! That's how great things come to be!

[@progamingnewbiedude]

Im him man!

[@jenntek.101]

The time, money, and effort that goes into making the wonderful layouts! If I had Half the time, money and talent - I'd have a layout. Thanks for putting this out on KZbin - Its marvelous! My Uncle collected Lionel trains when I was a kid - He had such passion for this hobby - He would have embraced todays technology for train layouts.

[@pilentum]

I don't have the money and talent, too. That's the reason, whay I am making videos :-)

[@peterb2888]

Fantastic model railway and cab ride, although the driver seems to be running a few red signals!

[@janvanmarle9466]

Very nice!

[@MrThebuke]

and the railroad crossing are open while the train is running

[@apogeedata]

I noticed that he put many plastic lives in danger😂😂😂

[@supriyochatterjee7174]

Not few every red signal

[@davidreay5911]

No SPADs!

[@arkhangelska-angelwitch]

Rusty tracks in some places, a bicycle race led by the police, a German newsstand on the platform. The details are so lovely. It's been made with lots of love and dedication. ... And the Ferris wheel! Wanna buy a ticket for it 😍 ... Even the noises sound real. For example when another train rushes by. I wouldn't expect that from a model railway. Wow ... German railway models are most beautiful ❤

[@claydogmadman7843]

This video was so surreal it actually took me into another reality of state of mind...

[@mef2101]

Cereal? Like Cheerios? Trix?

[@n1ght_243]

R/boneappletea

[@paulmorissette5863]

Surreal?

[@Deebz270]

Snap, crackle, pop, snap, crackle, pop, snap, crackle, pop, snap, crackle, pop, snap, shreddie, pop, snap, wheata, bix, pop, snap, shredded, pop, snap, musli, pop, snap, cheerio, pop!

[@claydogmadman7843]

@@Deebz270 So a year later and l've now corrected it, thanks to your sarcastic comments because l never looked back on this channel and it could've went on forever... It's *Surreal* is the word l meant and shame on me and those for giving the likes that l didn't even deserve for my misspelling... Embarrassed 😳 but l will own it...

[@richardkinkead7823]

One of the most beautiful layouts I've seen. Almost felt real. Would love to see that layout in real life. So much to look at with out over doing it.

[@mrraoulandtheking11]

I know right

[@phillydisco]

I've always been fascinated by model trains, but never had time or patience to put anything together. I think the train POV cameras are really cool, it just adds that extra layer of fun to the hobby

[@ricardoruben5915]

No te digo que hagas algo como ésto, Phill, pero si te gusta inténtalo.

[@leamigo2937]

If I would have railway like this, I would spend all my money and time buying high speed trains to it. The tracks and decorations are amazing!

[@simongrogan5740]

Surprising how people have put so much time and energy into doing something like this for a video and to personally enjoy themselves, my hat comes off to them either for a hobby or something serious.

[@paktoysreview8377]

Fantastic model railway and cab ride..

[@robertyerry8118]

Very cool. Thank you for sharing.

[@cowboyatthebebop]

What surprises me is how squeaky it is like a real train.

[@billhuber2964]

Love these cab rides. Very relaxing.

[@the10thleper]

Absolutely wonderful! Incredible detail. Beautiful work, Thank you for such dedication. My first model train ride! The views with sound effects, snow, the greenery, I love it, love it, love it. Thank you.

[@the10thleper]

Duane Cole I thought I saw some snow. My apologies, you have obviously checked, thank you for the correction. A wonderful job on all of this. I will watch this again when I have more time. Thx, sorry for my mistake.

[@MrWmburr7]

Man, that was a great trip. Thanks for the adventure!

[@igorgavrilov8140]

Браво! Трудно поверить, что существуют такие замечательные макеты железной дороги! Автор очень правильно поместил видео камеру на головном локомотиве! Можно почувствовать себя машинистом, наблюдать прекрасные пейзажи и работу мастеров высокого класса.

[@pilentum]

Спасибо!

[@grosbec1698]

when I watch your video, I dream of a long trip on a train, through Eastern Europe, Russia, Canada or Iran. Congratulations for your work

[@pilentum]

Thank you.

[@paulgalesko2761]

D'un réalisme inégalable et inégalé. Je ne me lasse pas de regarder vos vidéos.

[@tsangbosco6470]

Good Footage , It 's so REAL , I love it.😃

[@simflier8298]

Innnncredible! Totally amazing!

[@user-qg5sv3dd3j]

КАКОЙ ВОСХИТИТЕЛЬНЫЙ МАКЕТ!!!ПРОСТО ДАЖЕ,НЕЛЬЗЯ НАЗВАТЬ -МАКЕТ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!СПАСИБО!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Sohave]

That driver is passing a lot of red signals. Having tried my hands with building a smaller layout there are an insane amount of man hours in that layout. Man that thing is a beauty.

[@SandpiperN121PP]

So very beautiful and awesome looking. Anyone else get a little freaked out by the giant at 8:42??? Also the Peter Gunn Theme at 13:20??? I so love it!!!

[@ericabossen1094]

I love these cab ride videos I find them relaxing

[@jimsmoter4510]

Very nice layout . Fun cab ride loved it .

[@brunonelisse8551]

Ces voyages avec caméra embarquées sont vraiment magnifiques. C'est féerique et en même temps très instructif sur l'art, car à ce niveau c'en est un, du modélisme ferroviaire. Je ne sais pas combien d'heures de patience, de travail pour arriver à de tels résultats. Merci aux artistes qui ont construits ces maquettes avec passion et merci à PILENTUM de nous permettre de les admirer pour que ces artistes puissent partager leur passion.

[@charlesdavis7087]

What a work of art! Thank you for sharing.

[@Aedren]

The details, the effort, the landscapes,... All are well made! The lights of some police cars and the traintrack signales that change are great! I enjoyed watching this. :)

[@user-mi2xu4qw6m]

Mersi Pilentum!! Super model!

[@Georgy-fg3bg]

It is beautiful. The realistic cabride experience is just disturbed by only two circumstances: 1. the black "sky" and bright light have a rather unpleasant effect. This is what it would look like on the moon. 2. the tunnels could look more realistic inside

[@manzanitafirefeather7992]

Amazing! I'd like to have a bird's-eye view to see the whole layout.

[@pierrecharbonneau8560]

Now this is very beautiful and well made

[@minjeeseoullawyer]

As they say, "It is all in the details." The builders of this railroad definitely adhered to that rule.

[@johnnycop77]

Mesmerising. Relaxing. Wonderful.

[@The-sn7no]

Excellent work one of the best HO layouts I've seen.

[@alialekperov1003]

Mersi PILENTUM!!! SUPER!!!!👌👌👌👍👍👍

[@trevorgarner5803]

Very impressive layout and a lot of hard work to maintain ,totally amassing just one thing stands out is the buckled and bent plus missing overhead wires other than that truly a great layout.

[@jimkammerer5240]

AWESOME GOOD LAYOUT AND GOOD WORK ON THIS. VERY GOOD INDEED THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH ME JIM KAMMERER OF PHILADELPHIA PA 👌 😀

[@ChaseaTrainIndiana]

Cool layout!

[@tihomirmitrovic5249]

C'EST SUPER !!! BRAVO !!!

[@javelin1010]

Breath taking

[@Fistaroscope]

This goes perfectly with "East Broadway" from Unsane

[@stephencarter812]

One word -excellent!

[@jimkammerer5240]

VERY GOOD INDEED AWESOME GOOD LAYOUT. VERY COOL INDEED THANK YOU JIM KAMMERER OF PHILADELPHIA PA 👌 👍

[@pabloluchi3595]

Just awesome!!! for mi 8:20 encounter with the train hauling trucks? in the tunnel! is this a movie? brillant!

[@ricardoruben5915]

¡cuanta perfección! ¡cuanta excelencia! ( que viene a ser lo mismo). Por ejemplo. Eso de cruzarse com otro trem en um tunel... Felicitaciones desde Argentina.

[@pilentum]

Saludos dese Alemania!

[@marzlifestylesari-saristor9560]

i tough that this is real 😊 amazing

[@zaidi0to1]

Beautiful

[@forevernowhere]

Just an idea....a couple random spotlights on the ceiling, pointing down to resemble a sun. Would create nice shadows and blind us from the ceiling. Love it without!!!!!! Just an idea.... Beautiful! Great job!!!!

[@forevernowhere]

Thank you! I built a 4x8 30 years ago, searched it, and this exists, and it does! You did it! You rock!

[@TheGreatTimSheridan]

good speed.. womderful setup.

[@richiej5884]

I noticed a lot of overhead wiring for pantographs on different sections of track and then no wiring or broken spots. Are you planning on putting up all overhead wiring? Great layout!

[@altamashsheikh8854]

It's awesome !!!!!! 👌👌

[@altamashsheikh8854]

PILENTUM I m a rail modeller from India. I love your videos very much.

[@richardtrenchik1680]

Awesome!

[@0421andras]

Super!Varázslatos!

[@392Life]

very impressive!

[@dembrosstudios2076]

8:43 It's a giant run!

[@KJ7JHN]

This would be neat with VR glasses, PWM and an elliptical. Nice track setup.

[@KJ7JHN]

@ 2:46, that is so cool! :)

[@MrButtonpresser]

8:42 Even God himself just had to take a photo. So impressed!

[@Dan-pv9wm]

Impressive

[@derekpaterson603]

That was awesome

[@gaetanofasulo5394]

Bellissimo .... veramente un bel viceo!

Excelente video.

[@bmalin]

Amazing!!!!!!

[@jimkammerer5240]

AMAZING GOOD LAYOUT THANK YOU 😊

[@keewaneefrost609]

This is Amazing.......

[@SMTMainline]

Is this at miniatur wunderland? Such an impressive layout, as a model railroader myself I can't imagine how long it must have taken to build all of this with such a high grade of detail. Thank you for sharing!

[@pilentum]

No, it is not the Miniatur Wunderland. It is a different great model railway exhibition in Germany.

[@MyEnricoo]

N° 1 !!!! nice nice nice !!!!! MERAVIGLIOSAMENTE REALE & INFINITO !! BRAVI. N° 1

[@denisedcruz5846]

WOW very good video and good buildings and good station long did it take to build. Aslo you could do another video not of the train going round but of the road and houses. But still very good. Thanks for sharing.

[@pilentum]

Thanks for watching!

[@tcm140756]

OMG! he boom gates are still up as the train passes thru...lol

[@rudyardkipling5175]

The layout also capable of time-travel. At any rate, the cars at 4.10 are from the 1920s and 1930s but by the time we get to the station at 4.20 we're back in 2017 (or 2021).

[@karenula7152]

Love the tunnels

[@pequeuxdarleux1480]

absolument magnifique

[@christheother9088]

The sound is as compelling as the visuals.

[@taffariduncan4829]

So many places how do they build that🤔, and I love the graphics😊

[@joeycoolproductions3173]

You know what would be cool, A 360 video of that

[@e032001]

You are the best 😆

[@janeinareriksson1509]

Very interesting movie! What mini camera are you using in the film?

[@pilentum]

Find your answer here = www.pilentum.de/en-us/pilentum-television.htm

[@MelvinR972]

Really nice and impressive! What kind of camera did you use for this video ?

[@markwagoner3599]

If it's possible for a layout to be too big, this is it.

[@TheCornibus]

Incredibile! sembra di essere su un treno vero

[@bobbyslater1198]

I can never get enough of these cab rides. Each one is unique in its own way. At 4:40 to 5:07 - were the passengers included with the cars or were they added?

[@pilentum]

Normally, the passenger coaches are available without figures. They added them.

[@aarongagnier7080]

Great layout very entertaining to watch, wondering where you got the large Ferris wheel I keep seeing in the background.

[@distomos8118]

Sehr schöne Anlage! Eine Frage: ich habe nun schon einige angesehen und es fällt auf, dass bei den meisten die E-Loks nicht die Oberleitung nutzen, die Stromabnehmer nicht ausgefahren sind. Warum?

[@philrabe910]

I have seen this on a few Pilentum videos: What are the small black rectangles on every tie? They get taller at turnouts and crossings.

[@pilentum]

This is the so-called third rail made by Märklin. The Märklin system has contact studs located in the middle of the tracks.

[@jimrichardson8575]

Very enjoyable train ride. So cool, and realistic. How many miles of rail are there in this location ?

[@neozeo25]

WOW!!!

[@billhuber2964]

I take it that the camera is from a diesel . got any cab rides from steam ?

[@pilentum]

Just search Pilentum's channel. There are +300 videos, also including cab rides with steam locos.

[@paulmack439]

I wanted to do this since I was 10 years old

[@dragonlord3402]

3AM worthy content right here.

[@ujjalmalla535]

Really its amazing....i wanna work with you.

[@Novvalis]

So liebevoll die Anlage auch gestaltet ist: Das Gleisbild von Märklin hat nun eben mal nicht viel mit dem Original zu tun...

[@pilentum]

Richtig, aber es bietet wohl einen kontaktfreudigeren Vorteil.

[@erikm9768]

Is it possible to get rid of the tilt shift blur, this is what makes it look so much like a model instead of real life

[@ThinkerOnTheBus]

14:23 Does anyone know what makes that strange sound? I heard a similar sound earlier in the video, but just brushed it off as an audio glitch in the recording, but now that I have encountered it at least two times in the video, I can't help but be curious as to what made those sounds. What am I hearing? Thanks for sharing the video, you have a nice layout which is more than obvious a lot of love went into its creation.

[@SciHeartJourney]

I used to love when Gomez Addams would crash his trains at high speed. We need to see a camera view of that!

[@rishabhsoni3367]

Isko Ghar par kaise bana sakte Hai please batana jaroor please

[@prabirmodak3001]

Darun treen emoni chai

[@pilentum]

দেখার জন্য ধন্যবাদ

[@bertram1598]

Nice layout. One issue with large layouts is that you have to do a lot of maintenance as well. This layout needs maintenance: e.g. level crossing gates not working. Some of the signals are not working and the train is often passing red signals. The route is quite boring: seems to be a big loop. The tracks below the mountains seem to be designed and built very well. I like the camera view.

[@SarabjeetSingh-fr8eo]

Do the tyres actually spin or are the train dragged by a magnet underneath the board

[@JavierSanchez-rv8tw]

Fantástico

[@pilentum]

Gracias!