Around the Palo Verde & Southwestern's Mainline

[@AleLGB]

This is probably the biggest and the most well done G scale railroad I've ever seen. It's just amazing.

[@GOD2GINO4EVER]

Out of all the G scale train videos I've watched on KZbin; this is the best one of them all😁😁😁👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿🔥

[@dennissirrine]

Hey / thanks so much. Your thoughts are very appreciated. It took us many years to create this layout!

[@GOD2GINO4EVER]

@@dennissirrine how long did it take you to build this layout????

[@ericwilliams633]

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[@ericwilliams633]

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[@CannonCountry]

Wow! What an absolutely stunning garden. The stucco walls, the painted tiles. The flowers. The water features. And then what seems to be a couple miles of track. This is spectacular. Thank you for sharing it with us. My autistic son has just requested I download this video for him.

[@unifrax5]

Wow. 28 minutes to ride the mains. spectacular! I'm running out of words. Thanks again for sharing. Beautiful vantage point to see everything.

[@mattbates481]

This is massive and you must have a dedicated team of landscapers. My railroad in the UK is only 175ft in length and it takes a few hrs to check everything before it runs smoothly as the British weather is so destructive on the track. I service my 3 engines in the winter which takes about 30 mins each, I shudder to think the time it takes for all your trains. This is truly astounding.

[@easylifealan4518]

Half an hour of true magic. I dread to think of how much time is spent in maintenance.... Well done!

[@earlhoude7808]

Amazing how big it is. Thank you to share your site.

[@anthonyfuller3257]

The track alone must have cost about 50K or more. Amazing.

[@kenhoganson9481]

Genius! All the planning, thought and imagination (and $$) is astounding! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@klaustovik4362]

This was werry nice you have don e a great job you shod be proud good work gretings from norway

[@BUBULEPOISSON]

Wow Amazing layout, just an incredible job !! Many thank's for sharing Dennis!

[@ronaldjoyce7374]

Unbelievable! I’m speechless but I’ve never seen a garden railroad as big and beautiful as yours, AMAZING! Thank Very Much! This makes my N scale look like the world 😊

[@linoferrara]

Amazing video, thank you for posting!

[@kaliprasadchinam236]

Have seen this video of yours about a dozen times now. Still cannot believe the details, the clarity of the layout and the number of possible routes. Also saw on Google maps, that you are adding a new section. Am sure that will be just as beautiful as this. Have seen a number of videos of other layouts in the world, but Palo Verde and Southwestern Railroad is the best in the world. Kudos to your untiring efforts and thanks for the pleasure and opportunity of viewing the wonderful videos of PVSWRR.

[@dennissirrine]

Thanks for those extremely kind comments! Those types of comments mean a lot to us - because there is so much work to keep this layout up and going. People have no idea how much time and money go into making this layout great. So again - thanks for your remarks!Dennis

[@danosborne7136]

Just a superb railroad. You can run full length trains and from the cab view you actually feel like the trains are going somewhere. Having such a large space gives you that ultimate luxury in model railroading and the landscaping and water features just make it all the more real. Exceptional job! Dan.

[@dennissirrine]

Thanks for those wonderful comments - much appreciated Dan! Dennis

[@Glum1964]

Wow! Maybe my favorite outdoor layout ever! Awesome! *quartzite

[@lavareason4438]

This is a beautiful beautiful layout and I really enjoyed watching it thanks for sharing so beautiful

[@nbs7016]

Me resulta acojonante la maqueta, mi más sentida enhorabuena a su propietario,. Soy español (concretamente de sur) y tanto la edificacion de la finca como la vegetacion me resultan muy familiares. Un abrazo.

[@enriquecancino7519]

Absolutely incredible! Gorgeous video production and on the railroad, I don't have the right words to describe what I saw! What a gigantic effort and investment in property and equipment. Thanks for sharing that video and hope to see more coming of some of the detailed branches and stations along the way. Cheers from Texas!

[@achillesbuchanan2095]

Unbelievable! How stunning. A magnificent achievement (and investment!). Congratulations.

[@MisterPersuasion]

It's about time you redid this cab ride in HD and in one take. Thanks!

[@Randy-xv8sf]

Yes, Ale......this layout is amazing.

[@bryce2680]

SP and a fantastic layout! What could be better!!!!

[@jimsmoter4510]

Very nice layout , thanks for the cab ride .

[@tracynation239]

An excellent video. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. ♡ T.E.N.

[@dennissirrine]

Thanks for the kind remarks Tracy!

[@adriennefrank1518]

Palo Verde y Southwestern mainline is so beautiful, this perfect tour all around is just what l was asking for! Very huge, detailed and well done! Truly amazing, l would love to take that tour around this very beautiful Palo Verde Southwestern mainline anytime! 🙌🚇🚉🚆💖👏💯😘

[@fieldauditservices6870]

Thankyou for sharing your blessings...

[@oldcaferacer]

So want to visit Dennis and his railroad number one on my bucket list

[@andrewway3404]

Love this scale of model trains!

[@charlesmartinez2917]

WOW THAT'S INCREDIBLE !!!

[@philliplee980]

This is awesome very cool beautiful railroad layout

[@dan92677]

Beautiful trackwork !

[@geordieceltic2]

I have never seen anything like this. Well done

[@TheCloakedTiger]

Holy mother of wow what a railroad! Endless amount of train cars! :O

[@davidschum3964]

Outstanding!✌️👍

[@Clockburner]

Just jaw dropping! Makes me want to cry knowing it’s outcome.🥺

[@greerengineering]

What outcome are you referring to?

[@rockeroller]

@@greerengineering ie " grow old and die" unless there are heirs that preserve it.

[@GOD2GINO4EVER]

And the background reminds me of my home state of California☺☺☺

[@lukenutterz]

unbelievable mate.

[@kaliprasadchinam236]

Astounding.

[@dennissirrine]

Thanks so much for your kind remarks! They are very much appreciated.Dennis

[@houseoftrainsgarcia9794]

Really nice video just subscribed

[@carmenscialla4855]

Truly a memorable ride!

[@QRoutback]

Fantastic ride,

[@Porschedude8]

"Superb"!

[@charlesbennett6242]

So is this in a public park setting or someone's private property? Just amazing!!!

[@frederickrodger7249]

The best I have seen. Kudos!

[@emersonjones7719]

awesome layout

[@billpalmer2711]

Outstanding

[@williamsakalaucks6335]

If I had more money and time than I knew what to do with, this would be the layout I would take inspiration from.

[@kenn5894]

Beautiful layout. I understand you have sold this home. I'm curious if you have a layout at your new home. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@mic-drop-74]

Man to have this kind of money and time for model trains.

[@ScratchGlass9]

Phenomenal !

[@bz3248]

Dennis, this is a jaw dropping video. I absolutely love it. I want this set up in my yard. Two problems though 1) My property is only 140' x 75', 2) It's a little out of budget for me . I enjoyed this video very much. I am thrilled to see such a master piece you created. Thank you for sharing the video, it is greatly appreciated.

[@dennissirrine]

You are welcome! It was a lot of work, but it was so much fun to play with all the trains on this great layout.

[@panzerzug2625]

WoW ,very cool !

[@dunbar01]

Dennis, I see at 9:38 that it looks like you have an expansion planned. Would be great if you video the actual construction process and post it. Not sure if you are aware of it, but a viewer can learn alot of how you build your layouts if they scrutinize the details in your videos and read your reply comments

[@dennissirrine]

+Dunbar SteelDragon Yes, we have an expansion planned. All we have to do is lay the sub-base, install the track, and finish the landscaping. We have been at this stage for over a year now and can't seem to get any further. I have been way too busy with my restaurants and family life.On the construction side of things - here is the problem - once I teach someone the correct way to build a G scale layout, they all say, "forget it!" The reason, because the correct way takes to long and costs to much. And no one wants to invest that much time and money into a G scale layout.Most G scale layouts are small. People want to put down the track and start running trains right away. They are not into it for the long haul. But the correct way to build G scale is the best way. When you build it right, it lasts a long - long time with no problems, and is lots of fun to run on!Dennis

[@dunbar01]

+dennissirrine : I understand what you mean about no one wants to do stuff the correct way due to time and money. I see it all the time in the construction industry. They will drop 20-30k on a project; and rather than spend the extra 10k to do it correct and have that "wow, this is really nice" effect; and never have to fix anything later, they dont. They dont look at the big picture and down the road. All they see is that they are spending 20-30 thousand dollars. What they dont or cant realize is that by spending the extra 10k now, they wont have to spend another 20-30k in 10 years and go through the hassle of another construction project. My wife did this to me when we were first married and I had to teach her the hard way. We had a project that needed to be done. I wanted to do it right the first time and have it last. She said, "no we dont have the money. lets just do this so we can get going and get it done. " Well, about 10 years later, we had to redo the same project with the correct material. It cost me 4 times more than it would have from 10 years earlier. And I made her be out side in the summer sun working on it with me the whole time till it was done. I told her, if we had done it like this 10 years ago, we wouldnt be doing it again now and we would have saved nine thousand dollars. Boy was she really pissed, but she never challenged the logic after that. As far as the G scale trains, yep, people just want to plunck down track and mix and match stuff. Thats why probably 75- 80% of all the you tube vids of garden scale trains look like toys. Nobody wants to spend the time or money to make them look good. Ironically, a large percent of the Ho/N scale guys do spend a great deal of time and money to make layouts look as realistic as possible.

[@dennissirrine]

+Dunbar SteelDragon I was also in construction for 21 year, and what you said is dead right on! No one I built for wanted to do things the right way - everyone wanted something for nothing, and life doesn't work that way. You only get out what you put in. So if you cheap something out, it will come back to haunt you! Guaranteed! I am a perfectionist, and things have to be done the right away, or I don't want to even do them. So the homes I built, the restaurants I have, and the train layout I engineered, were all done the right way. And I am glad my personality is geared forwards the perfection side, because it makes me feel really good when everything is finished.Dennis

[@primecreator]

"As far as the G scale trains, yep, people just want to plunck down track and mix and match stuff. Thats why probably 75- 80% of all the you tube vids of garden scale trains look like toys. Nobody wants to spend the time or money to make them look good". I think thats a little off the mark. I would suggest that many of the "toy train videos" are because people DON'T have the time and certainly not the sort of money to make them look good like this.

[@dunbar01]

So your saying they have the time to do a poor job; but they dont have the time to do it well? Sorry, I dont buy that. Thats a bs excuse. IF they have the time to do a crap job, they can certainly MAKE the time to do a good job.

[@TheSerpent753]

That's just magnificent. I can't even imagine the number of man-hours that went into building it. I'm curious, how many feet of track?

[@dennissirrine]

+TheSerpent753We have almost 6,000 feet of track

[@joewnav]

what a fantasticly great layout best one I have ever seen. Where is it located and does it still exist?

[@vanrogui4819]

Olá, sou do Brasil, fiquei encantado com esse ferromodelismo nesee jardim lindo que parece ter dado muito trabalho e dedicação. Você poderia me enviar o layout de toda essa ferrovia? Eu ficaria imensamente agradecido. Obrigado. Vanderley.

[@mastergunnerysgt1258]

How much time did it take to build ?

[@rockeroller]

This is insane! ( and I mean that in the good way!)

[@garyharrall4002]

This is so cool. Would love to do this but to expensive. I'll just stick with HO Scale.

[@rgp112750]

Seeing this for the first time. Unbelievable! How many acres did the "layout" cover? And the landscaping, holy smokes! Was there a hired crew to maintain it all?

[@dennissirrine]

We had two full time employees who kept this layout looking like a million bucks. People have no idea the work and money it takes to keep something like this up and going!

[@dunbar01]

Also, I would love to know how you do your fake rock walls/retaining walls. Which method do you use. Would love to see the actual construction of them.

[@dennissirrine]

+Dunbar SteelDragon There is a guy in the Phoenix area who casts the rocks we use from molds he made from real rocks out in the desert. Once he has the molds ready, he pours this lightweight concrete mix into the molds, let's it set up for 24 hours, and these realistic rock panels are the by-product of that. He then takes these rock panels, cuts them into smaller pieces, and artistically muds them all together to form these beautiful rock formations. Then he grouts between each rock piece and uses different colors of paint to bring out the colors he wants to have. It's a pretty cool process. But you have to have some artistic ability to make these rock formations look realistic. If you don't have any artistic ability, the rock formation you create could look like a bunch of Dinosaur Poop!Once he did a few formations for us, I got the hang of it, and understood what you had to do. So I taught my workers how to do these rock formations. 90% of what you see in the videos was done by my guys. I have a video somewhere that goes through the process of making these rock formations. I will see if I can find it.Dennis

[@dunbar01]

+dennissirrine : That would be great. Would love to see it.

[@dunbar01]

Hi dennis. Did you happen to find the rock formation video?

[@dunbar01]

Hi Dennis, Any videos of the 2016-2017 season coming soon? How is the expansion going? I believe many of us are eagerly awaiting new videos.

[@dennissirrine]

Wow! - Really! I didn't know that. I have bee so busy as of late, that I have kind of sluffed off putting videos together. We shot a lot of video in February - March - and April - so we have a bunch of clips to show. I will start working on shows! Just didn't know there was a lot of people waiting for some stuff! Dennis

[@dunbar01]

To quote Ale LGB "This is probably the biggest and the most well done G scale railroad I've ever seen. It's just amazing". Of course there are people waiting to see new footage.

[@dennissirrine]

Okay - we will start getting some really nice videos put together! Thanks for the encouragement Dennis

[@jereffuse]

that's magic for eyes

[@charlesbennett6242]

Do you have a grounds crew as well ? Lots to take care of.

[@charlesbennett6242]

Looks like this might cover 2-5 acres maybe. Just out of curiosity what's a ballpark figure on cost to build and annual maintenance on this ?

[@unifrax5]

I see several sets of crossing gates on your layout. Is there a particular model or brand that you like? I'm wondering what will work well outside for me? I also have to settle on electric, air, or manual switch machines. I started buying expansion tracks and removing screws on all my tracks. Thank you for the tips! I'd like to design my layout for more interest like yours has, even though mine will be much smaller.

[@dennissirrine]

+unifrax5 I am using signals from a company called South Bend Signals. There products are first rate and work fantastic outside or inside. And definitely use air for the switches! I have had air powered turnouts for 8 years now and not one problem. It's the only way to go. And a small layout can be just as interesting as a large one. It just depends on how creative you are. So Good Luck on what you do! If you need any questions answered e-mail me at [e-mail] and I will see if I can be of assistance.Dennis

[@josephreed5155]

Thank you

[@vanrogui4819]

Olá, sou do Brasil. Vejo muitos vídeos de ferromodelismo, sou um apaixonado por esse hoby, em jardins e maquete, mas é o primeiro percurso de ferrovia tão imenso que vejo, inclusive as flores são lindas. Onde é esse parque? É uma propriedade particular? Fica em qual País Estado? Essa é a "escala G "? Parabéns.

[@KatoOnTheTrack1]

Must be Southern California where it never rains lol

[@Rob789-2]

How do you keep track of the locations of all the trains?

[@Buzzizoven]

if i ever can afford a property that big, you better believe im building a garden railroad!!!

[@sidneyarrington3717]

So cool!!

[@tonysco]

Please excuse my dumb question - I don't know much about model railroading... In this amazing garden railway, how are the trains powered? Through the tracks or are the trains self-powered? Thanks.

[@caad3333]

So how many minutes to do a lap around the main line? And I'll say it again. a very detailed RR with a lot of hours of work. Thanks for sharing, Jose Silva G Scale

[@dennissirrine]

It takes 28 minutes to complete the entire mainline run - which makes running these trains very realistic

[@joeh5059]

Where is this located at and what state? Joe H.

[@TheMemeTankEngine]

I wish I could have that

[@charlescburgie1910]

Charlie when you look at this guy's yard check out how much trackage and trains that he has in it and how much money and time he must have spent

[@vanrogui4819]

Qual é o tamanho total dessa área onde se localiza toda a sua ferrovia? Em metros quadrados. Que lindo.

[@vanrogui4819]

Essas flores você poderia me dar o nome delas? Vou plantar em meu jardim.lindas flores, você tem muito bom gosto. Parabéns.

[@vanrogui4819]

Você não faz mais vídeos atualmente com esse modelo de câmera a frente da locomotiva mostrando os vários percursos diferentes que tem esse jardim lindo? Volte a fazer vídeos como há anos atrás.

[@ecoRfan]

definitely looks like it was taken with a GoPro. What kind of sound unit is in the train being ridden?

[@dennissirrine]

+ecoRfan The locomotive has a QSI sound card in it.

[@ecoRfan]

Ok thanks

[@steamermeister]

Have you considered live steam? For layouts like yours, you wouldn't even need R/C.

[@NTCGRR]

OH!!! Dennis, you make me so sad... LOL, I'm slowly leaving GRRing and building up 1" scale. I'm thinning out more G. Great video and RR tho bud...

[@unifrax5]

+NTCGRR M.C., when you pulled back from G, we all lost! What U going to do with that amazing bridge of yours?

[@dennissirrine]

+NTCGRR Why would you do that? You have such a great layout! And lots of people have enjoyed it over the years. Just scale back a little and make it more manageable, because it is so much fun watching those incredible G scale trains transverse your track!Dennis Sirrine

[@AGH0STBUSTER5]

will you convert 4014 to an oil tender?

[@duanedimmitt7537]

Dennis why no whistle you pass many wyes tunnels and bridges without using.

[@jeffwells1255]

Where is this place exactly??

[@dennissirrine]

It was located in Mesa, Arizona. But after living there for 22 years and raising 8 kids, we decided to down size our lives. So we sold our beautiful home, which included the layout / and moved to a smaller home. But the new owners didn't (or couldn't) keep it up!

[@artkemberling7764]

My mind is officially blown! Where is this and how can I see it in person??

[@dennissirrine]

Unfortunately / it is no more. Sorry!

[@willamcombs1106]

Where is this located?

[@vanrogui4819]

Teria como você trocar a câmera por uma de qual8dade 4K ( 2160p)? Seu jardim ficaria muito mais lindo para quem vê o vídeo. Mais nitidez é sempre melhor. Obrigado.

[@johnsticco2162]

Beautiful layout. Where is this located?

[@dennissirrine]

It was located in Mesa, Arizona

[@Clockburner]

@@dennissirrine I’m just curious, what happened to it?

[@chrispickwell8135]

Is there a website with track plans? I remember seeing your first layout run videos and looked up the track plans and found them, but I can't for the life of me find them anymore. Just looking for some ideas for a future railroad

[@dennissirrine]

Unfortunately, we have never had any track plans designed or published. It is something I always wanted to do - but never got around to doing it. You can use Goggle Maps and get a pretty good view of our layout - but right now, that's the best we can do. Dennis

[@qora01m]

@@dennissirrine is it still there? It seems it has been dismanteled in the meantime :-(

[@axoload33]

what locomotive is it?

[@dennissirrine]

Whatever locomotive sounds good to you Dennis

[@mattb.2359]

Very nice layout. However, at 8:06 it seems like your very left light pole is a bit bend to the right. Either than or it may be the camera angle.

[@dennissirrine]

+Wilhelm Leipzig You are correct - We have straightened that pole on two other occasions, and after being fixed, it starts to lean all over again. It's almost like we have a "Sink Hole" there or something. We will straighten it out a third time when we open back up in November.Dennis

[@rchristie5401]

Wow

[@BoogeymanDracula]

the ballast cost more than my railroad

[@nbs7016]

Me resulta acojonante la maqueta, mi más sentida enhorabuena a su propietario,. Soy español (concretamente de sur) y tanto la edificacion de la finca como la vegetacion me resultan muy familiares. Un abrazo.