Christmas model trains with relaxing Christmas music 🎅 🚂 🎄

[@immersiondepot]

Merry Christmas from our family once again for 2024! It's been a lot of fun watching this video go a bit viral this year and hearing your own Christmas train memories (and especially hearing from the other parents out there about their kids loving this video like Micah loved watching layouts before I built his)! I'm planning on uploading a making-of video eventually but until then, I wrote an article for Model Railroader about the project here: www.trains.com/mrr/how-to/build-model-railroad/the-story-of-joyful-junction-micahs-christmas-train/

[@anastasiagarber1839]

So nostalgic and the fact this is live action and not AI or computer generated makes it so much better ❤

[@KarenH-r5n]

My Dad was a train fanatic. This sweet video makes me miss him so much.

[@immersiondepot]

My Dad got me into the hobby as a kid with carefully selected train show buys and rides on the N&W J611 steam engine during Norfolk Southern's steam excursion program back in the 90's. I figured it was my job to pass it on!

[@immersiondepot]

What started out as a small Christmas train set to go under the Christmas tree has turned into one of our family's favorite traditions: pulling out this tiny N scale Christmas layout and running different trains around it by lantern light with the fire flickering away in the fireplace. This year, we're happy to share it with all of you - enjoy, Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! - Dave

[@SukoYote]

This is a fantastic layout! It's so intricately detailed. Thank you so much for sharing this treasure of yours.

[@hiryu6672]

What an amazing tradition! I appreciate you for sharing it with us.

[@StarThurgood]

Thank you and may everyone have a joyful holiday season 💗

[@ChrisBennettGameDesign]

I love the snow pushing!

[@HeavensWest1]

Is this all the same layout in the same place?

[@lucase.garcia8026]

Wow, I still remember my little mini snowy landscape diorama.... *Chopped garlic peel everywhere.*

[@SMS.598]

The IT nerd in me is interested in the tech side of the setup...cable management, power setup, control. That's where the true artistry lies.

[@jacquesleroux5069]

I loved electronics and ham radio in my schoolboy years in the 1970's. That's now turned into evil IT, AI and robotics, so I would not equate IT to artistry.

[@StephenOwen]

I kind of want it to have a section where the train engineer lovingly talks through all of the details of the train set and village

[@immersiondepot]

The original build in 2022 had to be completed in only 6 weeks and I had NEVER built a full layout in my life so I had to scramble to both learn everything and try to apply it. I didn't even know what a "power hub" to distribute power to the detail LEDs was until just a few weeks before Christmas and the final reveal. Underneath is a nightmare spaghetti mess of cables, especially because of the 3-way switch to control the signal light haha. Here's a peek at the underside nightmare: imgur.com/a/G1bnEpb

[@nicoleck9288]

Thank you so much for making this video… My kids are 2 & 4 years old absolutely love watching this. My dad built a huge N scale installation in a room in his house. He passed away suddenly and the installation was the last item to leave his house. My kids never got to see it. Thank you again for sharing this!

[@killthekraken]

The detail and texture is mind blowing. Not to mention the continuity from one scene to the next is exact.

[@jimmyb1559]

My favorite Christmas present ever was an N scale train layout built on a styrofoam platform with all the landscaping, houses etc. I will never forget it. This video reminds me of the greatest Christmas ever. The music is awesome too. Thank you.

[@JF-lt5zc]

We have run an HO scale train under the tree and around furniture for years. Sadly, last year we had a Corgi puppy and didn't run it. This year, we have a kitten... We haven't even decorated our tree! I'll be running a trimmed down version on our kitchen counter on Christmas Eve complete with our Christmas Junction warehouse - full of presents. Nothing as extravagant as this but it still brings in that Christmas joy! I love the hand held shake in these videos. It is perfect! Thanks for sharing

[@BobbyCampos-q1r]

Brother your attention 2 detail is inspirational, like d little figures, even d wolves and a bus, but most of all u included a church. Best part is your selection of music and when it turns to night. I was mesmerized thanks 4 sharing your beautiful train layout

[@nickatano9086]

This video was an excellent production. What i appreciated most was how it didnt necessarily focus on overpriced products but more so the heart and soul of our hobby. Thanks and Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[@jessicasmith1292]

Wonderful! My little baby just got a much needed nap thanks to this peaceful little train ride!

[@Victim2SuJu]

I needed this. 2 year old is OBSESSED with model trains and i love soft jazz

[@immersiondepot]

Us parents gotta stick together!

[@hanktorrance6855]

Incredible details and workmanship....truly the stuff of childhood dreams of my generation

[@Lunalastrega]

This is unreal. You did an amazing job with all of this, including the lighting and camerawork.

[@immersiondepot]

Much appreciated!

[@xoxolavender]

My son is thrilled to see your Christmas tree video! He’s obsessed with trains. Hope you could make a tutorial on how to do a beautiful set like this! I really want to build him something ❤

[@mabass]

Thanks so much for this, my kids love watching it! So festive and relaxing, just the thing before bedtime 👍

[@ExiledDragoon]

My grandfather had this huge collections of model trains dating to the 1940's, he passed 12 years ago and I had no idea what ever happened to it. Well, I recently learned that his collection survives and was recently passed on to my father from my uncle. I miss having model trains, think I'll have to visit the big one here in SD at Balboa Park soon.

[@jasonfrancis2891]

Fantastic! I always get my N-scale trains out for Christmas but somehow, I did not do it this year. Luckily, I can enjoy your trains instead!

[@suchnothing]

The part where the little plough train pushed the snow was really exciting

[@ThomasDonaldson-b6m]

What A Beautiful Train Village, so many memories of my Happy Christmas Memories rush right to me.

[@savannah7593]

Thank you so much for sharing this! I've been looking for christmas videos to have on that aren't just AI generated images with a snow overlay. This is so charming and amazing! Thank you!

[@lordchancellorhatton1910]

"It's my hobby Janice, why do you have to belittle it?"

[@deleted4577]

Okay. But you gotta get over it.

[@walkingintranquillity9071]

Bobby had the makings of a varsity athlete

[@janicetulokas8413]

Never meant to belittle. Only amazement!!!

[@TFeld-nx9io]

Thank you so much!! It’s Christmas Eve 2024 and I’ve had this streaming to the big screen downstairs while I wrap presents, catch up on paperwork email, straighten up and prepare for guests tomorrow. The music selection is so relaxing and easy to ‘silently’ sing along. It’s absolutely perfect for setting the right mood. Bless you and yours and have a very Merry Christmas!🎄

[@applematt8473]

Wow, this video is simply stunning! It’s so well-crafted, charming, and entertaining. Thank you for sharing your family tradition with us.

[@stephentg1]

Simply beautiful. Love the details.

[@jameskempthorn5307]

Simply beautiful. You could write a book or pod cast

[@pgadeb]

Absolutely charming countryside snow scene with fresh snow on top of the trains. Love the lantern on the table too. Thanks for sharing

[@locusmortis]

Randomly clicked on a youtube video and find something awesome. You can tell a lot of work and love went into this!

[@FreeBird-111]

Model trains and Christmas. Thanks for sharing. Happy holidays. (N-scale requires much patience, hats off to you).

[@ih82r8]

I LOVE the Christmas tree lot complete with car loading up and hazards on! LOVE the Merry Christmas train car! There's so much to enjoy about this...the snow effects are amazing.

[@livingwithmymistakes]

This is just lovely. 🧡 Such a work of heart and art. Thank you for sharing this with the world.

[@realfake8269]

My favorite child gift was a simple train with simple tracks, just 2 wagons. It was such a luxurious gift I couldn't believe it, as we could not afford it. It was a gift for me in the only christmas celebration my fathers Ministry did for its employees in a luxury hotel, with public money - the ministrer was charged with spending public money, lost his post etc. That was Greece Athens about 1976. LOL I will never forget it, never.

[@jamessherman7797]

Thanks for sharing! Beautiful and relaxing!

[@ajcorrales545]

WOW!!!! This draws me in and makes my imagination go wild, remembering the thoughts I would have as a child and even as an adult, as I would put together train sets around Christmas time and around the Christmas tree. I would love then, and still love now, letting my imagination go as I imagine what it would be like if this was a real life setting - the people walking around and shopping, the snow, the trains coming and going - it can seem to real, and the music? Stunning! Great job at putting this together! Thank you and Merry Christmas to you and yours!

[@Chad4626]

An absolute treat. Thank you.

[@waynedexter]

You can tell a lot of love and a lot of hard work went into making this video. Even slightly curmudgeon folks like myself can clearly see and appreciate this ☺️ I will most definitely have this playing in the background on Christmas Day.

[@klol666]

This is amazing. Everything is decorated so beautifully and the editing is crisp.

[@MountnQueen]

Wow! Your set is absolutely beautiful. My three-year-old is absolutely obsessed with it. You did a beautiful job on it, and a beautiful job filming it! Much love and a very Merry Christmas from a happy little boy who loves your "Chwismis Trains."

[@garydaniels5495]

Absolutely incredible! Beautiful! Thank you for sharing!

[@rayrivenbark8]

Beautiful layout great video. Thanks for not talking the whole video and just letting people enjoy the sights and sounds. Great job

[@ModelSceneryExpert]

😍😍😍😍😍AMAZING 😍😍😍😍😍

[@immersiondepot]

Couldn't have done it without you guys! I had no idea what I was doing when I started out on this project - and I only had 6 weeks last Christmas to get it ready - but the tips & tricks videos on your channel came in clutch. Scenic Cement, Flex Paste, some of your building kits and figures and even the Just Plug lighting system... I went from having never heard of this stuff to putting it down on the layout in no time at all. 😆

[@ModelSceneryExpert]

@@immersiondepot That's amazing, well done!

[@tonijackson105]

🎉 Thank you so much, Wow 🎉

[@Hendo56]

This is really awesome.

[@williambyrne6855]

bookmarked 👍

[@dirkdiggler1254]

Very beautiful setup

[@nscalefun]

AWESOME!!!!! Keep up the good work.

[@lonewolfe31619]

Now that is down right cool. I would love to know how you made the snow for the whole thing?

[@immersiondepot]

Thanks! The snow is a mixture of leaving some white plaster for the terrain base with some white acrylic paint on top and then rocky paint colors dry brushed on top of that for areas like the mountain. The rest of the layout uses white acrylic as a base followed by Woodland Scenics Flex Paste for the rolls, drifts & icicles. I then added a few areas of thin model train grass and underbrush sponge to give the open terrain some visual interest and then finally for the fluffy snow I used SnoFlock which has glue built into it where you just wet it to make it stick. If you want to see the process in detail I have a full build breakdown over on my other channel here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpeTqGWsrc6Ed8U

[@thumpershd]

Excellent, love the music and the train layout videos!

[@Oresamax7]

My boyfriend collects these and makes his own tracks.. :) this is a very good layout.

[@MrChubbyHubby.]

This is amazing work ImmersionDepot, Merry Christmas to you and yours and thank you for showing us.

[@towdjumper5]

BEAUTIFUL. Thank you. Great stuff.

[@davidcashin1894]

Love this layout so much. I have the N gauge bits to make a layout like this happen, but this year the vote was LEGO trains............ a great choice but not the same.

[@russrockino-rr0864]

Thanks for Sharing! God Bless you and your Family. Merry Christmas!

[@Kparc1212]

GREAT SET and LAYOUT! I use thin sewing thread for telephone wire between poles.

[@jboremus]

calming, nostalgic, perfect music - plan to have this on in the background a lot this holiday season. thank you for sharing, and Merry Christmas! 😄

[@mrserious55]

Very nice and well done for n scale...hard for snow to do what you want it to in any scale.....but i must ask...The Music...who is it...great stuff thx for sharing

[@immersiondepot]

Thanks! All of the music is picked out from the Epidemic Sound paid library.

[@davidhardy879]

This is WONDERFUL !! Thank you for all of the time and effort you put into it !

[@immersiondepot]

Thanks so much! It was definitely an obsession project.

[@steveb1661]

The camera work and sound effects are Really Good.

[@tpg5974]

Love trains, love Christmas music, but holy crap you need a camera / phone gimbal to keep the picture steady!

[@denisewestrick8416]

The video is perfect just the way it is. 🙂

[@robintay1449]

So wonderful!! Merry Christmas!🎄

[@drogdealure5300]

It’s genuinely is so inspiring

[@davidstokes9437]

Lovely atmosphere 🙂🤍🤍

[@Jeffrey.Seelman]

Very nicely done. Fun and relaxing to watch. I have always loved trains.

[@02jail]

Awesome! Hoping to do a set with my son too

[@denisewestrick8416]

My nieces husband sent your video to me. It is astounding what you’ve done … and amazing to watch and listen to!! Great job! 👍🏻 Happy Holidays! 🎅🏻🎄

[@애무부장관-e4p]

fantastic 베리 나이스 짱

[@steveymcneckbeard]

Wow this is just beautiful. Thank you

[@johanswanepoelswanies7483]

This is superb. Well done, a lot of time and effort to be acknowledged here.

[@Ari-i6t3j]

This is a lovely video. Thank you for posting!

[@Anthony-te8lu]

this is so much better to watch and listen to, than those crappy ai videos with their crappy ai christmas music.

[@System0187]

Awesome place! Merry Christmas! 🎄

[@BreakifyTV]

Reminds me of Harry Potter! Now I'm gonna watch it tonight :D

[@RaymondMundinger]

Had a train set like that. Didn’t have the fancy village. Was neat thank you.

[@frankgarofalo843]

So beautiful...did you have the signs made? (Tree farms)

[@veedubya4636]

TRAINTASTIC!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@iwannisfitilis6921]

Amazing😮😮❤❤❤!!!

[@8-bithaunted525]

this is nice i like it alot

[@zillahwells4063]

So pretty!

[@Melkerliden]

Dude you need to make the pride of concord

[@Sharkhunt947]

🎅🏼🎄🎅🏼 beautiful display 🎅🏼🎄🎅🏼

[@matthewsoares9880]

This is beautiful.

[@pearsooo6972]

Perfect

[@mummifiedgoose]

This is amazing!!! Thank you so much!!

[@emrilbennett8704]

So cool and very pretty.❤️

[@6mmstyle775]

Thank you

[@asapfinch]

How easy is this to take down and store? I feel like I’d want to leave it up 24/7 lol

[@immersiondepot]

Haha yeah we had the same dilemma after the end of the holiday season last year. My next project will probably be to build a moveable summer time layout but for this one if you look carefully at 00:20 you can see it has carry handles. It only weighs about 20lb (would be less but I was new to all this and used a lot of plaster instead of foam) so I built a sturdy wooden storage crate to keep the bugs and critters out of it during summer storage.

[@brendamobley]

This is so cute ❤

[@razareg0808]

I remember as a kid I wanted to have my own model train layout. Now I have a few model trains but my interest in them has faded away long ago due to certain reasons and concerns.

[@sgtshultz13]

Love it. I’m working on an N scale polar express. Someday I will finish it. Using the same locomotive.

[@darbyl3872]

What music is this? It's lovely.

[@nancyhaun]

Love it! Merry Christmas!!!

[@sailingschooners8668]

Magic....

[@DylanSunkel]

Just started the video and already feeling bad for that pickup truck.

[@Dusty-y6b]

So intricate! Love it!❤

[@joewiley6280]

Very cool😊

[@CarlosVazquez-p4c]

It's more beautiful than my ugly sweater. 😅😂

[@suzettemitchell2719]

Hi I love your model train and snowy town. It’s amazing! Thank you so much for inviting us into your home. I collect dept 56 Christmas snow village and want to add a Christmas model train to my display this coming Christmas. What scale do you recommend ? Many thanks

[@immersiondepot]

Thank you! For Department 56 villages I see most people choosing O or S gauge trains (with Lionel being the most well known brand)

[@suzettemitchell2719]

@@immersiondepot Thank you.

[@cooljz82]

Amazing job!!! Its beautiful! What kind of blue lights did you use for the nightscape? Looking to add some to mine this year. Thank you!!

[@immersiondepot]

Thank you! Here's a link to the light projector which is still holding up well for us. amzn.to/48rtJcZ