Big Model Trains Everywhere: A House Transformed into a Miniature Railroad!

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ค. 2024
  • This house is full of big G-scale model trains, running through just about every room of the house. It's a dream come true for any model train fanatic!
    If you like big model trains from manufacturers such as LGB, Bachmann, Piko, and MTH Trains, you'll probably get a kick out of seeing these locomotives running on a big layout all over my house.
    Some people say that this is a good ASMR video to help you relax and enjoy a train ride as you watch it.
    Caution: do not get your heart set on owning a model train set like this one. It's not actually a set... it's a collection of individual model train pieces that have been collected over many years, at a cost in excess of $15,000. Most were purchased from www.trainworld.com
    Model trains featured in the video are:
    The Santa Fe Super Chief
    A BNSF freight train
    The Coca Cola Train
    An Amtrak passenger train
    And more.
    Video Chapters
    0:00 Intro
    0:34 One Trip Through The Layout
    3:48 Various Train Shots
    6:40 GoPro Accident
    #modeltrains #gscale #asmr
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  • @BellyLover06
    @BellyLover06 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    "Camera, you have caused confusion and delay." said Sir Topham Hatt.

    • @RAlanMead
      @RAlanMead 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @Carole712
    @Carole712 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    My dad would have loved this video. By trade, he was a railroad engineer and loved model trains. Heck, I loved it too!!!!

  • @Jack_Johnson
    @Jack_Johnson 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    You should make a layout in your front yard and backyard and have a gathering of people to see the trains this summer. It would be really cool

    • @user-vw1mx7gs7h
      @user-vw1mx7gs7h 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great idea but if there left unoccupied they might get stolen

    • @JimZim
      @JimZim  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I actually did that once. Take a look at this video: th-cam.com/video/ghJrQJNJM0A/w-d-xo.html
      The main problem with the front yard layouts is the slope of the driveway. It's tricky for the trains to climb up that slope. Also, I really wouldn't want to leave expensive G scale track out in the front yard all night... so, it means I have to rush and make the video in one day. I prefer to take it a little slower than that... so, the backyard layouts and indoor layouts are easier.

  • @alexfarrell5533
    @alexfarrell5533 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The way you own all these model trains is absolutely amazing!

  • @bstanz5266
    @bstanz5266 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Your wife is a Saint for putting up with that!!!

  • @wasteofspace20
    @wasteofspace20 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You've delighted my two year old son yet again, can't thank you enough. Drop me a note if you ever travel Germany, Spain or Portugal, I'll give you some free off the beaten path places to see as a thank you. All the best.

  • @papashnitz
    @papashnitz 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Everytime I see one of your videos I always smile, you are one of the reasons I got into model trains

    • @JimZim
      @JimZim  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's really nice of you to say. Thanks!

  • @travisdudley1096
    @travisdudley1096 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Awesome Layout Jim! Love seeing the Trains run through the house! It's what brought me to your channel years ago. ❤🚂

  • @sherylmccrystal3804
    @sherylmccrystal3804 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love watching your train videos. With all of the turmoil in the world, the trains are just relaxing! Thank you.

  • @adventuresofamtrakcascades301
    @adventuresofamtrakcascades301 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Really nice to see that your still continuing your model train videos for as long as you can (i got drawn to your channel from those model train videos) cuz not only am i a real train fan, but a model train fan as well

  • @JordanYoung.4.21.92
    @JordanYoung.4.21.92 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jim Zim living his best retired life! 👌🏻 Good for you sir!

  • @deweyhall712
    @deweyhall712 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The hobo union approves of this video, and will be hopping trains at a layout near you.....❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊

  • @TjarkSiegfriedson
    @TjarkSiegfriedson 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey Jim, my son loves your train videos. He's always excited to see whats happening next. My son jumped inpatient up and down in front of the screen when he saw your Thomas video where he starts at the very last. He is now 2,5 years old and is so much into trains. Thank you so much.
    Greetings from germany.

  • @Brianrockrailfan
    @Brianrockrailfan 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Awesome 🚅🚃🚃

  • @wmtrader
    @wmtrader 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This video reminds me of a funny Joe McDoakes 8 minute short from 1955 called "So You Want A Model Railroad".
    It's about a guy who gets obsessed with model trains, fills his house with trains, and his wife's frustrations dealing with it all.
    There are two versions, a very fuzzy black and white version and a less fuzzy colorized version.

  • @susricas
    @susricas 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Qué impresionante ‼ Me encanta ❤. Me gustaría tenerlo en mi casa.

  • @BorisLu
    @BorisLu 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video!

  • @levidarling5107
    @levidarling5107 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You inspire me to do this at my house too. 🤭 I love your train videos JimZim!! 🤗

  • @onceagain71
    @onceagain71 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wonderful train video! Thanks!

  • @riogonzalez3572
    @riogonzalez3572 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Awesome video, pal!!!!!!!!

  • @Agent_7yt
    @Agent_7yt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Model trains, the best way to spend indoors when it is really cold

  • @gardenrailroading
    @gardenrailroading 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Always fun Jim!

  • @billsalas9612
    @billsalas9612 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This model train videos are awesome! Keep up the good work!

  • @danielboone3770
    @danielboone3770 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is really amazing and a dream come true!

  • @RABSTRAINS
    @RABSTRAINS 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    AWESOME!!!

  • @soar-eyes
    @soar-eyes 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm not a model train guy, but I enjoyed the tour of your house!

  • @Trainman69420
    @Trainman69420 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video I enjoyed this

  • @bryanevans8152
    @bryanevans8152 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow that’s a lot of track. Awesome!

  • @19brittani
    @19brittani 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    keep doing it JIM.. thanks to the wife for being a good sport about it.. my wife is okay when i put my slot cars on the dining room table.. weekends only lol

  • @MatthewStreets-sc1cv
    @MatthewStreets-sc1cv 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🙂👍 I love your G scale layout. 🙂 I have watched your previous videos where you have been showing Thomas, James, Percy, Toby, Emily, Diesel and Paxton in G scale. 🙂 I, have got my own Bachmann Thomas, in G scale too.

  • @atmakali9599
    @atmakali9599 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice angle after the go pro accident. Very interesting ❤ loved watching and I’m not even a train fan ✔️

  • @virtualgaming2150
    @virtualgaming2150 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video Brother

  • @Shawn666Hellion
    @Shawn666Hellion 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really awesome, excellent video

  • @swministries97
    @swministries97 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love the train videos. Keep them coming! God bless!

  • @josephclipp2437
    @josephclipp2437 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love this video 😅🎉

  •  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love these! =)

  • @4hillines67
    @4hillines67 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hire back the neighborhood kids for setting up track and keep the trains running Jim!

  • @Bimbolein1
    @Bimbolein1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Super.....

  • @user-ow7fq8bo1q
    @user-ow7fq8bo1q หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey there Zim, we miss you at the plant! As I was watching after the camera strike, I found my head tilting with the camera’s angle. Great vid, it looks like retirement is going well.

  • @richardnelson-ux1zz
    @richardnelson-ux1zz 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks!

    • @JimZim
      @JimZim  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you very much for that! I appreciate it.

  • @GENESIS_VR1989
    @GENESIS_VR1989 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey Jim. Cool vid idea. Lionel have a Santa Fe super chief ready to play set. You should make a vid on it. It would be very cool.

    • @JimZim
      @JimZim  หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'll have to check that out!

  • @traintoys9300
    @traintoys9300 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice

  • @railfanningisthebest
    @railfanningisthebest 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You should get the Cow catcher G scale model train set. That’s the first ever G scale set I’ve gotten

  • @firegodzilla11
    @firegodzilla11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I wish to see a G scale train Video of a G scale CSX Dash-9 locomotive in one of you're train Videos

    • @JimZim
      @JimZim  วันที่ผ่านมา

      I don't own one, and I feel like I have enough locomotives in my collection for now... so I don't think you'll be seeing that anytime soon. Sorry!

  • @philipwilliams6270
    @philipwilliams6270 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m suppressed you don’t have a overhead layout in your house I would have thought that would have been the first thing you would have done in a new house 🏡 😊lol I. Would have 😊

  • @gordonkirkland8039
    @gordonkirkland8039 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have been a G scale enthusiast for a number of years now. I happen to live in Kennewick and would love to see one of your layouts in person sometime if you are willing to do so. Thanks, Gordon D Kirkland

    • @JimZim
      @JimZim  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The layouts exist for only long enough to build them, shoot a video about them, and then put everything away again... so the process doesn't really lend itself to visitors. Plus, I'm experiencing some pain from a herniated disc in my back... so, I probably won't be doing many layouts in 2024 since it has become painful to get down on the ground to set up tracks.

    • @gordonkirkland8039
      @gordonkirkland8039 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I know how you feel. I am 68, have diabetes and neuropathy in my legs, hard for me to get down too!@@JimZim

  • @traintimeboy
    @traintimeboy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You should run double headers in a video

  • @asbmp
    @asbmp 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I want your model trains I'm going to break into the TV screen and snatch a few of them from you. By the way I came across a bag of G scale brass tracks (16 pieces) at the thrift store for $24. I didn't realize how thick and heavy are the brass rails are.

  • @kellyashfordtrains2642
    @kellyashfordtrains2642 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Accidents happen, so don't be too hard on yourself. The trouble with G Scale engines is the body width. On some G Scale engines, the body shell is so wide, a Go Pro camera fixed to one side could be knocked off. Don't give up playing trains, it's a hobby we all love. As for the snowstorm outside....
    "Silly soft stuff!" puffed Thomas. "I didn't need that stupid old thing yesterday, and I shan't today. Snow can't stop me." He rushed into a tunnel, thinking how clever he was, but there was trouble ahead. (Excerpt from Season 1 Thomas story, Thomas, Terence & the Snow.)

  • @RCKahuna150
    @RCKahuna150 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mr. Zim I Love your trains!
    Especially the Super Chief!!
    I’ve not attempted to route trains through my wife’s quilting room yet ;)
    If you’re bored and have a sec I just posted a train video on my channel. Not as cool as your stuff but fun nonetheless.
    Cheers :)

    • @JimZim
      @JimZim  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Interesting fog effect! I don't think I've ever seen any model railroaders do that before. Did mother nature make the fog, or did you create the fog yourself somehow?

    • @RCKahuna150
      @RCKahuna150 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Used one of my Halloween fog machines with a dry-ice chiller to get it think and keep it right on the ground. Then rigged up a black back drop in a large oval shape to create a bowl to trap the fog in. Then made two tunnels at each end to allow the trains to pass through the “movie set” lol

    • @JimZim
      @JimZim  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You should put that in the description of the video. I think people will be curious about that when they watch.

  • @christsogaugetrains
    @christsogaugetrains 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Pretty cool bet that took a while to set up

  • @jvan1000
    @jvan1000 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Please give us some technical info on your DCC setup. I want to have my garden train run via DCC.

  • @johnkulpowich5260
    @johnkulpowich5260 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When i was young. I didn't have trains so i had to playby myself

  • @user-dy8ik8oi9q
    @user-dy8ik8oi9q 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I hope the bnsf freight train long line of cars on the main line

  • @fulljarfranklin6599
    @fulljarfranklin6599 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This the most gangsta video yet 🔫🔫

    • @JimZim
      @JimZim  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Oh yeah, everybody that knows this senior citizen knows he's got gangsta running through his veins!

  • @WCVRR-productions
    @WCVRR-productions 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    what sound system do you use for your diesels

  • @travelingwithteddyg7472
    @travelingwithteddyg7472 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think I need to upgraded from N scale to G scale.

  • @musicman8942
    @musicman8942 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As a fellow train modeler I have to ask - are these battery powered? I see no feeders to the tracks. Love the GoPro work and count downs.

    • @JimZim
      @JimZim  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm using track power. You can see the wires feeding some of the tracks at the 00:08 point of the video. In other words, 8 seconds in to the video.

    • @musicman8942
      @musicman8942 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      But what about the big loops through the house? There'd be too much voltage drop to just run with one set of feeders. I only see feeders for those couple of short loops.

    • @JimZim
      @JimZim  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      All the trains you see in this video get their power from the rails. No voltage drop. LGB-brand brass track is excellent. I have run MUCH longer runs than this, with just one set of feeder wires. Take a look at some of my backyard train videos, where I do a huge loop all around my backyard, all with track power fed in at just one point.

    • @musicman8942
      @musicman8942 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You're lucky. I've run 20 foot loops and needed 2 sets of feeders with LGB track. You're definitely getting voltage drop - you just don't know it or the engines you run don't care. Take it from an EE - the voltage drop is real.

  • @timedding3007
    @timedding3007 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your convinced your wife? How? Tell us! Please! And yes, nice layout!

  • @kitchkraftindustries
    @kitchkraftindustries 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We also manufacture these kinds of trains in india.

  • @rogerlollar4325
    @rogerlollar4325 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What happened to that Lionel super chief you had as a kid

    • @JimZim
      @JimZim  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I really don't recall. It probably got tossed out after being abused pretty well by me and my brother.

    • @rogerlollar4325
      @rogerlollar4325 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JimZim and how long did you have it

    • @JimZim
      @JimZim  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @rogerlollar4325 Well, that was over 50 years ago... but I guess I probably started playing with it from about the age of 8, until I left for college at the age of 18... although in my teen years I did a lot more skirt chasing than model railroading.

  • @ConnorAndAsher
    @ConnorAndAsher 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I hoep you reach `10 million subs and vievs!!
    😊

  • @zacharylovestrains
    @zacharylovestrains 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have lots of G gauge trains at my house its similar to G scale but its not built in DCC and ALC my trains are built into LLC my trains are called Lionel trains and the trains are not operated by electricity mine are battery powered trains

  • @LexiThenintendogamerandRailFan
    @LexiThenintendogamerandRailFan 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wallace and gromit the wrong trousers anyone?

  • @sircrackerhatt
    @sircrackerhatt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Maybe you should consider a pernamit layout if your tired of setting up the tracks, even though I know that goes against your kind of model railroad moral on this channel😂

  • @stephanieannmaier
    @stephanieannmaier 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    JimZim is my neighbor across the street. Subscibe!

  • @sherylmccrystal3804
    @sherylmccrystal3804 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Does your wife leave the house when you film?

    • @JimZim
      @JimZim  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      She has a very large (400 square feet) craft room and office, and it has its own bathroom as well as a door to the back yard. It is off limits to trains. When I'm shooting a video, she closes the door and stays in her own little world until I'm done.

    • @sherylmccrystal3804
      @sherylmccrystal3804 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JimZim That sounds like a good thing! (I would hate to think that your wife was banished from the house during your videos. LOL):