The Restaurant Where Your Order Arrives By Model Train

What do you get if you cross a burger restaurant with a model railway? I went to the Vienna branch of "Výtopna", a Czech burger chain, to find the answer...
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[@millennialchicken]

James May is furiously finding his way to that restaurant

[@OleJanssen]

Or furiously trying to come up with an idea to implement this at the Royal Oak Swallowcliffe.

[@azuma892]

Is there no place like this in the UK.

[@jacob8565]

With realistic chuffing sound

[@caledonianrailway1233]

*cheese* *cheese* *cheese*

[@matsv201]

@@OleJanssen Yea.. and he need to do it with O-gauge trains, because... well UK everything need to be diffrent. (making it O-gauge should be resonable. Eiither modeling it after narrowgauge trains, or using heavy freight waggons.)

[@crispoman]

@3:20 I'm sure they are good at railway salvage operations - the whole place is fully trained.

[@dogcarman]

You just couldn’t resist, could you….? 😂

[@ianhomerpura8937]

Time to tell that to Norfolk Southern hahaha

[@ringsystemmusic]

augggggh

[@enyaisrave2831]

😁👌

[@thomasabramson100]

Is the restraunt owned by Norfolk Southern

[@mholzer78]

Me reading the title: "How cool is that! I wish we had such a restaurant where I live!" Also me: Born in Vienna, living just outside Vienna, working near Naschmarkt. *facepalm* Thank you very much, can't wait to go there for lunch with some colleagues.

[@haraldsattler74]

Ha, ha, almost the same for me, been living, studiing and working in Vienna for two decades. I've added it to my list!

[@vectron724]

😂😂 ich muss auch mal da hin. Lebe in der Schweiz, muss einmal Ferien in Österreich machen

[@wilhelmpfusch3699]

I was in the train restaurant in prague. Got totally boozed as fork, because everytime the train arrived i feelt like a happy little child. And so i orderd another one of those extremly delicous beers from the Czech Republic just to see the train again. And a steak. And another beer. And some dessert. And another beer. All to keep the trains going and stop at my station. Also, it was absolut delicous.

[@zorktxandnand3774]

First case of train induced alcoholism?

[@wilhelmpfusch3699]

@@zorktxandnand3774 Exactly! But for sure not the last one if i ever make it to prague again.

[@tonysimister4825]

This is the way! *approves*

[@InventorZahran]

@@zorktxandnand3774 Alcohol-induced trainism.

[@chuckygobyebye]

Sad to say that my girlfriend's family took me to a restaurant in Sendai, Japan, for my 43rd birthday where our food (sushi) was delivered, not just by train, but by Shinkansen. It was, objectively, the best day in my life. I really cannot recommend it highly enough as the apotheosis of fulfilment and satisfaction. You order by tablet and there are no derailments, because it is Japan.

[@dziltener]

I was to a similar one in Tokyo I suppose. It had the usual conveyor belt, but additionally a tablet, and whatever you ordered via it got delivered with a little Shinkansen. :)

[@genghisbunny]

I was looking for someone commenting on sushi train restaurants. I've been to them in a coastal fishing town about an hour from Tokyo, as well as in Melbourne, Australia and elsewhere in Japan. They're great fun.

[@LetoDK]

Why sad?

[@chuckygobyebye]

@@LetoDK Because it makes this restaurant look tawdry and old-fashioned by comparison.

[@fermitthekrog6318]

​@@chuckygobyebyethis restaurant just seems more low key. Nothing sad about it

[@FakeButt]

I went there last year, was looking for a place to eat in the area and got attracted to its pictures on google maps. It was awesome! Felt like a child every time a train passed by. To get to the toilet, you have to cross the rails, so there is a drawbridge where you request to pass with a button and it will automatically raise and lower for you and the trains wait for it.. its so cool :D

[@sophya5796]

Omg that's awesome 😂 Wish I could afford travelling, I love trains and these are beautiful models, they even had a shunter!

[@douglasboyle6544]

As long as you're not in a hurry 🤣

[@JHaven-lg7lj]

That sounds like so much fun!

[@toressm]

OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!

[@bigoldstinkycrab]

"They have an outdoor one which used to belong to the Vytopna chain but now operates independently." Privatisation hitting more railways. Sad.

[@markdebruyn1212]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@cuddlyfoxgirl]

Okay this is very cool, but now you really have to visit Gasthof Dückinghaus in Lechtrup-Merzen, Germany. I'm surprised that you didn't mention it. It's this, just even wilder. I was there as a kid and it was already crazy back then, they had lifts for the trains so they can pass over doorways and were in the process of building viaducts on the terrace so trains could also deliver drinks and food outside. Apparently a lot has happened since, now they have an entire fake train station next to it that contais a hotel where you can sleep in old train wagons.

[@TheTimTraveller]

Well that's going straight on my to-do list - thank you!

[@cuddlyfoxgirl]

@@TheTimTraveller You're welcome! Thanks for going there, now i don't have to! (jk, i will definitely have to visit it myself as well)

[@cuddlyfoxgirl]

@@TheTimTraveller (oh also if you pass through Osnabrück, there's an oversized vending machine on the side of the main hall which is also worth seing)

[@incalescent9378]

This sounds like a lot of fun, I should try to get there myself. It's not even far away either. As soon as I have a list to place things on, this is going on proper, in the meantime I'll sticky it somewhere.

[@incalescent9378]

@@DragonSeru "Da wir in unserer kleinen Küche alle Speisen frisch zubereiten, bitten wir vereinzelt längere Wartezeiten zu entschuldigen. Zuverlässiger als die deutsche Bahn sind wir allemal. Versprochen!" :D

[@Obeythebeard]

This may already be in the comments but you get your drinks delivered by train in the Altora Hotel in Wernigeröde. It is a railway themed hotel and it is located just across the street from the Harzer Schmalspurbahn station. Very friendly and service minded staff as well. I highly recommend it in conjunction with a couple of days of traveling around the network!

[@stevenr2463]

@@TheFalseShepphard it means narrow gage railway, in German

[@johanneswerner1140]

The region is wonderful for hiking as well. Check out the engineering that went into pumping out water from the mines.

[@querziop3.142]

I don't know if this is the same place as it was years ago that I last visited it, but there used to be a miniature railway restaurant in Elend (or maybe Sorge?), now part of Oberharz am Brocken. It functioned pretty much like the one in the video. Unfortunately I don't live in the region anymore, perhaps you know more about this?

[@Obeythebeard]

@@querziop3.142 Elend and Sorge are different towns about two hours train ride to the south. I have only travelled through by HSB train so I can not further add to the mystery nor the facts.

[@jacob5169]

There's another Train restaurant in the Midwest located in the Wisconsin Dells called Buffalo Phil's Pizza & Grille. My fiance and I stopped there on a whim while we were in the area and it was a lot of fun. An added highlight of the restaurant is that they have constructed scenery behind the trains that the tracks run alongside. The table we sat at was one that was made out of legos and had various sets assembled, ranging from a suburban neighborhood, Hogwarts from Harry Potter, and even Cinderella's castle. Additionally, they had the whole scene populated with a massive amount of figures, mainly recognizable characters from fiction, leading to a very dense experience where you can entertain yourself by spotting various references.

[@kenaikuskokwim9694]

I think Phil's is older than any of those mentioned in the video. It's been around for decades.

[@hamiltonsullivan6563]

Their also one simular on the Oregon coast, and along the Columbia River gorge!

[@kathyperantie5160]

We visited one in Door County, WI a few years ago called PC Junction. Only some of the tables were served by train but it was a fun experience. They also had a ton of outdoor seating and a great play area. My train-crazy 3 yr old loved it! There's also a great train museum in Green Bay.

[@maxamaxa194]

These restaurants are pretty much everywhere. Though, in my city theuly banned them because you can't put the trains in the dishwasher..

[@hamiltonsullivan6563]

@@maxamaxa194 lolllll

[@xliquidflames]

You'd have to be dead inside to not grin as your food pulls up on a model train and stops right in front of you. What a cool idea.

[@matthew8153]

I know, it’s the perfect way to handle the labor crunch for restaurants from low birth rates.

[@xliquidflames]

@@matthew8153 ...like I said. You would have to be dead inside to not enjoy this or find something cynical to say about it. Are you okay, Matthew? Do you need to talk to someone?

[@matthew8153]

@@xliquidflames What’s cycnial about my statement? I merely provided a reason to implement this in more places. Are you ok? Why do you have a need to persecute people you’ve never met on the internet?

[@davidreichle6948]

I’m a frequent visitor to Vienna and I’ve never been in that restaurant despite usually staying pretty close to it. I’ll be putting that right next time I go! Thanks Tim 😊

[@CMDRSweeper]

Just remember! You will have a lot of envy from a lot of commenters here on KZbin when you do go... Consider that a good incentive to savor the moment, and perhaps... Shoot some video as well.

[@Okurka.]

@@CMDRSweeper I don't envy anyone paying €15 for a burger.

[@dustojnikhummer]

This is the first time I have heard about this chain, and I'm Czech. Apparently they also have one in Prague

[@scotty241991]

That's the OG one!

[@derauditor5748]

Noted!

[@TimWochomurka]

... hmmmm

[@mavmavx2]

they used to have 2 in Prague, one in Palladium as well, but it closed a while back

[@hydranth]

Yes, because “Výtopna” is a czech restaurant chain 😁

[@NielsOlie-iv7cg]

We will visit it tommorrow! Thanks for sharing it as we are in Vienna right now. Loving your channel! We already visited the highest point of Luxembourg.

[@neckray]

Let us know how it went and safe travels!

[@great_icosahedron]

I know of one in a town called Burg in the south-east of Brandenburg (Germany). There, the track runs along the perimeter of the restaurant, but other than that, it's pretty similar to this one. They also have some joke trains that come out on special occasions. One of them is literally a pickle on wheels (this is because pickles were actually invented in the region and serve as a kind of mascot for said region).

[@startedtech]

There's a restaurant with a similar concept to this in the US in Kansas City, called Fritz's. They've been open since the 1950s, great oldschool diner! Has overhead train cars that go throughout the whole restaurant.

[@BlakesTrainsandMore4014]

Hey, I've been there before about 7 or 8 years ago, I really want to go again! Since I'm in Nebraska it's not that far of a drive away

[@RunawayTrain2502]

Yeah, but that's not THAT rare. I`ve seen that in multiple restaurants.

[@annaleeknies]

was looking for this comment!!

[@SCIFIguy64]

@@RunawayTrain2502 They drop food down little elevators from the overhead tracks

[@kirkchestnut5045]

Really geared for the younger crowd. . . and those young at heart!

[@shitlordflytrap1078]

As someone whose brother is a train conductor, this restaurant has been dear to my heart. It's a shame they don't utilise the trains for more items tho. I've visited one in Prague, Ostrava, and I think there was one in Orlová or something, but I forgot where it was exactly. That one had outdoor dining! Edit: oh shit, you mentioned it :D

[@martindeane9631]

I remember a restaurant in Tokyo where the food arrived at our table on a small tray on tracks powered by a linear induction motor!

[@krisdreemur918]

Yo! sushi had a similar system in their now closed ex flagship Oxford branch, the real downfall was that it was not particularly close to the main retail area.

[@tommasomarcuzzo4235]

Loving "the model"

[@pguth98]

When I was younger, we used to vacation in Door County Wisconsin, and we always went to a model railway restaurant called PC Junction. For a train-obsessed kid like me, it was heaven. Food was pretty good too.

[@merrillmiller663]

It's still there!

[@TomGrahamsa]

I have been to the branch in Prague about 3 times. Always great fun and a good meal.

[@reddcube]

Reminds me of the Rollercoaster Restaurants. Especially the one located at Prater in Vienna. I've never been to one, but it is on my bucket list.

[@gregjb]

We have another and probably more well-known train restaurant in the Chicago area that's been around forever. The "Choo-Choo" diner in the suburb of Des Plaines. Accessible by train as well (Metra UP-NW line).

[@KokkiePiet]

They are models and they are looking good!😂😂 Kraftwerk greetings

[@NatetheAceOfficial]

Loca pizza chain Pizza King uses trains in the walls to deliver your drinks! They used to have video game consoles installed in the booths that you could pay to play while you wait. A good small birthday destination! Thanks for bringing back those memories!

[@denisvermeirre1024]

Hello Tim. Very clever of you slipping in the melody of Das Model. There used to be a model railway running in an Ottawa McDonalds (of all places) but it was removed about fifteen years ago. They also had an old caboose on the side of the building, used as a party room for kids' birthdays. It's not as random as it seems when you consider that it was located next to the national science museum, which boasts a collection of impressive steam engines.

[@vacuumdiagram]

Ah thank you - I knew it but couldn't place the tune!

[@alexythemechanic8056]

Not forgetting The IT Crowd as well. I love the little musical interludes.

[@MuppetZonk73]

You realized that he played that song when he filmed Andrew? 😂

[@tonysimister4825]

No Trans Europe Express, sadly.

[@TheRailroad99]

@@tonysimister4825 you're right, that would've fit even better. But it's not as widely known

[@Hoeni2000]

Featuring Das Modell AND then the IT crowd theme song in one video? Brilliant! If only there would have been a piano rendition of This Corrosion in your video about the steel mill in Völklingen, that would have tended to a retired goths heart. Thanks for your videos, always great to watch and an inspiration to go see more interesting places!

[@pluviamachina3583]

You should go to Fritz's in Kansas City. They got trains that deliver food as well.

[@mwjones71]

@Pluvia Machina @The Tim Traveler Fritz's Railroad Diner has 3 locations, the original in Kansas City, Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri, and Shawnee, Kansas. You place the order via a telephone in each booth, a server will bring your drinks, but the rest of the meal is delivered via overhead railway. There's a small lift located at each table, and the container with the food will be deposited on the lift, which drops it down to your table. Once the container is off the lift, the lift returns to the original position.

[@pluviamachina3583]

@@mwjones71 I know that. I've been going to Fritz's since I was a toddler. I'm also aware that they have other locations.

[@explorer914]

You should have played Trans Europe Express with Kraftwerk ;)

[@alexanderthegreat4419]

Genki Sushi restaurants in Hong Kong have replaced all their conveyors with express Maglev trains that transport your food straight to you.

[@MartinvonBargen]

As a Scouser who did French in school, spoke Spanish too, lived in Germany and Norway, it's really interesting to hear how you pronounce restaurant. Ace video as usual. Looks like a great place to eat.

[@hans7856]

The model train restaurant in Budapest, next to Keleti Railway Station, works a bit differently. The trains split off the main line onto the tables, so other people's empty glasses do not pass over your table. And the restaurant is very cosy, as it is located in a wine cellar, there is live music and they serve traditional Hungarian dishes. I definitely recommend going there!

[@pixoontube2912]

This reminds me on another "rail-themed" restaurant I've been so far: The "Foodloop" in the "Europa-Park" theme park. The people would sit on large tables and order foods and drinks via a computer. The kitchen was located at the highest point of the restaurant. Once the food and drinks were ready, the pots and bottles were mounted on special sleds that ran along two rails. Thus, one would also get served "by rail" The sysem was mostly relying on gravity. However, some tables had "loopings" in the rails leading towards them. The sled would be propelled so that the cargo would make it trough the loopings. These loopings were also the reason why the restaurant was named "Foodloop". Additionally, the main reason why the restaurant exists is probably to reference all the rollercoasters in the theme park.

[@RunawayTrain2502]

Still exist last time I heard.

[@distractionbucket7454]

Alton Towers Theme Park in the UK have the Roller Coaster Restaurant which uses what sounds like the same system. Quite impressive watching the tables sat on the tracks with the loops order drinks! It's also cool that the restaurant is themed around the parks current and former coasters, so you can see concept art for rides that don't exist anymore an the walls.

[@zanelindsay1267]

Tim Traveller never fails to amaze me with fascinating diverse esoteric subjects. This presentation provided me with the first laughs of my day. I am reminded of a restaurant called Fritz's in Kansas City Kansas with overhead tracks to deliver food orders in a basket which lowers to individual table destinations. That system had the advantage of not dictating the floor arrangement to accomodate track arrangements. I ate there 43 years ago and the only features still recognizable are the restaurant name and the overhead train system; their buildings are now updated and with additional locations. The food train restaurant in Tim's video has the benefit of a more conventional train delivery system that you can conveniently see up close, a benefit for railfans. Thanks to Tim Traveller for another Terrific tour !

[@thesledgehammerblog]

There used to be one in Seattle called the Iron Horse, but it's been gone for decades now. They took it a step further by having phones at the tables for diners to call their orders into the kitchen instead of having waiters. That one was much smaller though, and were set up with booths on the sides and a single track serving each one.

[@nosaturn]

i always loved going there! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Horse_(restaurant)

[@coyoteseattle]

I really miss that place. It was one of the highlights of every visit to Seattle, when I was a kid.

[@johnchambers8528]

I found that bar-restaurant when I visited Seattle. It was not far from the train station. I have a picture of it in my model train room. I was sorry to hear it had closed. If I remember they used Lionel trains to bring the food and drinks to you.

[@nosaturn]

@@johnchambers8528 yup. one time they let me be the conductor too! (i was a cute kid and a regular)

[@TheUluxian]

Wondering if you also remember Andy's Diner on 4th Ave S.?

[@ReneSchickbauer]

One think that makes every TTT video enjoyable (apart from the topic and Tims perfect commentary) is the fantastic music.

[@the_cheese]

Tim's version of Kraftwerk's "The Model" is not only spot-on, but completely appropriate here.

[@bradison1060]

Tim, there’s a famous local restaurant that does this in Chicago area called The Choo-Choo which delivers its food by model railway and has done so for 70+ years!!

[@WillHsiung]

Was going to add that as I work not far from there though never visited. It reopened recently and is very kid oriented, i.e. no alcohol.

[@feralcatgirl]

in des plaines, yeah

[@SteveH-TN]

Do you mean “The Choo Choo Hamburger “ in Des Plaines Illinois? Or another restaurant?

[@WillHsiung]

@@SteveH-TN That's what I referred to and assume the original respondent did as well.

[@bradison1060]

@@SteveH-TN that’s the one!

[@Praha2008]

I love the idea. Výtopna has an really good point. This is how do you attract people into your restaurant. I visited a Výtopna in Prague, and it was fantastic!

[@jeffb1886]

I'm now 70. When I was a kid growing up in a Long Island suburb outside of NYC (maybe age7?), my parents would take the family to The Hamburger Local. A large family restaurant right near the LIRR commuter station where my dad would come home from NYC. The Lionel gauge trains ran on overhead tracks around the perimeter at all times and a very long luncheonette style counter was served by another train, much like the one here. Very vivid memories of the "special treat" of sometimes eating at the counter and having my food come by!

[@SteveInNEPA1]

Love this! You're the best Tim. Back in the 1960s-70s there was a similar place in Huntington Long Island NY called Hamburger Choo Choo. Sadly, it burned down in the early 1980s, but I have fond memories going there as a child (yes, I'm old). Long live TTT... the best youtuber.

[@catpoezenpootje7868]

Yess! Ok so: ‘Hotel Winterbach’ a hotel, near the village of Winterbach, also in Austria, also has this system for their dining room. However, the fun thing is is that all of these ‘model railways’ are based on LGB track and trains. LGB began making model trains with the intention of the trains coming from 760mm gauge track (the famous Stainz 2 locomotive also is this gauge). But Winterbach is mostly known because it is situated along the Mariazellerbahn (which is also a very fun topic to make a video about i.m.o), which is a 760mm gauge railway line. So the trains that run in the hotel dining room, literally also drive 20 meters outside the hotel on full scale!

[@fridovanorden8930]

Same in Hotel Altora in Wernigerode, Germany. The model trains are LGB models from the HSB, which depot is located right across the street.

[@silent5950]

3:07 Is that a piano IT Crowd theme??? Very fitting for miniature electronics and model train breakdowns.

[@Rogerregorroger]

Lucky the food isn't in the same scale as the trains.

[@tomwatts703]

Ever since I watched the Thunderbird 6 film as a kid a model railway-served restaurant has been a fascination of mine, it's a fantastic idea

[@oskarschuur806]

It’s great that you found this, it’s one of my favorite places to go to in Vienna when I visit, and I think it deserves more recognition, to which you have just contributed well. Though unfortunately the trains can indeed often cause accidents, especially on the bit of track you can see at 3:36, where trains sometimes get stuck and cause train traffic jams (you can see the train in that shot lag a bit too), it is definitely worth the wait that a such a problem may bring, because the food is very nice. Amusingly, what is sometimes even more problematic than the trains are confused customers: I have seen everything from people accidentally stealing other people‘s food from stuck trains thinking it was for them, and even a french woman who put her dish straight on the rails after finishing her meal, clearly expecting it to move by itself, to the great amusement of other guests, which became even more hilarious when a train ran into said dish. Nonetheless, the food is awesome and I can recommend it to any visitor to Vienna

[@scottfw7169]

I can't even begin to imagine how anyone would expect the plain dish to move by itself on the rails when it was clearly delivered on a railcar - but then I'm looking at that with the mind of someone who has been aware of trains both real and model for over half a century. But still, would it not logically follow that if the plate was delivered on a railcar it will be likewise collected by railcar? But then, there is such a thing a 'Gallic logic' ...

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

​@@scottfw7169 Pardonnez~moi sir, but don't you remember the maglev powered decapitation device in Goldfinger? Perhaps the beers helped her imagine sthg similar wd happen to her dirty plate.

[@medivalone]

"It's controlled by computer" (IT Crowd theme starts)

[@bele13]

Oh thank you, I was wondering what that theme was. 😂

[@TomaszbtdZiobrowski]

just was scrolling if someone wrote this :D

[@paulhaynes8045]

My inner model railway nerd is both fascinated by this and in awe of the people who operate it!

[@LordJazzly]

This has stirred up some old memories; we had a restaurant chain here in Australia called 'Sushi Train' (I thought 'Sushi Station' was the one, but the internet insists it's 'Sushi Train', so there you go) that did this with sushi - they _wanted_ to do a conveyor-belt sushi restaurant, but the conveyors were custom-made imports that were (I think?) too expensive to use when they first opened, so they went with a model train set instead. Once sushi got really established in Australia and people went to sushi places in high volumes, it would have been worth it for them to get the conveyors set up (since the trains were, as mentioned, prone to accidents and could only carry a small amount of sushi at once). But it used to be train sets; I double-checked on several websites and everything! I'm not sure if there are still sushi places here that use train sets; there were a few about a decade ago, but by this point the conveyor belts might actually be easier to buy, install, and maintain than the trains.

[@firesurfer]

There were several in NYC a few decades ago. The one near me was The Stepin Restaurant in Parkcester, Bronx near Zaros Bakery. It had a track that went around to the kitchen window and then to the counter area. They stopped using it because it was a hassle to use in the 70's. Zaros moved into that space and the restaurant moved next door. Others were, Hamburger Choo Choo, Hamburger Train, Hamburger Express and The Hamburger Coach in the NY area. for more info, ''LI & NY Places that are no more''. edit, The Stepin restaurant still exists in a renovated form without the trains.

[@geoffreymawdsley8102]

😊

[@bandesj]

I remember Hamburger Express on Austin St. in Forest Hills, NY. It was in operation in the 60's & early 70's. Of course, I thought it was the coolest thing being a child.

[@Mokscha]

There is a similar restaurant in Gliwice in the south of Poland. It is called Pyszne Kurcze Pyszne, short PKP, which are the initials of the national railway company.

[@margarets1449]

Perfect timing! Your video posted a week before we arrived in Vienna. We just ate at Vytopna for lunch. I had a goat cheese burger and my partner had the cheese burger; both were delicious. Of course, the service was great because it is delivered by rail…so fun. Thanks for the suggestion.

[@SiVlog1989]

I know what it makes me think of, a scene from Thunderbirds 6, the scene from the "Whistle Stop Inn," where like this the food and drink was delivered by train

[@LeeAndergen]

I have lived in Budapest all my life so far and I can't believe I never heard about the model train restaurant here! Gonna have to go and check it out now, thank you Tim

[@Keikdv]

next to Keleti Railway Station = Lakomativ

[@LisaMiza]

Damn it! Now I must return to Vienna yet again! How sad!

[@alaintallier1956]

Kabuki sushi train restaurant in Brussels seems like it deserves a visit ...

[@SpearMKW]

i remember the market here having a food stand with a model train built into the counter, but this is a whole new level

[@chris_is_here_oh_no]

Fantastic find, unconventional is always the most entertaining!

[@Ghostattackss]

Awesome video! I've been to a Vytopna in Prague and it was such a cool experience. Although in that restaurant only drinks were served by the trains.

[@diasvitor200]

Simply fantastic, man! I could never go to a place like that because I would certainly never want to leave!😅

[@VestedUTuber]

Ok, so, a couple ways I would do things differently here: 1. More conventional booth layout, with barrier-separated main lines and per-table sidings. G-scale equipment can easily make it around a 24in radius, you don't have to design THAT much around the tracks. Plus, this way you only have to have the bridges along the back end of the restaurant. 2. Deadrail it and run RC+battery power. I know first-hand how bad dirty rails can be for electrical conductivity, and a restaurant where drinks can spill and grease can splash about can be rough on the tracks. Train the wait staff to operate the equipment as well, they're more able to respond to issues than a computer. 3. Off-the-shelf chassis for rolling stock. If your equipment tends to derail then something's up with either the wheelsets or the track. And with the equipment they're using it's not the track that's the problem. Using some medium-length four-axle flatcars and bolting on a metal holder on top would be your best bet with something like this.

[@sephofmeijer8394]

Hello Tim. in a small town in Germany (Wenigerode) you have a lovely train hotel where you can stay. this hotel also has a kitchen run by trains. and right across the hotel is a big and old station where they bring visitors up the mountain with a beautiful narrow gauge steam train. maybe an idea for your next trip!!!

[@bramvaessen1576]

This does remind me of a local supermarket in the Netherlands (of a big brand) that ran a model train with ads on it. Always wanted to go there as a kid and follow the train through the supermarket. Dunno if the same Dutch supermarket still has it tho.

[@sirBrouwer]

I know that the Eurospar in Putte (on the Belgium / Dutch border) had something like that and quite a lot of other animatronics. but it has been a long time since I have been inside of that store.

[@Bee-ih5uy]

Again with the music editing....brilliant! I almost spit my soda out when you started playing the theme to "The I T Crowd" at the mention of the word "computer"....I love this channel so much!

[@gdclemo]

Agh, I was in that market in Vienna on Sunday and probably walked straight past that place without even noticing it... Well thanks for bringing it to my attention. They have some ridiculously big trains in Austria, especially the one in the technology museum and the double-decker S-bahns. Glad to see that they like small trains too.

[@1dree1]

Hi Tim :) love your channel, specially as a (model) train enthusiast. There's quite a few places in Germany which do that. Over time some of them got mixed up in my memory, so I had to check again: Most of all the "Restaurant 1835" in the Hotel Altora in Wernigerode (hosts the Harzer Schmalspurbahn too, so worth a visit! :) ) Then there is the "Gasthof Dückinghaus" at the Hotel Bahnhof in Lechtrup-Merzen. More over there is the "Alter Spreewaldbahnhof Briesen" in the village of "Burg", which has a cafe with model trains serving the drinks. Therer you go :) hope none of these were common knowledge yet and are of any use for you. Best regards, Marius

[@TheTimTraveller]

Hi Markus - thank you very much for these!

[@zorktxandnand3774]

@@TheTimTraveller Maybe the Harzer Schmalspurbahn is a good topic for a video. it has a beautiful narrow gauge steam train going up a mountain, and it is not a museum railway, it just has not ran out of steam yet. Sorry for the bad pun😋

[@christopherx7428]

Thanks for these tips! I will visit Wernigerode this summer and will go slightly SW from Puttgarden in September, so have made a note of Lechtrup-Merzen.

[@dotkomist]

There is a similar restaurant in Interlaken in Switzerland. Or at least there was when I was a kid!

[@peeky44]

I'm glad I scrolled down, was going to mention the same thing! It was attached to a model railway exhibition next to Interlaken-West station, and the seating was bays from an old (full-size) railway carriage. It must be 15+ years since I was there, wonder if it is still operating?

[@torsten0netzel]

In Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, there was a pancake and witch house. From the inside you could look into an indoor riding arena. On the other side there was an outside area. Only the drinks were driving the train, the food (due to the portion size) by the waitress. Unfortunately, the owners gave up in May 2020. "Xxl Restaurant Pfannkuchen Schnitzelhaus Hexenhaus Mühlheim"

[@muppetist]

Can you expand a bit on what a "Hexenhaus" is? Is it like a magic / spooky themed restaurant? A carnival funhouse?

[@wherethebirdsgo]

It's not the sameconcept, as the food is not actually delievered on rails, but my hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, US has a restaurant called "Ollie's Station Restaurant" which is completely train-themed and has a model train that runs elevated around the perimeter of the dining room.

[@ddawn23]

Tulsa also has Sushi Train, which does deliver food by model train. Also Hideaway Pizza locations around the state often have model trains running overhead, similar to Ollie's. I know the one at 51st and Memorial has that.

[@wherethebirdsgo]

@@ddawn23 there are lots of sushi restaurants that use the conveyor belt model. I’d argue this is a bit different

[@maunz5791]

Dammit! I should have claimed a patent for this idea when I was five! 😅

[@worldtraveler930]

You and me both!!! 🤠👍

[@firesurfer]

Someone had a patent on it in 2000 and it ran out in 2020. US6290025B1 United States patent

[@maunz5791]

@@firesurfer 😂 really? Well, that could have been five year old me! Sadly it wasn't.

[@paulusthegrey]

If anyone should have claimed a patent it would have been Gerry Anderson. He had a train restaurant in one of the Thunderbird movies.

[@lifebites21]

I am going to Vienna AND Budapest next week. Thank you so much Tim!!! Buzzing for these!

[@zocknroll7162]

We just went to this very restaurant because of your review (4 h+ trainride for us). It was great, our son (2 y) loved it! Keep on going!

[@maartenbrinker]

Hotel Altora in the Harz (GERMANY)

[@zesarsalat6109]

I love the fitting soundtrack by Falco :) Great detail!

[@stephanemignot100]

Some Kraftwerk too

[@patriciaschuster1371]

This is soooo fascinating! Thank you for sharing!

[@adrianrutterford762]

Wonderful! Thanks Tim.

[@stefankamuc]

Just out of curiosity: how many languages do you speak?

[@worldtraveler930]

I was wondering the same thing?? 🤔

[@AndrewTBP]

That's answered in one of Tim's FAQ videos.

[@markc3173]

You always have the most interesting videos. THANK YOU!

[@atomdent]

Great as always, thanks Tim!

[@VestedUTuber]

"Miniature trains keep having miniature accidents" This is why you use commercially manufactured trucks/bogies and wheelsets even on scratchbuilds.

[@lordbarristertimsh8050]

When I was young, I often fantasized about building a house with a giant model railway built into the walls to transport food and goods around. Because I loved trains as a kid and still do now as an adult, but also as a way to help my Grandparents in their day-to-day lives. I didn't think of the kinks and logistical problems { I was still but a young child when I had this idea } : so I cannot believe someone decided to theme a restaurant around the idea, and I mean that in the absolutely best of all possible ways!

[@nowster]

Are we expecting Geoff to do a Least Used Table video here?

[@ColinJK]

There used to be a restaurant in the south suburbs of Chicago called Snackville Junction that was a train themed restaurant that would serve your food on O gauge model trains. It opened back in the 50s but sadly closed back in 2014. I remember going there a few times as a kid, and it was quite a treat!

[@PokoleizKuleckim]

Love it. Thank you for your review!

[@ThunderSpitt]

I usually don't follow such recommendations. But this time I did and I'm forever thankful. Just week after this videos was published I had a trip to Vienna and I went directly to this restaurant. Such a lovely place. Thank you Tim!

[@patlussenden4536]

I now have a reason to visit Vienna . If I lived there this place would be a weekly visit.

[@elcaminodave78]

Fritz's railroad restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri, USA delivers food with trains. The tracks are all at the ceiling and the food is suspended on a platform below the locomotives. The food drops onto an elevator as the train goes by and slowly lowers to your table. There a few locations around town. We visit KC about once a year and the kids all look forward to eating at the train restaurant.

[@user-yi7qc4xn8h]

Hop on over to Budapest(2 hours by train from Vienna) and see all the transit sites: Hungarian Railway Museum, ride the funicular, the cog-railway, the second oldest subway in the world, the Children's Railway, the chair lift, The Transit Museum in Szentendre, the beautiful brutalist architecture of Metro line 4, the riverboat transit...and some Chicken Paprikash.

[@ianoliverbailey6545]

Honestly, how would we cope with life if it wasn't for Tim seeking high and low, wide and far, for brilliant, fabulous, original ideas to titillate our childish hearts and minds, then delivering them regularly (by train, on foot, or otherwise...) to our favourite KZbin channel. Pure genius. Pure joy. The best humour ('Leaves on the Line'). Thanks Tim.

[@tiyenin]

I grew up in Hawai'i. There are a number of sushi restaurants with a similar moving platform / conveyor belt aesthetic, at least one of which uses miniature boats! This stems from the fact that sushi are small servings, so these places pump out dish after dish for you to choose from, then charge you by plates accumulated at the end of your meal.

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Very nicely put together video and very entertaining as well. Thanks for posting this.

[@McRocket]

I have no model railroads - nor plan to ever have any again (I had a few when I was a kid). Yet...I find this ABSOLUTELY CHARMING!!! Thank you for this great video. ☮

[@EverythingWavy]

Awesome video! When I was a kid in the 80’s in Downtown Seattle’s pioneer Square there was a restaurant called the Iron Horse. Thanks for reviving the memories.

[@Ph33nxOne]

Similar place to this in Wisconsin called PC Junction. Less upscale though, more rustic summer camp with a family centric atmosphere. Have yummy bloody Marys and good sandwiches and burgers.

[@hpottstock]

Great video as usual! Loved the inclusion of Das Model and the IT crowd theme 🙂

[@trainnerd3029]

Stumbled onto your channel a couple hours ago and I have been watching it since! Just subscribed! Cool stuff!!!

[@calxtra5361]

"Leaves on the line" made me laugh very out loud ... Mint humour Tim 😉🤭

[@wteff8586]

It's one of those mornings where you consistently giving accessibility information and recommending a place to kids from five to 55 just makes me tear up. Thank you for consistently delivering amazing (and inclusive) content in the most enchanting way!

[@phillippi2]

There is a model railway station in Lafayette, Indiana, USA. Though most of its track is behind a wall. The restaurant is a part of a pizzeria chain, Pizza King. Not everything is delivered on the train. But all of the smaller items, like burgers, fries and the drinks, are. All the seats are in booths. Each booth seats between 4 and 6 people. Each booth is equipped with a small TV. All the TVs are equipped with PS2s and have a variety of games that can be played. Most with up to 4 players.

[@sofiaferreirateixeira6373]

When "The Model" cover started playing I knew what it was before getting there, but of course, Model!! Awesome video as always!!

[@Thom-TRA]

I love the Junction Diner in Chicago. The man who runs it is such a friendly guy.