Excellent Jason, I am a major fan of long trains. My problem is being retired and getting back into the model train world is a lot more expensive than I can afford. But what I do have put together is more than enough to make my 7 y/o granddaughter very happy. Just an aside, I still have my original Lionel train given to me by my parents back in the mid-1950's. And it still runs great and I would bet you a 2 liter bottle of soda that it could pull all 54 coal cars! Enjoy your summer, I am looking forward to seeing your 2024 Christmas layout. Respectfully, ~Ken
@@prrhorseshoecurve you have not seen the current HO and N scale stuff. We are now to the point where you can do the same things in HO or N that you can do in O.
Fun video, Jason! I know this video was a lot of work to put together, but know you had a good time running all of those trains. Thank you for sharing your railroad and trains with us! Bill B.
Thanks for the fun ! I just made a video with 44 Lionel 8000 gallon tank cars, now I need to make a longer one. A tiny MTH 44 ton GE diesel could pull it.
I really like your video's JD STUCKS!!! IT IS SO INSPIRING AND ABSOLUTELY AMAZING & A JOY TO WATCH AND LEARN FROM IT. MY NAME IS JOHN & LIVE IN CENTRAL OREGON NEXT TO THE BNSF TRUNK LINE IN REDMOND, I RECENTLY GOT INTO "G" GAUGE, I HAVE A GOOD SWITCHING LAYOUT IN A '9X'14, ROOM, I MAY HAVE BITTEN OFF MORE THAN I CAN CHEW??? IM THINKING 3 RAIL "O" SCALE MAY BE A BETTER OPTION, PLUS, IT HAS COME A LONG WAY FOR WHAT I LIKE IN MODERN DAY MODEL RAILROADING! I JUST DISCOVERED YOU ON U-TUBE 2-3 WEEKS AGO & I'M VERY INSPIRED!!! THANK YOU JD STUCKS, THANK YOU & I WILL KEEP WATCHING, HOPEFULLY A FUTURE FRIEND, JOHN JONES, CENTRAL OREGON
Impressive, very impressive. I’ve never seen a single individual own so much of the same type of rolling stock. You my friend are a true railfan junkie. -🤣👍🏻
Jason I remember that promo MTH video and even before I bought my first Lionel. I quickly purchased an MTH R-T-R starter set as my first purchase. To me, MTH still gives you the best bang for your buck in what you get for lets say $400-500. Even today, Lionel does not even come close, even with their newer Lion Chief Plus models. You have an awesome and impressive layout! Cheers!
Hi JD. I've been looking forward to your next video and wondering exactly what's your next challenge would be. Well I wasn't disappointed. You remind me of myself and that I always look for challenges that blow my mind. I really like your sense of humor and I enjoy the sarcasm that goes along with it. You have a great layout and a great railroad car collection. I wondered what you been doing during the winter to entertain yourself and now I know! You really crack me up. I always look forward just seeing your next video. You must be some kind of telepathy going on here because I've been thinking about you for the past 2 weeks wandering how are you doing. Thanks for sharing this video. I wish I lived closer to you. We would have a blast running your trains and checking out your cars. Thanks for sharing a great video. Looking forward to the next one. Try not to drive your wife crazy!
Thank you Robert. There's always a long list of video ideas and layout progress to be made. But sometimes I'm stretched thin and all I want to do in the basement is run trains. However, this was a video I've been wanting to make for a long time. When I insert the humor/excitedness, that's when you know I'm really passionate about the video I'm making. This one was a lot of fun for me. Hope to have new content soon.
Fantastic video Jason! The nostalgia callbacks were excellent and plentiful, that 98 product video is one of my favorites as well, excellent collection showcase and homage!
Magnificent catches of the model trains coming by and pass, I like it 5 stars. By watching more 50+ more cars being pulled by Big Boy was amazing. Keep up the perfect work, my friend, liked and subscribed, Greetings from Portugal to the USA.
That was really spectacular! My record was 65 cars of mixed types, including some K-Line diecast hoppers! It fit on my longest loop, but the locomotive had only about five car lengths spacing behind the caboose!
That promo video made me fall in love with MTH and even though I am in HO and N nowadays I still go back to that video every now and then. And with Scale Trains acquiring the MTH HO tooling and NCE having the same design as the MTH DCS I can say MTH is still with me in a smaller scale.
Great video Jason! I was especially surprised to see that SW switcher, right out of the box, do it's job so well. But, it is also a testament to you for the meticulous track laying you've undertaken. You gotta' have good trackwork! And I believe AtlasO gives you that peace of mind. Thanks for the entertaining update! And are you still on the hunt for Conrail Diesels? -Don
@JDStucks Good afternoon, Jason. I've got a Conrail SD80Mac in PS3, that might be a great addition to your roster. It is a factory unit I found . If possible and if you're interested, photos can be sent to you.
Having some fun now huh!!! I don't know.....maybe just one more car and it would have been alot more fun LOL LOL Good to see you and your vids again. Great work!!!
You just gave me a reason to unbox a 6 car set of NS Coalporters I recently got. Will add them to all of the other coal sets I have to see if they'll fit on my largest loop. Will post vid on my channel when I get them running. Perhaps a Lionel Greenbrier vs MTH for head of consist? Great video and good progress on layout. O-scale fun at its finest.
MTH cars are some of the free rolling cars on the market which means they're VERY light on the drawbar. I've used about 15 rapid discharge hoppers along with my 10 die-cast lionel 100 ton hoppers which I've recently sold. The whole 15 car train weighed less in terms of lateral pulling thank 3 of them die-cast hoppers. And I lubricated the crud outta them metal.things too lol. I wish MTH would do more scale steam era freight cars, specifically reefers. And I wish they'd sell em cheaper so I could get 100+ of em together and run em in a unit train or in a long maxed manifest drag freight.
Great to see all those coal cars! 😊 When I got back in the hobby, I promised myself not to get more than 10 of each type of rolling stock - that went out the window real fast! I have more than 10 locomotives but nowhere near what you have.
How do you keep those Atlas switches from burning up? I’ve had to use the green “Circuitron Tortoise Slow Motion Switch Machines” for all of my switches
When I was working at the railroad we built a couple trains out of Bedford Park (southwest side of Chicago) right next to BRC Clearing yard that were 15000'+. Had to use cell phones because the hand held radios couldn't reach the head end. Just curious, do all the locomotives in O scale have a lot swinging pilot? That one detail turns me away. Rolling stock and engines are looking less toylike but the snowplow swinging with truck kills it for me.
If you order scale wheel versions from MTH, the pilot is fixed. Lionel also does a semi-fixed pilot on some of their high end diesels. I understand your disdain for it.
Hey brother the train carrying the Freight containers are them from atlas? Your look bigger than the ones that I have. Or is that a g scale train. If you have info where I can get them please do. I love yours a lot
Hey J.D. This is my first time watching your channel. I must say I really enjoyed watching it. But I have a question. Will you be finishing your layout with grass and roads etc. Because I see a lot of Barron board. In other words there is nothing on some of the board. Just asking. But I did really enjoy your lay out and stuff
That is the plan! I've been pretty slow to get to the scenery aspect. One because, well, life gets in the way. But second, it's a REALLY big layout and there are a lot of other things to finish before scenery starts. Thanks for watching!
@@JDStucks Wow thanks for letting me know what the plans are. Yes you are right it's a huge layout. But hope to see another video. I will subscribe to your channel as well. So see ya soon I guess
Twin motors, die-cast metal fuel tank, truck sideframes and truck blocks below the floor, and traction tires. Most O-gauge diesels have them. And the modern steam engines are wholly die-cast metal. The MTH Big Boy in the video weighs about 20 pounds.
I Love Trains as well but I haven't put my own layout yet put my favorite train is the Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 if I have one for an N scale and a true scale
LOL I wondered if you wanted to borrow back all the coal cars I bought from you to add to it. PLUS remember a MTH NS can pull anything. Miracle is no Couplers opened.
Just saying even if it is still wrong shouldn’t you have a N&W class A pulling the N&S coal train? Good fun. I used to be barely able to get a 70’s full 15 Milwaukee special around 027 curves. How far the hobby has come is amazing
Long trains are a fun way of testing your track. Years ago, I had 2 SD40-2s, 47 89-foot autoracks, and a bay window caboose on the outside of the two mainline tracks on my layout. Things were going smoothly. Then I decided to cross the train over to the inside mainline track, forgetting that the inside curves would be shorter than the outside curves. The caboose crossed over with just six inches to spare in front of the locomotives. That was the longest trains I've run, but a few years ago when I got my onboard camera for the layout, I ran the second longest train, which is how I got this video. ruclips.net/video/EkFBuuIqpi8/видео.html
@@JDStucks Thank you! Hopefully my layout will be up and running again before long. Moved last fall. Thankfully built the layout so that I could take it apart to move it. Just need to get the garage it's in fixed up. ruclips.net/video/aa5workpKu8/видео.html
The modern-day record is 31 locomotives and 1,563 freight cars. Now you have the bar to jump over...
Excellent Jason, I am a major fan of long trains. My problem is being retired and getting back into the model train world is a lot more expensive than I can afford. But what I do have put together is more than enough to make my 7 y/o granddaughter very happy.
Just an aside, I still have my original Lionel train given to me by my parents back in the mid-1950's. And it still runs great and I would bet you a 2 liter bottle of soda that it could pull all 54 coal cars!
Enjoy your summer, I am looking forward to seeing your 2024 Christmas layout.
Respectfully,
~Ken
That was a mighty little switcher to pull all those cars, Jason, with power to spare. Very impressive!
Makes me glad I model HO scale which allows me to realistically run 90-100 cars.
It maybe realistic but doesnt compare to the size, sounds, smells and "eyecandy" of O scale!
@@prrhorseshoecurve you have not seen the current HO and N scale stuff. We are now to the point where you can do the same things in HO or N that you can do in O.
Wow!
The Big boy I guessed could probably do it. Really had to say wow when the switcher did it.
Keep having fun!
75 cars with one postwar FM Trainmaster is my longest. Great video!
You said it best: "a childhood dream realized" great video, Jason! - Ryan
Thank you Ryan!
Been awesome seeing the layout come together, been watching since it was only REALTRAX on the original layout with the Dash 9
You really are an OG subscriber. Thank you!!!
Great video. I love O gauge even though I'm an N scale modeler. For comparison, my 25-car roadrailer train pulled by 2 SD70's measures 9' 5".
Fun video, Jason! I know this video was a lot of work to put together, but know you had a good time running all of those trains. Thank you for sharing your railroad and trains with us! Bill B.
Thanks so much Bill! This one was a lot of fun to make
Nice! Loved seeing your long trains! Now I don't feel as bad when I pull mine out on the Austin Tinplate Trackers layout. Thanks for sharing! -Ricky
Thanks Ricky!
Thanks for the fun ! I just made a video with 44 Lionel 8000 gallon tank cars, now I need to make a longer one. A tiny MTH 44 ton GE diesel could pull it.
I really like your video's JD STUCKS!!! IT IS SO INSPIRING AND ABSOLUTELY AMAZING & A JOY TO WATCH AND LEARN FROM IT. MY NAME IS JOHN & LIVE IN CENTRAL OREGON NEXT TO THE BNSF TRUNK LINE IN REDMOND, I RECENTLY GOT INTO "G" GAUGE, I HAVE A GOOD SWITCHING LAYOUT IN A '9X'14, ROOM, I MAY HAVE BITTEN OFF MORE THAN I CAN CHEW??? IM THINKING 3 RAIL "O" SCALE MAY BE A BETTER OPTION, PLUS, IT HAS COME A LONG WAY FOR WHAT I LIKE IN MODERN DAY MODEL RAILROADING! I JUST DISCOVERED YOU ON U-TUBE 2-3 WEEKS AGO & I'M VERY INSPIRED!!! THANK YOU JD STUCKS, THANK YOU & I WILL KEEP WATCHING, HOPEFULLY A FUTURE FRIEND, JOHN JONES, CENTRAL OREGON
This is so awesome I want to be like you. When I grow up wait a minute I’m 73. I’m already grown up. Thanks for sharing. You’re awesome.
HAHA Thank you!
Impressive, very impressive. I’ve never seen a single individual own so much of the same type of rolling stock. You my friend are a true railfan junkie.
-🤣👍🏻
I think I had that mth video on DVD. A great tribute to our childhood.
Jason I remember that promo MTH video and even before I bought my first Lionel. I quickly purchased an MTH R-T-R starter set as my first purchase. To me, MTH still gives you the best bang for your buck in what you get for lets say $400-500. Even today, Lionel does not even come close, even with their newer Lion Chief Plus models. You have an awesome and impressive layout! Cheers!
I am glad to hear positive remarks of the MTH engines. Also, of the Railing switcher. JH
Hi JD. I've been looking forward to your next video and wondering exactly what's your next challenge would be. Well I wasn't disappointed. You remind me of myself and that I always look for challenges that blow my mind. I really like your sense of humor and I enjoy the sarcasm that goes along with it. You have a great layout and a great railroad car collection. I wondered what you been doing during the winter to entertain yourself and now I know! You really crack me up. I always look forward just seeing your next video. You must be some kind of telepathy going on here because I've been thinking about you for the past 2 weeks wandering how are you doing. Thanks for sharing this video. I wish I lived closer to you. We would have a blast running your trains and checking out your cars. Thanks for sharing a great video. Looking forward to the next one. Try not to drive your wife crazy!
Thank you Robert. There's always a long list of video ideas and layout progress to be made. But sometimes I'm stretched thin and all I want to do in the basement is run trains. However, this was a video I've been wanting to make for a long time. When I insert the humor/excitedness, that's when you know I'm really passionate about the video I'm making. This one was a lot of fun for me. Hope to have new content soon.
Fantastic video Jason! The nostalgia callbacks were excellent and plentiful, that 98 product video is one of my favorites as well, excellent collection showcase and homage!
Jason don't drop your Big Boy like someone we know
RBP trains ( i just watched it )😅😅😅
Lol
poor guy
I will be VERY careful!
@@JDStucks Hopefully!
Wow!!!!!! Good work!!!!!
Magnificent catches of the model trains coming by and pass, I like it 5 stars.
By watching more 50+ more cars being pulled by Big Boy was amazing.
Keep up the perfect work, my friend, liked and subscribed, Greetings from Portugal to the USA.
Much appreciated. Thank you!
Nice train run with 50 fright cars Jason. Layout looks great.
Very cool. We do this all the time. 20ft×20ft layout, O Scale. Front of the engine within a few inches of the rear or the Caboose
That was really spectacular! My record was 65 cars of mixed types, including some K-Line diecast hoppers! It fit on my longest loop, but the locomotive had only about five car lengths spacing behind the caboose!
A lot of fun to watch! Thanks for posting this. Train ON!
Wow the last minute with the 4 long trains going. Very cool!!
I enjoyed this video, JDStucks! I love the fast food buildings too!
Hey thanks bud. See you at the Memorial Day parade?
Holy smokes JD. With all that rolling stock looks like a major expansion to your layout is needed! ;
More plywood! LOL
That promo video made me fall in love with MTH and even though I am in HO and N nowadays I still go back to that video every now and then. And with Scale Trains acquiring the MTH HO tooling and NCE having the same design as the MTH DCS I can say MTH is still with me in a smaller scale.
That was always so much fun to watch. If anything, this video pays homage to it
@@JDStucks it is IMO the single best promotion video for O gauge trains ever made.
Congrats and thanks for the fun video Jason! 🚂👏
Nice. This brings back memories of the mighty pre PSR NS! 😊
Great video Jason! I was especially surprised to see that SW switcher, right out of the box, do it's job so well. But, it is also a testament to you for the meticulous track laying you've undertaken. You gotta' have good trackwork! And I believe AtlasO gives you that peace of mind. Thanks for the entertaining update! And are you still on the hunt for Conrail Diesels? -Don
Thanks Don. Yes, solid track work is very underrated. And yes, still on the hunt for MTH Conrail diesels.
@JDStucks Good afternoon, Jason. I've got a Conrail SD80Mac in PS3, that might be a great addition to your roster. It is a factory unit I found . If possible and if you're interested, photos can be sent to you.
@@DLewis-k9q Would love to talk further. My email is jdstuckstrains@gmail.com
@@JDStucks Okay. Let me get you some photos ready.
What a great run session Jason! Love long trains.
I agree ive had some on my layout lately!
Having some fun now huh!!! I don't know.....maybe just one more car and it would have been alot more fun LOL LOL Good to see you and your vids again. Great work!!!
Hi Jason. I enjoyed the video. Keep up the good work. And keep those videos rolling.
Looks good can’t wait to see some color on the layout
That was pretty great, thanks! Ron
Man I got to Finnish my train layout . I got the curving to pull easy 50 cars . So much time and work . All the track is in place .
Great episode and great trains!
The MTH Stteel Switcher is absolutely amazing
I got an ho scale model set for Christmas last year and it came with 400 freight cars and 18 bnsf locomotives
Wife keeping Jason busy that’s for sure lol. Soon the kids will be coming and then the fun begins oh video cool to lol
You just gave me a reason to unbox a 6 car set of NS Coalporters I recently got. Will add them to all of the other coal sets I have to see if they'll fit on my largest loop. Will post vid on my channel when I get them running. Perhaps a Lionel Greenbrier vs MTH for head of consist? Great video and good progress on layout. O-scale fun at its finest.
The hobo union approves of this video, and will be visiting a layout near you.....❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊
I'll take your word for it lol
Thanks, that was fun.
I love your train layout
FANTASTIC!!!!!
I'll probably watch it again....just to watch the little Railking switcher pull 56 cars with ease!!! Thanks again!
Great video,thanks Jason
Where did you get your backdrop? I am needing to install some backdrop before I go any further and i like the tree covered hills.
Backdrop Warehouse.
Fantastic video!!!!
MTH cars are some of the free rolling cars on the market which means they're VERY light on the drawbar. I've used about 15 rapid discharge hoppers along with my 10 die-cast lionel 100 ton hoppers which I've recently sold. The whole 15 car train weighed less in terms of lateral pulling thank 3 of them die-cast hoppers. And I lubricated the crud outta them metal.things too lol. I wish MTH would do more scale steam era freight cars, specifically reefers. And I wish they'd sell em cheaper so I could get 100+ of em together and run em in a unit train or in a long maxed manifest drag freight.
Great to see all those coal cars! 😊
When I got back in the hobby, I promised myself not to get more than 10 of each type of rolling stock - that went out the window real fast! I have more than 10 locomotives but nowhere near what you have.
Hah! Yeah that probably didn't last long, huh?
How do you keep those Atlas switches from burning up? I’ve had to use the green “Circuitron Tortoise Slow Motion Switch Machines” for all of my switches
I have a separate transformer that powers the switch machines. They only receive power when the temporary signal is given to change positions.
Great video ❤
Great video as always!
Hey, thanks bud :)
When I was working at the railroad we built a couple trains out of Bedford Park (southwest side of Chicago) right next to BRC Clearing yard that were 15000'+. Had to use cell phones because the hand held radios couldn't reach the head end. Just curious, do all the locomotives in O scale have a lot swinging pilot? That one detail turns me away. Rolling stock and engines are looking less toylike but the snowplow swinging with truck kills it for me.
If you order scale wheel versions from MTH, the pilot is fixed. Lionel also does a semi-fixed pilot on some of their high end diesels. I understand your disdain for it.
That switcher must be in steroids or something lol
Hey brother the train carrying the Freight containers are them from atlas? Your look bigger than the ones that I have. Or is that a g scale train. If you have info where I can get them please do. I love yours a lot
Hey J.D. This is my first time watching your channel. I must say I really enjoyed watching it. But I have a question. Will you be finishing your layout with grass and roads etc. Because I see a lot of Barron board. In other words there is nothing on some of the board. Just asking. But I did really enjoy your lay out and stuff
That is the plan! I've been pretty slow to get to the scenery aspect. One because, well, life gets in the way. But second, it's a REALLY big layout and there are a lot of other things to finish before scenery starts. Thanks for watching!
@@JDStucks Wow thanks for letting me know what the plans are. Yes you are right it's a huge layout. But hope to see another video. I will subscribe to your channel as well. So see ya soon I guess
@@jamesmaroon6161 Appreciate the subscription!
Excellent trains. It would also be cool to run a giant, mixed freight, maybe with DP. A fine video.
I will be trying that soon!
Some of the coal drags on the old B&O mainline are 200 car trains, and some of the Mixed freight like m372 are over 200cars
Where did you get Norfolk Southern railroad 6920 btw I saw that locomotive in real life at the Amtrak train station in tucloosa Alabama
Pre ordered it several years ago
Excellent video Jason
Thank you!
The new GT unit looks amazing! 🤩
Agreed!
Great video Jason! You've got quite the unit trains! I will have to check under the layout to see if I can beat 56 coal cars...
Thanks Sam! I'm sure you can!
amazing video jason
That’s why I can’t find any auto racks…you have them all! :)
like the lay out good show
Have you calculated the draw force on the locomotive?
No, but good questions. These coal cars really aren't that heavy though. My intermodal train would probably be super heavy.
nice video, where did you get the chevy police vehicle white SUV? looks o scale.
I think at a train show many years ago
The GT engine is really nice.
Hey brother I had a question are your TRIPLE CROWN trailers from mth the 48
Footer? I’m looking at your & yours look bigger than my 48 feet trailer?
The string of 25 roadrailers are not made by MTH, they are from Weaver and Bowser. That's probably why they look larger than your MTH trailers.
Thanks brother I love your setup. I hope they still have them in stock.
@@nickphillips3771 Your best bet is ebay or trainz as neither Weaver nor Bowser make them anymore.
Thanks appreciate you
Bad ass bro
I was actually impressed seeing that switcher pull all those cars! I’m a HO guy but maybe O is more capable??
Twin motors, die-cast metal fuel tank, truck sideframes and truck blocks below the floor, and traction tires. Most O-gauge diesels have them. And the modern steam engines are wholly die-cast metal. The MTH Big Boy in the video weighs about 20 pounds.
I Love Trains as well but I haven't put my own layout yet put my favorite train is the Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 if I have one for an N scale and a true scale
Sam's Trains just one up'ed you...... Your move.😂
Muito linda sua coleção !! Parabéns
My longest unit train is 45 coal cars. But the club I run at has a 17 car limit plus the locomotives.
The PSR joke is way underrated lol
LOL I wondered if you wanted to borrow back all the coal cars I bought from you to add to it. PLUS remember a MTH NS can pull anything. Miracle is no Couplers opened.
Jason, great fun! But the real question was not realized. How long of a train can you run on your layout???? 😉
Dang it. You're right lol
Legend has it he is still saying and a coal car
I like doing long trains on my ho layout for fun use the smallest switchers I have
I got an 80-90ft long intermodal train
Hey you should run the GT heriage with the honors our veterans NS heritage unit
Whoa ! 😃
What scale is this?
O Gauge
Just saying even if it is still wrong shouldn’t you have a N&W class A pulling the N&S coal train?
Good fun. I used to be barely able to get a 70’s full 15 Milwaukee special around 027 curves.
How far the hobby has come is amazing
My friend! How many trains can you run concurrently? 3 or 4?
I have 5 loops but can run up to 7 trains at one time
Jason, why has your big boy been to the repair department so many times? Is it the same issue over and over again?
This is awesome. I have a question. I have new model train channel. Can anyone tell me is it better to list my videos 'kids friendly" or not?
Yep I knew when I clicked on this video you would be that guy and you definitely are
Long trains are a fun way of testing your track. Years ago, I had 2 SD40-2s, 47 89-foot autoracks, and a bay window caboose on the outside of the two mainline tracks on my layout. Things were going smoothly. Then I decided to cross the train over to the inside mainline track, forgetting that the inside curves would be shorter than the outside curves. The caboose crossed over with just six inches to spare in front of the locomotives. That was the longest trains I've run, but a few years ago when I got my onboard camera for the layout, I ran the second longest train, which is how I got this video. ruclips.net/video/EkFBuuIqpi8/видео.html
Very enjoyable video!
@@JDStucks Thank you! Hopefully my layout will be up and running again before long. Moved last fall. Thankfully built the layout so that I could take it apart to move it. Just need to get the garage it's in fixed up. ruclips.net/video/aa5workpKu8/видео.html
9:55 that’s 53 Jdstucks
I couldn’t fit 52 semi-scale cars on my two loops combined!
I guess now I know what Shelby meant when she said that Jason buys too many hoppers
I bet you could by a pretty nice car or suv for what you paid for all your train stuff!
I've got a few nice cars already :)
I cant imagine how much $$$ you got into your layout and trains!
I try not to think about it :)