Cab rides on model trains -

[GoneOffShore]

So, to get away from Facebook fruitcakes and Quora qwazies I stumbled across Pilentum and World of Railways on YouTube.

Model train layouts that you wish you could have!

Cab ride on Mr Porsche's train layout

And this from an English modeler

Amazingly relaxing.

[Brother Buzz]

1. Fun, but this is what I was expecting

[GoneOffShore]

2. Those are fun.

I've also discovered actual cab rides on the TGV's all the way from Lyon Part Dieu to Marseille St Charles. That gets a little tedious as the video is just under two hours long.

[Hotler]

6. Many years ago I worked in a boiler shop and I rebuilt

one of the steam train boilers for Tiny Town Colorado.

[Brother Buzz]

7. Boy Howdy, I'll chase you down when I score one of my bucket list items

A Buffalo Springfield steam roller, Baby!

I've got the chops to totally restore one, but that pesky boiler certification is above my pay grade.

[Hotler]

14. Ya, that would take an ASME "R" stamp and my certified welding days are over.

https://www.nationalboard.org/index.aspx?pageID=115&ID=160

Let me know when you get it.

[GoneOffShore]

9. Here's a rebuilt steam train you might like

[Hotler]

15. Thank you. Very cool. nt

[nocoincidences]

3. I just too the cab ride on Mr. Porsche's

big model and it took 25 minutes. There was no repetition of scenery/location.

That thing is huge!!!

It was really fun.

TY

[alphafemale]

4. I was hoping it was a typo and it would be a cat.

Tunnels might be rough for meowpudd, though.

[GoneOffShore]

10. Cat's on model train layouts are so much fun to watch.

And here's another one

No idea why so many of these are German.

[alphafemale]

13. Love it!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

5. If you get back to the Philly area and need some family fun.

https://northlandz.com/

..495 US-202, Flemington, NJ 08822

[GoneOffShore]

11. Looks great. The only way I will be back to Philadelphia or the US is in a box.

[Bucky]

8. In the Spanish one (Ferromodelismo) at 0:25, check out the young couple

the one where the husband/novio is picking up his wife/novia and her yellow skirt's flying up. It's a cute, sexy, frozen moment that captures the romance of trains. I took the train from Houstong to El Paso, LA, and San Jose a couple of years ago and just loved it. It took a day longer than the bus and cost a $100 more. But I really loved it and got to feel how big and beautiful this country is.

[GoneOffShore]

12. I'm looking forward to taking the TGV up to Paris again. And the Eurostar to the UK.

But that all depends on the vaccine rollout - Which is moving at the pace of an aging Citroen 2CV chugging up the DN7 with a load of eggs.