FIRST TIME EVER....Take a trip on my layout video!!! UPDATED 12-23...pictures of the camera mounted on flatcar...

A+ for this. Acelas, canteras, over 4 minutes to traverse the layout, many switches, bridges, engines, types of scenery, etc. Very enjoyable. Thanks. 

Looks great and enjoyed seeing your layout Alan!

Nice trip, I want to see more.

A great engineers eye view.  It really shows everything off.

Nice! 

Thanks for the ride in the cab.

Hi Alan - Rock - N - Roll • Very cool. "Life in the Big City" Thanks for the ride on the Hi-rail main line. The Amtrak Acela Express, speeding downtown, also very cool.

Gary  - Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway

Tremendous.  So much fun to just sit back and watch all the landscape and scenery roll by...just as you would on a real train.  

Wow I love your City.Love the black structure with the clear roof sheeting.Your layout is Amazing.Thank you for not whaling on the horn the whole time and not making us listen to crew talk.Nick

Wow that is incredible.  I can't begin to imagine the planning and design that had to go into that. 

Thanks for for the video.

Ed

Wow, that is amazing!   Thanks for the long train ride, fabulous!

Hi Alan 

I've waited for this for years, it was such a great ride around your beautiful layout. Thanks very much for posting this. I'm going for another ride later !!

Thanks 

Alex 

A first rate layout. Can't wait to see more. Love the Acela running at full speed.

Tony

Up on "The D & H Bridge Line" 

Alan

that was a great video to watch. I love your layout.

alan graziano

You have an amazing layout

You know I absolutely love videos that are shot from that perspective, I just seem to spot more details that way.   At any rate that is a great looking layout and packed full of great scenes.  Thanks for sharing it with us....

Very nice...i told my wife that i thought i had too much stuff.....Naaaaa !    layout is amazing..conrail john

Wow! Amazing layout! I especially like the on board camera. Thanks for posting.

Bob

Amazing layout. Thanks for sharing and look forward to seeing more.

I love riding around a layout.  Great video Alan of a great layout!

Thanks for making this video and sharing it.

Thanks guys for the nice comments.  I will be posting more videos from the various mainlines on the layout.

Alan

Fantastic!  A very enjoyable ride.

Don

I enjoyed the video Alan.

Wow, buy some grass paper and get it done.

I'll have to go back and watch this six or seven... or twenty more times to see all I want to see.

Thanks.

About time !!! THANK YOU!!! That was great. The layout looks fantastic.

Alan,  I vote this layout the best.  You did a fantastic job.  I love the bridges and of course the Acela.  I am so glad I have a standing invite to see it in person.  That is going to happen.  The video work was great.  Guys like yourself are a true inspiration for anyone who is building a layout.  This video should be considered a training film for anyone who wants to see what it is like when done right.

Love it much to see wish there was a track plan because I personally got lost LOL

Loved the ride  around this part of the lay-out. Ready to see more, will be watching several more times to catch ALL! 

Loved seeing the Acela running (first time I'very seen one running on a lay-out). Will be waiting for more; oh I said that already.

Alan

thanks for sharing, very enjoyable. Gee you have a lot of detail and trains on the layout!!

Steve

Thanks again guys!  I had a couple of emails asking what kind of camera I used.  It is an Ion Pro Wifi.  Very light, small, and easy to put on a flat car...or in a box car.

Alan

Even though I had the speakers turned off on my computer I kept hearing the sound of a cash register as the train cruised around the layout. 

Wow!  What a layout!

Pete

Alan that was fantastic!  But fess up, the Acela was a CGI special effect because everyone says they don't work. 

Really neat, Alan!

I've taken the train t/o Philly and NY City and your video brought back some memories - you captured the feel of urban running!

SWEET! Can't wait to see more.

Alan,

Very impressive layout.

Norm 

leavingtracks posted:

Thanks again guys!  I had a couple of emails asking what kind of camera I used.  It is an Ion Pro Wifi.  Very light, small, and easy to put on a flat car...or in a box car.

Alan

Nice video Alan,

A track plan would be interesting to see!

I just noticed the other day that BJ's has the Ion Pro 2 (with wifi pod) on sale for $99!  A great deal, and from the looks of the size, it is pretty easy to mount on a flatcar.  I did mine a while back with a GoPro, but the price and quality on the Ion may inspire other OGRers to turn to cinematography!  There's also a new $129 GoPro available - just in time for Christmas.

Ed

ps. Alan... think it would fit in an MTH modern tank car?  Looks like it might.

Nice video, Nice Layout!

I would like to the see the Disney World Monorail running too.

Did you make your own track for that monorail? If so, how?

Buzz

Alan,

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!

Nicely done, and very enjoyable! 

Alex

Great video - really shows off everything nicely

Wow. Finally got a chance to see it. Definitely worth the wait. The one point when it enters the section under the city kind of reminded me of the entrance to the IC/South Shore/METRA Randolph st under the Prudential Building( Chicago) with the PRR MU sitting on the siding. Will we see a video of the upper level EL?  Thanks for the ride.