California Zephyr at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum - Eastbound
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- The eastbound California Zephyr at the the Colorado Model Railroad Museum in Greeley, Colorado. See cmrm.org for museum location and hours.
Great Streamliners DVD in the Museum Shop
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I traveled out this week from Canby, Or. just to see this wonderful work of art. The you tube vids are awesome but being there and meeting some of the volunteers and seeing the people and trains in operation takes it to a whole new level! check one of my top ten from my bucket list!
Hello Bill.Always décorations and luxurious trains.Very beautiful network.Classified in my favorites.
I LOVE those F-units! I have plenty of F-units in HO scale brass from Overland Models lnc. I feel so grateful to own them. But, it's your AWESOME layout that grabbed my attention in this video. The layout is the "star" of this video. The scenery looks so realistic and beautiful. And your cinematography is superb! In your other videos, the layouts looks superb, too. 👍😎
Hi Bill you did a great video I love all the shots from the train view
and that is a great looking layout I enjoyed watching
Thank you for sharing
Ron
Another great rail fanning on one of the best layouts out there. Loved every min.
Thanks. Great Video,Trains,Scenery,etc. It looks soo real,especially from those terrific camera views.Mmmmmmmm . I live in Colorado, so I know what the scenery really looks like.
Truly the Best layout I have seen!! AWESOME!! Workmanship!! Even the Tracks are shiny!! Love the working MARS light on engine..AWESOME Layout!! FANTASTIC!!!
I liked this production so much, I watched it twice. Thought about it all day. As it caused memories playing in grandpa and grandma's back yard returned to my mind. Years passed on as the C.Z. Passenger train also did in the morning and at sunset. Unexpected my Grandparents asked what I wanted for my birthday? "I would like us to ride in one of the dome cars on the Cal. Zephyr. I said. And they made it happen. Now that ride has had an impacted on me more memorable than all my B-Day's put together. I would have dreams that I was the owner of the C.Z. Train. My last dream I had years ago, was that the tracks followed alongside route 66, the historic highway. Oh, Thank You! for the model looking so sharp, the sound of the diesels horns crisp and clear. Like music those f-7 units or f-9 units (not quite sure?) They have a sound that is satisfying to me.... I'm going to watch it again!!!!
FANTASTIC LAYOUT!! My Dad was a railroad man for 44 years. I signed he and My son up to a local (starting Up) railroad museum being started by a friend of mine and his best friend.
Dad was The Hit of the Museum. Between his 44 years worth of Railroad stories or his gazillion WW II stories, Dad was a Hit, and my son Loved It!! Great Job Guys!!
Awesome shots Bill! Incredible detail!
The mountain passes and this train go together!
Another great video, Bill. Enjoy your new viewing platform in the vistadome.
Gorgeous layout and wonderful video presentation. First rate work here everyone! This is spectacular.
One of the best layout in videos I have ever seen. Absolutely fantastic!
Wow! Wow! Wow! A lot of highly skilled artists involved in that!
And a very good video also!!
That is the best working model of the California Zephyr l have ever seen along with the excellent scenery background and sound. Amazing
Nice consist! Great details too! Thanks 🙏🏼
Really fantastic, would love to come and see it, perhaps one day when we get back to normal
Great Bill, excellent, awesome!!!...
Mr. Rogers WOW WOW and WOW spectacular sir unbelievably beautiful,breath taking. almost made this old man cry STUNNING.those F-UNITS impeccable road manners riding the California ZEPHYR was like staying overnight in a private club I salute you sir and your magnificent organization
Thank you Tony. It's gratifying to know that you liked the video. I want to clarify one point -- I'm just the videographer. The Colorado Model Railroad Museum was designed and built by Dave Trussell. Dave and a large number of dedicated volunteers labored for five years to build it. It is currently maintained and operated by wonderful staff members and volunteers. Again, I just go there, shoot some video, and post it on TH-cam. The CMRM is open to the public. To learn more about CMRM click over to their website at cmrm.org .
Great video, Bill!! Thanks for sharing..
Outstanding videography! Well done gentlemen. Especially like the flyovers.
superb and memorizing.
BEAUTIFUL MODEL RAILROAD LAYOUT.
Outstanding video!!,out of 10 stars,I give this video a 21 star salute!!.Amazing camera work,you almost forget that this is a model railroad and not a actual prototype railroad.
Great video (and audio.) I lived in Colorado for a number of years before Amtrak and spent lots of time in and around Glenwood Canyon and other haunts.
My uncle lived in Glenwood Springs for a while in the 70's, going with him fly fishing at the confluence of the Roaring Fork & Colorado rivers is one memory of that time...
yes bill I know you are the videographer and mr.trussell and his great staff put it all together kudos to all concern, everybody played a magnificent roll in this endeavor,your filming talents are exceptional and are not to be looked over,as well as the folks who laid track,scenery,put trains to gather etc. I lived in Chicago which was a high rail hub back In The day I remember all The great trains coming there Panama limited, empire builder.20th century limited, SUPER chief,blue bird, C Z, city of New orleans,golden state limited etc. it was incredible glad I saw it a great time I was a 4th cook on the city of Miami for 4 years best time of my life
This is a ten on a scale of one to ten and I really appreciate the camera mounted back on the cars and not on the front of the engine.....
BEAUTIFUL layout 👏👏👌👌
This is the best model train video recorded. Very realistic . Absolutely beautiful layout. Thanks.
The best rocks and rock strata modeling I have ever seen - Thanks ...
Incredible scenery and train consist.
this layout is gorgeous! !!
amazing, set up that is obviously huge. I guess it has to be seen to be believed. Great work and thank you for sharing your video.
fantastically wonderful videography. Thanks.
Once again fantastic layout.
Absolutely amazing layout!!!
Stunning! Both the layout and the filming itself. Need to visit someday. I am taking the Lake Shore LTD/Southwest Chief BOS-LAX R/T month from today. Next year, 12 segment 'rail pass' and will do the Zephyr both ways in the middle. I work on the Winnipesaukee RR in summer.
Absolutely superb. I’ll be in Denver in May 2018 (a stop over from the present California Zephyr on the way to Chicago) and will be sure to make the trip up to Greeley to visit this wonderful layout. Thanks for posting this video. You’ve seriously whetted my appetite.
Thanks for the kind words. I'm gratified to hear you are planning a visit. Getting people to come and see the CMRM in person is our primary motivation in making these videos.
Bill Rogers I did make it to the museum in May 2018 after a wonderful day at the Union Pacific steam shop and roundhouse as part of the Cheyenne Depot Days. Unfortunately we stayed a bit long in Cheyenne and arrived in Greeley only about 30 minutes before the museum’s closing time. When we said we’d come all the way from Australia to see the layout in operation, one of your wonderful staff (sorry I can’t remember his name) stayed behind after closing and gave us a ‘back room’ tour and only charged us half price admission. I know it’s a bit late, but thank you so much for the special treatment. We went away very satisfied and talked about the layout non-stop all the way to Colorado Springs. Thank you. Next time I’ll be sure to arrive a lot earlier.
The layout is great and the cinematography is great...
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Great video as usual. Thanks.
STUNNING !!!! Truly amazing.
The family and I would go to Denver and visit my sister in law. I then would drive to Greeley Colorado and visit the museum. I've done that twice and yet and still, I'm amazed! My sister in law now lives in Kentucky! Am I going to cut out the middle man and go to Greeley direct? Third times a charm they say!!!
Beautiful. Great work
Wish I could be a miniature passenger looking through the dome. then snuggle with someone in private comparent.
ah JOY!!
Have been to this layout several times since it is only 30 miles or so from where I live. It is as awesome in person as it looks on this video. Amazing amount of detail and scenery. Only model train layout that I seen in person that is better, was the Minitaur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany, mainly due to the amount of animation regarding autos, truck, airplanes, etc. that is not included on this layout. Scenery on this layout is a little better overall than the Minitaur Wunderland. I think Minitaur Wunderland and Northland Z layout in Flemington, New Jersey are overall larger than this layout, although do not have specific measurements of area or amount of feet of track in layouts. Still this layout is well worth visiting if one is ever in the Cheyenne, Wyoming to Denver, Co. area since this layout is about halfway between those two cities.
Nice video and travel... Congratulation Bill. I enjoyed.
WOW!!!! Totally fantastic!!!
Wow.... What a journey.....
fantastic video, i love watching it. you guys are 'prows! If i ever get to denver again, i"d gladly pay to see it in person!
Absolutely awesome!! --
Great layout, scenery, and shots!
This video is nothing short of superb in every way. The same goes for a lot of other videos on this channel. I have been enjoying several of them over and over again the past days after having discovered them. The shots are framed very well. The variation of angles, changing between stationary and moving camera is great. Even some wonderful "cab ride" cuts. I could watch an hour worth of video where the internal cab of the F7 is put on top of the track video. So great! The landscape is absolutely marvellous. The trains are running at realistic speeds. No fighter jet accelerations or abrubt stops. The signals turn red as the loco passes. Long sweeping curves, just like the real thing. I only have one question: what make are the California Zephyr cars and the F7 and PA locomotives? Walthers?
Thank you for the kind words. The PA locomotives are Precision Craft. The passenger cars are mostly Broadway Limited. I'm not sure about the F7s.
Thank you very much, sir. I have subscribed, and hope to enjoy more great videos. If I may, I would like to add that I had the pleasure of operating the WP 917D not long ago, and in my eyes the EMD F7 is the most beautiful locomotive ever built. And your layout gives it the scenery it deserves. Greetings from Norway.
Thanks again. I would like to clear up one misunderstanding. It is not my layout. The Colorado Model Railroad Museum layout was built by David Trussell and a number of volunteers. I did not become involved with the museum until after the museum and layout were completed and opened to the public.
Wonderful
I just noticed the lead F9A has a fictitious road number - the highest number was 5774 which was wrecked in 1968. It looks like someone renumbered the Athearn Genesis RGZ F9A
Hallo Bill .Tolles Video . Besonders die Holzbrücken , die vom Lokpersonal viel Erfahrung verlangten vor allen wenn sie im Bogen verlief .Es musste Butterweich aufgefahren ,in einer Konstanten Geschwindigkeit , Bremsen konnte Gefährlich werden
Totally amazing!!
Great video, nice job. Love it !!!
wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great video and layout and thanks for sharing. When I run passenger trains on my layout I try for realistic as possible so I try to use silhouette passenger cars.
Bill, I understand that, my point was before the train gets to the signal, as it approaches it the signal is red before not after.
I had another look at the footage and did not see any signals turning red before the locomotive passed them. Could you give me a video time point where you see that happening? If it actually is occurring, the signal system is malfunctioning and we need to fix it.
James, all 137 signals on the layout function the same: as the lead engine is halfway past the signal, its aspect turns red. Sometimes the angle of the shot or the direction the camera is facing regarding the signal can be confusing. Signal location can also mislead. For example, near the end of the video it appears the Zephyr is roaring past a double red. However, that signal was for the westbound main (not the eastbound which hosted the Zephyr) and the lead track into the Lakeview yard complex. A few moments later the train passes under a triple signal bridge with all three aspects showing red. Again, if you were watching from beside the signal and not from behind, you'd see the aspect to initially be green. However, this part was edited out and you only see the scene after half of the power units have already passed the signal. Thanx for the opportunity to explain this. Stop by and see us and things will show more clearly. -David Trusell
Excellent eastbound model!
magnificent wooden trestle
I love the functioning Block Signals. It adds a lot of realism to the layout.
What Scale is this.
Scale is HO.
fancy tracking shots
Would love to see a camera in the cab view
Hi Bill • First class all the way. Every thing is very prototypical. "Cool" Just like being in Colorado. Are any of the members, going to the National "O" Scale Convention, this September in Indy?
• Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway
***** Thanks. Sorry, I don't have the answer to your question.
Bill Rogers Bill check out this link, about the National O Gauge Convention. This layout is O Gauge? Great layout, like all the action. Gary
• www.indyoscalenational.com/
***** It's HO.
Thanks
real nice
SO COOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
makes you feel down to scale, great..
Is the Rio Grande car (the one behind the baggage) acting as an extra coach, or is it supposed to serve some other function?
Someone told me why the Rio Grande added that to the consist, but that was two years ago and I've forgotten the answer. It looks like a combination coach and baggage car.
Fair enough. It looked like a combine car, so that makes sense.
Incomplete without WP engines involved
Very awesome video. My only question is why is the passenger train always going past red signal lights facing it? I know this is nitpicking, but with a layout this sophisticated I would have thought the lights would be green as the train approached.
The signals are green until the locomotive passes them. When the locomotive passes the signal, the signal turns to red because the train is occupying the block the signal protects.
vista dome cam
Question about the motive power for this train, in particular the fourth unit . It does not match the other B-units . What does this represent? . Nice shots on-board the train . THANKS!!!
Looks like an Alco PA B unit.
DRGW Steam generator car rebuilt from an ex- Alco PB1 unit
Are you going to "age" or "weather" any of your set?
This train belongs to the Colorado Model Railroad Museum so it's not up to me. However, streamliners in the 1950s and early sixties were generally kept in almost immaculate condition. For example, the California Zephyr windows were washed at its Denver stop before starting across the Rocky Mountains. A dirty, grimy California Zephyr would not generally be prototypical.
agreed - Streamliner aside however, even the scenery throughout the rest of the set appears very "clean". Just thot it would be nice to give it even more realism and apply some weathering because it is an amazingly detailed set
wowwwwww
EXELENTE TENDIDO
Wow! Nice Job! I recently posted a video of the Waupaca Area Model Railroaders video from 2019 Arctic Run ModelTrain Show that I thought were quite realistic looking with many views looking up from ground level but this was done with great realism.
Thanks Ronald. I liked your video as well. For anyone interested, here is the link: th-cam.com/video/COQQECv_584/w-d-xo.html
WELL I MUST LOOK AT TMZ AGAIN
Huge wooden railroad trestles.
No homeless bums, no graffiti on rail cars. Still needs work!
GAIL YOU GET THE PICTURE