RLD Hobbies open house day 1 part 1 G Scale

[@trevorserfontein8399]

I'm a retired coach builder!...so l can fully appreciate this absolutely beautiful layout and hobby!❤😊

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you very much. This layout is not mine it belongs to the owner if rld hobbies. He has a open house 2 times a years where a bunch of ys meet to run iur trains on his layout. The b&o passenger trains is mine in this video. If your into g scale trains he has some of the best prices.

[@danielmink9028]

Awesome. I could easily grab a lawn chair and just sit back, enjoy watching the trains going by at eye level, and I'd be happy as a clam!

[@Mikey45013]

RLD Hobbies fall open house is later this month. It's a great time you should some out and watch the trains

[@jimbeam1293]

The sound, the length of the trains, fantastic! Continue the good work. Best wishes from Germany and Sri Lanka.

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you

[@JoshJX]

I felt that "Ah Fuck, I'm sorry.... Shit" lol

[@Mikey45013]

Haha. Jonathan followed me all day doing that to mess with my videos I thought I had them all edited out. Lol

[@lescobrandon3047]

I love the sound of wheels clacking through rail joints and long wide curves. O scale club I was in 20+ years ago had the sounds but not the sweeping curves.

[@Mikey45013]

Robbys layout definitely has some nice sweeping curves. A few years ago we had a train of 167 cars. Without these curves I don't think that would of been possible

[@davidhewson8605]

Layout on tressles in the open. A joy to behold. Were is this layout ?. In good olde UK would probably get waterlogged on the day. Train lengths are amazing !. Thanks and best regards from the UK guys/girls. Dave

[@Mikey45013]

This layout is at RLD Hobbies shop in Albion Illinois

[@rc4lifebnsf]

I had a good time at the 2024 fall open house with my intermodal train. Definitely will be back in spring with my super chief consist

[@Mikey45013]

It's definitely a blast. I normally camp out there for the weekend. I missed the spring on last year due to having a new born and didn't stay this fall since I didn't want to be away from him for more then a day (he hates riding in the car) so we drove out and back on Friday

[@CanadianrailroadsCa]

Looks like fun. Lots of great looking equipment.

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you. The B&O passenger train is mine in this video the rest are owned by others visiting RLD Hobbies during their open house.

[@CanadianrailroadsCa]

@@Mikey45013 That's a great looking train. Did you build the B units? That's a sharp looking consist.

[@Mikey45013]

@@CanadianrailroadsCa my friend Rex built them. He does a wonderful job

[@MyTroubadour]

Un grand merci pour cette superbe vidéo qui fait honneur aux trains américains.

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you very much. I just enjoy filming my hobby amd posting videos for others to watch and enjoy

[@MyTroubadour]

@@Mikey45013 C'est réussi. Cordialement.

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you

[@jakethomas5338]

3:37 is by far my favorite part ;D Such cool trains! Nice!

[@Mikey45013]

Haha. I thought I had all that edited out. Jonathan followed me all day doing that just to mess with me haha

[@robertbraxton2168]

OH MY FLAMMING F unit!, the time the cost, you guys are something else

[@Mikey45013]

That's a e8 not a f unit haha. The e8 has 3 axle motor blocks

[@Peter-pv8xx]

I'll never forget when my father surprised me with an 027 layout in our basement. As a little kid I could my father working down there after he came home from work every night, he worked in the post office at the window, my mother could hardly keep me from sneaking downstairs to see what was going on. My father would lock the cellar door after he came upstairs, one day when it was finished I was then able to go and see, he had gotten a 4×8 sheet of plywood and set up a layout with my Lionel trains, it was unbelievable and he enjoyed it as much as I did because before then in had to wait until Christmas with the traditional l train around Christmas tree, it's an old house and the cellar isn't that big but after that I slowly began fixing it up and it became my playroom especially in summer, we didn't have air conditioning upstairs and the cellar was cool but cold in winter with the bare wall and concrete floor. After many years and I got older I dismantled the layout my mother packed the trains away in boxes and put them in the attic which is where they still are, I'm 64 now and own the house both mom and dad are gone, I keep wanting to go in the attic and go through all my old toys that my mother lovingly packed away but I know it will be too emotional, I can't even write this without tearing up, I can't even listen to the song toyland without crying my eyes out.

[@sernajrlouis]

Good memories.

[@Mikey45013]

Sounds like a great memory.

[@Nitephall]

I had a Silver Streak in the 70s. No layout, just an oval track on a big piece of plywood. I thought it was pretty cool.

[@Mikey45013]

​@@Nitephallit's never to late to get another set and relive those memories

[@j.h.4993]

Your story could be mine as well! My Dad did the same only it was a split level house and even harder for my Mom to keep me from going down one level to the family room! He surprised me on Christmas morning! I’m 70 now and still think back on those great childhood memories. I miss my parents every single day.

[@sergioarroyoguerrero5434]

Super layout in G scale. Nice trains. Locomotives DCC with sound. Freight and passengers trains.

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you very much. This layout has since been added onto an changed quite a bit. The owner of rldhobbies.com owns this layout he has 2 open houses a year if you ever want to check it out. Anyone can bring either battery remote control or live steam engines to run

[@HobbyMoose79]

Well you inspired me to raise my g scale layout, and it’s going well. Thank you. Off today to buy the wood for the second part of the layout. Keeping me busy. Thank you again for your videos.

[@Mikey45013]

You're welcome and glad I can inspire you. That helps keep me motivated to create more videos to share :-) hope to see some videos of your layout?

[@ThatBIGTRAINGuy]

Some really nice running there, but of course Mr A-hole steals the show 🤣

[@Mikey45013]

Thanks. And ya Jonathan just can't help himself hahaha

[@ThatBIGTRAINGuy]

@@Mikey45013 Oh we know that. Haha!!!

[@Mikey45013]

@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy I spent a lot of time editing out content and missed one out of probably 100 clips. Lol

[@qora01m]

The E8 B are great! Rare to see an ABBA consist. Thanks for sharing!

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you. Those are custom they never made them. A friend of mine made them for me

[@tonyromano6220]

@@Mikey45013very nice.

[@stradplayer90]

I love the b&o livery so much. Awesome.

[@Mikey45013]

Me to its my favorite

[@Boybuildsnotfnaf]

I always loved trains when I was a little

[@Mikey45013]

One is never to old to love trains

[@wolfgangpfeilergartenbahnd6530]

Just great, these trains 😍👍👍👍

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you very much. The B&O passenger train is mine in the video (has custom B units that's where never made) the rest are owned by others ar RLD Hobbies open house

[@wolfgangpfeilergartenbahnd6530]

@@Mikey45013 Hi Mikey, thank you very much for the information. The B&O train is great. Of course the other trains are also very nice, like the California Zephyr and the very long freight trains. A fantastic event. Greetings from Germany. Wolfgang

[@Mikey45013]

@@wolfgangpfeilergartenbahnd6530 did you see the video I posted of the 167 car train? I was running the 2 sd70 in the middle my friend TJ was controlling the 4 engines up front. A friend posted a better video of it on the "Southern Illinois G Scale" KZbin page

[@wolfgangpfeilergartenbahnd6530]

@@Mikey45013 Yes, I've seen this train, it's just great. This coal hopper train is fantastic. That was a great achievement. I had seen a couple of videos from Jonathan. Unfortunately, such a train would not be able to run on my garden railway. A maximum of 30 cars are possible on the slope. Thank you for your answer, I was very pleased.

[@Mikey45013]

You're welcome. At my house I have a temporary layout that I set up and take down it has a max of maybe 20 cars. I mostly run on our club layout or go to friends houses to run. Eventually I'll have a layout at my next house that will be permanent. I don't plan on staying where I'm at so don't want to build to just remove it in a few years

[@DogSpirit1]

😃😃😃 It's incredible beautiful these trains..very good made 👍👍 🛤️🚂🚞🚞🚞🚞 💐🌹✨🌹💐

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you very much. It's my favorite hobby that I am into

[@DogSpirit1]

@@Mikey45013 Hi Mikey 😃 Yes, I believe at, that it's your favorite hobby... therefore it shine out from you all this on this amazing video... 😉🙂 It's actually a bit funny Mikey, because...trains, how ever it's for real or model/hobby...it fascinate many of us...at many ways..right 😃🙂..also traveling by trains it's something special...more special than traveling by planes... maybe 🤔 you have a realistic answer at this Mikey ? 🙂🙂 💐✨🌹✨💐

[@Mikey45013]

​@@DogSpirit1 I agree 100% traveling by train may take longer but is a lot more relaxing and enjoyable then taking a plane or car.

[@十蘭コメント]

Thanks. 趣味もスケールが、桁違い。 趣味でも、超大国の概念が存在するのですね。

[@Mikey45013]

What is your hobbies is it train related

[@royburns651]

RDL IS A GOOD STORE .I WAS THERE THIS SUMMER FOR THE OPERATING MEET.

[@Mikey45013]

It's the best store to G scale IMO. I try to make it to all his open houses. The one coming up I'm hoping to make it to but I have a baby due in 2 weeks so it all depends on that.

[@syedzafarahmad5925]

Just fantastic ❤❤❤ In all respect

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you very much

[@williamtang8886]

It will be perfect if you add some bridges and tunnels. Love it!

[@Mikey45013]

Robby has added in I think 4 new bridges that are 8+ ft long each. The layout also now has a dual track both way diamond added in. He has added I'm guess over 300 ft of track to his layout. If you ever get a chance to go to RLD Hobbies open house it's a blast. He allows anyone with battery or live steam trains to run on his layout.

[@spainimmi]

this is the dream I made in my childhood.

[@Mikey45013]

It's never to late to start

[@arthurfrancodelimajunior1747]

👏👏👏👏👏👏congrates from Brazil

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you

[@mahendranikam64]

Badhiya video hai dhanyvad 😊❤👌

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you

[@vzdarte3524]

Nice to see freight cars without graffiti! I almost didn’t recognize them! Ha ha!

[@Mikey45013]

I personally like the look of graffiti on models cause it looks realistic however all mine are clean without any

[@Папазол-ч3п]

Изумительно красиво! Можно только позавидовать.

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you very much

[@forthegoodofthem4182]

..except for gravel and some grease spots.... this joint looks almost real...

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you

[@christiandpaul631]

I hate to say but that layout must have cost your weight in Gold. I may not be able to even count that high.! It's beautiful. Best wishes and I hope you enjoy it for many years to come

[@Mikey45013]

This isn't my layout, this one belongs to the owner of RLD Hobbies. He has a open house 2 times a year I try to make it tom it's a blast all sorts of trains running by his customers

[@KandWRailroader]

As blind as I'm getting and as clutsy as I'm getting, I may have to give up HO, skip O, and go straight to G!

[@Mikey45013]

It's a wonderful scale to get into. I also model N scale but G is my main focuse

[@TheSonderpreis1]

Die Züge sind fantastisch.

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you very much

[@pardeepmissar9603]

Where i can bought this toy train

[@Mikey45013]

Rldhobbies.com is a good place to buy g scale trains.

[@Leoelleon71]

Qué manera más hermosa de entretenerse en casa

[@Mikey45013]

Yes. Garden trains are an amazing and fun hobby

[@StaK_1980]

1:32 scale? Looks really good! Shame they are prohibitively expensive. And yeah, love that trolling at 3:37... I hope he is still alive and hasn't been beaten with a train piece :-)

[@Mikey45013]

Most of these are 1:29 scale. There may be one train that 1:32 in the video. If you shop around you can find good deal on engines, i have bought modern diesels for under $100 which is less then most my n scale engines and cars for $5-20 before. Our local club has a train show at Entertrainment Junction 2 times a year I have had a table setup before full of used like new cars for $15 each it just takes time to find the good deals sometimes but they are out there And yes Jonathan is still alive he followed me all day trying to get that into a video. I thought I removed it all before posting but missed one. It just happens its in the video that has my most views 😆 😂 haha

[@mewrongwayKOCXF]

Very Awesome!!

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you

[@DriveSafeDon]

You guys need to put a GoPro on the front of the engine to take us all on a ride 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Mikey45013]

I did this in another one of my videos I'll see if I can find which one for you :-)

[@Mikey45013]

The ride along starts around 9min and 45 seconds I believe this was filmed with my phone before I had a GoPro. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWWbopx3ncprqposi=u4vBa-TfO2PMxCGC

[@DriveSafeDon]

@@Mikey45013 ty

[@Mikey45013]

Your welcome

[@ЛЬВИНИ]

Good 😄 video, like

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you very much. 😀

[@nicolasbiabaut7658]

Marvellous ❤❤❤

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you very much!!! I appreciate the kind words.

[@herbertjohnston4608]

That is cool 😎 🇬🇧👍

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you

[@albertorafaelcisnerosperfe4899]

❤ Bravissimo 🤗👋👋

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you

[@christianjones1850]

Who makes that combine car on the B&O?

[@Mikey45013]

It is made by USA Trains. All the cars in the B&O passenger train are made by USA Trains. The engines up front are aristocraft E8s. The 2 B units are custom made from 2 aristocraft each. My friend Rex makes them

[@JoeSwobodzien]

Man can u imagine how many man hours and people to set that up I'm already tired just thinking about it !

[@Mikey45013]

One man built the layout. He continues to make changes and improvements on it. He also adds onto it it seems like every year

[@williamschlenger1518]

Awesome 👍

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you

[@cornelfrancis7615]

Beautiful.

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you

[@Pushkaraj-zl8fh]

Best Very Nice.

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you very much!!!!!

[@tracynation2820]

Super. 💙 T.E.N.

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you

[@williamschlenger1518]

How do you protect it from the weather?

[@Mikey45013]

G scale trains can be run in all sorts of weather. The track and ties get left out year round. I have a snow plow that I use when it snows. I have some videos of this on my channel

[@tracynation2820]

It gives the rolling stock a nice patina that makes it look much more realistic. 💙 T.E.N.

[@Mikey45013]

I just uploaded a new video yesterday where we plowed snow on out club layout. These trains can be run in any type of weather

[@monmixer]

Those are some expensive large model electric trains for sure. DCC I assume

[@Mikey45013]

The trains in this video are all running on battery power remote control

[@tommyhunter1817]

Where do you get all that great rolling stock???

[@Mikey45013]

I don't own all of it. In this video I only own the b&o passenger train. Most of which i bought off of a friend. If your looking for train cars check out rldhobbies.com. this is the owner of this layouts store. He has some of the best prices on the market. If there's something you are looking for it's worth sending him a email or calling him for he buys collections and not everything is listed on his page.

[@forthegoodofthem4182]

...,how does this work..? Everyone brings their own rolling stock and power points...???

[@Mikey45013]

Everyone brings their own trains to run. They have to be either battery (remote control) or live steam for rldhobbies.com layout

[@PatrickCrossfire.]

Where can you buy such trains? I have yet to see these for sale.😢

[@Mikey45013]

Rldhobbies.com is a good place. Charlesro.com and reindeerpass.com is another good place. If your on Facebook "g scale swap and shop" and "large scale trains:

[@antoniojosesanchez3153]

Siempre tuve la conviccion de que la diferencia entre un hombre y un niño era el precio de sus juguetes.

[@Mikey45013]

I've said this many times. I have a lot of hobbies and this one seems to be the most expensive for me. It's like an addiction I can't get enough

[@БорисКолибабчук]

Очень классный макет. Вот только вопрос: как он обслуживается под открытым небом во время дождя?

[@Mikey45013]

G Scale trains can run in just about any weather. The track is made of brass, stainless steel, nickle, or aluminum so it can be left outside. If you look at some of my other videos I have some of them running in downpour rains and in snow

[@drixdresspressprr]

Hallo Mike, absoluter Hammer sehr schönes Video . Erst mal Danke das Du das für uns eingestellt hast . Eine Frage ; Mit wieviel Wagen sind die Züge damals im Orginal gefahren ? Zum Beispiel der ' Super Chief ' Santa - Fee

[@Mikey45013]

I am not sure the exact number if cars the Santafe ran. I know the B&O Capital Limited ran anywhere from 10-25 cars. I now have 20 car (have added 8 since this video)

[@Urlove_naya]

Simple layout

[@Mikey45013]

Yes simple but fun. A few years back my friend TJ and I ran a train with 167 cars on rld hobbies layout. There has been a few of us talking I think we want to top that. Having a flat wide curve layout at Robbys store will help to achieve this goal.

[@mynameisnobody7840]

Is that an ho scale or an o gage?

[@Mikey45013]

This is G scale which is larger then both ho and o Scale

[@らちゃん-d7j]

What is the power source?

[@Mikey45013]

These are all battery powered with remote control. Robby's layout is 100% dead rail so you have to have battery power or live steam

[@sergeyy-ber]

How much money!

[@Mikey45013]

Depends on the train in the video. My train was the B&O passenger train. It's not a cheap train especially since the 2 B units are custom made they where never in production. Others in this video can be bought fairly cheap especially if you buy used.

[@tonyromano6220]

Is this a DCC RR?

[@Mikey45013]

The layout at RLD Hobbies is 100% dead rail. You have to have battery or live steam. Most run battery power and either railpro or revolution

[@GilbertoFloriano-u5f]

Maravilhosa essa brincadeira

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you

[@alainlavallade954]

Super 😅merci

[@Mikey45013]

Your welcome. I love sharing my hobby through videos

[@tonyromano6220]

Only 700 miles away!

[@Mikey45013]

This falls open house there's someone coming from Germany and Australia. It's a fun event. Unfortunately I have to miss the falls open house due to a wedding I'm in. It's about 270 miles for me which isn't to bad.

[@mhmdtopik4324]

aralus miniaturna 😊

[@juscelinosobral350]

Muito lindo amo trem e Ferrovias

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you very much. I've been obsessed with trains since I was a kid. I have been collecting g scale trains for almost 29 years

[@돈까스내놩]

와😮

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you. It's definitely a fun hobby

[@antonioroccuzzo4214]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@B.Tombas.h.Mediyacerkultionman]

B. Tomba s. h. Mediya central sadipicate central sadipicate cerkultionmanejer manipur bts

[@Mikey45013]

I am sorry but I am not sure what you sent. The translate to English isn't working

[@santoshkumarsingh8432]

प्रणाम ।।❤।।

[@Mikey45013]

Thank you. I hope you enjoyed the video

[@grek86rus87]

Пассажирский состав тянет 4 локомотива, а грузовой тянет 1 локомотив, где приближенность к реальности???

[@Mikey45013]

It's all about a group of friends getting together to run their trains. Plus it could be a freight train with all empty cars lol.

[@DOBRII_BE4ER.]

За прошедший 2023 год, в США, с рельсов сошёл более 100 поездов , хоть здесь они ходят относительно безопасно..

[@Mikey45013]

I am not sure what that has to do with model trains?

[@DOBRII_BE4ER.]

@@Mikey45013 К счастью ,модели поездов, даже если сходят с рельс.это безопасно. иногда даже красива...

[@AlexAlex-pk1ko]

хорошая идея

[@Mikey45013]

It's a fun hobby

[@ОлегКрол-з7к]

мечта детства

[@Mikey45013]

Make that dream a reality

[@johnburns2458]

wow careful how you vocalise your feelings on Video - shame on you

[@Mikey45013]

I am sorry I thought I had that edited out but missed it. Unfortunately Jonathan that said those horrible words can be childish. I will do my best to not miss anything like that amd remove it when posting in the future.

[@СерВайс-к1м]

Идиотизм

[@Mikey45013]

Thanks

[@ALKATRAS5298]

поставили б камеру лучше на последний вагон и пустили б поезд в движение

[@Mikey45013]

In one of my other videos I did a cab view video of this layout.

[@ALKATRAS5298]

@@Mikey45013 шо