Wyoming Division Historical Society Model Railroad Update and Tour Section 1 of 3

This is the first of a three part video series featuring the Wyoming Division Historical Society Model Railroad. The 3 video series follows a freight train out of Cheyanne, WY in the early 1950s to the end of its route past Ogden, UT. This first video follows this train to the Laramie yard where the Union Pacific Big Boy is swapped out for a faster Union Pacific Challenger locomotive for the next section of its journey.
You can visit the Wyoming Division Historical Society web page at: www.wyomingdivi...
Allen Montgomery is the master scenery engineer on this model railroad.
He has several videos of his work and the layout on his KZbin page which can be seen at:
/ @allenscottmontgomery3929

[@alvinwilliams441]

i love how you explain what is going on with the train and not just running them with no explaination

[@chugwaterjack4458]

Having worked on the survey party restaking the mainline from Cheyenne to Evanston in 1966-67, you have NAILED the looks of the countryside. The Sherman tunnel is especially great! (Yes, that was a cold, cold job)

[@BXGUY73]

WOW, JUST WOW!!!!! What an AWESOME LOOKING LAYOUT!!! I would spend weeks in this place if I had a MODEL RAILROAD that looked like this, only leaving to go to the bathroom, to eat, and to go to sleep. LOL!

[@TrainLordJC]

What a pleasure it was to watch this video showing the Big Boy and the Challenger in action on this very well done layout. Hats off to those who constructed it.

[@kishascape]

I love compressed slightly low contrast video quality like this. It makes me very nostalgic for 2013 when I got my first N scale set and visited my local rail club using a cellphone camera and point and shoot that looked just like this.

[@jimflagg4009]

I love the Grass land scene. So good looking. Nice job.

[@NicksCollectableCreations]

Well as someone that has lived in cheyenne my whole life, this captures the feel of the area pretty well. BNSF bridge is a legend in many photos and paintings and it should also have the Lincoln Highway, or Lincolnway as it is known here today, going under it as well. I love the narration of the series.

[@yvesrey5494]

Toutes mes Félicitations, super décor, très belles locomotives, bravo. Amitié de France.

[@easternsprails]

Thank you very much.

[@truefilm6991]

Beautiful! Love the scenery. You can see exactly where the natural landscape was and the "cut out and fill" that has been done to prepare for trackwork as level as possible. Colors and texture are very convincing. Locos and rolling stock are all top notch.

[@auralfury]

1:12 thats a nice track plan...with turntables and shunting yards....looks like a daunting project, but fun

[@kylewells6871]

This is the GOAT of historic proto American railway. Very cool, I wanna see this first hand.

[@kennethljungberg642]

Thanks a lot for this movie, great train moving.

[@marcushume2240]

Boy lm glad l came across this video. The attention to detail is absolutely incredible. Especially the scenery it's a real work of art. It looks and feels like your just standing there watching the big boy climbing that steep grade on Sherman hill. Nice work. Thank you for sharing. Made my day.

[@phillipmontano7664]

Incredible layout I love u.p. big boys the scenery is very realistic also the painted in the background gives the layout more depth with the streets that are painted to give the scene depth also

[@streetfightinmanrs]

Absolutely beautiful railroad!

[@eagleroute3241]

Beautiful layout, love the scenery and details. this is what I hope to achieve on my layout. looking forward to other up-dates.

[@mjchern1]

The fantastic scenery reminds me of the Tehachapi Pass layout in San Diego. And that’s saying something! Keep up the great work.

[@allenscottmontgomery3929]

Thank you. The La Mesa Club has been my inspiration since the first time I saw it on a Boy Scout trip in 1987. I'm honored to know most of those folks now and it has been an honor to go over there and operate on their layout. It's like playing in the superbowl.

[@NormanSilv]

Wow! Nice camera work and great scenery too. Thank you for sharing.

[@danielboone3770]

It's awesome to see a Big Boy powered freight rolling along here like in the 1940's to the 1950's. I love the trains here.

[@labradormcgraw]

Such attention to detail. 🚂🚉🚅

[@ehcatsfaneric2211]

Absolutely just incredible...pure talent and love

[@tedfisk1211]

beautiful scenery and realistic operation and realistic train length. Very nice

[@theknickerbocker5808]

Have had the opportunity to take part in a couple of op sessions, always a great weekend. Always like to watch new videos on tje layout to see what progress has been made.

[@SouthernAlbertaRail]

Fantastic! Really captured the feel of the hill. Thanks for sharing.

[@davidrudolph2825]

Enjoyable video! Nice weathering on that Challenger! Keep up the good work!

[@australianmodelrailway]

Fantastic, well done! I wish to have a large layout like this

[@Bruno.Trains]

Great job! Thank You. Best regards from France

[@TheSteamChannel]

Superb video and layout! Thanks for sharing

[@medwaymodelrailway7129]

Great update of the layout .Take care.

[@evergreenrailroadmodelers2405]

Great Video and Greetings from Spokane WA.

[@linesided]

That is one heck of a club layout! Well done.

[@easternsprails]

Actually, it's privately owned by Verrel Fosnight. He employs Allen and Lenny full time to continue the scenery of the layout and to conduct the monthly op sessions. He was inspired by his childhood memories of the Union Pacific big steam units hauling coal on this very line. Right now the op sessions are suspended until the COVID is under control.

[@davidsheriff8989]

Awesome layout..you know your railway history for sure..

[@JustinHolloway307]

as born raised in cheyenne i can say the detail is awesome

[@jogo1970-w8x]

Like that nice slow start at 0:47. Very realistic.

[@MarkRenn]

I would give ANYTHING to have something like this in central Missouri.

[@s.w.3604]

Impressive layout! Really huge!

[@johnm.gerard1718]

love the video: I love the camera on the train.

[@dylansheppardmymodelrailway]

Fantastic video awesome 👍💯👍

[@johne5854]

Fantastic layout.

[@derekalexander4030]

Spectacular layout.

[@duluthbro]

Correction: the Great Continental Divide is not crossed at Sherman Summit. The railroad crosses the divide in the Red Desert, between Rock Springs and Rawlins, with the crossing the Great Divide Basin.

[@dagryffynhobby]

Fantastic video - thanks for sharing.

[@CraftyFoxe]

That sure is some pretty long trains, I like the Big Boy

[@That_Thicc_Cat]

Same

[@tiger_h1]

Shut up from 844fef3 still pissed

[@luciano54ful]

Wonderful layout!! From Florence

[@AlexScheidmann]

Verry nice. Amazing.. Sorry my Englisch I am from Switzerland.. I have subscribe your Chanel. Greetings from Switzerland Alex 😊😊👍👍🇨🇭

[@seanpacificrailroad3700]

Amazing layout 😊

[@jimkammerer8028]

AWESOME GOOD VIDEO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR SHARING THIS WITH YOUR SUBSCRIBERS VERY INTERESTING AND IMPRESSIVE I APPRECIATE IT AND YOU HAVE A SAFE AND CAREFUL DAY JIM KAMMERER OF PHILADELPHIA PA NORFOLK SOUTHERN RULES MY RAILS AWESOME NICE LAYOUT LOOKS VERY COOL INDEED 👍👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👌😁😇

[@GranateLifestyle]

wonderful video)

[@HiVoltish]

Breathtaking

[@ehcatsfaneric2211]

Truly incredible

[@krystalstarrett6760]

Looks real, I'm waiting for a P 38 Lightning to fly over, in scale of course.

[@yeoldeseawitch]

very nice layout indeed

[@simpleman8937]

Why does nobody run telephone wires across the poles ? I see all of these detailed layouts with a lot of realism, phone wires running the poles would make these layouts really stand out !!!!!

[@chugwaterjack4458]

Just a minor note: the Continental Divide crossing of the UPRR is out near Wansutter past Rawlins, and us deceiving as the scene is nearly level.

[@chugwaterjack4458]

To be clear, though, the HIGH point IS on Sherman Hill.

[@enriqueaguilar4892]

Building the union pacific layout was worth the investment even with new technology n dcc n sound

[@ryankruchowski1951]

I always wanted to see these giants in action.

[@dennisb-trains23]

Super cool.

[@JustAboutAnything66]

2:28 I could NOT figure out what the yellow and black structure was, or the deal with the pink sign. Then I face palmed.

[@CJTynan]

Lol

[@auralfury]

haha it's an unfinished layout, lots of bare areas

[@krystalstarrett6760]

Oh boy! Now we get to go for a train ride. I'm having fun, how about you?

[@hoghead4846]

A very nice model railroad. I'm wondering if the 4060 grew got fired for running the red signal and through the switch putting the train on the ground. :-) Hope to see some day.

[@easternsprails]

Sometimes I miss little details like that when shooting the video. Very focused on other things like keeping the room quiet, keeping helpers out of the shot, moving the camera smoothly, etc.

[@johnm.gerard1718]

I need a control unit for my "Kellogg" HO train. It is a 1970s HO train. No modern electronics in the train. I have some flex track I wanted to set up. I still have one N scale train and some Lionel O scale trains from when I was a child. One of my O scale sets is the Milwaukee Rail road Passage train with Lighted cars and Sound. It was supposed to smoke but as I researched these trains did not have a great heater box so you only see a few puffs of smoke hear and there. I bought a lot of HO used track in the 1990s that someone painted a Green/brown color probably to match their layout.

[@mbart5113]

According to the 25 strongest Union Pacific Big Boys and their freight trains, what does “Every engine has to pull its own freight train,” mean?

[@easternsprails]

I'm not clear on what you mean other than a locomotive has to be able to pull a train. In some cases a helper is needed so that kinda garbles the idea.

[@johncole2817]

Wow! The backdrops and scenery are sheer artistry. I’ve been there and it’s SO realistic. Who was the manufacturer of engine 4019?

[@easternsprails]

That model is a hybrid kit bash between an MTH and Broadway Limited model and then detailed with chalks for weathering.

[@rdanscale3416]

Interesting but I was wondering why the challenger was not liking the Turnouts to well the Big Boy did the Run Very Well but the challenger acted as it needed a tune up or its shoes where in need of something to help it fine the power from the Track.. Try some ACT-6006 by AeroCar Hobby i don't promote the Stuff but I've been using it 6 Years and my DCC N Scale Engines.. Sound Engines run pretty Happy on it, A Guy by the Name of Arthur Houston of the Grande Pacific Model Railroad uses ACT-6006 as Well and he has fairly good sized Railroad.. He always praises it's use he's also a Big Fan of NCE.. I'm a big fan of NCE as Well good company good products.. Hope using or Trying some ACT helps Challenger like them Turnouts a bit better .. Allen D

[@allenscottmontgomery3929]

Had I known they were using a flaky locomotive I would have grabbed something else to use. Alas, I didn't catch that until the filming was wrapping up.

[@stef6567]

Amazing.. how do you keep the miles of track clean?

[@allenscottmontgomery3929]

Thank you! We have lots of track cleaning pads on freight cars during operating sessions and I have a volunteer come over once a week to run a track cleaning train.

[@waysiderailfan]

Nice!

[@erund947]

At the 9 minute mark the trailing truck on the locomotive is derailed...

[@easternsprails]

The endless snow fences are Lenny's work on the 3D printer. I missed that derailed trailing truck until I got home in Virginia and started editing the video. I wanted to include that shot of the Big Boy coasting down hill past the tipple so decided to just run it anyway. Counting on forgiveness.

[@chugwaterjack4458]

Notice that it rerailed on the fly.

[@jwrailve3615]

Is there any ops videos up yet? Constantly think of this layout

[@ميرزاابراهيم-و3و]

Great most beautyful boss .lovely frome Pakistan

[@QualityModelRailroad]

great layout, a bit disappointing though that the big boys are not puffing steam

[@bathmaraman3489]

Nice

[@leokimvideo]

Big Little Boy

[@elijahglasser1421]

Big trains 🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂 coming through

[@davidcurtis5398]

Sorry folks but I don't believe that Laramie ever had a round house or a turn table. They used to start trains from the Laramie yard because when I worked in Laramie i used to listen to the "crew calls"in the early morning when I was waking up. If they did. i don't know where the round house and turn table was because there isn't the space for one there now and I have photographed the yard from east end to the west end.

[@easternsprails]

I just did a quick search on line and found the roundhouse was built in 1897. 14 engine bays and single turntable that was manpowered.

[@allenscottmontgomery3929]

Hi David. If you know where the smoke stack that stands to this day is, that was for the powerhouse right behind the modern roundhouse. The 1946 UP inventory states that it had 27 stalls and one of the four 135 foot turntables. Right across the ready tracks was the stone roundhouse mentioned above. That was used by the MOW dept. I don't know when they took out the small turntable for that, but by the super steam era the whole thing was too small for the 9000's let alone the 3900's and 4000's. There's lots of pictures of the place back then. I would have given anything to have seen it in person.

[@davidcurtis5398]

@@allenscottmontgomery3929 Thanks for the info. I'll have to take a look next time I am in Laramie as I no longer live there but have land West of town. We get out there once or twice a year.

[@BXGUY73]

I wish I had something even close to this but in O SCALE

[@lucaknight_]

Is this an n or ho scale layout

[@hansfriess]

Is the layout open for visitors again?

[@FirstIrishKing]

Excellent! Is the 4-8-8-4 a custom made engine? Surely it's not a Lionel.

[@easternsprails]

That is a kit bash between an MTH and BLI.

[@jwrailve3615]

Is this the layout the guy had a whole crew of people on pay to build? It’s like 20000 square feet based off Wyoming correct?

[@allenscottmontgomery3929]

There's really only two of that have built 99% of this thing. We will celebrate our tenth year this Thanksgiving.

[@davidcurtis5398]

It is to bad that no one remembers to model the "tree in the road and it was in the middle of the tracks and watered by each train that went by...

[@adamschubert1626]

What kind of Big boys are those. What company?

[@easternsprails]

It's been a few years since I shot that video. If you read into the comments on the specific video your answer might be there.

[@IanBartleson]

Cool

[@edwinsinclair9853]

Is this model railroad ever available for people to see?

[@easternsprails]

Right now, the COVID has been a problem with opening the layout to visitors. Hopefully in the near future they can be open again.

[@THOMAS81Z]

is that a BLI BIG BOY

[@ВалерийФилиппов-д8о]

Supervisor 👍 🤝

[@andrewbledsoe8852]

Do with Union Pacific gas turbine 26b

[@johnpandolfino8663]

WOW 😳👌👏👏👏👏😎

[@marshallgreen7815]

Is this HO?

[@bahn2452]

@8:52 Uhh ohh looks like 4006 had a derailment

[@matthewesler8379]

Was on toyman television

[@valeriebassett3107]

What scale is the train?

[@homertownship3441]

The WDHS is built in HO scale.

[@patricefauvette1651]

893rd inch in the air made in France !

[@mistermadmachine6311]

😮👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@BXGUY73]

They need to go a bit FASTER, especially down those straightaways. LOL!

[@تيي-و9د]

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[@تيي-و9د]

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