AMERICA'S LARGEST BNSF/UP MODEL RR - Layout Tour: The La Mesa Model RR Club

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  • Опубликовано: 27 ноя 2024

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  • @investigativem1409
    @investigativem1409 6 лет назад +15

    Absolutely love it, I’m glad to finally find a true scale modeler there isn’t 10 tracks side by side, trains and rails stuffed in every nook and cranny its perfectly proportioned more scenery than rails like real life. Two thumbs up on my end.

  • @jsarkozy
    @jsarkozy 7 месяцев назад +1

    amazing layout...now you prompted me to search for more up to date videos!!😁

  • @GrandT
    @GrandT Год назад +1

    That's impressive! Thanks for the tour. :)

    • @trainswithnickyt
      @trainswithnickyt Год назад

      I'd love to see a revisit to the railroad, to see how things have progressed since this video. These things are always so amazing to see, even if it's something that we could never achieve at home on so grand a scale.

  • @mattberg916
    @mattberg916 3 года назад +3

    I'm always amazed at the amount of time, patience and talent that goes into layout. And this one is outstanding!

  • @marvinhardy8767
    @marvinhardy8767 9 лет назад +3

    This was the best video tour of the Las Masa RR Club that I have seen to date.

  • @enriqueaguilar4892
    @enriqueaguilar4892 8 месяцев назад +1

    Wow keep on going n make it a lot better n investing more money n add more scenery to the layout on the new sections it's worth the investment everyday great job

  • @jamessbca
    @jamessbca 8 лет назад +3

    Great Video. Thank you! I've been to the layout many times, but have never gone "behind the scenes" as you do here.
    Infrastructure-wise, this layout is simply mindblowing. Thanks for the video!

  • @davidpost428
    @davidpost428 5 лет назад +2

    Great presentation of a mammoth layout built and run by really skilled people ! Thanks for sharing !

  • @maicodoug
    @maicodoug 2 года назад +1

    The video documentation of a set up like this deserves the best video. Less shaking is required & I would love to see it done better. Some image stabilization perhaps. But I'm being critical , but this project deserves it. Excellent video overall. Good work. An inspiration for all.

  • @dallindavis7905
    @dallindavis7905 9 лет назад +5

    With prototypical speeds! AWESOME!!! realistic speeds brings everything together,
    thanks for the post!

  • @BradLobregt
    @BradLobregt 9 лет назад +3

    Great layout tour. Thanks for taking us along for the tour... Beautiful track work.....
    Brad

  • @pumices9844
    @pumices9844 8 лет назад +5

    Amazing! The wide expanses and canyon/hills section is very realistic , and with the right lighting it will look like the real thing.

  • @MrBlue-ib7oi
    @MrBlue-ib7oi 8 лет назад +11

    wow! just wow! this is probably the best layout i have ever seen.

  • @stevenmichael2845
    @stevenmichael2845 9 лет назад +7

    This layout is amazing. I was there when I was 10, I really hope to get back out there some time.

  • @MichaelClark-uw7ex
    @MichaelClark-uw7ex 6 лет назад

    That is amazing, to move those huge consists under working rail line conditions instead of a small consist on a show track has to be incredibly satisfying.
    And the realistic scenery adds to the feel, to watch one of your locos or set pull one of those huge consists through the loop....priceless

  • @Tegridyvs
    @Tegridyvs 8 лет назад +128

    You know what would be really badass? Put a mini go pro on one of the trains and record the train going over the whole layout from the trains perspective

    • @gandalfthegrey7874
      @gandalfthegrey7874 6 лет назад

      Sir Custer What is it with everyone and gopros?? They want them on everything.

    • @josephallan8791
      @josephallan8791 6 лет назад +15

      Adderall vs that would be spectacular. Seeing it go through the tunnels with the lights on and stopping and going for signals and overall just running realistic. I dont care if it took 45 minutes but it would be awsome to see that layout and all that beautiful scenery from that prospective. Good idea bro!!!

    • @richardgordon8110
      @richardgordon8110 6 лет назад

      Adderall vs what's a mini gopro???

    • @ROMPE_NALGAS_24-7
      @ROMPE_NALGAS_24-7 6 лет назад

      This is not the largest layout you need to see what I have been cooking for the last 11yrs

    • @railfanningmichael3970
      @railfanningmichael3970 6 лет назад +3

      @@gandalfthegrey7874 rude, aren't you

  • @christopherorourke6362
    @christopherorourke6362 7 лет назад +1

    I visited there on New Year's Day when I was home in the Civilized San Diego area for the New Year's weekend. I have been to to the San Diego Model Railroad museum since the summer of 1975 when I was stationed aboard the USS BlueRidge LCC-19 when I was in the Navy & thee ship was homeported there. The San Diego area will always be home to me, the very best metro area I have ever lived in. I enjoy the model railroad trains when I visit there.

  • @richardlilley2158
    @richardlilley2158 9 лет назад +1

    Thank YOU for the video, and thanks to everyone involved in the club. A magnificent piece of work.

  • @gaetanwillingham4145
    @gaetanwillingham4145 8 лет назад +41

    I would love to clear the lines and take the smoothest running freight car and put it at the highest elevation on the layout. And see just how far it will go.

    • @nnoscc5231
      @nnoscc5231 4 года назад

      I only see it flying off the rails 😂

  • @newhavennscale
    @newhavennscale 2 года назад

    I love this layout! I grew up in Bakersfield and everything looks so prototypical. I remember the orange orchards and hunting lizards in the desert. Amazing!

  • @motorTranz
    @motorTranz 3 года назад

    This is one of the most beautiful realistic modeling I've seen! Thank you!

  • @johnaltyn3171
    @johnaltyn3171 6 лет назад

    Thank you so much for your outstanding landscape. I used to drive up to Tehachapi mountains and watch the trains move through the little town of Mohave, CA. EXCELLENT WORK

  • @espinozajos
    @espinozajos 9 лет назад +1

    Thanks for letting me run your NS Dash9 loco on that West bound coil train NS/BNSF consist, first time I ever ran NS power!

  • @ScottDowneywoundedbear
    @ScottDowneywoundedbear 9 лет назад +7

    WOW, what a layout. I would not want to wire it. Great video.
    Scott

  • @norcalpacificrailway5644
    @norcalpacificrailway5644 9 лет назад +1

    What's even is better is two clubs one building. One upstairs and one down stairs. A day full of model trains. Awesome modeling.
    Matt-

  • @mamanbear1667
    @mamanbear1667 9 лет назад +3

    Incredible layout and trackwork. Yeah, we want to see more. The Tehachipi Loop is unreal.

    • @supergillou6596
      @supergillou6596 5 лет назад

      Même un étranger comme moi a reconnu Tehachapi loop comme si j'y étais.

  • @davidrudolph2825
    @davidrudolph2825 8 лет назад +1

    Very impressive! Beautiful track work and scenery! Quite a project and a lot of work! Well done!

  • @MrBlaqdave
    @MrBlaqdave 8 лет назад +2

    I'm a truck driver and I passed that route on Hwy 58 a lot. spot on!

  • @jeffreymcfadden9403
    @jeffreymcfadden9403 8 лет назад

    Many years ago(1978-late 1990s)ran trains on the famous V&O. I was friends with the 2 sons brad and patrick.
    the mcclellands lived 1 block from the CR main, so we photoed trains by day and ran trains all night long.
    I was able to get some photos during my time there. I was also 1 of the crew for operating sessions.
    allen was(is) a super nice guy. the V&O was everything you may have read about it. thx for the memories allen!

  • @christopherorourke6543
    @christopherorourke6543 5 лет назад

    I always enjoy visiting the La Mesa model railroad club display & the N scale display at the San Diego model railroad museum when I’m home in the San Diego area. I have visited there several times since 1975, so many times that I don’t keep a record of it. It’s the very best HO layout in the entire country.

  • @wiredtvcraze
    @wiredtvcraze 2 года назад

    Very impressive and huge. The realism is equally impressive. Loved the mountains and the long mainlines! Great Job!!!

  • @camcoulter5993
    @camcoulter5993 3 года назад

    Great layout. Nice video. The amount of design and work that go into such a project is to be admired.

  • @paulrosa6173
    @paulrosa6173 5 лет назад +1

    I get a catalog every month from Micromark (because I bought some metal years ago) and until seeing some of these videos, I never noticed the pages of HO model stuff. Now I watch these videos and realize these layouts must involve hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of track, rolling stock, engines, and such a wide range of building types in kit form. The typical engine averaged about $300 and rolling stock seemed to go for about $25 a piece. Building kits could range from $20 to well over $100. If the manhours involved are added in, as well as the materials for the landscape and all the lumber and metal for the tables etc, I wouldn't be surprised if that setup was worth millions of dollars, if such things could be easily sold.
    Now I know why one seldom, if ever, sees old model railroad items at garage sales, junk shops or Goodwill stores. This stuff is man jewelry. I am amazed that technology like railroads also requires the modeler to pay so much attention to the landscape. In some of thee layouts, the railroad itself seems almost like an excuse to model the landscape. It can be so evocative and even poetic. I don't have the money or space for even a small layout but have started to love watching these big setups.
    I have one question I can't find an answer to online. Do the clubs own the stock or do the members pool their own resources and equipment while they are members? According to the comments below, this layout has been around for decades. The club must have accrued some serious value in all those years and it looks like it requires some serious responsibilities on the part of the members. Model railroads at this scale are the toys that aren't really toys anymore from the looks of it.

  • @normfredriksen1381
    @normfredriksen1381 Год назад

    I've driven through Tehachipi many many times and the detail here is absolutely spot on.

  • @murraycampbell6038
    @murraycampbell6038 8 лет назад +78

    We have just suffered an major series of earthquakes in New Zealand, but your videography is much more nerve-wracking than the shaking scenery on our South Island main trunk railway.

    • @arkansaswookie
      @arkansaswookie 7 лет назад +5

      Hahahahahahahahah foe sure. I needed Dramamine just to watch this.

    • @ClutchCobraKID1
      @ClutchCobraKID1 6 лет назад +1

      He was using his cell phone, but u knew that.

    • @poruatokin
      @poruatokin 6 лет назад

      ClutchCobraKID1 - Doesn't matter what he was using, he's fucking useless.

    • @jamesmcdowell459
      @jamesmcdowell459 5 лет назад +1

      A cell-phone train video was too much for your nerves. Don't cry, baby.

    • @kennethsmith8968
      @kennethsmith8968 5 лет назад

      @@poruatokin wah wah wah

  • @CarmineRC
    @CarmineRC 8 лет назад +2

    Thanks for this!!!!
    I haven't been to La Mesa in over 10 years... LOTS of changes!
    I'd give BODY PARTS to run my Pacific Belt RR on THAT!!
    I'll look through your channel for a video of trains RUNNING on this amazing Layout! :D

  • @lionellance
    @lionellance 9 лет назад +7

    All I can say is wow...freakin nice.. thanks for sharing and keep up the great work. .

  • @dracopticon7788
    @dracopticon7788 3 года назад

    Wow! The terrain really makes me want to watch that build.

  • @theubaum
    @theubaum 9 лет назад

    Great layout, yes I would love to see it in operation! Thanks for the superb tour!

  • @lynnaholcombe4908
    @lynnaholcombe4908 9 лет назад

    Hey Josh
    Nice meeting you & your Dad. We both had a blast, our first Operating Session, as you probably could tell. In case your interested I have a couple of YT videos under "L & L Railroad. I know your Dad asked if we had YT channel. You guys take care. Lynn & Linda

  • @dennisvanburen6602
    @dennisvanburen6602 4 года назад

    2/16/2020 This is fantastic! So real looking. The scenery is beautifully done. I'm planning to fly to San Diego and drive toYuma the week after Easter, should have time on the way home to spend some time here viewing the layout.

  • @mitchellwhitney839
    @mitchellwhitney839 9 лет назад +24

    Yes let's see some trains running on the layout.

    • @nsmodeler24
      @nsmodeler24  9 лет назад +2

      Mitchell Whitney I have LOTS of videos from last weeks operating session. I have a ton of editing to do, but stay tuned for a video from the Modern Ops Session on the layout with lots of BNSF, UP, and some NS. ;)

    • @GTI6speed
      @GTI6speed 9 лет назад +2

      Mitchell Whitney What else do you want? A cookie?

  • @seegurke93
    @seegurke93 9 лет назад

    Great layout and great video! Thanks! I will now go downstairs and keep on working on the benchwork :D

  • @jonnybeck6723
    @jonnybeck6723 6 лет назад +1

    Just amazing... and looking f'ward to an update and some 1950's era ops.
    thanx

  • @daviddurbin808
    @daviddurbin808 9 лет назад

    Great video Josh, was there several years ago but lots of changes have been made. Thanks fro sharing!

  • @lovelacetunes
    @lovelacetunes 3 года назад

    Thanks for the great tour and narration.
    Amazing size and true to life detailing👍👍

  • @railartist001
    @railartist001 5 лет назад

    Outstanding job of videography AND narration ...... encore, encore !!!!!! Keep up the good work ....

  • @JawTooth
    @JawTooth 9 лет назад +1

    I would sure love to see that in person. Thanks for posting this great video!!

  • @PeterCPRail8748
    @PeterCPRail8748 9 лет назад

    Fantastic tour, never scene this layout so detailed. Maybe one day will see it in person.

  • @ericthered1140
    @ericthered1140 6 лет назад

    I just hired on to Union Pacific out of Chicago-Proviso as a Wisconsin line conductor. Great job on the model. GoUP🚂🚂🚂

  • @markarnold8160
    @markarnold8160 5 лет назад

    I keep rewatching this. So much space I'm truly envious!

  • @jesusse9757
    @jesusse9757 4 года назад

    Congratulations. It's very nice. You are doing a great work. Greetings from Spain. Thank you for this video. Saludos cordiales desde España.

  • @micksbackyardaquaponics1408
    @micksbackyardaquaponics1408 5 лет назад

    That is one big layout you have there it is good to see it and showing us the layout 👍📹🚂🚃🚈🚦🛤

  • @choochoo3985
    @choochoo3985 8 лет назад

    Can't say enough great things about the layout and attention to detail, but don't forget the Old Rugged Cross on the hill. Without it the Tehachapi loop is not complete. Thanks for sharing. Ted

    • @bigd510
      @bigd510 Год назад

      That would limit its era to after 1989. No steam no "F" units. They would have to tear out Bealville and most of Caliente. (just kidding of course)

  • @curraheewolf
    @curraheewolf 9 лет назад

    Awesome!! Thank you for the superb video!! Happy Railroading!!!!!

  • @marionmitchell261
    @marionmitchell261 8 лет назад

    Hello,
    Thought you would be interested in seeing some sidelined Union Pacific power near Tucson, Arizona. There must be over a mile or more of silent engines sitting coupled together in the desert. Marion Mitchell look for the dog. Enjoy very much watching your videos, hope you all enjoy what the footage we shot on the 21st. Thank you.

  • @DerredmaxTRIAX
    @DerredmaxTRIAX 8 лет назад

    That looks just like the loop! too cool. How fun.... Great work keep it going.........

  • @bigd510
    @bigd510 Год назад

    This is such an amazing layout. The detail is awesome. At 8:10 the building on the far left is now completely gone but I have a picture taken on 3/20/2004 of the pyramid shaped part of the building still standing. I think that was a water tower.
    At 9:20 you call this control point Allard which it probably was originally but today it is called CPSP338 Bealville.
    At 10:54 is the remains of Tunnel 4 so this has to be after the Tehachapi earthquake in 1952. Plus the shoofly around Tunnel 5. And at 19:45 in the corner of the CTC board is where the earthquake happened on the White Wolf fault that runs right under that area.
    I hope someday to get down their to San Diego to see it, I'm not that far here in Bakersfield.
    I sure wish I could add pictures to these comments.

  • @Ken-Kaef
    @Ken-Kaef 7 лет назад

    Thanks for posting and showing us the uncompleted sections as well

  • @joestephan1111
    @joestephan1111 5 лет назад

    Having been along the entire route for real many times, yes, more please.

  • @atc2853
    @atc2853 9 лет назад

    Awesome layout guys. Great job!

  • @kevinyoung9557
    @kevinyoung9557 5 лет назад

    Wow huge layout .Going to be a gem when all done.

  • @billyreynolds4749
    @billyreynolds4749 7 лет назад

    Phenomenal layout!!! However....I'd love to see the layout from a slow moving locomotive perspective! Thanks for sharing!

  • @victortinmouth1283
    @victortinmouth1283 7 лет назад

    I recognized a lot of the areas from the Trainz Simulator Mohave Subdivision route I downloaded, and use with Trainz 12 and Trainz:A New Era. It takes about 2 1/4 hours to run a train at posted speeds from Mohave to just before Bakersfield, at Edison, where there is a large industrial park area. I have also looked at the route with Google Earth. Very realistic where the scenery is done.

  • @elleryparsons5766
    @elleryparsons5766 4 года назад

    Mind Blown Speechless! This Is how I want to Be when I go to Train shows I Would love to go to A indoor tour of a Layout one day.

  • @billyray94
    @billyray94 5 лет назад

    Amazing layout The original two railroads were the ATSF and SP. UP came much later after acquiring the DRGW/SP. The BNSF obviously gained access via the ATSF/BN merger.

  • @cn8800
    @cn8800 9 лет назад

    Looks like a dream layout to operate on!

  • @ericgarner6175
    @ericgarner6175 3 года назад

    I gotta say I wonder how much money is into this layout. Has to be close to a million id imagine. All the time too and artistic details. Just awesome though. Couldn't imagine building something like this

  • @dutch2120
    @dutch2120 9 лет назад

    FANTASTIC Layout!

  • @ColorMeMozart
    @ColorMeMozart 4 года назад

    What an awesome layout!

  • @deepgreenish
    @deepgreenish 8 лет назад +5

    This layout is a work of art. The distances involved are staggering. What type and shape of building contains it? I cannot imagine the amount of work involved on a layout this huge. The track work also looks very fine scale - great work. Compared with the Miniatur Wunderland layout it is far superior owing to the scenery's realism and the sheer scale of the thing.

    • @TristanMorrow
      @TristanMorrow 8 лет назад +8

      The building that houses the La Mesa MRRC layout also contains 5 other model railroad clubs and _their own huge layouts too!_
      The building is in Balboa Park in San Diego, California ....I think the buildings were constructed more than a century ago for a World's Fair or something.

    • @martyyoung3298
      @martyyoung3298 6 лет назад +2

      I am a member of the Balboa Park Railroad Museum and this building replaced a building that housed the Aerospace Museum that was burned down in an arson fire with a total loss of all exhibits. They moved to another building and this is a large building housing many museums including us. Our museum is 25,000 square feet with an N scale layout, two HO layouts, one O layout and a Lionel layout. We have occupied the space since 1981 and if you come to San Diego, I highly recommend dropping by.

    • @krislangley6226
      @krislangley6226 6 лет назад

      @@martyyoung3298 Lifetime member, here - even though I was living in SD only until 1992. "You Should See the Trains in [Your] Basement."

  • @TannerandMelanie
    @TannerandMelanie 7 лет назад

    Awesome! Looks like a great hobby

  • @TonisalpenmodellbahnN58
    @TonisalpenmodellbahnN58 2 года назад

    Very impressive and beautiful , Grüße aus Germany, Toni

  • @trinity3467
    @trinity3467 5 лет назад +2

    Run a train at least... the scenery is magestic that is 4 sure! Pretty amazing! How many square feet does all this cover? Very impressive!

  • @MotoCrazy66
    @MotoCrazy66 8 лет назад +1

    This is actually bigger than the real life sized entire UK railway system! Probably runs better as well.

  • @BrewPub
    @BrewPub 5 лет назад

    Amazing layout. One of the very finest.

  • @OvermarsGaming
    @OvermarsGaming 7 лет назад

    i like the detail so much, great works!

  • @Modelrailroad10
    @Modelrailroad10 6 лет назад

    Very impressive layout. I really enjoyed it.

  • @BNSFmodelrailroad
    @BNSFmodelrailroad 9 лет назад +2

    I love that layout it has been many years since I have been there sadly

  • @GTI6speed
    @GTI6speed 9 лет назад

    Oh my gosh I just love trains so much I love your videos thanks for putting them up how would I ever live without your train influence nsmodeler24 I love you.

  • @AGDeJohn
    @AGDeJohn 7 лет назад

    WOW!!! What a layout! Would love to see that Union Pacific Passenger train running on your layout.

    • @ClanMacNab
      @ClanMacNab 7 лет назад

      It would be interesting, though un-prototypical. They stopped running passenger traffic over this line when SP and UP merged - most likely for liability reasons. Had the opportunity to ride the SP passenger train from Bakersfield to Tehachapi when I was 8. Indelible. I REALLY need to see this model in person.

  • @railfan_guy4798
    @railfan_guy4798 9 лет назад

    @NSmodeler24 Great Video! Nice Tour And Amazing Layout!

  • @williamsantangelo
    @williamsantangelo 4 года назад

    Huge layout I'm impressed never seen so much track PJS LI NY

  • @Ralph2
    @Ralph2 4 года назад

    That's a very ambitious project!

  • @MrThunderhorse1941
    @MrThunderhorse1941 9 лет назад +2

    Totally amazing. I am impressed. :-)

  • @RyanFRails
    @RyanFRails 7 лет назад

    I went there over the winter right after my trip to the Cajon Pass

  • @sargentrowell81
    @sargentrowell81 9 лет назад

    That is INSANE!!! I wish I had a layout that massive to run my Amtrak trains on!

  • @jimsmoter4510
    @jimsmoter4510 6 лет назад

    That is a large layout. Very nice

  • @jeffreyrule8143
    @jeffreyrule8143 4 года назад

    Thanks for the tour.

  • @evergreenrailroadmodelers2405
    @evergreenrailroadmodelers2405 2 года назад

    Great Video and Greetings from Spokane WA.

  • @trainssker
    @trainssker 7 лет назад

    I was in this place a number of years back. Not sure they had gone to DCC yet. Very impressive. HO and N scale... 2 Two track O scale and a Three Rail O scale layout. I had a video and a lot of pictures that I took but lost them all at Walgreens when I tried to download it all on to a disc. :-(

  • @nitrorrat8190
    @nitrorrat8190 Год назад

    Amazing layout just Amazing

  • @williamschlenger1518
    @williamschlenger1518 8 лет назад

    Great job.It looks like you have a lot of work ahead.You must have people skilled in all areas,electric, layout&design.

    • @FlyingTigress
      @FlyingTigress Год назад

      They've been working on the museum display for several decades.
      SDMRM Life Member

  • @blkstang83
    @blkstang83 6 лет назад

    Pretty amazing layout.

  • @sycamorevalleyshops2841
    @sycamorevalleyshops2841 5 лет назад +1

    I need to get back down there.

  • @joshuatoro8977
    @joshuatoro8977 7 лет назад

    Would love if you could show more of the cattle yard

  • @charlesgoede2809
    @charlesgoede2809 8 лет назад

    that is some serious model railroading!

  • @N-Scale
    @N-Scale 7 лет назад +8

    Great Layout and don't let the whiners get you down. Where are their videos?
    Mike

    • @mcspikes1
      @mcspikes1 7 лет назад

      Mike Fifer Great comment Mike.

    • @N-Scale
      @N-Scale 7 лет назад

      Thanks Mike

    • @stevenye9160
      @stevenye9160 6 лет назад +1

      Mike Fifer. Agreed, fabulous layout. Childish camerawork hardly does it justice, sir. We didn't all have the priviledge to be there but the cameraman did and should have treated all that astounding work with a little more respect. Hardly whining, sir, just disappointment at a wasted opportunity.

    • @josephsdale3724
      @josephsdale3724 6 лет назад +2

      Say after me AMATEUR. The cameraman was not a professional, nor did he have a $20,000 Steadicam. He did the best with what he could, and personally I think he did a marvellous job. Top marks camera!

  • @CalebsRailFilms
    @CalebsRailFilms 8 лет назад +10

    That's a pretty impressive layout you've got there mate! This came up in my suggestions, wasn't going to watch it right away but I'm glad I did. It's magnificent! It's so good I've subscribed. Looking forward to more videos of this layout. Best wishes from South Australia. Cheers Caleb :)

    • @puddycat2325
      @puddycat2325 4 года назад +2

      Not his. He does have videos of his layout as well though.

  • @LeonelTrains
    @LeonelTrains 9 лет назад

    The scenery is really realistic and amazing, beautiful work