I have the 175th Anniversary version. Hoping to run it this year for my Christmas train layout. Your videos bring back memories of my childhood. From one long islander to another, I agree with you regarding the LIRR.
I grew up about 1mi N of the B&O old mainline, now live 50ft from.same line 8mi west. Loved hearing the regular horns blowing in the distance now it sometimes goes off right next to my house 🤠
I really enjoyed this video. These model train videos are very relaxing to me after a tough day at work. Keep them coming, I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels this way!
Very good product review RJ. My love for trains started when I grew up down the street from my loco train station where the CNJ Railway ran by before it was taken over by New Jersey Transit.
I grew up in Queens and always lived near the LIRR, I still do in my current location. Subway trains in NYC got me into trains when i was very young. It would be nice if Lionel did an M1 or M3 set or a scale M7 set. I'll buy that in a heartbeat.
CFW? Who's that? 😜lol Glad I was able to help you with this one RJ. The units look way better on your layout pulling a proper long commuter service than on mine. The old M3s will always be the reason why I love trains. My great grandpa would take me down to the station and we would spend hours just watching as trains would come and go...
Thanks for that fun visit to the Island RJ! And I know where you're coming from, one of my earliest memories is of a steam engine and growing up hearing the Erie commuter trains the next town over from my hometown of Paramus NJ. I got a smile when I heard "Babylon train." I remember the LIRR "Phantom Train From Babylon" in 1969! Look it up, it was quite the "scandal" back then!
The Route Of The Dashing Commuter with Dashing Dan. When the New York And Atlantic start ed with 7,000 car loads a year,now they have 35,000 carloads a year. I lived in Jamaica in Queens.
I've had a similar experience, but with subway trains, living a half-block from the elevated A-division #2 line. But I went a couple of decades before MTH came out with their subway cars (I did a voiceover for the first R-1 set at their HQ). By virtue of buying 10-car trains of most of their releases (two powered sets and an two-car add-on) now I have around 100 subway cars, including a 6-car set of Metro-North (conventional control) M7's. By the way, ever consider making "Deer Park" a high-level platform? Your passengers sure must be intimidated by that four-foot drop stepping out the doors :D
With the trains running so fast, I can hardly believe that they can stop at stations occasionally, and take the fast curves!! The Class 50 had a top speed of 80 miles per hour.
Really enjoyed this running session, RJ. An interesting back story of your love of trains. My love of trains started in the 1940's, when I visited my grandmother's home near Shaker Heights, OH. I'd go with my mother of downtown Cleveland on the Shaker Rapid Transit to the Terminal Tower station in downtown Cleveland. Passing through the massive train yards, passed the steel plants with all the railroad activity was quite a thrill then. The last time I rode on the Shaker Rapid it had really deteriorated badly by the 1980's. Sad to see. But the early memories stay clear in my mind.
Those ‘tram trains’ are the type of trains that ran on British railroads!! We called them Class 50, and they are, or should I say were? the standard passenger unit used by commuters every day.
Great video RJ! Nice to hear that the “Babylon Line” is running on your layout. Too bad Lionel did not choose the LIRR main line so you could have a Deer Park station stop announcement!
Great running session! The first real engine I've seen was further out east, namely the DE/DM30AC and C3 coaches, but I've seen and been on M7s so many times that I've lost count after my first few years of living. I'm actually fortunate enough to have both the transformer and lionchief LIRR M7s, but the sounds on the lionchief version are identical to the transformer version. I'm thoroughly impressed that you managed to pull six cars with a single power unit, as I've always had a problem getting an M7 (Transformer and Lionchief) to haul more than three, since only the first truck is powered due to not wanting to sacrifice the aesthetics of the first car with a larger motor and likewise two powered trucks.
Nice work but the Deer Park station never looked like that. The stations along the LIRR were very sparse for seats or lighting. You bought your tickets in a seperated building or in the case of some elevated stations, Babylon Station, where the ticket counter was at street level and you walked up to the platform for the train. The areas around these stations were not populated with residents at all. Great scenery but completely inaccurate for the location.
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the deer park station building most definitely looked like that from the late 60s until the 80s. Maybe not the same exact format but I run my trains on three rails so who cars www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/Deer%20Park/deerpark.htm
@@rj.trains Well said RJ. YOUR layout, YOUR rules. (By the way, if anyone asks what the name of the town is on my layout I say "Generica," since it's a generic representation of any North Jersey railroad town.)
when he wears his acela quarter zip in every video😍
Yeah, I love commuter trains! Great presentation!
thanks for sharing
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I have the 175th Anniversary version. Hoping to run it this year for my Christmas train layout. Your videos bring back memories of my childhood. From one long islander to another, I agree with you regarding the LIRR.
Very nice RJ!
Thanks for sharing the back story. And, it's very cool you've acquired the LIRR equipment that have.
Keep on enjoying them.
As someone who model subway trains I can live with the 3rd rail.I love 💕 the MTH subway cars sets .
I grew up about 1mi N of the B&O old mainline, now live 50ft from.same line 8mi west. Loved hearing the regular horns blowing in the distance now it sometimes goes off right next to my house 🤠
I really enjoyed this video. These model train videos are very relaxing to me after a tough day at work. Keep them coming, I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels this way!
Thank you!
Very good product review RJ. My love for trains started when I grew up down the street from my loco train station where the CNJ Railway ran by before it was taken over by New Jersey Transit.
I grew up in Queens and always lived near the LIRR, I still do in my current location. Subway trains in NYC got me into trains when i was very young. It would be nice if Lionel did an M1 or M3 set or a scale M7 set. I'll buy that in a heartbeat.
CFW? Who's that? 😜lol
Glad I was able to help you with this one RJ. The units look way better on your layout pulling a proper long commuter service than on mine.
The old M3s will always be the reason why I love trains. My great grandpa would take me down to the station and we would spend hours just watching as trains would come and go...
Thanks for that fun visit to the Island RJ! And I know where you're coming from, one of my earliest memories is of a steam engine and growing up hearing the Erie commuter trains the next town over from my hometown of Paramus NJ.
I got a smile when I heard "Babylon train." I remember the LIRR "Phantom Train From Babylon" in 1969! Look it up, it was quite the "scandal" back then!
The Route Of The Dashing Commuter with Dashing Dan. When the New York And Atlantic start ed with 7,000 car loads a year,now they have 35,000 carloads a year. I lived in Jamaica in Queens.
I've had a similar experience, but with subway trains, living a half-block from the elevated A-division #2 line. But I went a couple of decades before MTH came out with their subway cars (I did a voiceover for the first R-1 set at their HQ). By virtue of buying 10-car trains of most of their releases (two powered sets and an two-car add-on) now I have around 100 subway cars, including a 6-car set of Metro-North (conventional control) M7's.
By the way, ever consider making "Deer Park" a high-level platform? Your passengers sure must be intimidated by that four-foot drop stepping out the doors :D
With the trains running so fast, I can hardly believe that they can stop at stations occasionally, and take the fast curves!! The Class 50 had a top speed of 80 miles per hour.
Really enjoyed this running session, RJ. An interesting back story of your love of trains. My love of trains started in the 1940's, when I visited my grandmother's home near Shaker Heights, OH. I'd go with my mother of downtown Cleveland on the Shaker Rapid Transit to the Terminal Tower station in downtown Cleveland. Passing through the massive train yards, passed the steel plants with all the railroad activity was quite a thrill then. The last time I rode on the Shaker Rapid it had really deteriorated badly by the 1980's. Sad to see. But the early memories stay clear in my mind.
Those ‘tram trains’ are the type of trains that ran on British railroads!! We called them Class 50, and they are, or should I say were? the standard passenger unit used by commuters every day.
Great video RJ! Nice to hear that the “Babylon Line” is running on your layout. Too bad Lionel did not choose the LIRR main line so you could have a Deer Park station stop announcement!
Agreed. Although I am working on getting a Deer Park stop added in some of my other trains.
GREAT!!
I just made a video filming LI Railroad
Great running session! The first real engine I've seen was further out east, namely the DE/DM30AC and C3 coaches, but I've seen and been on M7s so many times that I've lost count after my first few years of living. I'm actually fortunate enough to have both the transformer and lionchief LIRR M7s, but the sounds on the lionchief version are identical to the transformer version. I'm thoroughly impressed that you managed to pull six cars with a single power unit, as I've always had a problem getting an M7 (Transformer and Lionchief) to haul more than three, since only the first truck is powered due to not wanting to sacrifice the aesthetics of the first car with a larger motor and likewise two powered trucks.
What size is your layout
Nice work but the Deer Park station never looked like that. The stations along the LIRR were very sparse for seats or lighting. You bought your tickets in a seperated building or in the case of some elevated stations, Babylon Station, where the ticket counter was at street level and you walked up to the platform for the train. The areas around these stations were not populated with residents at all. Great scenery but completely inaccurate for the location.
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the deer park station building most definitely looked like that from the late 60s until the 80s. Maybe not the same exact format but I run my trains on three rails so who cars www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/Deer%20Park/deerpark.htm
@@rj.trains Well said RJ. YOUR layout, YOUR rules.
(By the way, if anyone asks what the name of the town is on my layout I say "Generica," since it's a generic representation of any North Jersey railroad town.)
Another Long Islander who loves trains...I didnt know there were more us out there