Gavin Runs My Model Trains For The First Time
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2024
- This new model train video features my young neighbor, Gavin, as he helps me set up a G scale train track layout in my back yard and then runs the trains while I work the video cameras and the drone.
Featured in this video are:
Emily from Thomas & Friends, by Bachmann trains
The White Pass Steam train, by Piko
An Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe steam train, by Piko
The Coca Cola train, by LGB
Plus a few brief cameo appearances by other model trains.
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I've never been more jealous of a backyard in my life
Man im gavin’s age and i like model trains too so he is bery lucky to have a nice neighbor like you
You're Lucky to have that backyard!!! That is a perfect playground for this hobby.
I love his Narration
Me too!
Great to see the local kids involved!
Another a great vid Jim! (if you see this hi Gavin!!!)
I love this layout and "Dead Mans Curve", love that name.
This is beautiful
It's nice you have a "little friend" come and help w/the laying of the track work for the trains. Gavin will be like Dennis the Menace, always coming over to see how much fun he can have playing with you & the trains. Lol!! And what a bargain "free rocks" the correct size & right in your yard.
Nice steady shots from your drone! 👍🏼
Jim zim it looks like you're trains are having a party. :) lol.
Looking great Jim! Glad you have a new friend and some help with setting up the trains. Your yard is looking great! That is a lot of work!
You and your trains are awesome! I love watching all your videos and every time, it feels like you are taking us on a journey.
Awesome layout and collection. Nice to see him having a lot of fun, important to get a new LGB generation grown
Another awesome video! Thanks for sharing!
Wow you have a nice out door lay our. I really like your selection of steam engines.
I am a huge fan of ya! Gavin is doing a great job running those trains! Thanks for sharing!
THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING!!!
I wish I had a friends that likes trains like me, then we can work on a huge G Gauge layout outside too.
Looks like you guys had a lot of fun!
Toby ended up being a banker. If Emily had caught up with Toby from behind, then it would have been a better double-header. A double-header is formed when two steamies or diesels are coupled together in front of a passenger or heavy goods train. Toby is a bit faster than Emily, so Emily should have caught up from behind. Take the tip of Sam's Trains: when you decide to have two engines hauling a train double-header fashion, keep the slowest engine at the back. If you watch his old Thomas Story, James' Accident, you'll see what I'm talking about. If the two engines are of the same speed, it doesn't matter which gets the back seat, if you'll pardon the term here. As I say, if one steamy is faster than the other, the slower one has to be at the back, otherwise derailments will occur. Have lots of steamy fun.
You read my mind! The animal sounds are on!
Look at all the trains going by!
Wow that's great! Great job making two separate tracks now the trains will go in opposite direction's.
Note to self: buy an half acre plot of land
Note from EEE: buy a quarter acre of track and enough trains to fill a railway yard that’s all in o scale
very nice
more to see
thanking you ,
Great vid Jim! Just out of curiosity; Do you participate it annual model train events like at Christmas time. I live in SC County in CA and participate each year in a Christmas train layout.
That's amazing
Great video i love model trains
Lucky Gavin... I'm so jealous...
Menikmati masa tua seperti Jim adalah impianku... Hahahaha
Lucky Jim very lucky...
Sehat terus dan panjang umur Jim
GBU
What a vast backyard, Jim. It makes the G scale trains look smaller than they are, but you can do so much with that blank slate. Someone, possibly Gavin, left a container door open on the last train, either that or Hobo Shoestring is catching a ride.
Thanks for sharing. 👍 👍 👍
You're absolutely right... in that huge backyard these huge model trains look small! I think the size of the trains is better shown off in my indoor videos. That big backyard dwarfs them.
Thank you for entertaining people like me even though I am in my early 60s but I still have plenty of child in me.
I guess it's pretty obvious that there's plenty of child still in me, too!
I’ve never been more jealous of a backyard in my life
2:48 who noticed a cameo of the 0-4-0?
6:07, 7:46, 7:14, 8:22 who noticed James the red engine?
I love the Coca Cola train the best!
You are not going to have a permanent fish pond to your yard because it will have too much algae and that will be extremely dangerous for the American Cocker Spaniel dog, Carli!
And you are also not ready to get a Union Pacific locomotive yet for a while until you are ready to get a Union Pacific Big Boy steam locomotive and/or a Union Pacific diesel locomotive from Bachmann!
As always, I am Thomas Comeau and I will see the replies from you, Jim Zim and I love your collection of G scale model trains, the seven different cruise lines where you cruised on the cruise ships and also the American Cocker Spaniel dog, Carli!
Great video Jim :)
Legend
1:10 "no one has died, yet"
not again
That's nice double track layout. Nice improvement in video. You should put up a model train layout to run along the ceiling wall as well.
another great video
I like model trains too but I like it
Nice content . You have a great voice over, similar to Mister Rodgers and I write that with respect to the neighbor Mister Rodgers . It's convienent to be a kid at retirement age. Thus we can afford the (kid, inside with adult ) toys of G-scale trains .
Cheers 11/27/2021
Jim you got that yard........toot toot
You should do a video where 2 trains race each other around the circuit. Each train that wins gets to compete agents the next runner up and then into the final race with the 2 remaining trains. Actually that would make for another Great Model Train Race video. On another note, an idea for dead mans curve. Go on eBay and buy yourself an old beater Bachmann Big Hauler locomotive that's only good for parts and have it laying down over the edge of the walkway as if it crashed and was left there. All the crew perished in the accident and it is their final resting place. It would not only give the curves name a purpose, but would add some background scenery as well. The big advantage is those models can be picked up for dirt cheap even in running condition.
That's an interesting idea!
You should do train racing since you have two tracks parallel!
I noticed you have A RR crossing sign. All you need now is one with lights and gates!
gavin is lucky to live near you :)
I like trains to
you are slightly incorrect on terminology in regards to Toby. If he was directly behind Emily and in front of the two passenger cars, he would've made a doubleheader with Emily. But at the end of the train, Toby has become a rear end Helper Engine to push from the back. On some longer freight trains on freight railroads, there are even helper engines in the middle of the train
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Your line is perfect for live steam other than mine with is 10* camber and 1 in 12 grade (8%) and my little accucraft 0-4-2 struggles with one coach.
Okay that’s it I’m officially moving there!
Are you going to get a snow plow for one of your trains during winter, enjoy
hi my mr jim zim my name is Daniel and im a huge fan of you and i love model trains
Hi Daniel! Thanks for watching my train video!
I live in Canada and it's pretty cold here in the winter.
70°! Out here in auburn it's 41°
HOW DO YOU POWER THAT MUCH TRACK???
he should do the hi emily thing in his backyard
I see you got a model of White Pass & Yukon Caboose 903, We have the real one in the collection on the Midwest Central Railroad in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
Very cool! I wonder why the WP&YRR gave it up. That would have been an interesting item to hang on to.
@@JimZim Well they kept most of their equipment, some of their original equipment was sold of to other places like Georgetown Loop in Colorado, a few at Dollywood in Tennessee, 4 locomotives were recently sold to Durango & Silverton.
Fantastic! As you have a incredibly huge backyard, will you add some stuff like a shunting or a narrow gauge railway or something like that? Not saying you have to do that, just asking if you will take advantage of having this amazing backyard. If you do, just as a idea, you could replicate something they did in Germany: transporting standard gauge waggons on narrow gauge waggons (LGB makes those waggons). So that's a idea, but if you don't want to change it if you don't want to :)
You know Emily is based on the GNR Stirling Single it’s an old design but for their time they were used as express engines so it’s appropriate to make Emily run fast.
9:28 The santa fe steam engine's leading wheels are off the track.
Are you planning on cruising again in the future! What brand did you chose for your hot tub?
Funny you should ask about cruising today. We just got notified this morning by Carnival that the cruise we had planned on their new ship, Mardi Gras, has been cancelled. So, it's a bit of a sad day here at the Zim house. That leaves only one other cruise on our schedule... an Alaska cruise this summer... but I'm not very confident that one is actually going to happen either!
Our hot tub was made by Dimension One Spas.
@@JimZim Mardi Gras looks amazing! Hope you get a chance to sail her later and enjoy the roller coaster train too!
I hope Gavin realises how lucky he is!!! You’re the perfect neighbour!!! So, will there be a station in this new yard?
at 9:00 did you notice that one of the wheels was derailed on the white pass locomotive?
9:23 Woops. Pony truck derailed.
I like Your vidios
Do you have any videos of your power supplies
Take a look at this one: th-cam.com/video/Y5oju9E4JY4/w-d-xo.html
I’m doing the same thing running trains outside
1:10
is that a unstoppable reference?
Y’all should get some oil inexpensive cheap g-scale track to imbed in the cement, so you never have to set up & tear down the track ever again.
Inexpensive track is definitely NOT the thing to use for a long layout like this! ha ha ha
@@JimZim , what a mean was, you can buy like 12 ft of used other branded track that's in ok shape for much cheaper that LGB, lgb is the premium brand of track/top of the line. If you watch ebay you can find some pretty good deals on track by the lot that people are getting rid of, because it would be under cement, if the plastics are in ok shape they'll be fine because they are out the UV rays of the sun.
sometimes if you get it cheap enough it might be less than $.50 to a dollar a foot in some cases.
but then again the money you save buying it on ebay you will pay for in shipping, so nevermind. its been a while since I've looked at the market.
I went from O scale to G then back to O, & i think O is probably the biggest i willver get. Beyond that, & I could build a miniature ride on train for that price out of used materials, & make it myself.
Wow
Ok I know this so late 😂. But is any one question the caboose is backwards on 2:41
That's interesting... I never noticed that. That particular caboose had a little problem with its coupler... and had a tendency to disconnect while the train was running. If I didn't notice it, a train would come along behind it and crash in to the caboose. So, that's probably what happened... the caboose disconnected and then another train hit it and derailed it... and then I probably was in a big rush to put the caboose back on the track in the middle of shooting the video... and just totally missed the fact that I had put it on backwards.
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How much costs for 707 train with coco cola steam?
G scale trains are very expensive, and are not something that most people can afford. The locomotives typically cost from $600 to $1200 and each of the rail cars close to $200. The track is insanely expensive at over $7 per foot. You also need a control system to power and operate the trains. That typically costs about $500. So, depending on how much track you buy, you can easily spend thousands of dollars on this stuff.
Also, both the 707 train and Coca Cola train were produced in limited quantities and have long since sold out. So, even if you wanted to buy one now... it's too late. Of course, there are other G-scale trains you could buy... but those particular two you mentioned are collectors items now.
I like your layout FYI you should check out Charles Ro They have a little better shipping cost than Trainworld and they sell USA Trains too. I shop at both They are fair in price
これは素晴らしい。
Do you think you’ll set up something more permanent
Nope. Lots of guys my age do that, but that's not what I enjoy. For me, the fun is setting up a slightly different layout each time I get the trains out. I'd bet bored with a permanent layout very quickly.
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I'm glad you found me!
I haven't cruised with Celebrity yet, but have done quite a few with Royal Caribbean. I really like the Quantum-class Royal Caribbean ships. The food was to my liking, and I really like the design of the cabins. On the Quantum-class, I feel like there's no need to book a suite because the regular balcony cabins are so well designed.
The thing that's holding me back on trying Celebrity is the food. My impression is that they're shooting for very high end presentation... basically what some might call foo-foo food. My tastes in food are much more casual. Give me a barbecue joint at sea any day! Or a casual Mexican restaurant. Really, I'm quite comfortable in the buffet on a Quantum-class ship. So, Celebrity's reputation for high end food scares me a bit!
Yeah, we have an 85" Sony TV in our living room. It's actually far too small for the room! Really, the big wall that it is on, and the long distance to our theater-style sofa, calls for a much larger TV. I'm not talking about 100" or anything like that. Something more like 140" or 150" is what the room really needs, believe it or not. Someday! Right now, it would just be too pricey.
In this video, we introduce Jim Zim's new Washington neighbor, Gavin, who helps him set up the G scale model trains to run on the layout.
Gavin controls the G scale model trains from a tablet and you, Jim Zim, fly the DJI Mavic Mini drone and shoot video of the G scale model trains running on the layout in the backyard of the house in Washington.
We see three G scale model trains from Bachmann, two trains from LGB, and two trains from Piko on the layout on both sets of tracks that wrap around the lawn.
That makes a total of seven G scale model trains running on two sets of tracks and being powered by both analog and Digital Command Control or for short, DCC.
James the Really Super Splendid #5 Red Tender Engine pulling the goods train as well as Toby the #7 Brown Steam Tram Engine both of them had snuck up behind Emily and the Jim Zim passenger coaches and they both latch on to make double headers.
And if Toby and James have both snuck up behind Emily and the Jim Zim passenger coaches and are latched on together at the same time, they will make a triple header, pushing and pulling 2 trains at once to make one mixed train.
And also Gavin lined up 4 trains in a row: the Christmas Coca Cola train #1 and the black Euro-German Porter #3 both made by LGB, and also two Piko brand G scale model trains pulling 2 goods trains.
One of the 2 Piko brand G scale model trains is the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe steam locomotive #707, and the other is the White Pass and Yukon Route Railway Steam locomotive #52.
And we also hear the sounds of animals being transported on the layout from the yellow livestock boxcar from the White Pass and Yukon Route Railway freight train.
This is Thomas Comeau, signing off for today, and as always, Happy New Year's Eve, Jim Zim!
Oh, JYI, you should have had the caboose of the Christmas Coca Cola steam train manufactured by LGB turned around and be behind the white Coca Cola tank car or one of the red Coca Cola boxcars including one with a speaker and sound system inside of it!
And you should have checked to see if all the wheels of the White Pass and Yukon Route Railway steam locomotive #52 from Piko are on the tracks!
As always, I am Thomas Comeau and I will see the replies from you, Jim Zim!
What still no Union Pacific locomotives in your G scale model train collection?
Are you going to get a Union Pacific diesel locomotive from Bachmann and/or the Union Pacific Big Boy steam locomotive to add to your G scale model train collection?
As always, I am Thomas Comeau and I will see the replies from you, Jim Zim and I love your collection of 25 not so very soon to be 26 G scale model trains!
I'm really not planning on adding any new trains to my collection anytime soon. While a Union Pacific locomotive seems like the logical next item to add to my collection, I'm simply not planning on making the leap for quite a while.
Ok. So you enjoy the hot tub better. Ok. After all this is Washington State. I’m all the way in Florida. The sunshine state. I have a pool and a hot tub. And I love it. And my pool deck has enough room for larger scale trains.
That’s my kids name!
i have a o gauge lionel train has box, tank, and caboose cars for my train
Emily’s brake coach is backwards
Hi i am from india i like trains a lot i hope i have i of the those trains
ommmgggggggggggggggggggggggg its the sf 707
I would like to hear Paxton diesel toby James and Emily sounds
The G scale version of those engines do not make sounds. Only Thomas and Percy do.
Since you said you made that pile of rocks one wheelbarrow load at a a time, I presume your carpal tunnel surgery was a success.
Oh, yes... it was a total success. I ended up only needing it on my right hand. After I retired, I stopped having any problems with the left hand. Both hands are great now.
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Correction. 63 years young!! Lololol
Doesn’t you trains get ruined during rain storms?!
I don't leave them out all the time. I set them up, run them for a couple of days, make a video, and put them all away again. Also, where I live now, we only get an average of 8 inches of rain over an entire year.
Also ...a lot of people do garden layouts. By what I gather the track doesn’t weather a hole lot.
Make Thomas pull coke train
Goes your coca cola train deliver diet pepsi?
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Enjoy your retirement. 🚂
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