Cabride to Grasslands

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  • Опубликовано: 11 ноя 2018
  • Finally got around to videoing the entire trip through to the new terminus of Grasslands. Come along for the ride!
    This is a 45mm gauge, 1:24 scale electric tramway. Just like their full size counterparts the trams are powered from overhead wire at 32v DC.
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  • @onryou_dai_tenshi
    @onryou_dai_tenshi 3 года назад +28

    This little railroad is of outstanding beauty. It seems as if it would as naturally belong into this garden as all the beautiful plants.

  • @Holdlato
    @Holdlato 4 года назад +24

    This is the most charming garden rail I have ever seen. The catenary columns are adorable. ♥

  • @georgiosthalidis259
    @georgiosthalidis259 5 лет назад +18

    Strange and wonderful! Like being in an elvish scale the whole scenery by itself takes adventurous proportions and feelings. What a job !

  • @Steveshappylittletrees
    @Steveshappylittletrees 2 года назад +10

    Sweet! I love how you used the surrounding branches and fashioned the poles that carry the power line. Nice job.

  • @deanpetersen3901
    @deanpetersen3901 4 года назад +7

    I was not expecting video from a model railroad. I thought it would be something like, 'through the backwoods of Maine.' This is very very nice. You've done a wonderful job.

  • @mansurazeez2229
    @mansurazeez2229 3 года назад +8

    What a fantastic creation! Journey into a dreamland, through grass and ferns. Keep it up guys.

  • @darioinfini
    @darioinfini 4 года назад +32

    That is the most natural and beautiful layout I've ever seen. I love how it grew out naturally and looks like a true overgrown railroad, the most mystical and beautiful of the genre. In fact, from the thumbnail I thought it WAS a real railroad like others I've seen on RUclips. Congrats! Great thumbs up!

  • @rodneyebersole1585
    @rodneyebersole1585 5 лет назад +30

    Of all the out door train gardens I had seen, this is far my best. So realistic.

  • @larrydee8859
    @larrydee8859 5 лет назад +247

    Fantastic outdoor Traction Railway!!!
    Exciting scenery too!!!
    Love the natural grown roadbed!!!
    Great Work!!!

  • @shortliner68
    @shortliner68 5 лет назад +33

    Reminds me of when I used to ride a Penn Central branch line back in the late 1960s. The line was nearly as overgrown with foliage. You definitely had to keep your head and arms inside the engine cab, and even then some tree branches would protrude through the open window. You have a very scenic line here. Thanks for sharing.

  • @davidletasi3322
    @davidletasi3322 4 года назад +1

    Use of rough materials for sidings and bridges are a highlight of this line. Rough track way and plants are awsome. Thanks for the ride.

  • @Cheeseatingjunglista
    @Cheeseatingjunglista 3 года назад +1

    Brilliant - who ever deided on the Wild Side aproach, is a genius!!!! Thank you .. forgot, the Trams, including the set in the road, I grew up in Hong Kong, as a kid examined everything I could and these points, the exact shape of the flanges on the X's, perfect n exact - not the same as train points - respect - the trams themselves, includung the steam one near/at the ehd, loved em

    • @melbournesparks3828
      @melbournesparks3828  3 года назад +1

      I've unfortunately never visited Hong Kong, though I'd like to! The tramway is very interesting and well known. I have both types of points here, some near the start of the video are proper tramway points with only a single moving blade, but others are heavy rail types with two blades.

  • @TrinityCourtStudios
    @TrinityCourtStudios 4 года назад +28

    Hands down one of the prettiest and coolest adventure videos I’ve seen for outdoor model railroading. Regards from the Northeastern United States, - Mike

  • @justjane9277
    @justjane9277 4 года назад +7

    I’m not a train, or model train fan, but what you have done there is just awesome. Watched it a few times , love it.

  • @doshwhop
    @doshwhop 4 года назад

    Thank you for sharing your personal paradise with the world. You and Mother Nature made a great collaboration.

  • @darbydelane4588
    @darbydelane4588 2 года назад +2

    I couldn’t stop smiling! And what beautiful gardens.

  • @user-xz7jd8kv6f
    @user-xz7jd8kv6f 4 года назад +20

    素晴らしいアトラクション!草をかき分けて行くところ最高!冒険を体感してるみたい。Tanks !

  • @weekendrailroader
    @weekendrailroader 5 лет назад +7

    I love the retaining wall/ landscaped shelf construction of the layout. Not on ground level (for most of the run), but not just sitting up on a table either. Then track looks like it belongs there. Nice work!

  • @JohnM1774
    @JohnM1774 2 года назад +1

    You did a FANTASTIC job on this layout

  • @edwardmiessner6502
    @edwardmiessner6502 4 года назад +3

    I love how the trolley went past what appeared to be some rocks and I said to myself, these boulders must be millions of years old and must have been deposited by glaciers! Then I saw the next tunnel ... Had me fooled there! Great job!

  • @manaboutit1594
    @manaboutit1594 5 лет назад +4

    I especially like how you have allowed the plants to grow so that they brush the tram as it passes instead of brutally pruning them back. Nice touch there.

    • @manaboutit1594
      @manaboutit1594 5 лет назад +2

      Do you get many de-rail incidents from the plants and such?

    • @melbournesparks3828
      @melbournesparks3828  5 лет назад +2

      Not especially, most of the rollingstock is fairly heavy. Sometimes overhanging vegetation can knock the trolley poles off the wire though.

  • @thewaywardpoet
    @thewaywardpoet 3 года назад +76

    This must be all the rage at parties. "You guys wanna see my model railroad?" *opens the back door*

  • @banjorino
    @banjorino 2 года назад +1

    Fascinating. It fills me with joy to watch this. Thanks for sharing. 🙂🌸

  • @gomosh6967
    @gomosh6967 2 года назад +1

    Wow! It makes me feel as if Im in the train travelling. Its so beautiful and life-like. Well done! I really enjoy it. Thank you. From: Singapore. :)

  • @ROKaleidoscope
    @ROKaleidoscope 3 года назад +3

    Very beautiful and relaxing. I really admire for your patience and passion to do this beautiful thing!!!

  • @yeongjinyu4578
    @yeongjinyu4578 5 лет назад +14

    I love your relaxing speed. Oftentimes I feel sick when I watch 'garden train' videos. But this is not the case. Excellent.

  • @3lullabies
    @3lullabies 4 года назад +2

    Wonderful in every sense of the word...who ever built this...you are great,what a nice little railway!

  • @532bluepeter1
    @532bluepeter1 6 месяцев назад

    What an utterly enchanting line.
    So beautifully naturalised.

  • @TheLemonadedrinker
    @TheLemonadedrinker 4 года назад +3

    What a brilliant railroad. Beautiful work.

  • @gotthardinnewhampshire748
    @gotthardinnewhampshire748 4 года назад +8

    Fascinating outdoor layout. I am especially impressed by the track work and the custom turnouts at the beginning. Very nice job

  • @TalenGryphon
    @TalenGryphon 4 года назад +28

    I LOVE this! It's like a trolley ride through a south american rainforest!

  • @Akshay-08
    @Akshay-08 4 года назад +3

    Wonderful work! Love the video! Please keep producing such content! Good job! 👍🏻

  • @elnabjelland-hughes8172
    @elnabjelland-hughes8172 4 года назад +4

    Awesome video- great scenery !
    A lot of work went into this setup and thank you for sharing this amazing video 😁👍💕

  • @Rickster5176
    @Rickster5176 5 лет назад +15

    Just AWESOME! Great work on the catenary and points.

  • @uphollandlatic
    @uphollandlatic 4 года назад +3

    I love the wildness of this layout. It has such a natural feel to it.

  • @AliciaEvangelista
    @AliciaEvangelista 3 года назад +1

    That was a wonderful video and you did an amazing Job ! ☺️💙

  • @adrianthoroughgood1191
    @adrianthoroughgood1191 3 года назад +3

    I can't put into words how wonderful this is!

  • @Pixeltruppen
    @Pixeltruppen 4 года назад +3

    For me it is one of the most interesting garden railways. I wonder all the time when an animal jumps out of the jungle. Thank you for sharing the video with us.

  • @steelcityboy630
    @steelcityboy630 5 лет назад +5

    This is by far one of the coolest model railroads I've seen too date. Great stuff!

  • @alcopower5710
    @alcopower5710 3 года назад

    This is nothing short of outstanding. 👍👍

  • @carmium
    @carmium 5 лет назад +7

    What a fascinating ride! Some of those spots look positively post-apocalyptic at ground level!

  • @markrabenold
    @markrabenold 4 года назад +5

    This was MOST impressive... and I'm not easily impressed when it comes to outdoor railroad/traction layouts. The onboard camera certainly gives one the feeling of actually riding the line. Thanks so much for sharing. Now I must run. Time to start planning my own outdoor garden layout! ;-) Wonderful job!!

  • @MarmiteCrumpets
    @MarmiteCrumpets 3 года назад +1

    Absolutely fantastic. Just superb!

  • @Jasper_Seven
    @Jasper_Seven Месяц назад

    Just stumbled across this video. It is like some sort of terrifying yet beautiful Disney jungle ride. I love the yard and the layout. thanks for sharing.

  • @ivveG
    @ivveG 5 лет назад +4

    This was beautiful to watch. Absolutely brilliant landscaping and engineering. Definitely subscribing after seeing this!

  • @alstokesveteranfilmmaker913
    @alstokesveteranfilmmaker913 5 лет назад +7

    Excellent work there ... wow! I could happily watch that again ...

  • @mirasommer7595
    @mirasommer7595 4 года назад +2

    Moc pěkné, moc se mi to líbí..I když to okolo vypadá, jak v zahrádkářské kolonii, jako kdyby to k tomu patřilo. Super..

  • @eichfelder1951
    @eichfelder1951 5 лет назад +45

    Wow. Really nice job with the super-elevation on the wide sweeping curves. Very realistic.

  • @carstenkoloc5226
    @carstenkoloc5226 5 лет назад +4

    Absolutly fantastic,it's a new world look with giant plants trees and rocks...amazing. Best C...

  • @isabelle-kublaibronx
    @isabelle-kublaibronx 3 года назад +38

    Man, your backyard/garden is so beautiful, it looks like some sort of a Spitzweg garden (Karl Spitzweg = famous painter of the 19th century). The railroad looks like running through a beautiful, magical jungle wilderness.

    • @farrelpermadi5471
      @farrelpermadi5471 3 года назад +1

      @an 4312 Spitzweg is German indeed, probably sounds like Schpitsveg or Schpitsvech in German

  • @adel-711
    @adel-711 4 года назад +15

    This is absolutely fantastic I’ve never seen anything like this in my life how wonderful .and beautiful. Great engineering work

  • @nitinmallabadi4513
    @nitinmallabadi4513 5 лет назад +1

    The man which has invented this should get lots of love . blessings. Should achieve the all awards

  • @jpofgwynedd3878
    @jpofgwynedd3878 5 лет назад +4

    Some months after you made this, RUclips recommended it to me. I've just watched one of the best vids of its genre on here. Fantastic layout, great to have the interest of the trams coming the other way, too.
    You gave a few minutes of happy to a whingeing pom!
    Now do one at dusk, with the lights on in the trams...

  • @nlo114
    @nlo114 5 лет назад +52

    Nice ride! I like this because there is a new vista around every curve.

    • @momentumofbruh7730
      @momentumofbruh7730 3 года назад

      yeah but how did you get the tracks in your garden? did the house come with it

  • @SevenYtofficial_
    @SevenYtofficial_ Год назад

    i love the railway its so scenic i just love the foliage all around the tracks and on the rails!

  • @reneshay889
    @reneshay889 4 года назад +3

    This is absolutely amazing! So unbelievably clever! lOVE it!

  • @5MadMovieMakers
    @5MadMovieMakers 5 лет назад +258

    Love how it brushes aside plants on the track!

  • @MarkJT1000
    @MarkJT1000 5 лет назад +3

    Great video. I found myself lost in the scale of it so that a drop of a foot or so looked perilously high and stones looked like huge boulders. Loved the way it had to wait at passing loops too, an nice touch of realism.

  • @SECCCC07
    @SECCCC07 5 лет назад +1

    Absolutely beautiful. This video put me to sleep because of how relaxed it made me. Love it!

  • @chilliwaterlickingecko5113
    @chilliwaterlickingecko5113 3 года назад +1

    Feelin relaxed after that scenic train ride .. thank you....
    👋🏽❤️👍🏽👍🏽✌🏽🖖🏽🇦🇺

  • @Highwayman66
    @Highwayman66 5 лет назад +76

    Wow!!!! That is just insanely awesome!!!! Great job

  • @fatfred1971
    @fatfred1971 5 лет назад +4

    You must be crazy!
    I love it!
    I've done myself some in snow, but this is incredible cool!!!

  • @ATM09WR
    @ATM09WR 4 года назад +2

    サムネイルではどこか外国の廃線かと思ったけど、
    えっ模型なの?本物の草木だと?広いし長い!出来が凄い!
    本当に素晴らしい!!

  • @tractorsmachinesro1405
    @tractorsmachinesro1405 3 года назад +1

    Absolute amazing rail therapy....Thank you for sharing

  • @omkr0122
    @omkr0122 5 лет назад +181

    The Fat Controller was very pleased with the layout of this railroad track. "I am very pleased!" said the Fat Controller.

    • @edward2341
      @edward2341 5 лет назад +8

      Thomas: *SIR SEND ME TO THAT LAYOUT PLEASE*

    • @acehandler1530
      @acehandler1530 4 года назад +4

      Is that what you call your wife? I don't have that much nerve...

    • @comengsh
      @comengsh 4 года назад +3

      Its a tramway, not a railway.

    • @lisamyers-lucas74
      @lisamyers-lucas74 4 года назад +1

      100th like

    • @lisamyers-lucas74
      @lisamyers-lucas74 4 года назад +1

      @@comengshBut they have rails?

  • @RailwaysoftheWorld1
    @RailwaysoftheWorld1 5 лет назад +3

    This is awesome! Very impressive and inspiring! This video deserves billions of views!

  • @markopien8256
    @markopien8256 5 лет назад +2

    You've made beutiful composition. That was a great ride! Full of excitation and really interesting :)

  • @phil7794
    @phil7794 7 месяцев назад

    Great little layout, so interesting with the viaducts, tunnels and passing loops etc and I notice that there is probably room for expansion as well.

  • @summoningdark216
    @summoningdark216 5 лет назад +11

    Best video on You Tube! Could do with the track gang out there! Brilliant work mate. All the best from York, England.

  • @quillmaurer6563
    @quillmaurer6563 5 лет назад +4

    Really well done! I love how the relatively ordinary yard weeds, what looks to me like maybe southern US or something, on this scale transforms into the huge exotic plants of a tropical rainforest. That combined with the lightly laid tracks and usage of logs (sticks in reality) to hold the catenary wires makes this feel like a ride on a remote jungle line in a place like Bolivia or Peru. That's what I thought this was when I saw the thumbnail. Many modelers try to use plastic models created and painted in meticulous detail to try to make a perfect representation of the real world in miniature, but I find it much more interesting when using found objects from the real world - plants (alive or dead) being the ideal form of such, along with the rocks and concrete rubble forming boulders and fallen rock, a culvert used as a tunnel lining, and so on. I get the sense that not much of the "scenery" was built for this line, it was just built into an existing semi-natural backyard that was used in it's existing form perfectly to create this spectacular illusion. Only thing missing from this tropical jungle is some grazing capybaras alongside the track - some light brown guinea pigs would be perfect.

    • @melbournesparks3828
      @melbournesparks3828  5 лет назад +1

      Glad you enjoyed it! :) There's a lot to be said for using low budget existing materials, I think a lot of people tend to over engineer garden railways. This is located in Melbourne, Australia. You're more or less correct, a lot of the scenery was existing though a fair bit of earthworks was required in some locations. The line has a significant level change from one end to the other. Towards the end of the video we see more of the natural vegetation for this area, but the lusher vegetation at the start is an irrigated area and is quite artificial. This part of the world is normally too dry for ferns to grow. Haha I do need some guineapigs, but I already have some giant fluffy velociraptors!

    • @quillmaurer6563
      @quillmaurer6563 5 лет назад

      @@melbournesparks3828 Cool stuff! I guess that it looks so natural is a testament to how well you did, as a real-world "jungle" scenery would be similarly natural-looking.

    • @renodowns5256
      @renodowns5256 2 года назад

      It might have been New England with the rocks and vegetation

  • @VictorianMaid99
    @VictorianMaid99 Год назад

    This railroad is rustic and looks almost abandoned! The plants and overgrowth is just amazing. It inspires me to "just lay track and get railroading!". Never mind about the overgrown brush, clay pots and half finished grid work.

  • @ELPaso1990TX
    @ELPaso1990TX 5 лет назад +2

    This is amazing! I love it, even better seen from the view of a cab ride.

  • @user-in8om6mp2c
    @user-in8om6mp2c 4 года назад +11

    良いですね❗こんな素晴らしいミニ鉄道見たことありません❗

  • @Some_essex_geeza
    @Some_essex_geeza 4 года назад +15

    I really like the concept of it being a old railway

  • @chriscorrigan4428
    @chriscorrigan4428 2 года назад

    Let woodland scenics try and compete with that. I have just watched it 5 times and still can't believe how authentic the whole layout is. That would be fantastic as a forestry/ logging theme. What an absolute pisser.

  • @RSBPEGG
    @RSBPEGG 3 года назад

    I wanted to things like this for so long and seeing it go through the beautiful backyard of yours makes me know that i can do it so ill try, will not be as good but ill try

  • @alustyape
    @alustyape 5 лет назад +3

    Brilliant. Loved the train stopping moments..

  • @michaelminatelli8749
    @michaelminatelli8749 5 лет назад +9

    It reminded of Mr Rogers' trolley. When I was a child, I always imagined the trolley kept going to someplace like this.

  • @GhostTheory
    @GhostTheory 3 года назад

    Just found your channel. Really fun to watch. Awesome video.

  • @kansasstatealerting2424
    @kansasstatealerting2424 4 года назад +1

    That is awesome how they are powered by over head wires.

  • @greatbritishentertainmentl5636
    @greatbritishentertainmentl5636 5 лет назад +3

    Great garden tram-track - half expected a kangaroo or snake to wander across this rather rustic line, but well engineered if a little maintenance required to keep the track clear here and there!

    • @TheBadRaven
      @TheBadRaven 5 лет назад +1

      Makes a change from the pristine razed track beds and manicured foliage that are more usual. The tumbledown nature fits the style of the ageing tramway perfectly, and viewers get the "will it derail?" excitement as well! The only thing I was left wondering was access to the tunnels.

    • @melbournesparks3828
      @melbournesparks3828  5 лет назад +1

      It's nice to have some actual garden in your garden railway:) Much like it's prototype this is a low budget operation, so maintenance is "just enough". There is an access point near the middle of tunnel 2, though luckily it's not often needed.

  • @wheely04
    @wheely04 5 лет назад +19

    Exzelent, such a great layout I have never seen.
    Thumbs up and ABO.
    Greetings from Germany
    wheely04

  • @erikthenorviking8251
    @erikthenorviking8251 5 лет назад +1

    Fantastic, and a true Paradise Garden !! Thanks v much for the upload.

  • @dipanjandas2911
    @dipanjandas2911 5 лет назад +2

    i had downloded the video for viewing it many time , it was most beautiful train journy i ever saw , and more real

  • @ESvideos7025
    @ESvideos7025 4 года назад +4

    Fantástico! Imagino o trabalho que deu para fazer esta maravilha...

  • @20speed4
    @20speed4 5 лет назад +29

    余りにも凄い、このクオリティにびっくり!。

    • @chemsenESP
      @chemsenESP 5 лет назад

      Pues me suena eso a chino

    • @ngoxuan5307
      @ngoxuan5307 4 года назад

      U

    • @DaWaa1000
      @DaWaa1000 4 года назад +2

      吉幾三[IKZO스따일] ・1時間前
      これは模型ですよ。

    • @20speed4
      @20speed4 4 года назад +1

      @@DaWaa1000 誰が視ても本物模型だとわかるけど凄いリアルだな。

  • @chrismartin1060
    @chrismartin1060 5 лет назад

    Like everyone who uses YT, I've seen countless cool things of all manner, all subjects, all over the world. This is in the uppermost echelon of cool things I've seen on YT. Bravo and thanks for posting!

  • @tressteleg1
    @tressteleg1 3 года назад

    Very nicely done and somewhat longer than my own outdoor line.

  • @zugfilmerdeutschland5317
    @zugfilmerdeutschland5317 5 лет назад +12

    Sehr schöne Gartenbahn super Video
    LG

  • @normanrowe2831
    @normanrowe2831 4 года назад +28

    Outstanding! You need some elephants, and tigers along the way!

    • @quillmaurer6563
      @quillmaurer6563 4 года назад +2

      I was thinking that what he needs for this are some scale capybaras munching on line-side foliage, that would suit the jungle setting really well. Scale capybara = tan guinea pig.

    • @Cheeseatingjunglista
      @Cheeseatingjunglista 3 года назад

      @@quillmaurer6563 A Capybara is VERY much larger than a Guinea Pig - it is, in fact the largest rodent in the world. Wiki says "Adult capybaras grow to 106 to 134 cm (3.48 to 4.40 ft) in length, stand 50 to 62 cm (20 to 24 in) tall", they also live tp live in family groups of 10/20, but can sometimes exceed100. They are not polite beasts and are rarely housetrained - some are kept as pets - cant see em sticking to just crunching a few stalks - expect to have to completely replant garden every few weeks

    • @Cheeseatingjunglista
      @Cheeseatingjunglista 3 года назад

      Tiny ones I hope, not full size real thing Tigers, remember Roy of Siegfried + Roy? He still looks bit "chewed" - it must have affected his head, he claims that ""Montecore is a great cat. Make sure no harm comes to Montecore." - that in the ambulance on the way to Hospital - later "He told People Magazine in September 2004 that Montecore saved his life by trying to drag him to safety after he had a stroke. Yep, dragged him by the throat and neck, whatever the cats motivation, as devined by Roy, it didnt do his health a lot of good. He never really recovered, attacked in Oct 2003, by March 2006, Horn was talking and walking, with assistance, he would never regain full mobility, retired fully in 2010, he caught Covid in April this year and died. He was 75

    • @quillmaurer6563
      @quillmaurer6563 3 года назад

      @@Cheeseatingjunglista I know that capybaras are way bigger than guinea pigs, that was my idea - a guinea pig is a "model-scale" capybara, a guinea pig beside the model track would look like a capybara if the track were full-scale

    • @quillmaurer6563
      @quillmaurer6563 3 года назад

      And likewise guinea pigs are way easier to care for than capybaras - they don't need to have water to poop in. From all the videos I've seen capybaras can be quite tame and friendly, but I still wouldn't think of them as domesticated. Certainly not an easy to care for pet, regardless of personality. I'd still think of them as far less dangerous than tigers though.

  • @TheCloakedTiger
    @TheCloakedTiger 4 года назад +2

    Wonderful layout! The overgrown tracks really look great!

  • @bryansbuilds5722
    @bryansbuilds5722 5 лет назад +1

    this is a great garden train great work lots of fun to watch You have a new subscriber great verity of plants as well

  • @mrfridgefreezer1571
    @mrfridgefreezer1571 3 года назад +22

    My train struggles to move on perfect flooring
    This train practically moving on mud and plants

  • @winfriedkubitzki7523
    @winfriedkubitzki7523 5 лет назад +17

    I think its even beter than my trip from Guatemala City to Puerto Barrios! in 1979.

  • @hntrains2
    @hntrains2 4 года назад +2

    Invaded by vegetation as it is, it looks spectacular. The dried vegetation seem to reclaim everything at a very high pace to say that this is one of the last rides... I would be totally fascinated if I were a figure on one of the cars!

  • @nickcowley5668
    @nickcowley5668 7 месяцев назад

    That’s such an enjoyable video to watch. Superb.

  • @KeretaDensha
    @KeretaDensha 4 года назад +100

    I like front riding view. Good 👍

  • @johnrettig1880
    @johnrettig1880 5 лет назад +5

    This So Much Looks like the " Old Sugar Cane Rail Road " in Hawaii .
    C & H pure cane sugar from Hawaii growing in the son .
    The old Musical advertisement from the 60's .

  • @adriennefrank1518
    @adriennefrank1518 Год назад

    I have never seen anything like the grasslands cabride before! Very messy, but good job, great video!🙌🚂🚃👏💯

  • @drosselvonflugel4886
    @drosselvonflugel4886 3 года назад

    This is such a cute railroad i love it!