Running BIG O Gauge Steam Engines!

[@cerneysmallengines]

It's amazing to see how far lionel has come. I had a lionel circa 2000. No Bluetooth, no train horn from the train, just the controller. Now there's so many options and abilities to run multiple engines on a track

[@demurevilleneuvewinslet8235]

Wow.

[@andrewwillard5625]

Ever since my lionel pollar express I always wanted a super long locomotive looks so cool. Wow the raw sound when that thing starts up and starts pulling each car the sound literally is spot on

[@dwightbernheimer331]

And almost 80 years old... I started off with American Flyer when living in Stratford Connecticut for most of my youth... when I see a great video like this one... I always think of only one thing... too bad after all that work and money spent... think of the 2 rail O-scale... you Coulda had... great stuff thanks for posting...

[@kagami1239]

I am a Japanese viewer. In Japan, where 9mm gauge is the choice of many modelers, the realism and power of the trains you have will amaze many modelers.

[@indridcold8433]

It is amazing how much model trains have changed since I was a kid.

[@timothyholecek2173]

You do such a great job of filming!!! You have some really great shots & the scenery is amazing. I'm blown away by your creation. My grandfather was a big train nut & he passed his passion on to me. Trains and classic cars are in my blood. And your sound affects give me chills of excitement. Thanks for sharing

[@scoutabout2309]

Your enthusiasm is inspiring! Wonderful layout. My compliments.

[@RBPTrains]

Thanks! Have a lot of fun running the trains

[@brennenseibert6708]

@@RBPTrains yeah and just just so you know I have pre and post-war trains and tracks

[@trainstorm1225]

Beautiful models! Being an HO modeler, seeing these absolutely monstrous models is always mind blowing! I love the sound of the cattle in the car haha! Great running session! Keep it up, man! 👍🏻

[@RBPTrains]

Thanks my friend!

[@MilePost106]

MTH has some great locomotives! I had a double decker Lionel layout and had a lot of fun with it.

[@gamingodriscoll5714]

I love your enthusiasm! I’m 18 and I really hope to have a layout like yours some day.

[@adam_makesstuff]

I just love how genuinely enthusiastic and happy you are over the engines, it takes me back to receiving my first train set as a kid ~2001. Keep up the great content!☺️

[@StephenKoferl]

Those are some beautiful engines and I too love running the larger engines. I never get tired of looking at your videos and your layout.

[@RBPTrains]

Never get tired of seeing your great layouts either Stephen! Thank you my friend

[@SocieteRoyale]

I used to love those train catalogues! hours spent looking through them as a kid

[@gdh613]

Great layout and as someone who has been playing with 3-rail O guage for 70 years, loved watching your video. Most of all your enthusiasm was infectious.Thank you.

[@RBPTrains]

Thank you very much!

[@trainman07011]

Not usually a fan of fantasy schemes, but your 49er Challenger is beautiful. Thanks for sharing your layout!

[@RBPTrains]

Thanks for watching!

[@rudycarlson8245]

@@RBPTrains The challenger locomotive that you have was it ordered that way? Or was it A custom paint job? Either way it’s a beautiful model!

[@angeloavanti2538]

oddly relaxing and exciting at the same time.

[@auralfury]

wow thats a nice train-room...your energy towards trains is addictive! I would never leave that room, good to see people keeping the magic of model trains alive...btw you look like jim carrey...i dunno why..lol

[@RBPTrains]

Haha! I get the Jim Carey thing a lot. Thanks for watching and I do not leave the room often!

[@CoyoteCoop]

This is a great collection of articulated locos, the 49er scheme looks great with a 3 tender Challenger

[@arnoldberk7686]

These engines run smooth and quiet and are beautifully finished. Like stem to that mournful sounding whistle.

[@janemarkham4133]

Big & Beautiful Brotherman! They ain't nothin but right man, cool!! KEEP ON ROLLING BRO!!😀😀👍👍

[@tacothenoob]

I can’t remember if it was my great grandfather or my great great grandfather but one of them worked for Chesapeake and Ohio and drove that steam locomotive in this video! I love seeing it in a railroad museum

[@davidpost428]

Have never seen a model engine like the Challenger! Best I've ever seen!

[@marcnissen578]

Love the creep of the engines my atlas and katos are real good at that it make them look so real I shut off all the lights for my Christmas display all you see is the village lights the street light and the lights from the passenger cars and the front light on my steamer 4-6-4 Hudson rock island line and 8 kato gondola passenger cars. I really don’t know why people don’t get in to this hobby it’s only expensive as you make it and for me it brings back memories when I had my first train set in 1970 at the age of 5 0-6-0 steam and 3 freight cars and caboose I still have it and it still runs like it was made yesterday I put it under the tree every year the wife is all for it during that time of year and the granddaughter can’t wait to watch it either I know it’s not much to look at but it still runs good and and nothing has happen to it yet

[@stevenbullock9276]

I think what I like most about these engines is the whistle. They sound so good. That Challenger paint scheme looks great- the black detail parts really stand out.

[@blakrootz]

I agree...

[@kevinmcdermott5518]

I wasn't expecting to get back into the hobby but your videos have done the trick! My Dad & I took great pride every Christmas setting up the trains...he passed away and I think I owe it to him to carry it on!! You are alot of fun...keep the videos coming!

[@TheCardboardJedi]

your enthusiasm is dang infectious. i found a twenty year old lionel JLC UP greyhound challenger last fall and it is magnificent. love those great big over the top locomotives

[@gregraymond428]

OH MAN, I wish I had a train room like you got. It’s so super cool dude. Love it. Big Shoutout from Australia by the way. Keep adding to it. I’ve been told that for serious train buffs like you, your layouts are never really finished, because things get changed, designs change, your ideas change etc.So that is true I guess. Just wonderful mate.👍👍👍👍🇦🇺😁

[@angus80w]

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[@RBPTrains]

Thank you Greg! You are right, the layout is never done. 😁

[@angus80w]

@@RBPTrains youre always adding stuff to the layout?

[@debbiemilka2251]

You have the finest 3=rail train layout I have ever seen. The scenery is beautiful. the backdrops are ultra realistic. The rolling stock is excellent. I only have two requests. You should have Ed Dickens in his typical position of leaning out the the window of the cab as he is in nearly all the videos. Have you tried weathering any of the rail sides. Shiny clean is nice but in my opinion, when smaller code rail isn't possible. Any way of diminishing rail height will make the locos and cars loom larger with rusty rail sides.

[@RBPTrains]

Thank you for the kind words Debbie! I will have to look into some custom figures for the engineer positions within the engines. Never thought of that. As far as weathering, I am not much of an artists and would likely ruin my collection if I attempt this myself. Perhaps I will be able to find someone who could assist there. Thanks again!

[@craigwoo1975]

I love your enthusiasm ....I started building a train set about 8 months....it just makes me smile..... :) Thank you for sharing

[@escape150]

I love the 49er paint scheme!!! Such a beautiful engine 👍🏻

[@Magnificent731]

Great graphic set up and love the trains the realism and being a long haul driver yup awesome awesome train horns from each train

[@michaelbezak5401]

Love the energy you have, it’s easy to run trains it’s hard to take the time and effort to explain in the manner you do. Always a pleasure and exciting to watch new videos from your channel. Now if I remember correctly only your outside rail is 072? Keep up the great work..

[@RBPTrains]

Thank you Michael! You are correct, my outside loop is O72. The yard switches are also O72. My inner main line is O60 so these larger engines can only run on the outer loop. Thanks again!

[@dagryffynhobby]

Those are some impressive machines! And some really great low angle shots of them running! Love the close ups at slow speed. Very cool👍

[@RBPTrains]

Thanks man! Digging your scenery updates

[@themini-marcelinemodelrail7917]

Fantastic video and train run, my friend! Along with the huge steamers, I enjoyed the close up shots of your layout scenery! And, while it may be a fantasy scheme, I dig that 49ers Challenger. 😉👍🚂

[@scottpool4777]

Yes I agree whistles steam engines and such like that are haunting very very much so I get goosebumps yes long live the steam engines.

[@eal8645]

Probably the best train video I have seen in a long time. Love to see the running of your trains. Most of other people’s videos, they do way too much talking. Not enough running of the trains. This helps to get the train bugs out of my system. Thank you.

[@RBPTrains]

Thank you! I do tend to ramble but try to balance my babbling with some run session footage. Thanks for watching!

[@Leatherface123.]

Your thumbnail caught my eye You have my attention I will be watching you a lot now Edit Also I have a strong feeling your channel is about to grow increasingly faster from this video it’s already your most popular

[@robbcamp682]

Your enthusiasm is addictive!!!!!

[@CalTxDude]

Your enthusiasm is contagious! My late partner was an avid fan of model trains. He introduced me to all of it! At San Diego's Balboa Park, there is an enormous display and collection of trains and dioramas! But I'm sure you already knew that

[@RBPTrains]

I did not know about Balboa Park. Will need to check that out! Thank you for watching!

[@henryszubielski8601]

The 49er schemed Challenger looks really good for a fantasy scheme. Allegheny, simply my favorite articulate steam engine!!!

[@bradorner3320]

Your trains and you are the best I have ever seen!

[@lostonessoul5154]

For me it's always been the whistle. As a kid I rode cab side with a engineer as we stopped back at the station I asked "What was your favorite part of the train." The engineer, a man in his late 50's, patted my head and said. "The whistle. To me the whistle is the soul of the engine without it the engine is just that a engine." Add to the fact I grew up watching Thomas and the magic railway which used the 475 with a killer whistle and my love for the whistle grew.

[@RBPTrains]

The whistle really is something special!

[@lostonessoul5154]

@@RBPTrains I'll say. from LOUD AND PROUD!!!!!!, to haunting and bone chilling the whistle, like that engineer said, is the soul of the locomotive. Without it a steam engine is just a engine.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

Chris, if you're blown away by the MTH Allegheny you should visit the B&O Museum in Baltimore and see the one on display. No photograph or old movie you might have seen does it justice, it's so massive it has to be seen to be believed. Stunning!

[@RBPTrains]

Indeed! Been there many times and I always go straight to that engine!

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

@@RBPTrains I've got a story for you I think you'll like. One Thanksgiving weekend we were at the B&O Museum with my sister-in-law and her family. Her husband's a real car guy and gearhead who knows and understands spec sheets when he sees them. He was looking at the spec sheet for the Allegheny, turned to me and asked "WHY did they ever get rid of these things?" He was VERY impressed, to say the least! Anyway, I went through the litany of how railroading's a business of moving stuff from Point A to Point B in the most efficient and profitable way possible, and then the diesels came along and so on and so forth... "OK" he said, "That makes sense. But WHY did they get rid of these things!" Steam's magic all right! Gets you in it's grip and never lets go!

[@raymondleggs5508]

No matter how how toylike there is something about a big train.

[@konordjon1967]

Какой он огромный, отлична модель. Америка хорошо смотрится с нанесенным следами эксплуатации. Огонь.

[@oshtoolman]

very very nice! When my father inlaw was alive, he wanted a trainset so much. We built him one and included so much stuff into it. Of course, his wasnt nearly as elaborate as yours. He ran O27 cars around and around. Couldnt control the speed very well, but he enjoyed it. After he passed away we were able to sell off about half of what was there. The rest is in boxes in my garage. So sad to have it all sit there.

[@RBPTrains]

Sounds like he was able to enjoy it during his time here. Thank you for sharing

[@johnstup4479]

Great steam action! Love the articulateds. I only have one and that's the Western Maryland. Thanks for running those big engines.

[@RBPTrains]

The WM articulated is on my wish list. Thanks for watching, these engines are always a lot of fun!

[@jeffreybarnes7591]

Lionel train how do you fix the wheels on the bottom

[@jeffreybarnes7591]

How do you fix the wheels on a line of train on the bottom

[@1940limited]

Beautiful layout. Thanks for sharing. I have a first issue MTH C&O Allegheny with Proto 1 sound. It pulls great, has a beautiful whistle, and is one of the most reliable locomotives on my railroad. I've never had any trouble with it in about 15 years of ownership. It pulls 22 coal cars effortlessly.

[@RBPTrains]

So much pulling power with these engines. Thanks for watching!

[@vincentvanpaepeghem4844]

Great video! Love the old steam locomotives! Big Boy and the Challenger are my favorites! Thanks for sharing! Have a great and awesome day!

[@RBPTrains]

Thank you Vincent!

[@PennsyPappas]

Forget the people giving you flack for buying what YOU want. I certainly have plenty of trains of what if or some fantasy paint scheme. Nothing wrong with that so long as your happy. The "rivet counters" may be modelers but they aren't fun to be around in my book. I never thought I'd see a Challenger in that paint scheme and it's so cool looking. Enjoy what you have its certain cool.

[@horror-metal-mike4320]

Very BEAUTIFUL steam locomotives Chris! I love the UNION PACIFIC BIG BOY! That is an AWESOME locomotive! That locomotive sounds so real with very COOL N & W hoppers! I like the steam coming out from the locomotive to, looks so lifelike! The yellow UNION PACIFIC with the passenger cars is COOL to! I like steam locomotives way more than I do modern locomotives! Very AWESOME Chris, and thanks for sharing!

[@trainspottersforlife9182]

Chris u have the huge layout I love seeing the Lionel in action

[@jsleee1146]

Great Loco's man!! Love the Big O gauge steam. I run HO scale, but love O gauge. Nice video, great layout.

[@GretchenDawntreader]

they just look so perilous going around a corner with the end of the boiler hanging out over space.

[@GretchenDawntreader]

and yeah one of the perks of adulthood, if you want a toy, you just buy it.

[@anscrailfanner6812]

Very cool man! Enjoyed every bit of it. Can’t wait to get my layout set up in the future. Got to get the budget right for it first though hehe.

[@fulviosantangeletta5838]

Such a cool video here. super job really great to watch it I think you express the joys of running these trains in a way that maybe nobody else quite can show In their videos there are so many cool KZbin video channels these days as well as you probably have seen many of them it's amazing how graceful and powerful and beautiful the large articulated engines are also other steam engines and diesels as well. The cow car is awesome all the sound cars are just so neat in oskill railroading. Iran Is my JLC Allegheny with about 15 to 20PS to Chesapeake and the hill hoppers and he was so impressed with how cool looking the black coal hoppers go with the awesome looking Allegheny.. He doesn't have trains but he is seeing a few videos from the ones that I have and likes him a lot That's what's so funny about these great trains people just don't know about them and when they see them oftentimes they think they're super cool... And many women ...who aren't known for being train lovers but when they love these things they're just as big and passionate as anybody I've seen in the men's side of train loving For models and for 1 to 1 scale Prototypes. As always it's the exposure that matters if you don't know about There's no way to love it lol.. One of the coolest looking engines And there are just so many as you know well .. ... is the D L1 09 any paint liveries great Santa Fe war bonnet is super do you have any DL 109 s in your collection?

[@maxbarletti4223]

What a wonderful set up

[@dominiccrowe8018]

Wow cool big steam locomotives I love your layout RBP Trains.

[@davidfortney2970]

Love those big articulated engines. That challenger takes some getting used to. Very colorful. Great video. And always remember you only have to satisfy yourself.

[@RBPTrains]

Thank you David!

[@timothkeyyprice]

You have done a great job with your layout and details. Fantastically good work. Thank you.

[@RBPTrains]

Thank you Timothy!

[@Gavin-Ostroski]

I love the Allegheny it’s my favorite steam locomotive

[@bigmisterfeet67]

You have a great looking layout ! Nice to see people that just Love and have fun with this hobby .

[@RBPTrains]

Thanks Brent! It is a lot of fun

[@CalebsTrains]

Great run session. We love your channel. Keep up the great work. P.S. we love the 49er paint scheme on the challenger! Run what you like, you owe nobody an explanation. It’s your miniature world, have fun with it. Happy Railroading! 🚂🚃🚋

[@carlpeduzzi3780]

I understand the hype around the Big Boy and the Challenger, but the Allegheny is my favorite. And, for my two cents (which no one asked for) about fantasy schemes; you buy what you like and what makes you happy. That is one of the great things about O-Scale/Gauge - there is so much history and variety from decades of train production.

[@RBPTrains]

Thanks Carl! I agree!

[@Leatherface123.]

The Dreyfuss Hudson is also one that is a must just for the unique styling in it

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Wow that's so cool! 🚂🚂

[@nicksmodeltrains4074]

Hi

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

@@nicksmodeltrains4074 hi 👋

[@michaelgmoore5708]

Really like your layout style. Looks easier to clean track. I have no room for those big trains since I live in Apt. Not even HO works that well but thank goodness for people like you that can play videos for us.

[@milehirail8877]

Love the big engines! I'm slowly accumulating all the steam engines I dreamed of owning when I was little. The addiction is real. Your layout looks awesome and your videos are extremely well done. 👍👍

[@RBPTrains]

Thank you! I love the big engines too 👍

[@2048Megabytes.]

I have ho scale trains but still that’s cool, though I prefer the smaller ones like 2-6-0s 4-6-0 4-6-2 etc...

[@RBPTrains]

I like the smaller engines as well! H O is a great scale to work with. I grew up with a H O layout and it was tons of fun

[@odin9jgslrkso630]

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[@2048Megabytes.]

@@odin9jgslrkso630 försöker du prata svenska or what do mean I only understand swedish and English

[@2048Megabytes.]

@@odin9jgslrkso630 is it Norwegian?

[@dannydai1]

What Fantastic loco.. love it. In my country not many people are really into it. But I love it. Thanks for sharing

[@RBPTrains]

Thanks for watching!

[@roberts.arnone1808]

Amazing layout! I’ve been wanting to build another one for some time now. Definitely agree with you on the steam engines. Steam power is just amazing.

[@davidsheehan5071]

Love your layout..my 3 1/2 yr old grandson watch your videos ..as im just now rebuilding bigger and better i get great ideas from you

[@RBPTrains]

Thanks for watching and enjoy the build! I bet your grandson loves your layout

[@blockstacker5614]

I see Allegheny, I click!

[@kraftovacibedna242]

WoW you have a biiiiiig railroad. Im a railfan, but i dont have railriad this big. Thats the reason why i watch ur videos. I love big steam trains🚈😀!

[@Porsche_Addict05]

I love that union pacifc big boy!!! It looks so amazing! Love the layout

[@Petes3rail]

Very nice! I have a MTH premier 4018 Big Boy, a Premier Triplex, Premier Angus, a Legacy EM-1 pilot, VL Pilot Challenger, a AC-9 and AC-12. I also have a Y3 Pilot on layaway, I also pre ordered the Santa FE 2-10-10-2 VL (that one i'm really looking forward to) I really hope Lionel brings the Legacy Allegheny and H7 back at some point. Sunset also made a few very nice models in articulated the L-131, L-105 and Z8 come to mind.

[@RBPTrains]

You will have to let me know what that new VL is like when it arrives! Awesome!

[@Petes3rail]

@@RBPTrains Will do!

[@BitKing_Ross]

Love the trains by the way

[@jocelagallo4072]

Cho cho i love the allegheny its so big and cool

[@SASEntertainment]

What a treat, seeing those big engines navigating the landscape. I really have to get me a larger locomotive, but I will wait until I finish my layout. I have a 2-8-4 Southern Pacific and that’s my biggest engine, but I absolutely love it. I recently acquired it and it is a beautiful piece that adds a lot to my growing empire of trains...11...I only have 11 engines at the moment, but I am looking to grow more.. I collect MPC, older RTR and I acquired a post war engine earlier this year for a great price. I have a couple HO and a G scale Polar Express for the Christmas tree 🎄...I get overwhelmed by the prices of articulated engines due to the price, but one day...maybe lol

[@shaldurprime7154]

With the horseshoe curves and long trains, I'm always scared the pulling force will cut the corner and derail the entire train, but then I remember that that only happens with crusty wooden Thomas trains with the 90 degree track turns, high center of gravity and spherical magnetic couplings

[@The20thCenturyLimited]

The production of your videos is great! I love your energy and video format. Thanks for the awesome videos! Keep up the great work!

[@dawnthorn2173]

Beautiful Steam Steam Is The True King

[@miguelsuarez8010]

That train collection plus the layout must be worth more than my house.

[@mikelink7288]

yes really good to see the smile on your face made me smile GREAT

[@andrewcrane2786]

Sounds just like realistic one do they talk those are very cool locomotives I love steam locomotive. Including diesel engines. My layout is HO scale model..

[@RBPTrains]

Hey Andrew, yes, each one of these has dialogue. I did not use it in the video but will in the future. Thanks for watching!

[@andrewcrane2786]

@@RBPTrains Your welcome no problem thanks for sharing this video

[@bird271828]

These trains are beautiful. They are like a dream. Thank you for sharing :-)

[@vinitdarshanpatwa4947]

This is my favourite video ❤️😍😃

[@28yogy4todd]

Awesome control, very nice.

[@kenmunozatmmrrailroad6853]

Had to watch twice- one for each set of drivers😆

[@RBPTrains]

Haha!

[@northpennvalleysteamrailroad]

Nice steam action! I like that Allegheny!

[@RBPTrains]

Allegheny is one of my favorites! The history of the C&O has always fascinated me.

[@johncmitchell4941]

You had me with one look at your beautiful 3-rail(!) layout. Something about those sweeping curves and remarkable detail overall, too. btw, Props for great video, editing, etc. I wanted to slip into one of those coaches behind the Challenger, order a snack, and see where the ride would take me. (subscribed)

[@fulviosantangeletta5838]

Awsome looking consists and engines- got me in the mood to run my JLC Allegheny ! Bravo

[@RBPTrains]

The JLC Allegheny is the engine that I dreamed of owning when I was a kid. Enjoy running it and thanks for watching!

[@dopermentorlastor9488]

Everybody looking for running sessions when thomas the tank engine episodes are literally running sessions

[@RBPTrains]

Pretty much!

[@danielhemple8649]

That whistle is Awesome have a good weekend brother

[@RBPTrains]

Have a great weekend as well! Love that whistle

[@johnkrey3870]

Imagine running the orange one and the brakes fail and the runaway theme starts to play and crashes into the back of big boys train!

[@SB5SimulationsFerroviairesEEP]

Thank You! Stéph.

[@Shipwright1918]

Ignore the naysayers, the 49er Challenger is a beaut and deserves to be run and enjoyed. Definitetly a lot smaller, but I've an MTH Railking 49'er and it's one of my favorites, striking paint and streamlined styling, what a looker!

[@RBPTrains]

I hear ya and I love this engine! I have seen the MTH model you reference and it is really cool.

[@timstrainroom8007]

Hey Chris, wonderful video again. Love that UP 3949 setup, stunning. Of course, as you know, I love the 4041 so thanks again for that. You had me laughing out loud when you did the cow car. I have two pig cars and holy sugar, those pigs squeal so darn loud it’s downright annoying. LOL keep up the good work as always buddy. Catch you soon. Take care. Tim

[@RBPTrains]

Thanks Tim! Those cattle cars crack me up. Never heard the pig cars so now I have something else to check out. Enjoy the weekend!

[@brendanstrains9725]

That Allegheny is huge!

[@michellacasse9250]

Beeing a child of the 60's my Dad gave me when i was old enough an American Flyer Train model 301 that i still have Today at 55 yrs old...

[@pandamanjoe9664]

Well I think the Challenger looks Fantastic

[@RBPTrains]

Me too!