Willow Creek Railroad: Tiny People's Party Car

[@theubaum]

This is truly a sad day for us Willow Creek fans! What a journey, what a railroad, what a builder! May the Lord bless and keep you and yours on your next phase of life! Thank you for sharing this incredible railroad with us!

[@Vigment13]

Thank you for your kind words. The Willow Creek journey has indeed been a great one. I've enjoyed sharing the layout with everyone, and very much appreciate the wonderful feedback that I've received. Thank you, again. Much appreciated.

[@955trainboy]

So sad that Willow Creek will be no more. I’ve only just found these videos and they are fantastic, with great narration and explanations. A true inspiration to help with my American Railroad here in the UK.. Thank you for sharing Willow Creek.

[@Vigment13]

While the Willow Creek is now a "fallen flag", the videos and the memories remain. Glad you've enjoyed the videos and the Tiny People of the subdivision would be pleased to know that you found inspiration for your layout. Best wishes on your model railroading endeavors, and thank you for your kind feedback. Much appreciated!

[@Marko295]

A sad day to see. Thank you very much for sharing the Willow Creek with all of us over the years. I especially enjoyed seeing all your videos about the various jobs on the layout. You taught me that model railroading can be so much more than simply watching a train go around in circles. Perhaps a piece of the Willow Creek will live on in spirit as I try my hand at modeling in the future. Thank you again for sharing and sparking my imagination and innovation! Blessings!

[@Vigment13]

Thank you for your kind comments. I'm glad that you enjoyed the various videos, and if the Willow Creek can inspire any of your modeling, the Tiny People of the subdivision will be very pleased. Sharing the various videos with you and other modelers has truly been a high point of my model railroading journey. Thanks, again, for your kind feedback and best wishes for your future modeling. High greens!

[@RichsRidesandRestorations]

End of an era. Really enjoyed watching your videos 🥲

[@Vigment13]

Glad you've enjoyed the videos. Producing videos of the Willow Creek has truly been my pleasure. Thank you for your feedback!

[@RandBoyd]

Thanks so much for the wonderful videos of your masterly layout. I was pointed to your videos by a fellow model railroader when I showed interest in operations. He told me that your videos were the best demonstration of model railroading operations and I used your paperwork as the foundation of my operational scheme on my layout. Thank you so much for your generosity in sharing your layout and your resources with the hobby. Good luck.

[@Vigment13]

Glad you enjoyed the video and happy to hear that you could use some of the ideas from the Willow Creek to benefit operations on your layout. Yeah! I very much appreciate your feedback. Best wishes as you enjoy your layout!

[@lisaais]

Thanks for one of the finest model railroading video series ever produced!! Between the operational descriptions, layout schematics and easy to follow narratives, these should stand the test of time as excellent resources for future modelers. The segment on your min pins nearly brought me to tears! Again thanks for everything and blessings for whatever may come next!

[@Vigment13]

I am truly humbled by your kind comments. It has been my pleasure to share the Willow Creek in these videos. I'm glad you've enjoyed them. And I, too, chock up a bit when I think of the fun the Min Pins used to have wandering underneath the layout. Great memories! Thank you, again, for your feedback. Much appreciated!

[@philipholla4802]

I've learned more about switching trains and using waybills through the Willow Creek Series than by any other channel. Thank you very much.!!!!

[@Vigment13]

If I was able to help further your understanding of model railroad operations in any way, that's a tremendous compliment. The tiny people of the Willow Creek will be overjoyed to hear this! 🙂 Thank you for your kind feedback. Much appreciated!

[@guyfoster5897]

Agreed. The Willow Creek has been an inspiration in operating a model railroad and giving it a story and history!

[@Vigment13]

@@guyfoster5897 Thanks much for the great feedback. Model railroad operations is truly a great part of this super hobby. And happy to hear that the Willow Creek could contribute to that aspect. Thanks, again!

[@SleeTheSloth]

Thank you for sharing the Willow Creak railroad with us. While the Willow Creak fades into history, our memories of it and its creator will not. So I leave you with these words: "May the good Lord walk with you and yours's always. Amen."

[@Vigment13]

Thank you for the kind and very meaningful words! Much appreciated!

[@mariebcfhs9491]

I wish you lots of health to continue bringing us along on your fantastic journey in model railroading. Farewell Willow Creek, greetings new opportunities!

[@Vigment13]

Glad you've enjoyed the journey. It was my pleasure to share it. And thank you for your feedback; much appreciated!

[@guyfoster5897]

The Willow Creek will be missed. I have watched your videos multiple times over the past several years. You’re way of story telling has made the Willow Creek a joy to watch. I’m sad to see you go. May the Lord Bless you in your future adventures. I hope you have all the happiness and joy in your retirement that you have given all of us. I know I will continue to watch the Willow Creek Railroad many more times in the coming years. Thank You for everything you have given to the Model Railroad community.

[@Vigment13]

Your feedback is truly appreciated. It's always nice to know that one is hitting the "story telling" objective in the videos. I think that makes a lot of difference in the various KZbin videos I watch. And I, too, am looking forward to watching reruns of the Willow Creek videos. Thanks, again, for your kind comments. High greens!

[@derekalexander4030]

I wish you and your wife great health and longevity in phase 2 of your retirement plan and the years that follow. Your layout will be missed but I am so happy that it will be shared with other modelers and at least sections of it will live on. It’s dreadful when a beautiful layout sometimes is torn down and trashed when someone leaves the hobby for whatever reason.

[@Vigment13]

Thank you for the kind comments. While I do miss the Willow Creek, it has been fun these past several months seeing remnants of the layout actively displayed on other layouts throughout South Central Virginia. I'm still active in the hobby, just not as superintendent of the Willow Creek. Thanks, again, for your kind feedback! Much appreciated.

[@davestrains6816]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful layout with us all. I wish yall a wonderful time in your new destinations.

[@Vigment13]

Thank you for your comments. It's truly been my pleasure to share the Willow Creek. Thanks!

[@canyonpast]

I have so enjoyed your work. Thank You, your work has helped me plan my model railroad. I have started my bench work.

[@Vigment13]

That's fantastic. Congratulations on starting the bench work. And if the Willow Creek played even a small role in your new adventure, that's extra special. I hope that you have lots of fun creating your new layout. I'm glad that you've enjoyed the videos, and thank you for your feedback; much appreciated!

[@cn.trainbuff3352]

Thank you for your dedication to the hobby!!!! You will be missed

[@Vigment13]

Thank you. I love this hobby and it has been my pleasure to share it with others. High greens!

[@darylhitchcock7680]

What a ride... It's been, very enjoyable... Thank you sooooo much....

[@Vigment13]

Glad you've enjoyed the ride. I know that I have! It's been my pleasure to share the Willow Creek. And thank you for your kind feedback!

[@raybame5816]

Add so we bib adieu to you and the Willow Creek. Good health and travels for years to come....Thanks for the ride.

[@Vigment13]

And thank you for being willing to ride along! Your comments are much appreciated. Thanks!

[@grahamparry7200]

Thanks for sharing the Willow Creek RR. The final run was very fitting.

[@Vigment13]

Thanks. I hadn't planned on doing this final video, but was inspired during my final op session when the guys had to switch the "MinPin Spirit" car into their train. I decided I just had to do one final video. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks, again.

[@MrLee-ob8tg]

Thank you for all the years of inspiration... Good Luck and thanks again!!!!

[@Vigment13]

Thank you for the kind words. Much appreciated!

[@upfef3844]

Thank you for sharing all this with us. You have inspired and taught me as well as many others. Peace.

[@Vigment13]

It has been my pleasure to share the Willow Creek. And if the layout and videos have managed to inspire and teach, that's truly a wonderous blessing. Thank you for your feedback. It means a lot.

[@NVNRy93]

Thanks for the memories, this was a great layout.

[@Vigment13]

Sharing the Willow Creek has been my pleasure. Glad you've enjoyed the videos. Thanks!

[@em-pinmanspandemoniumpinba4193]

Thanks for a great final video of the Willow Creek RR, a layout you should be proud of. It's been a fun journey watching your videos. As mentioned before, have fun and enjoy your next phase of retirement. Hopefully you will still be able to still do something with model railroading in your new place, maybe a small point to point HO or N scale shelf layout or just join a local model RR club. Take Care. 😉

[@Vigment13]

Thanks! I have lots of model railroading friends in the new area and will thoroughly enjoy running trains with them. Thanks again!

[@railroad9000]

Very sorry to see this have to end. It has been a very enjoyable journey. Best wishes for you in the future!

[@Vigment13]

Thanks. I've enjoyed every step of this journey, and the opportunity to share it with everyone. Thank you for your feedback. Much appreciated.

[@garylewis3815]

Thank you taking us all on a wonderful journey around the Willow Creek and all it's operations. The railroad will be missed and I enjoyed tuning into each episode from here in the UK. 😊

[@Vigment13]

Great to hear from the United Kingdom! And thank you for your kind feedback. The tiny people of the Willow Creek have thoroughly enjoyed sharing their domain. 🙂 Thanks, again.

[@rayofsunshine098]

I've always loved these videos and will def miss them! Are you planning anything else in modeling or are you calling it here?

[@Vigment13]

Glad you've enjoyed the videos! They were a lot of fun to create. I am not planning any further modeling at this time. My focus is on enjoying operations on other layouts and continuing my active participation in the NMRA. Thanks for you question, and have a super day!

[@flagman515]

Yeah, the praise is well deserved and all that. I just want to know where the heck in Bucky's Crossing did all the Tiny People stay overnight!!! Or did they just party the whole time there? Take care sir. I look forward to seeing the Tiny People's Party Car as it heads East from Spokane to North Carolina!🥳😁

[@Vigment13]

Greetings NC! In Bucky's Crossing, you can always stay at the Riverfront Hotel. I suspect, however, that the Tiny People might still have some Corona beer stashed on the 2nd floor of some of the retail establishments. Either way, you're probably right -- they most likely partied the whole time they were in Bucky's Crossing. The Tiny People are always up to something! Thanks for your great feedback. And I'll let you know if the Party Car ever makes it to North Carolina. Thanks!

[@spwoody1031]

Wonderful layout. Thanks for sharing it with us for these many years. I look forward to seeing what you do next in Model Railroading.

[@Vigment13]

Glad you enjoyed the Willow Creek. It was a fantastic experience. We'll have to see what the future holds. Thanks again!

[@davidoickle1778]

My favourite model railroad layout on the Internet hands down. I get great peace witching the operation. I'm truly sad to see it go.

[@Vigment13]

Your feedback is indeed humbling. Thanks! Fortunately we have the videos to re-watch! Hooray for reruns. 🙂 Thanks, again, for your kind feedback; much appreciated.

[@Charlie_Echo]

Thank you for letting us take one last tour of this beautiful layout! And for all the videos and information you've shared - I have learnt a lot from the Willow Creek. I'm very glad to hear this isn't the end of your journey with model railroading! Will the track plans etc. remain on the website after the railroad itself is decommissioned?

[@Vigment13]

Glad you enjoyed the final video. Both my KZbin channel and my Willow Creek website will remain as they are today, even after the railroad is decommissioned. You'll have access to everything on both of those sites. And I'm still available if anyone has any questions. Thanks for your feedback; much appreciated!

[@nomo69ss25]

😢 Good luck and God bless! ✌️

[@Vigment13]

Thanks much! Very much appreciated.

[@Edwards-Videos]

A sad day. At least the Willow Creek will live on through these videos and website.

[@Vigment13]

Agree totally. Definitely a day of mixed emotions. But hooray for video reruns! 🙂 Thanks for the feedback!

[@davidbrown4823]

Will be highly missed.

[@Vigment13]

Thank you. I appreciate that feedback. It's been a fun ride. Thanks!

[@richardjayroe8922]

Question with the apartment in Richmond. Will you create the SP&S now?

[@Vigment13]

🙂 No more layouts planned at this time.

[@richardjayroe8922]

@@Vigment13 awww😔

[@rhettrobinson1361]

What's going on?

[@Vigment13]

All the details are provided in my "Willow Creek Railroad: Special Announcement" video. 🙂

[@rhettrobinson1361]

@@Vigment13 Ah, moving somewhere else? I see.

[@JRossHunter]

😥

[@randysrockandrollrailroad8207]

😢

[@Vigment13]

All emotions summed up nicely with a simple emoji. Thanks!