1 gauge clockwork train layout

So after one year, here is my next video (thanks for all the encouraging positive comments on my first one!). Just a little temporary 1 gauge setup with clockwork trains, all from the 20s and 30s (except for the cars, which are Schuco replicas). In the background, you get a glimpse of my Chinese tin-toy collection.

[@KlunkerRider]

There are collectors out there who would be aghast that you would run such a mint set, I applaud it, that's what they were meant for :D

[@TheOnlyBongo]

These tinplate trains are built like tanks anyways. Besides, they were always meant to be played. One of the best ways to keep something in mint condition *is* to run it (With proper maintenance of course)

[@sheep1ewe]

Absolutly, i understand if it's a museum collection in absolute mint condition or something like that, but i run and maintain all locomotives in my collection, most of them where realy worn when i got them, but i think they will easily be good to go for another 70 Years now, basically all i needed to do was to clean them up a bit and put som fresh oil on the gears (+ soldering back a few demolished tin plates that where originaly softsoldered on a locomotive that looked like someone dropped it on a concrete floor and accidentally stepped on it in the past, but now it's fit for fight again and after i just carefully bended the pieces back again with my fingers one can barly even spot a dent on it.)

[@VT1816]

Na ja! Das ist Unikat Modelle. Musik von Schellack-Platten

[@philliprowe1893]

You cranked the first engine 12 Times and the switcher14 times...impressed with the power and speed of the clockwork mechanism!

[@chloe7829]

I had a Wind-up 0 gauge train set like that and I saved my pocketmoney for it plus a little help from Opa, than I got an electric train set. Since it was wartime one could not buy add'l tacks or cars. So I converted the two-rail tracks to three-raul electric tracks and also made some changes for the couplings to combine the two train set's cats. Christmas 1941 my dad build me a lovely train station and the year afterwards a control tower to house the powerpack. Those were the days.

[@bmesander]

Thank you for sharing your collection - both this and the gauge 0 videos are fantastic.

[@raveoned]

Beautiful layout! It shows you can do some fantastic operation like switching and shunting with clockwork! Fantastic!

[@Shipwright1918]

The grandaddy of garden railroading as we know it. Good to see 'em running around and being played with, as they were meant to be.

[@ElGreatZot]

This video is a wonderful addition to my playlist. Thank you for assembling the collection of trains trains, track and accessories, for building the layout, demonstrating the operation and telling the story with your movie. Bill

[@roldac]

Beautiful quality toys and workmanship for the 30's. These were made to last and to be passed down generational, real family heirlooms. Thanks for making this video, very educational.

[@philippedanjou5390]

I love these wonderful trains. And the video is tip-top!

[@bluecomet390]

Just watched your video again after almost a year! Enjoyed just as much. I've acquired some standard gauge Bing for the American market, including a Prohibition era Anheuser Busch refer. Will be uploading some pictures in the next few days.

[@janiceandcliff]

Very good video, superb trains, thoughtful layout design and very well filmed. Great stuff.

[@gregcoates4305]

This video is so much fun to watch. The trains are beautiful and love the music.

[@rodericfindlay4147]

Wonderful layout with charming music to go with it.

[@ronhenney4546]

Exquisite and so very hands on thank you for sharing this wonderful layout from yesteryear

[@arnoldberk7686]

Really attractive and beautifully preserved, but guard rails please.

[@alainleclercq9642]

Bonjour Doctorludens, enfin j"ai pu trouver un endroit pour faire rouler deux trains à mouvement d'horlogerie. Très près de votre réseau à échelle O. Pas facile avec un vieux matériel de près de 70 ans sur une table de 1M80 x1.10 M J'ai eu plaisir à voir rouler les trains à peu près comme il faut. Pourriez vous me donner un conseil pour nettoyer les rails ? Joyeux Noêl à vous et que tout aille bien pour vous en 2024

[@cwillpiko1994]

That must be the cleanest track in existence!

[@davidlong3824]

Nice collection like your video.

[@jamesworkman197]

One of my favorite vids, thank you! Spur 1 clockwork is the best!

[@pgclift51]

Better than very good - the video and the music are just superb and create a real sense of nostalgia. Thanks for posting.

[@1stPCFerret]

Agreed! Excellent show!

[@NormanAllen-ps9ju]

I loved the Vienna Express the best ! All thing expertly handled by the "Eigentumer."

[@jonsmith4669]

Absolutely charming ,I love big tinplate trains but prefer electric ,dont like winding things up! video- very well done,beautiful collection. Greetings from UK.

[@olivvapor4873]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful video ... every detail is just gorgeous , including music 😘

[@angeloavanti2538]

fabulous. these machines were made to be played with. you have to participate in running a railroad.

[@poconotrainman]

Wonderful video, you always seem to find the perfect music!

[@mrflipperflopper3495]

Beautiful !!!!❤️

[@javiermena3917]

Cómo lo consiguió ojalá tuviera

[@raymondleggs5508]

I never got the whole collect hundred of model trains and never run them! Thats what they made for or collectors who buy mint looking sets that don't run but never try to get them running,

[@kenhirsch5591]

Hands On, Technology....Mint...

[@alainleclercq9642]

J'adore ce petit réseau sur une table de maxi 2M50 de long et près de 1M20 de large. Il me manque deux ou trois rails d’arrêt....J'ai acheté des dizaines de rails Marklin, ce qui me tracasse, c'est de remonter le moteur d'horlogerie? Combien de tours de clé Bien à vous Alain

[@kirkt3586]

i really enjoyed it, wonderful music great trains

[@fernofrommarsproductions8734]

Show don't tell at its finest

[@lorigetz4489]

Wow this is so cool

[@thomassabeldindahouse6753]

Selbst die Musik passt! KLASSE!

[@marcmurrell8827]

Wonderful

[@teredude]

Thank you.

[@willrothfuss8470]

Charming!

[@hueylong8046]

Love it.

[@pennsy484]

Wonderful!

[@dtynd888]

Is this "1 Gauge" bigger than "O" gauge?

[@BAKU2K2]

Yes, 1 gauge is the same size as the modern G gauge.

[@fairportrails107]

thats awsome these sets look like there from europe what country are they from

[@BAKU2K2]

Germany; Bing, and Märklin are German companies.

[@sewingman1]

Fantastic, Christmas presents from long ago.

[@tedvalis6071]

At my age, I don't get as turned on by watching toy trains on a layout...BUT this was really great and I had fun watching it!

[@gkjsooley]

I just discovered this and your Bing 00 video - wonderful!

[@Thomas1980]

Nice

[@pt477]

Tango milonga....great Polish stunner :)

[@allanegleston4931]

i know this is old , but it is still fun to watch. these windup trains along with battery powered trains are closely related to live steam as they seem to behave in almost the same way.

[@bluecomet390]

Fabulous trains and a great video. Don't wait a year for the next one!

[@katieknott9968]

I have that model engine except my track Is so old it snapped when the engine Was running and it crashed

[@TheMarkanthony5]

That is fabulous but i dont see any Mercedes cars and where is Marlene Dietrich she is not at the station.lol

[@radioguy1620]

gotta like how the table amplifies the sounds

[@1955porsche]

that has to b the koolest thing i have ever seen

[@patrickmurphy6775]

Thanks for sharing such wonderful trains!

[@Rainmanxxl1967]

Wunderbar ! Ich habe aus der selben Zeit Echtdampfer ! Das alte Blech von 1925! Die vordere Lok sieht Wie eine Märklin 1041 aus . SUPER ! Wunderbare Ranggier - Aktion mit der passenden musikalischen Untermalung ! Ich bin begeistert !

[@johnnyjames7139]

Wonderful, thank you.

[@matthewbollinger9205]

1:43 what kind of signal is that, the one with the big red circle? And 2:00 where can I get off of these? And what is it?

[@fernofrommarsproductions8734]

it came out in the late 20s in the golden age of railroads so things are gonna be different

[@BAKU2K2]

That is the style of semaphore signals used by the Deutsche Reichsbahn.

[@Marienthal1956]

Very nice vintage layout. I like this !

[@VideogamesLV]

Wooow!!! Exelent, exelent!!! That room is a heaven :)

[@pierre214]

Magnifique, bien filmé et puis, .... tant de nostalgie !

[@The20thCenturyLimited]

Awesome layout. I really love all the accessories!

[@justtupinsan]

Terrific ..the Gauge One is remarkable.

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

Super!! Thanx for posting "ICE" Berg

[@acwip1]

That was Great!!! Thanks!

[@glendenig9962]

These are way cool!

[@MysteryManBob]

that is an amazing layout.

[@chiconian49]

Fantastic!

[@joanirradiador]

Really Nice!

[@seeburgm100a]

Beautiful.. but they go scary fast..

[@99ize18]

Not if you don't fully wind them. There were some made with speed control.

[@allanegleston13]

oh myyyyyyyyyyyy

[@a741976]

GOOD!!!

[@lausy59]

Perfekt!