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"Trains, for example, are the most eco-friendly option, far more than cars."
"Trains are a great place to get work done because it's like time traveling."
"Walt Disney loved trains. A lot of people close to him joked that the reason he built Disneyland was so that he could have a bigger train set."
"There's something magical about riding on a train."
"The romance of trains, the story of rail travel."
"Now that's a train filled up and ready to go."
"It is the greatest fun, I'm Peter Sloane, and this has been my passion ever since my dad bought me my first toy train when I was just four years old."
"The best part about this hobby is building the thing, getting it just perfect, and then making people sit there while you explain the little trains."
"Congratulations diesel as always it's a classic steamies versus diesels."
"Diesel won by a landslide that was incredible."
"For one brief and glorious day, the railway returned and hundreds of devoted people stayed up all night for the simple pleasure of seeing a train go past, and that makes me very happy."
"One of the most common attributes folks imagine when they think of trains is the clickety-clack sound they make as they roll down the tracks."
"Bring back trains and train robberies, I'm so down."
"Trains aren't just a mode of transportation, they are beloved children's characters... They're fast, they're loud, and they make noises like chuga chuga choo choo and ding ding ding ding ding."
"Hello there, everybody. Sam's Trains here, and welcome back to the railway."
"Without this schedule, the trains wouldn't only be late but they would be off the rails."
"Trains extremely important to the state's economy."
"In terms of early art deco train appearances, early examples actually date back to around 1917 with the McKeen Motor Car Company. They built early motor rail cars using porthole windows and a wind splitter pointed front end for aerodynamics."
Kicking off the '30s was the German DRG Class SVT877 affectionately known as the "Flying Hamburger." Built in 1932, it had a rounded out shape with skirting around the wheels - it was a smooth, curved, and clean look.
Not long after, there would be America's first art deco streamlined individual locomotive, built for the New York Central known as the Commodore Vanderbilt, nicknamed "Upside Down Bathtubs."
"Trains have always fascinated people, myself included. These giant machines have a way to capture the imagination like nothing else built by mankind."
"Every train on the tracks pretty new Sun pretty near I ain't wrote them all I wrote them all I mean from the lack on to the Santa Fe there ain't much about trains I don't know."
"I don't want to do that, I like the trains, so I like to hear them."
"Iron Mountain has two of his favorite loves: trains and theaters."
"Walt Disney's love for trains persisted, leading to the creation of a miniature railway in his own backyard named the Carolwood Pacific Railway."
"Let's go to Fostoria Ohio and see some trains."
"Trains are wonderful, especially at night. They're like big long snakes with lighted skins."
"When I was a kid, I used to spend my summers in Georgia at my uncle's farm. Me and my cousins used to play down at the old train yard, and one day the conductor showed up. He showed us around the trains and gave us a ride. I've been hooked since then."
"If you like trains, you won't be disappointed. Not at all."
"The trains are pretty inexpensive and it makes it easy to hop from country to country."
"They household premier passenger trains like the Pocahontas, Powhatan Arrow, and Cavalier."
"The class 28: unreliable, unconventional, unique, a wonky axle survivor, the last of her kind."
"You must not have been on the Boneville train."
"But we did at least get our first train running on the new TT 120 layout so I hope you enjoyed that."
"The train itself is a sleek, breathtaking blend of mahogany with gold accents, accents that look like they've been painstakingly crafted by a steady, loving hand."
"Anna Kaboom, this girl, she just likes trains. Her actual Ace is the Super Dreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max."
"Trains are so great the easily best vehicle it's not even close."
"Japan has the most punctual trains in the world. If a train ever runs more than 5 minutes late, passengers are issued a "late certificate" they can show to their boss."
"That was a pretty good day for me quite a few trains, some unusual stuff, and I want to tell you, Baldwin is always a pretty good bet for a day of rail fanning."
"This is without question the best, most creative camera work I've seen done in trains in a long time."
"The sleek trains will make getting around affordable for all."
"Trust a blue engine to be late," called James. "I'm sorry," gasped Edward. "I had to go slowly and take care."
"I think what I would do is I would buy a really cheap train set like this and then with the money I've saved I'd get myself some sort of a track expansion set."
"Spending money on trains always, always makes a guy feel better."
"It's made by Lionel and the fun starts right now on Eric's Trains."
"If anybody loves trains, it's me, Johnny Cash. Trains and trucks are rolling..."
"In an era where the public doesn't really interact with trains or railroading anymore unless something derails in the news, there's still one last holdout where the public has to interact with the train, and that is the railroad crossing."
"You know you're visiting a huge fan of trains."
"Some saw an opportunity for passenger trains, some saw an opportunity for shifting mass amounts of coal."
"In the 21st century, more people than ever are travelling by train than at any point in history."
"Harriet Lily didn't specify which good train it was and I don't know if there are other good trains."
"I think our future has got to be in looking at ways of increasing the amount of trains that we can do."
"There's something about a train that's magic."
"He traveled. He knew every train there was."
"I love seeing these passenger trains just cooking around the lines, they're so much fun."
"It definitely does capture the essence of what a real-life train would look like."
"Overall I have to say I was pleasantly surprised with GWR's Night Riviera sleeper."
"Engines have been on the line since its earliest days like this one for example, number one the well known Thomas the Tank Engine."
"I like trains, man. I like... there's no use denying it."
"The locomotive finally had a face."
"The 1938 stock is my absolute favorite example of a tuba train."
"We all know Walt Disney was a huge fan of trains."
"Sweet, really nice trains, still in the packaging."
"The camaraderie and fellowship the grown-ups talked about is evident with the Hub City Rail Fanners."
"There's thousands of us who are out there doing the same thing, and we love the trains just as much as you do."
"So let's plan to meet up again somewhere soon, somewhere out there on the high iron."
"I am a bit of a train nerd. I'd always loved trains."
"Roaring rails, that totally rocks!"
"You're the engine everyone cheers for on Sodor; that's something to be proud of."
"This has got to be one of the Teeny tiniest little trains I've ever seen in my life."
"Whistles are very important. Engines without whistles aren't proper engines at all."
"This story is about trains, folks far apart, and the magic railroad that brought them together as they were meant to be."
"Don't let the silly freight cars tease you; remember you have an important job as a special helper in the train yard."
"I think the BR blue really suits this locomotive."
"Diesel power was considered very suitable for small, lightweight, and high-speed trains."
"I want to be able to put a camera on the front of a train and have continuous scenery the whole way."
"There really is no better way to get inspirations for train formations than watching Railway Roundabout."
"Let's check this out, the brand new Homie Class 43 or the Inter City 125."
"The class 43 is far from gone or forgotten."
"Well hey everybody, today we're going to be checking out what will no doubt be the most beautiful O-scale steam locomotive for 2023."
"This is the Santa Fe War Bonnet paint scheme, and in my opinion, this is one of the most, if not the most beautiful paint scheme in all of American railroading."
"Welcome back to the railway and welcome to another starter train set unboxing and review."
"That is so cool, look at that, we have an LBSC Thomas!"
"All these trains, to say the least, took my breath away."
"You've got to get the youngsters into it; we let them play on the train layout, let them have a drive of the trains."
"I really enjoy watching the trains go round and round."
"Hello there, everybody, Sam's Trains here, and welcome to the Great Central Railway."
"I'll always remember visiting the National Railway Museum and the Bluebell Railway at a very young age."
"It's important to offer a nice stretch of track for people to enjoy riding."
"Hello again, this is Mike with Toy Train Tips and Tricks."
"Keep those trains running, and we'll catch you next time on Toy Train Tips and Tricks."
"The layout is simply modern image in southwest of England with class 50s being a speciality."
"It just perfectly brings together the magic of train sets and the magic of Christmas."
"He's always had a great love of trains... it's a good way to connect with people."
"I love long train journeys. Everyone loves long train journeys."
"The 14XX are just beautiful, beautiful locos, Great Western of course."
"If this is finished to the same standard that the terrier was, I think we're going to be in for a really good day today."
"Let's face it, locomotives are a great talking point and crowd puller."
"It feels just like it did when I was a young boy, thank you, Steam."
"The engines on the island of Sodor are really useful, reliable, and right on time."
"Look at him go folks, Japanese bullet train, whoa!"
"All I want this Christmas is a box of candy canes tucked in the caboose of an electric model train."
"We've got a great show in that Jenny Kirk takes us on a tour of where they actually build trains."
"We were sitting in the bathroom talking and we were just talking about how like we both haven't been on a train since we were kids."
"Sleeping in a caboose would be exciting for a kid that enjoyed trains."
"I always love cemeteries that have trains running near them; I don't know why, just I love the sound of train engines with the train horns blowing and the trains going by."
"It's biggest belief we've got the state-of-the-art, world-class trains sitting here, gathering dust rather than going through our tunnels."
"I always love seeing what trains mean to the places they serve."
"Trains. We never even think about them until we hear a clanging bell, and then it's too late."
"The rules are simple: Don't try to beat a train. Do stop at every crossing, whether you see a train or not."
"It's a great place for photography, or to just kick back and watch the trains roll by."
"It's very easy to become a real train fan because there are so many different styles, so many different lines, so many new luxury trains in addition to the bullet train which is the Shinkansen."
"If you want to travel when you come to Japan in one of these trains, this is the perfect Twitter feed to follow."
"We literally are the largest railway museum in the West."
"Trains are cool and we need more trains."
"All the engines on the island of Sodor are very happy."
"...there's just something mysterious, I think, and nostalgic about trains, train travel."
"The Midwest Preservation Society does a pretty cool thing; they rebuild train cars and preserve them."
"It's a wonderful hobby to be part of, it's really nothing like having something that you can just unwind with."
"I've loved trains since I was born."
"I love the graffiti on these trains; it's like a traveling art show."
"It's a wonderful spot, it's one of my favorite places to fling trains off of."
"Don't take train simulator as gospel, take it as fun."
"Trains and steam locomotives in general had become an intrinsic part of world culture."
"The American Southern Railways KS-1s are among the most famous and beloved consolidation types in the world."
"Well, it's a bit like fairyland really, you're going backwards to your child's memories of trains."
"Top 10 fastest trains in the world 2018, it's literally a compilation of the fastest trains in the world."
"You can imagine, can't you, all the train enthusiasts that come here wanting to get their own footage of this place."
"I don't know, I just kind of enjoy sharing this stuff, you know, showing people what goes into having a train layout and stuff."
"There is something special about the Great Western engines, isn't that absolutely beautiful?"
"There goes the class 5 in front of the camera just as it did on television all those years ago."
"Famously, the class did appear with the iconic streamlining."
"I just can't get enough of it, so it needs, of course, the New York Hudson, and I absolutely love it."
"We've just started running trains now, so it's starting to come to life."
"It's good fun just to run some trains."
"Until next time, I'm Train Boy Robbie, and I'll see you train fans next time."
"It used to be a pre-grouping loco originally, which is always a recipe for a handsome Loco, I think."
"Something about steam trains, it's like magic."
"The trains are my passion for sure, and it's just great to see that shared with so many others."
"I just want to build something and watch some trains go around in some scenery."
"Ever since I was a little kid, I just love trains."
"The New York Central's J series or Hudsons need little introduction to most, being one of the most iconic steam locomotives in the world."
"The DD35 was originally designed by EMD as a cabless booster unit to be coupled between two GP35s."
"The DDA40X was specifically built for Union Pacific and these became known as the Centennials."
"This is going to be a new type of thing that we're going to be presenting on the Train Aficionado YouTube channel."
"We're looking forward to this first of hopefully many vlogs for Train Aficionado."
"Hey everybody, welcome to Train World TV."
"The legacy of the cab forwards will live on."
"The performance was quite good for their type, as they could easily manage a 9-10 car train while going at 92 miles an hour over the span of 65 miles."
"The most notable member of the class was number 6402, which was doing a test run between Chicago to Milwaukee and topping up at 103 miles an hour."
"These giant machines were quite impressive for their type."
"They really proved their worth during World War II when they were able to keep up the passenger train schedules and haul troop train freights."
"It is one of the most collectible trains that is out there, and I would really like to have one."
"The original design and concept was to showcase as many different types of trains as possible in an operating session."
"This will allow trains to operate with a tube like frequency of every 2 to 3 minutes across the central London belt."
"Let's face it, steam trains are incredible looking vehicles."
"They don't make trains like this anymore."
"The track is finished, the trains are running."
"The story of that train is a really cool story in and of itself."
"Overall it was another good day along the Clinchfield, and several other rail fans were out to see the action."
"Trains are really cool, and they also go fast. Chugga chugga chugga chugga choo choo!"
"The clock is famously almost five minutes early, so that if you are heading for a train or running late for a train, you look at the clock, you're like 'Oh no, I'm gonna run for my train,' then actually you're going to end up right on time."
"This park is very Thomas the Tank Engine themed; they've got a Thomas Land and a lot of train theming."
"It's a fascination that starts with our first Lionel electric train and seems to grow stronger as we grow older."
"He's been obsessed with trains since he was probably two and a half years old."
"I've been interested in trains and railways all my life."
"This is the definitive black five locomotive in O gauge; it is quite literally perfect."
"I live for walkable cities and trains, trains are the best, trains are great."
"Each one of these guys represents a different train that can be found in Japan."
"I really like trains a lot. I like having models of them. I like having working models of them."
"I've been spending more and more time lately learning about real trains and how they operate."
"We've discovered one of the most comfortable ways of traveling on a train."
"If the conductor's story is true, then clearly multiple trains have experienced some kind of haunting in that specific spot as they travel through it."
"You never have to guess when you hear the toot of the whistle; it's Casey at the throttle of the Cannonball."
"Most of us in our heart of hearts cherish a nostalgic feeling about trains."
"In Victoria we have a very healthy mainline heritage train scene."
"So I hope you've enjoyed this brief look back a time when you could catch a train to Blowhard, Mywee, Wangamong, Bung Bong, Boinka or Teddywaddy."
"Not all phantom trains are messengers or harbingers of disaster."
"In this video, we will explore tales of phantom trains, ghostly brakemen, and other Canadian railroad mysteries."
"Walt shows up at Disneyland the very first day it's ever going to be opening, operating the train."
"That is the smile of someone who is having fun, playing with trains, doing what he loves."
"There truly is magic behind our steam trains."
"You have to really get to know these trains to operate them; here at the Walt Disney Railroad, we consider these things beings that we wake up."
"He gets to combine his passion for two things: steam trains and American History."
"Why do you have a fedora on your buffer beam, what is that for?"
"This hilltop station is very appropriate for the narrow gauge engines."
"I just love steam trains of all sorts."
"I'm a graffiti writer, an artist. I don't just throw up little tags all over the place. I make them trains beautiful."
"Thousands of men and women... regularly give up weekends to recapture something of the remarkable fascination of steam trains."
"Welcome back to another edition of Classic Model Trains."
"Summertime, it's a great time to have a garden railway out and running."
"The black fives were actually an instant success; they first appeared in 1934."
"They're often considered the ultimate British passenger steam locomotives."
"I got trains on the brain, smoke and fire in my veins."
"It's the greatest train movies of all time coming up right now."
"All right, the holiday season is coming up, and that's the time of year when people start thinking about trains."
"Well, that wasn't too bad. I would rather have to give her a push than have to put all the wagons back on the track, so that is pretty good."
"The trains of Pit Ley Steam Railway still have many more journeys to make."
"It's so cool to finally actually own these trains, I've always thought they were neat."
"There's just something about a GWR locomotive, I think it's the livery, I think it's the beautiful green."