David Hughes Spectacular Western Maryland HO Railroad!

[@jim-me9wm]

His wife is so talented to paint and blend the backdrop into the foreground.

[@feminazislayer]

Amazing 👏

[@ENIGMAXII2112]

Good wife..!!

[@deputyVH]

It's relaxing to watch you wander around the layout. Beautiful.

[@oldnstillworkin5709]

Probably thee most incredible layout I’ve ever seen

[@jonwebster2611]

This has to be THE BEST most well thought-out and built private layouts that I have EVER had the pleasure of viewing. Simply EXCELLENT in its smooth blend of prototype and modeling compression, operations, signaling, detailing and overall craftsmanship. THANK YOU for an excellent video tour!

[@stevenkapela6236]

They should have built the municipal sewage treatment plant in the bathroom, it would explain the occasional smell 🙂 Sorry, I had too ! Absolutely beautiful !

[@gmontezuma6770]

As a resident of Maryland, I was excited to see this, especially since there are places I recognize in West Baltimore.

[@SteamCrane]

I've been to most of these places, years ago in the era being modeled. He has it absolutely correct. Now I wish we could go back to that time.

[@rmoojet157]

Totally awesome. I dabbled with buliding a few cars from kits and a 3 ft piece of track. I was 12yrs old in 1972. Always longed to build a complete layout just like this! What a dream. Congrats on your work of art. It's a labor of love. And, a lifetime of it! Great video work as well! Thanks for sharing.

[@G-Man-kc2nm]

There truly are no words to describe or complement this amazing layout! Superb job, isn’t enough! A true work of art!

[@alpugliesetrains9753]

Thank you David for inviting me and Alex to video! your wonderful layout!

[@lottaaction8072]

If I had the money, and the space, this is exactly how I would spend my time. So jealous. Thanks for the tour. And by the way, your wife is also talented.

[@stephen285]

gorgeous! very impressive

[@RyanHellyer]

This is absolutely beautiful.

[@HowardZane]

Great pike and coverage. I'm a steam nut and known for rough, unkempt scenery, but after seeing this magnificent layout, I'm going to invade my cases of early diesels and fire up my scale power lawnmower. Then finally learn how to build decent structures. I'm a fan!!! After then, I'm going to install a rather large Christmas tree in the basement and run my trains around it. Al, you outdid yourself on this one. This is your finest ever and keep up the fine work. David, congrats on a truly great model railroad!!!! Wow!!!!

[@alpugliesetrains9753]

@@HowardZane thanks Howard I am glad you enjoyed it!

[@SteamCrane]

First 3 minutes, It's gorgeous! The helix housing is so well done! Gotta go work, but will be back.

[@bobbiehn5725]

This is really beautiful country in its own right. I Love the depiction you have done. F

[@robmagu65]

Incredible layout ... clean! And wow, the bathroom .... trains running through as I sit there :)

[@PabloWilbur]

the passengers get a thrill- I remember my mom and aunt and I were riding the silverton -durango train and a man was fishing naked.

[@magnuswettermark8293]

Insane😅. Totaly awesome layout. The trees and scenery is beautiful..👍💯💥

[@britneyren3877]

beautiful layout this is what i want to do on our layout lots of trees and scenery then small town

[@markturner9272]

Wow! That is spectacular. The entire railroad is so well done.

[@rj2571]

What an amazing layout!!! This is one of the nicest I’ve seen in any scale. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@bac2future407]

Agree! Best in any scale I’ve seen as well. Nicely done!

[@rolandhersom239]

I think my scenery is reasonably good but yours is truly realistic and something you can justly be proud of.

[@rjjrrailsgscalesolenske5231]

Holy smokes ,incredible layout. Love the attention to detail

[@alj4940]

Absolutely amazing, the detail is ,well, believable. What a Master.

[@Christiane069]

Absolutely beautiful. A work of art.

[@everettthepetractionguy4222]

Very impressive layout. So many talented people in this great hobby. And I LOVE the EMD "F-7" units. 👉 32:48 I really enjoyed watching this video!

[@johnimhof6568]

You could get lost on this amazing layout. What a way to go.

[@kenamosjr.bo_51]

Very nice Al, one of the best blended backdrops I’ve seen in a long time. Cool how he hid helix’s, well done.

[@stephenrickjr.7519]

A superb layout!

[@kerraedge4006]

This is just a purely amazing layout. No detail has been left out.

[@alpugliesetrains9753]

@kerraedge4006 Thanks stay tunned because I've got more insane layouts comming! If you want to see more go into my Playlist then layout visits

[@Linda_Eskin]

Holy cow. That’s gorgeous. I can’t fathom painting backdrops that blend into the foreground scenery so well. Beautiful work all around, and their first and only layout. Darned impressive!

[@toddw6716]

Beautiful

[@robtman9199]

What an amazing Railroad, my favorite RR, the WM along with the B&O east of the Ohio River. Thank you all for sharing it.

[@coalcracker1655]

Al, I have been watching your videos and appreciate your sharing the numerous layouts you have visited. They are awe inspiring and I feel as though they are a gift to us. You now have me as a subscriber !!! This layout by David Hughes is stunning !!!! Very clean, efficient, & features some excellent modeling. My kind of layout as well as others you have featured on this channel. Keep 'em coming Al !!!!!!

[@alpugliesetrains9753]

@@coalcracker1655 thank you

[@oliverheidelberg]

As someone who lives in Hub City, I appreciate this layout. 👍🏻

[@ronaldjoyce7374]

Spectacular!!! Thanks for sharing this amazing video with us, Al.

[@kevinyoung9557]

Good stuff ,thanks Al.

[@joedelucia6719]

Wow! Absolutely amazing layout.

[@michaelgrimes8828]

Amazing……😊

[@markhayes6407]

That scenery really makes your layout. I am very impressed. I like the library covering the helix. Clever. Very nice layout.

[@jimkammerer5240]

HOW COULD YOU NOT BE IMPRESSED WITH THIS AWESOME GOOD LAYOUT 👏 👌 ❤

[@kennethfuller8347]

Absolutely incredible details, and a fabulous job his wife did on the backdrop. I too am a big fan of the WM, having grown up a few miles West of Cumberland. The Connellsville sub ran behind our house. I'm also working on modeling the WM but I have a long way to go to get anywhere near what David has accomplished here. Thanks, Al, for sharing this with us.

[@jimkammerer5240]

I AM VERY IMPRESSED BY THIS LAYOUT. VERY GOOD 👍 👏 👌

[@jonjacob1962]

I live in Maryland. Just south of Baltimore. I got my first train last year for my birthday, and I can't WAIT until I'm able to build a nice, permanent layout like this one.

[@jimkammerer5240]

SO VERY AWESOME GOOD I HOPE THAT YOU ARE JUST ABOUT DONE AND YOU ARE A TRUE CRAFTSMAN AND AWESOME GOOD INDEED. ❤

[@GregClabaugh]

Wow! Having spent my first 20 years in Detour, I have countless fond memories of the WM. You gave captured the essence of what the Western Maryland was. As kids we played often on and around the bridge at Monocacy Crossing. You have a tremendous layout and one in which you can be very proud. Thanks for reviving a flood of memories!

[@John-n6y9u]

Totally in awe of this excellently done video. And even more in awe of Dave's love and dedication to the =WM= Railway - as demonstrated in this fabulous layout. Well done, Sir!

[@jimkammerer5240]

YOU ARE A TRUE CRAFTSMAN AND A GOOD ARTIST AS WELL I AM VERY IMPRESSED BY THIS LAYOUT.

[@TheGulfwind]

Magnificent layout with fabulous detail!

[@alpugliesetrains9753]

@@TheGulfwind thank you hope you subscribe to see more

[@garychestnut6380]

Thanks for sharing Al. What a great looking railroad.

[@LarryAugsburger]

Wow,mean just wow!to this layout!! museum quality,in the mans basement!!! great job!! WOW!!!

[@Jagadeesan-in7fp]

I know the Western Mayland pretty well so I can attest that Mr. Hughs has captured the feeling of the place he's modeling better than most other modelers. I live in California now, but his depictions of the Eastern Appalachians gave me a small stab of homesickness, which is an unusual feeling for me.

[@Wespa1877]

That’s a great layout

[@samsrailventures1961]

Memories! My Mom was born and raised in Westminster, married and moved to MI. Back in the 70's (this layout's era 🙂), our family made the long road trip to Gramaw's in southern PA, then a side trip to visit friends who lived on Tank Rd, (Finksburg area) out in the country then. Us kids would walk down to the creek (which I now know as the N branch Patapsco River), and swim by the old WM trestle, roughly the bottom of the grade described at 15:00, about 1 mile east of Patapsco. I loved trains, and enjoyed watching for trains more than the swim, I think! Thanks for taking the care and faithfulness to detail to recreate this beautiful layout.

[@davidhughes4448]

Sam: the location your remember swimming at, Patapsco, is on an eastbound downgrade, about halfway between Westminster and Cedarhurst (Finksburg, MD). At Cedarhurst the grade levels out, and immediately east of that point the grueling, twisting three-mile eastbound grade of 1.86% commences at Falls, up into Emory Grove. This three-mile stretch constituted the ruling grade into Baltimore from Hagerstown. Helpers were often required. When I was a kid I relished the pounding sound of multiple locomotives climbing up Falls Hill with a 100-car train. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@jimkammerer5240]

THIS IS A MUSEUMS QUALITY LAYOUT I WISH I COULD BUILD ONE LIKE THIS . ALEX, YOU ARE A VERY TALENTED ARTIST WHO HAS A GREAT TALENT . AWE INSPIRING PERSON.

[@luvindemtrains]

Nice showcase of a wonderful layout. Thanks for sharing.

[@Posttrip]

JUST ABSOLUTELY WOW!!! A SUPURB layout a MASTERCLASS craftsman! It takes so long but that level of exceptional detail just needs that time. ‘Perhaps Elon will build some robots specializing in this exacting, meticulous work.’ Massive, detailed layouts like this in 3 month!

[@charlesemerson6763]

Wonderful layout David. Thanks Al for paying it a visit.

[@JackStrawfromWichita1]

Outstanding! They layout and the video 👍

[@vincenthuying98]

Dear Al and David, indeed a beautiful layout! Love the way the helices are either shaped into the layout, or made a scenic part of the layout with the small diorama vista. Beautiful how David’s wife did the backdrop painting. Love the angled lines that she has chosen, which is such a great way to prevent the otherwise awkward look when, for example, a road comes at 90° towards the backdrop and is prolonged on the 2D image as going fully straight into the distance. The ‘askew’ approach definitely adds to the field of depth and the illusion of perspective. Absolutely awesome and stunning! Cheerio

[@alpugliesetrains9753]

@@vincenthuying98 thanks

[@edeptula2992]

Beautiful layout!!! Love the eastern scenery❤

[@andrewh.8403]

What a nice bloke! Yep, beautiful pike, absolutely. The room is straight out inviting, like you find a real hankerin' to be in there just hangin' out. Now, back to my trees....

[@georgejetson4378]

Thanks for posting.

[@J3scribe]

Outstanding layout. Great tour, Al.

[@johnconnor_513]

Had me captivated the entire video. Thank you 👍

[@WMAJ6]

Wow! i grew up along the Dutch Line and my uncle worked for Suburban Propane in Woodensburg. This is incredible! In every location I feel like I have travelled back in time, and I am standing there in 1965 watching the train go by.

[@elephantfootrisers]

Outstanding!

[@DB-ek5kd]

That orchard is awesome!

[@time4trains]

Damn that's some good stuff. Keep it up Al loven it.

[@paulfromt.o.7384]

Super impressive wow

[@bigbrian2486]

Great layout!

[@gunsaway1]

That is the most impressive layout I have ever ever seen. I always liked the wild Mary Wow

[@jwrailve3615]

Absolutely gorgeous layout. If I can EVER get anywhere near the detail and quality of model railroading as this layout or so many other breathtaking layouts in the model rail YT community I’d have to thank all the channels like yours that cover layouts that are absolutely amazing. Suprised I haven’t watched this before. I used to absolutely hate transitional era because it’s a bit over modeled but now my secondary industrial park layouts intentional late transition era design to run early gen diesel switchers and just overtime appreciating so many transition era layouts I’ve began to really enjoy them all. Thank you for the coverage of this layout! Just wow

[@alpugliesetrains9753]

Thank you hope you decide to subscribe which helps us

[@jwrailve3615]

@@alpugliesetrains9753 subscribed I apologize I hadn’t yet didn’t realize it

[@acsxfan1]

Great video Al .. Dave - awesome layout

[@jimarmour9035]

Great video of a great railroad

[@jimkammerer5240]

A TRUE BEAUTY. 👍 👏 👌

[@XBOXShawn12thman]

Brilliant .... Hats Off

[@dockshund5916]

Spectacular! When I was a kid my Aunt and Uncle had a house close to the track north of Glyndon in that era. I think my visits to them and watching the WM diesels go by got me hooked on the WM..

[@TheSnobbyDawg]

I was expecting to see Cumberland, Frostburg, Grantsville, Oakland MD. Now that's Western Maryland! Nice layout but couldn't get excited about Hagerstown to Baltimore.

[@davidburnell6889]

WOW!!!!

[@mrlatino1964]

WOW.. totally speechless.....

[@Cbtrainnut]

Amazing layout! Thank you for sharing!

[@thecincinnatikid6227]

Beautiful work!

[@jimkammerer5240]

WHAT AN ARTIST AND VERY TALENTED INDEED 👏

[@gunsaway1]

That is so impressive. I had to watch it twice.

[@alpugliesetrains9753]

thanks hope you decide to subscribe to see more it helps the channel

[@fredeisen7401]

Corn stalks are by JTT. I have had the privilege to see the layout evolve over the years. As you can see in the video the layout is fantastic! Dave I need to come over again and run some trains!

[@davidhughes4448]

Thanks for this correction, Fred. I knew what I said was wrong the moment I said it! My failing brain...

[@fredeisen7401]

@@davidhughes4448 Was not trying to embarrass you, just wanted the viewers to know which product you used for the corn field.

[@alpugliesetrains9753]

Thanks Fred we are children of the 🌽 and I had delicious sweet corn for dinner tonight

[@fredeisen7401]

We did also! Corn was picked yesterday.

[@RussellGarvey]

What a great layout! I love that he modeled "M.B. Klein" in downtown Baltimore. Spent many a $$ there feeding my train hobby!

[@davidhughes4448]

Good catch, Russell!

[@frankmassello9073]

An amazing tribute to a real railroad

[@manda60]

Wild Mary Rides Again!!

[@Vincentschneider007]

Love Western maryland RR line

[@jimkammerer5240]

SO AWESOME GOOD INDEED THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH ME ,JIM KAM🎉MERER OF PHILADELPHIA PA I AM SURE THAT YOU INSPIRED ME AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO SEE THIS PEICE OF ART .HAVE A GREAT DAY TODAY JIM K.FROM PHILLY WAY.

[@thomasleach8490]

This is great 👍

[@jimkammerer5240]

AWESOME GOOD LAYOUT THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH ME JIM K FROM PHILLY WAY ❤

[@jeromedavis2420]

Beautiful train layout. Enjoy your Emory Grove. I spend many days watching the Baltimore local switching car with Maryland midland. Beautiful work. When I did move from Reisterstown. I may have the the train order sign on the of the tower. Still have it

[@ENIGMAXII2112]

Very nice F-7s, and lovely layout..!

[@milepost4846]

Wow, awesome WM layout!!!

[@Cbtrainnut]

Absolutely stunning layout! I am an S Scale guy, but this is a great looking HO scale layout! Thanks for sharing the layout with us. Enjoy it very much! Cbtrainnut on KZbin, Chris

[@alpugliesetrains9753]

@@Cbtrainnut thanks hope you decide to subscribe

[@odalesaylor]

Enjoyed the tour immensely.

[@alpugliesetrains9753]

@odalesaylor thank you hope you decide to subscribe to the channel to help us no cost to do so

[@rickkephartactual7706]

Its only us older folks that remember the Pontiac 455 SD engine in a rare few of the TransAM's. They are worth a mint today. I had a '71 GTO w/400 ci and drooled over the 455 SD that I wanted but could have. EDIT: you could get the 455 H.O. but it wasn't as stout as the 455 SD.

[@AllenCNW441]

Great railroad (as opposed to “a layout”). Nice to see using Caboose Industries switch stands is OK.

[@davidhughes4448]

Allen: you are correct: they're "okay". Of course, they are way too large, out of scale. I experimented with the N-scale version, but found there wasn't enough travel in them for HO scale. I have weathered mine so they don't stand out like sore thumbs. The good news is that they are bulletproof. If I had it all to do over again I think I would would use the self-locking Peco turnouts. I simply wasn't aware of them when I started construction in 1999. Thank you for the compliment.

[@AllenCNW441]

@@davidhughes4448 A lot easier to install than switches- I use Peco turnouts with Caboose Ind throws