# ![@muchfunwithtrains Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:youtube::UCjyt0TYTAYSarK2rCQOSZFQ.png) @muchfunwithtrains Burr Stewart

Burr Stewart posts on YouTube about scale, model, art, engine the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [---] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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[countries](/list/countries)  17.14% [stocks](/list/stocks)  14.29% [finance](/list/finance)  6.67% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  5.71% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  4.76% [products](/list/products)  1.9% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  1.9% [musicians](/list/musicians)  0.95%

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### Top Social Posts
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"Part [---] - Replacing removable scenery bridge [--] engines & [--] trains #hoscale #modelrailroad #hobby Do you need to run your trains in front of your home's electrical panels and other utilities Burr Stewart did and this video shows the removable scenery that he used to do it with. After that he shares the details weathering and great sounds of two BN HO scale model engines that Brian Elchlepp has recently worked on followed by run-bys of two typical early '70's BN trains. Brian's engines include a brass Alco C415 and a ScaleTrains SD7. The two trains are a westbound manifest freight arriving"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JkFaGeMnn2w)  2026-02-11T23:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Part [--] - BN yard overviews & Rapido Alco PA-1 with Burr's birthday train #train #hoscale #layout Party time - Visiting Alco power hauling a surprise custom-decorated passenger special new cabooses and friends to keep the layout in continuous operation And even a small construction project Burr Stewart's HO scale "Burrlington Northern" layout held just such a party this week just before Burr's 70th birthday and just after a large Seattle-area model railroad swap meet at Monroe WA. So there was lots to see including Brian Elchlepp's new Rapido Santa Fe PA-1 diesel and streamlined passenger car"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KjnqC3QKm_4)  2024-03-01T16:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Part [--] - BN Alco C-415 caboose hop running into Seattle This quick video follows an ex-SP&S Alco C-415 locomotive with a caboose hop running along Golden Gardens Park across the Salmon Bay Bridge #4 and on into Seattle's Interbay Yard where it spools down to that distinctive throaty Alco locomotive idling sound. The locomotive and caboose belong to Brian Elchlepp and the action takes place on Burr Stewart's HO train layout in Seattle WA USA. Burr also recently posted a "short" video showing this same locomotive on "the lowline" in Everett at https://youtube.com/shorts/BXN2iG79S84 Burr's"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_wTjWcTiGM0)  2023-06-24T16:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Part [--] - BN Alco C-415's and rainbow-era train run-by's and switching moves in Interbay in HO scale Brian Elchlepp's two remotored detailed painted and weathered BN Alco C-415's steal the show in this video of operations on Burr Stewart's HO scale Burrlington Northern train layout. After the Alco's lead a transfer train into Interbay yard two through freight trains have a meet south of the yard with run-by's of each train. Some railfan footage of a GN SW1200 switcher working Interbay yard follows with a continuation of Burr's over-analysis of the switch moves at the hands of engineer Scott"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jxhIefTSXc4)  2023-12-08T16:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Part [---] - Eric Vannice's roundhouse & scenery construction methods #hoscale #modelrailroad #scenery Ever wonder how Eric Vannice makes scenery This video shows his recent completion of a Fine Scale Minatures roundhouse kit on his masterpiece of an HO scale model railroad an 1895-era train layout set in Eastern Washington State USA. Burr Stewart took some videos of it and then dug back in his old photos of Eric's layout to give us a review of the various stages of scenery construction that Eric has been through over the last few years. You'll enjoy seeing his methods of L-girder benchwork"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pUPqiSii3Zc)  2026-02-15T03:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Part [---] - MILW SD9 ore train backup with imagined brakemen #modelrailroad #hoscale #milwaukee #road Even (especially) the smallest model train layouts seem bigger and more fun when you operate them realistically In this short video Burr Stewart backs a Milwaukee Road ore unit train into a staging track allowing time for the rear end brakeman to line the switches for the move and the front end brakeman to re-line them for the main. Instead of one shoving move the engineer gets the fun of having to start and stop the train four times This action takes place on Burr's HO scale "Burrlington"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GvJFU3avxHM)  2025-02-26T22:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"An HO BN Business car for the "Pacific Zip" train #modelrailroad #hoscale #brass #executive #art Did you know the early BN top management staged a business car in Seattle named the "Columbia River" In this video an HO brass model of it trails the eastbound version of BN's first hotshot intermodal train the "Pacific Zip" for the very first time on this particular model railroad. In truth the eastbound version of the train was only called "Train #4" at the time but on this proto-freelanced train layout we call it the "Zip" in both directions. The business car model was imported from South Korea"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IIV2viYil2k)  2024-11-06T20:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Part [---] - Green red and black engines working on the Burrlington Northern #hoscale #modeltrains This video was an accident because a random photo from [----] caused Burr Stewart to "rediscover" his own HO scale model of the unique BN SD24 six-axle train engine. After trying to shove a bunch of cars up a 5% grade without success Scott Wiesemann takes a great-sounding Bowser PRR Alco RS3 on a "joyride" Then Dave Enger shows up with a brand new ScaleTrains "Ferromex" AC4400CW locomotive and then Tim Smith asks him to use it to test some of the first-ever designs of double-stack intermodal well"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JBEEyqF4Pdo)  2025-08-30T22:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Part [---] - "Green Machines" everywhere static grass coupler rusting & live steam #modelrailroad This video combines trainwatching (& listening) BN Alco's F-units and Geep's hauling trains on the 1970's Burlington Northern (in HO scale) with useful demonstrations of using plexiglass strips for guardrails weathering couplers with Pan Pastels and using static grass to improve your layout's landscaping realism. Brian Elchlepp's superbly detailed BN engines are part of the fun while Aidan Murry takes another spin with a consist of five BN F-units and Dave Enger shows how he weathered and rusted"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=J_cm6b3ZJiM)  2025-06-21T00:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Sounder commuter train rushing past Seattles Carkeek Park #passengertrain #commuterline #seattle Burr Stewart's morning jog was pleasantly interrupted by this passing Sounder commuter passenger rail train traveling at speed underneath the pedestrian overpass at Carkeek Park about [--] miles north of downtown Seattle. For more train videos both real and model see the rest of Burr's channel @muchfunwithtrains"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KFNY4xe4J4s)  2025-09-23T15:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"New SD60M's from Athearn Genesis breaking in on the Burrlington Northern #hoscale #train #bnsf BNSF and UP SD60M engines are lashed up and traveling around Seattle-area landmarks on Burr Stewart's "Burrlington Northern" model railroad. Dave Enger brought these new Atheran Genesis locomotives over to run some laps and you can decide for yourself how you like them. Burr's model train layout is normally set in the year [----] but it is fairly common to see earlier steam engines or later mammoth diesels in action. One the many ways that "model railroading is fun" These locomotives are often called"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LS0EwBy1fR0)  2025-01-11T20:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Part [---] - ProtoThrottle demo w GN GP9 and ore jennies #hoscale #modelrailroad #protothrottle #train Burr Stewart demonstrates how he uses an ISE "ProtoThrottle" wireless engine control stand to operate a GP9 during a brief switching operation. The ProtoThrottle is a product of Iowa Scaled Engineering and the engine was made by Athearn Genesis with a Soundtraxx Tsunami2 decoder. This action takes place on Burr's HO scale "Burrlington Northern" model railroad set in the BN's Seattle region in [----] three years after the [----] corporate merger that created the Burlington Northern (BN) Railway out"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LjGQeCuJXNQ)  2025-04-07T15:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"BNSF engines photo bombed by geese #railroad #railway #train #geese #bicycle #wildlife #birds What can you do if a flock of geese strut by in the middle of taking pictures of trains This video shows photo-bombing at its best. Burr Stewart was on the Magnolia Bridge in Seattle and found geese even more captivating than the BNSF mainline trains passing by For more train videos generally without wildlife distractions see the rest of Burr's channel @muchfunwithtrains Interbay yard Balmer yard Seattle Magnolia Queen Anne honk goose geese truck Interbay yard Balmer yard Seattle Magnolia Queen Anne"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Md1oljp7pr8)  2025-08-17T20:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"70 car train with [--] locos for Dave's 70th birthday What does a model railroader do when they turn [--] Why run a [--] car train with [--] locos Obvious right That's what we did for Dave today on Burr Stewart's HO scale Burrlington Northern train layout and this live stream captures just a few minutes of it. While the layout is normally set in [----] Dave models the present era so we found a bunch of more modern freight cars hiding around in boxes and drawers hitched them up to his seven modern diesel locomotives and ran them around the layout using the "illegal cutoff" between Seattle's Argo yard and"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MpjeJA-TbU0)  2023-09-06T10:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Amtrak "Amfleet" cars on the Cascades "International" #amtrak #passengertrain #cascades #olympics Did you hear that Amtrak put some "Amfleet" passenger cars on its west coast service to Vancouver BC Burr Stewart spotted this action at Carkeek Park in Seattle WA USA on April [--] [----] at about 8:30am. He lightly narrates the video in his usual low-key manner. For more train videos both real and model see the rest of Burr's channel at @muchfunwithtrains"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MuHvZhffGV8)  2025-04-15T23:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"BC lumber train & International passenger train at Carkeek Park @ Seattle #bnsf #train #freighttrain A southbound mixed freight train passes a northbound passenger train with a few birds in the mix and even the BNSF 25th anniversary commemorative paint scheme on one of the engines Plus did you hear that Amtrak recently put some "Amfleet" passenger cars on its west coast service to Vancouver BC Burr Stewart spotted all this action and even a couple of birds and ships at Carkeek Park in Seattle WA USA on April [--] [----] at about 8:30am. He lightly narrates the video in his usual low-key manner."  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OKvBL5tAzhI)  2025-04-29T01:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Part [---] - BN F-units an Alco C-424 and a BR "rat" #hoscale #modelrailroad #emdlocomotive #train Burr and his friends love to watch "F-units" and this video shows four in BN green paint waltzing around his HO scale train layout sometimes led by a BN green Alco C-424. Also included is a visit by an OO scale "Rat" and a bit of a construction preview of the budding MILW engine terminal. All of the F-units shown here were expertly detailed and weathered by Brian Elchlepp and the British "Rat" and its short train are courtesy of Robin Peel. A much shorter version of this action is at:"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PGeC3fFK-4M)  2025-04-21T18:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"AirBART cable-drive people-mover in Oakland Calif. USA looking rearward #passengertrain #airport Burr Stewart looks out the back of the cable-driven people-mover at Oakland International Airport in the summertime. The train approaches the middlepoint along the route where the driver-less system changes the train from one cable loop to the other. Then it dives into a tunnel under a highway. For more train videos both real and model passenger and freight see the rest of Burr's channel @muchfunwithtrains"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RXukQT_YSAE)  2024-12-29T01:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"BNSF Tri-clops with SD75 race around Burrs layout at [--] mph Dave ran his most recent models around Burr Stewart's HO model train layout today set to a maximum speed of 50mph. These are the same engines that he rusted the couplers on in a recent video on this channel @muchfunwithtrains . These engines are both Athearn Genesis products. To see a video of Dave describing how he used Pan Pastels to weather the engines and couplers see: https://youtu.be/J_cm6b3ZJiM"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Sks0uQuqLi0)  2025-06-20T00:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Part [---] - BN F-units dynamic brakes & engine servicing setups #hoscale #modelrailroad #train #art Do you like watching BN F-units listening to dynamic brakes and constructing engine servicing facilities This video has all three of these things and more Burr and his friends love to watch "F-units" and this video shows five in BN green paint departing Everett's Bayside yard on his HO scale train layout. From three different manufacturers most of the F-units shown here were expertly detailed and weathered by Brian Elchlepp and he also demonstrates the operation of dyamic brakes with two more"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=T69QurcCG8k)  2025-05-09T12:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The difference between a good bang and a bad bang #modelrailroad #hoscale #ooscale #britishrail This channel shows good "Bang"'s often but when a bad "Bang" happens we have to show that too. In this case a new locomotive was parked on the mainline after being broken in and a visiting British train slammed into it unexpectedly. Fortunately no one was hurt. But even if you don't care about "Bang"'s this short video is worth watching just for the slinking "mineral wagons" and the sounds of the OO scale British Railways diesel locomotive For more train videos both model and real with bangs and"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VEmOKeaxzQw)  2025-02-23T21:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Quickly arresting a runaway at Bayside yard #modelrailroad #hoscale #train #yard #modelrailroad What happens when a train comes barrelling into your yard unanounced With luck somebody notices it and arrests forward motion before disaster strikes This action took place on Burr Stewart's HO scale Burrlington Northern model railroad during a recent operating session and was caught on camera by a nearby Zoom video camera. Such luck You can see more highlights of this operating session at Burr's "Part 89" video here: https://youtu.be/nZ8caeZhHVo For more train videos both real and model see the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VFSPpEzBRLs)  2024-05-29T00:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Part [---] - "Heavy Mikado" switches grain cars scenery updates and some N scale #modelrailroad #art This video assembles pieces of model train fun experienced recently in Burr Stewart's HO scale basement model railroad. It starts with some of Brian Elchlepp's fabulous diesel detailing moving on to a PFM GN "Heavy Mikado" switching out the Seattle grain terminal. Dave uses his new Ferromex engine to test a wide load on some scenery he's been building and Robin demonstrates a new kind of marshmallow-like scenery material. Burr shows how he's having to finally clean out the basement in advance of"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VQfOhNJuzd4)  2025-09-21T16:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Part [---] - Icing platform scenery construction & testing #hoscale #modelrailroad #scenery #trains Burr Stewart takes you through a blow-by-blow "how-to" on building quick and easy scenery for a model railroad. He uses brown latex paint to glue down foam blocks as well as applying ground cover to the wet paint. After it dries he recovers any unused ground cover using an old stocking in the vacuum cleaner tube. The sequence begins and ends with some switching action by an ex-GN GP9 and a string of ore jennies as well as track testing using a 40' and 50' refrigerator car. Here are some other"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=X62BeXt9ppg)  2025-04-26T12:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Part [---] - Western town and spectacular scenery on Eric Vannice's HO layout #modelrailroad #artist Watch a masterpiece of an HO scale model railroad come to life as Eric Vannice runs an 0-6-0 stean engine around his 1895-era train layout set in Eastern Washington State USA. Burr Stewart narrates the action with particular attention to updating viewers on Eric's recent construction progress. This is Burr's fourth video about Eric's spectacularly sceniced layout and here are links to the previous ones: How to build scenery in [--] seconds: https://youtube.com/shorts/SBr001BQbn4 Part [--] - complete"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XlYY5Bx0Moo)  2025-05-02T22:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Part [---] - British 2-10-0 steam SD60M's & BN SW1500 switching action #modelrailroad #hoscale #art A model railroad is a kind of "time machine" and even a "place machine." This video shows model trains from the 1940's 1970's and the 1990's from both the US and the UK in operation on Burr Stewart's HO scale train layout. The trains include a classic British "Class 9F" 2-10-0 steam engine hauling a train of "mineral wagons" a BN SW1500 switch engine banging cars around and two EMD SD60M diesel mammoths being broken in. The operations took place on Burr Stewart's HO/HOn3 "Burrlington Northern""  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z5VF1lob9Fo)  2025-01-13T20:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"BCR M420 A & B units running south of the border #train #hoscale #modelrailroad #rapido #cascades The "Index Loop" recently hosted Brian Elchlepp's new BCR Alco M420 units two A units bracketing a B (cabless) unit. We didn't take the time to hitch them up to pull a train up that grade but just enjoyed these engines in their pristeen and unweathered glory This action takes place on Burr Stewart's HO scale "Burrlington Northern" model railroad layout set in [----] (a few months before these engines were manufactured in the real world) For more train videos both model and real see the rest of this"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZLbNBKmwbpk)  2024-05-16T22:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Puget Sounder & Victoria Clipper from Carkeek Park in Seattle #train #hydroplane #passengertrain Burr Stewart captures and lightly narrates the passing of the southbound "Puget Sounder" commuter rail train and the northbound "Victoria Clipper" hydrofoil from a bird-infested spot at Carkeek Park in Seattle. This action took place around 8am on Thursday October [--] [----] and was filmed using an iPhone [--] using all of its telephoto settings. Burr edited it using Davinci Resolve. For more train videos both model and real see the rest of Burr's channel @muchfunwithtrains 0:00 Sounder train"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aLIITjKaUdw)  2025-10-16T23:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Blending backdrops with scenery on the Boeing Employees Model Railroad Club layout #train #art Byron Osborn and his friends at the Boeing Employees Model Railroad Club (https://bemrrc.org) have done an amazing job with the photo backdrops at their club layout in Burien WA USA In this video Burr Stewart takes a quick tour of the layout showing the backdrops and describing some of the scenes while club president Byron chats with Burr's friends in the background. This beautifully done model railroad layout will be one of a number of excellent model railroads in the greater Seattle metropolitan"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aMDvtQWob5A)  2025-08-25T14:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"High speed train ride on San Franciscos BART #publictransport #subway #train #console #sanfrancisco Burr was riding the heavy-rail train (Bay Area Rapid Transit) to the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) when he noticed the view of the control console out the back end of the train"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bQ6qYdQenxI)  2024-12-17T17:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Bicycle wheel with HO steam train #modelrailroad #hoscale #steam #bicycle #art #dinosaur #train This HO steam engine is racing to get away from a car-eating dinosaur on a motorized display in the "Electric Train Shop" and here Burr Stewart slows it down on the video so you can see it better. Maybe. The Electric Train Shop (https://www.electrictrainshop.com) is a model railroad store in Burien WA USA. The motorized display is built on top of a spare bicycle wheel. The train and the spinning mechanism on the bike wheel are amazingly well synchronized For more train videos both model and real in"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cWqu8HhqtYE)  2025-08-15T20:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Part [---] - MILW coast route train on the HO BN #hoscale #modelrailroad #train #milwaukee #road #art Watch three Milwaukee Road (MILW) engines pull a "coast route" train from Bellingham WA to Seattle and back again during a busy operating session on Burr Stewart's HO/HOn3 scale "Burrlington Northern" model railroad layout and Burr lightly narrates the video. To see a recent overview of the layout without all the trains running see "Part 100": https://youtu.be/DkPXOEeymjc Burr's HO/HOn3 model railroad is set in the BN's Seattle region in [----] three years after the [----] corporate merger that"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cg6QEzgr9tk)  2024-11-22T22:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"BNSF mixed freight manifest train at Carkeek Park @ Seattle #bnsf #train #freighttrain #seattle #art Southbound mixed freight train H-VBTABN one of the [--] daily manifests BNSF operates out of CN's Thornton Yard in Vancouver BC passes Seattle's "Carkeek Park" with a few birds and young railfans in the background. Burr Stewart comments on the train's consist and generally enjoys the show at Carkeek Park in Seattle WA USA on Saturday June [--] [----] at about 11:30am. For another video showing a similar train see Burr's April [--] video here: https://youtu.be/OKvBL5tAzhI For a coal train at Carkeek"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cgyyeOUx71c)  2025-06-29T15:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Bumpy ride on a BART train to San Jose CA USA #railfans #passengertrain #bart #hayward #railroad BART is the "Bay Area Rapid Transis" system in northern California a heavy rail passenger transit system built by Westinghouse starting in the 1970s. Burr Stewart happened to be riding it on this day in March [----] and shot this video from the front window of the front car while passing the Hayward station southbound. He was holding his iPhone on the windowglass which explains why the video image shakes so much at train speeds of up to about [--] mph. For more train videos both real and modeled see"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=coopKvWyi3M)  2025-03-25T00:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"How to make an HO prairie dog town with laughter #modelrailroad #scenery #3dprinting #laugh #art Burr Stewart shows how he constructed a prairie dog town using methods described by Gregg Condon in the July [----] issue of the "Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette" (published by White River Productions). Burr's laughter is contagious as he makes various mistakes and fails to follow Gregg's instructions carefully. The HO scale prairie dogs are actually "ground hogs" from the 3D printing company Miniprints: https://miniprints.com/products/groundhogs . Burr built the town on a section of his model"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dNk5ZSCkdOM)  2025-08-11T18:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Hornblowing HO trains in Seattle on the BN - ex-SP&S Alcos Great trainwatching often happens near downtown Seattle - due to grade crossings and a double-track mainline approaching a tunnel. Here we see a light engine consist of ex-SP&S Alco RS-3's and an EMD GP9 blowing one way while a manifest freight headed by an Alco C425 passes towards us in the other direction both trains blowing for three grade crossings. The locomotives are Bowser Atlas and Athearn Genesis products consisted together on an NCE DCC system and the train engineers are Bob Richard and Aidan Murray. Great stuff For more"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dvoUys8fcME)  2023-02-08T00:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Part [---] - BN switching Argo Brian's diesel sounds and ripping up track #hoscale #train #track Do you know how to do a "stretch test" when banging railroad cars in a yard or do you just bang and keep going This video shows an expert model railroad operator demonstrating good practices while operating an Athearn SW1500 using a ProtoThrottle on Burr Stewart's HO scale train layout. It also includes a demonstration of the realistic sounds that Brian Elchlepp achieves in his DCC installations on two BN diesels and a brief construction update on recent improvements to Burr's layouts that are"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=e44rMO7MvIk)  2025-01-25T03:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"CPKC's new paint job First run ES44AH ScaleTrains models #modelrailroad #hoscale #cpkcrailway #art Two brand-new ScaleTrains ES44-AH CPKC engines strut their stuff on Burr Stewart's HO scale Burrlington Northern model railroad. The railroad is normally set in about [----] but sometimes we indulge in letting friends run equipment from any era and locale. In this case the recent merger of the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern into the CPKC warrants a celebration On March [--] [----] Dave Enger brought over these new engines to run and Aidan Murray got some modern-era boxcars out of storage"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ebShL2hJgf4)  2025-03-21T17:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Dinosaur eats house #seattle #demolition #construction #excavator Tell me that construction excavators were not modeled after the great dinosaurs This video shows an excavator eating up a house in Seattle (in less than [--] hours) to make room for six new ones. Hopefully some of them will have room for future model train layouts :) For more videos of house construction but mainly model railroads see the rest of my channel @muchfunwithtrains"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ekMH-c7pK2M)  2025-04-02T11:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Burr Builds a Better Bed with Bach #furniture #plywood #brandenburg #chambermusic #jsbach #design Burr Stewart assembles a cleverly designed bed while his friends play Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #3 in this brief and sometimes humorous video. Burr originally designed and built this platform bed in [----] and here he is shown re-assembling it to the background music of a group of friends sight-reading the third movement of J.S. Bach's famous Brandenburg Concerto number three. The bed is a simple design that uses almost no fasteners being held together by tighly interwoven slots the same width as"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fR5L4cpk0Lk)  2025-06-27T23:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Part [---] - BNSF CPKC SN & Titfield engines bangs & ice dock trackage #hoscale #modelrailroad Several fun "train days" are chronicled here with a mix of steam and diesel HO and OO scales old and new and some interesting construction updates involving plexiglass front edge guards and new trackage to serve an icing platform on a removable section of layout. Featured locomotives include HO scale ScaleTrains' CPKC ES44AH's Atlas BNSF Dash 8-40BW's a Rapido SN GE 44-tonner and an OO scale Bachmann BR class [--] "Skiddaw" the "Titfield Thunderbolt" and the Accurascale Transpennine Express. Burr"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gO4cFe6Al-Q)  2025-04-16T15:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Part [---] - BN switchers shoving cuts & spotting cars with car cards #hoscale #modelrailroad #train This video shows a BN Alco RS-11 shoving two long cuts of freight cars between Stacy St. and Argo yards in Seattle followed by an SW1500 doing some switching work at Everett's Bayside yard. Aidan Murray is the engineer and conductor and the action takes place on Burr Stewart's 1970's-era HO scale train layout. Burr narrates the video with comments about layout design operating practices camera angles and freight car history. The fun never stops on @muchfunwithtrains Burr Stewart's HO scale"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h-ExF5GXwXc)  2025-07-03T17:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Amtrak "Empire Builder" in N scale Watch the Amtrak "Empire Builder" passenger train snake along the mainline and across a bridge into a yard on Burr Stewart's N scale BNSF layout. To see what happened next see: https://youtube.com/shorts/PoJufsTNSFc For more of Burr's train videos both real and model in all scales including a whole series of model railroad operations videos see @muchfunwithtrains"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h_JL-7bMvZk)  2023-10-02T23:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Part [---] - 4-6-6-4 steam BN diesels British steam turbine GE 44T #modelrailroad #hoscale #train Did you see some of Burr's recent "shorts" This video shows the full-length horizontal format versions of a bunch of recent fun trains we ran along with a brief layout construction update in the middle. The trains include a UP 4-6-6-4 "Challenger" hauling a reefer block a narrow gauge GE 44-tonner several British trains of both steam and diesel and Brian Elchlepp's detailed BN diesels. The operations took place on Burr Stewart's HO/HOn3 "Burrlington Northern" train layout on December 5th and 12th"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hnN7_CgfiyU)  2024-12-25T17:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Sounder commuter rail train at Seattles Carkeek Park #bnsf #passengertrain #commuterline #seattle Burr Stewart's morning jog was pleasantly interrupted by this passing Sounder commuter passenger rail train traveling at speed underneath the pedestrian overpass at Carkeek Park about [--] miles north of downtown Seattle. For more train videos both real and model see the rest of Burr's channel @muchfunwithtrains"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iq5hKo_kNJw)  2025-08-28T15:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Part [---] - BN F-units DRGW narrow gauge shelf & BNSF "buckets" #modelrailroad #hoscale #train This video combines trainwatching (& listening to) BN F-units and Geep's hauling trains on the 1970's Burlington Northern (in HO scale) D&RGW narrow gauge steam engines (in HOn3) and [--] modern BNSF diesels pulling a string of intermodal "buckets." Brian Elchlepp's superbly detailed BN engines are part of the fun while Dave Enger runs his Walthers 40-foot well cars around the layout (pulled by a trio of new Atlas Dash 8-40BW's) and Burr Stewart tries valiantly to show off his Blackstone HOn3 steam"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jxGOIf9pRJY)  2025-07-08T22:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Remembering Kirk Reddie - a tribute to his N scale dream model railroad - March [----] #nscale #art Kirk Reddie devoted much of his life to N scale as editor of the magazine "N Scale Railroading" and as the creator of one of the largest and geographically ambitious model railroads in the world. The layout was planned to faithfully model the railroads in the entire Pacific Northest part of the US. This video is a summary of how far Kirk and his friends progressed in building his dream train layout before Kirk unexpectedly passed away in [----]. Gordon Kennedy gives an overview tour of the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kRbZZFjejkc)  2025-03-29T22:29Z [----] followers, 13.1K engagements


"Rust up your HO couplers in a minute quickly #hoscale #modelrailroad #weathering #train #art #rust Did you ever see a railroad coupler that wasn't rusted Here model railroader Dave Enger shows a quick way to make all your engines look realistic with a few strokes of a brush and some pan pastel. Try it sometime This video was taken by Burr Stewart using a Sony Handycam AX-53 and edited with Davinci Resolve [--]. Additional views of these engines can be seen in Burr's horizontal video "Part 125" here: https://youtu.be/z93PVCqgSDE Many other train videos both model and real finished and under"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lGQ7iToOJXk)  2025-05-31T01:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Safety guards for the Rainbow Bridge at last #modelrailroad #hoscale #train #bridge #safety #bnsf Worry no more Viewers of this channel have long feared that an engine or train would fall to the floor while crossing the "Rainbow Bridge". Brian Elchlepp finally bit the bullet and concocted safety guards out of plexiglass This video shows the first clearance test with live loads while Brian and Burr banter with glee. A longer video on this momentus event will be posted on this channel shortly. For more train videos both model and real see the rest of Burr's channel @muchfunwithtrains"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lHhUmlwJvpo)  2025-06-06T20:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Part [---] - February fun with steam & diesel engines & trains #hoscale #modelrailroad #britishrail This February fun romp features a wide variety of model train operations in HO HOn3 and OO scales from track testing with an HOn3 Blackstone K-27 and a re-gauged Rapido GE 44-ton diesel engine train hauling with a rebuilt HO Alco T5 switch engine a roundtrip of Rapido "Sounder" bi-level commuter cars and some interesting OO scale British Rail diesel engines and their details. The steam engine is a Blackstone product the 44-tonner and the commuter cars are from Rapido The T5 is a brass engine"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lKLznLpmPe4)  2025-03-13T23:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"BN "dog's breakfast" of "green machines" climbs Cascades #hoscale #modelrailroad #locomotive #train Authentic models of late '70's BN engines climb towards Stevens Pass and over the Samish River trestle on Burr Stewart's HO scale model train layout based in the Seattle area in the 1970's. Brian Elchlepp painted detailed and weathered these engines and Burr narrates the video. For more train videos see the rest of Burr's channel @muchfunwithtrains Recent videos of BN green engines include: https://youtu.be/T69QurcCG8k and https://youtu.be/sCjhZPGnXrc You can find more information about the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=m6iyVwDyvT8)  2025-05-25T19:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Part [---] - BN unit grain train heads east empty #hoscale #modelrailroad #grain #train #art #bn #bnsf Watch a BN unit grain train behind three BN SD-45's snake around the Puget Sound shoreline and climb up towards Stevens Pass during a busy operating session on Burr Stewart's HO/HOn3 scale "Burrlington Northern" model railroad layout while Burr lightly narrates the video. In the background you can see and sometimes hear the chatter and banter that normally goes on during an operating session like this one with [--] people running trains all over the basement. To see a recent overview of the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mbgSEetMaZI)  2024-12-01T20:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Interesting ballast mounds in Carkeek Park #railway #train #track #modelrailroad #seattle #ballast Here's an interesting idea for your model railroad - mounds of ballast from a work train that haven't been spread out by the track crews yet Burr Stewart saw this on the BNSF at Carkeek Park in Seattle and thought it might be fun to copy on a model railroad. The train appearing earlier in the video can be watched in full on Burr's recent video here: https://youtu.be/cgyyeOUx71c For more train videos both real and model in various scales and gauges see the rest of Burr's channel"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nIZwSHa-MZY)  2025-07-11T22:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Part [---] - Bill Sornsin's Great Northern HO layout tour & construction update #modelrailroad #train Bill Sornsin is building a large operations-oriented HO scale model railroad to represent the Great Northern's Cascade Division during the steam to diesel transition period of 1953-1955. This video was taken by Burr Stewart during one of Bill's operating sessions in December [----]. Burr gives a brief tour of the layout construction updates a few operating trains and ends with some scenes from six years earlier as a reference for all that Bill has accomplished in recent years. Bill has been"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=npKeWjkTohA)  2025-02-10T21:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Breaking in a new Rapido WP GP40 with awesome sound and lights #modelrailroad #hoscale #rapido #art Here Burr Stewart narrates a break-in of a new Rapido GP40 engine that has joined his engine roster. This Western Pacific (WP) locomotive was built by EMD in the late 1960's and was used in run-throughs between California and the Pacific Northwest for many years. The paint job is stunning and unusual and the model engine seems to run sound and look just like the prototype Breaking in a new model engine involves running it forwards and backwards for a few minutes to make sure the gear teeth mesh"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oGhoQbSx3dc)  2025-08-20T22:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"HO BN parallel freights with a Christmas surprise #hoscale #modelrailroad #alcolocomotive #caboose Two for the price of one with a Christmas surprise Here two freight trains head along parallel routes so you get to watch both sets of engines cars and cabeese at once The upper track is the "Highline" from PA Junction to Everett Junction and the lower track is the "Lowline" from Everett's Bayside yard south to Everett Junction. This action takes place on Burr Stewart's HO scale "Burrlington Northern" model railroad layout set in the year [----]. He took the videos in 4K with an iPhoneX and edited"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oWPt4KJ7HUM)  2024-12-27T19:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Part [--] - Canadian Pacific RR action on the HO Kettle Valley Subdivision of the "Southern Mainline" This video is a brief tour of an HO layout representing the Canadian Pacific Railway's "Southern Mainline" in [----] when steam engines still ruled. The modeled line is from Hope to Princeton with staging representing Ruby Creek to Penticton on two decks. The lower deck includes a large yard and engine facility and the upper deck includes a large combination bridge/trestle and a small trestle both of which were uniquely constructed from wood salvaged from the original prototype trestle and milled"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=piWWfkTar88)  2021-12-10T02:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Stationary alcohol fired steam engine in action #steamengine #steampunk #boiler #model #machine It was my lucky day when Bob Wickham brought over a stationary steam engine to try out. Here we see it operating at two pounds pressure while friends are chatting in the background. For other videos of steam engines mostly railroad steam and diesel related see the rest of this channel @muchfunwithtrains"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qDTSMDJE7JM)  2025-06-02T01:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"BNSF mixed freight passing Seattle's grain terminal #bnsf #freight #railway #train #railfan #seattle Burr Stewart enjoys a northbound mixed freight train passing by Seattle's 4M bushel export grain terminal on September [--] [----]. The train includes empty bulkhead lumber flatcars covered hoppers and tank cars (and not a single boxcar). Then the shot pans over to show the long strings of empty well cars and contaminated dirt cars in the direction of the downtown Seattle skyline and its waterfront ferris wheel. The ending shot is of the empty four-track yard that supports the huge grain terminal"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=raZ6XZoUwPA)  2025-09-10T21:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Burr bungles a "Squealer" install with Bondic after a quick overview Burr Stewart shows how he set up three "Squealer" circuits (by ISE) and then fails to deliver on the promise of attaching the infra-red motion sensor to the track and roadbed using Bondic and a piece of balsa wood using "Bondic" cement. He remains optimistic that he'll eventually get the job done right somehow. For more (and better) train videos see the rest of Burr's channel @muchfunwithtrains 0:00 Introduction and overview 4:20 First try with the Bondic 12:50 Attaching the second side 16:51 Second try with balsa wedge"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rt5iH9Gu6Qg)  2023-12-22T08:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Part [---] - BN F-units meet PC "Hammerhead" RS-3 w close-up "Bang's" #hoscale #modelrailroad #train Do you know if Kadee HO scale "scale head" and "standard head" couplers work with each other Do you like watching BN F-units and Geep's hauling trains on the early 1970's Burlington Northern How about the unique ex-Pennsy Penn Central "Hammerhead" RS-3 This video has all three of these things and more Burr and his friends run a train headed by five F-units in BN green paint then do a bunch of switching in Burlington with plenty of "Bang's" and run the "Anacortes Local." Also shown are a modern"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sCjhZPGnXrc)  2025-05-20T18:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"BNSF Unit Coal Train at Carkeek Park near Seattle #bnsfrailroad #bnsf #coaltrain #export #train [--] diesel engines on the front and one on the rear haul a unit coal train north from Seattle towards a Canadian export terminal. Burr Stewart spotted this action at Carkeek Park in Seattle WA USA on March [--] [----] at about 9am. He lightly narrates the video in his usual low-key manner. For more train videos both real and model see the rest of Burr's channel at @muchfunwithtrains"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=trb-oFa4QbE)  2025-04-01T18:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A "rat" pulls British parcel cars on Burr Stewart's train layout #modelrailroad #britishrailways The "rat" is back This early Brisith Railways diesel replaced many of the steam engines in England in the 1950's. Robin Peel broght over his OO scale model of one of them and pulled his train of parcel cars around Burr Stewart's HO scale "Burrlington Northern" model train layout. This video shows some of the train action. For more train videos both model and real see the rest of Burr's channel @muchfunwithtrains"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uFF9g3nccRg)  2024-08-16T11:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Two BNSF unit trains meet at Carkeek Park in Seattle #train #seattle #coaltrain #garbagetrain #art A northbound BNSF unit coal train met a southbound BNSF municipal garbage train at Carkeek Park in Seattle and Burr Stewart happened to be there and captured it with his iPhone. This action took place about 10:30am on [--] May [----]. For more train videos both real and model steam and diesel standard and narrow gauge see the rest of Burr's channel @muchfunwithtrains"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ubVoH29vr0M)  2025-05-15T17:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Part [---] - Steel mill switching in West Seattle with a BR "Gronk" and MILW 44-tonner #hoscale #train This video shows the very first ever steel mill switching operations in West Seattle on Burr Stewart's HO scale "Burrlington Northern" model railroad set in [----] in the Seattle region Robin Peel demonstrates his new Bachmann OO scale British Rail Class [--] "Gronk" while spotting a load of coal at the Bethlehem Steel mill and Aidan Murray follows up with some additional switching moves using an HO Rapido Milwaukee Road (MILW) GE 44-tonner. Brian Elchlepp's superbly detailed BN F-units are"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vDrsaGeacU8)  2025-08-19T04:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The shortest train in the world GE 44-Tonner pulls 40' boxcar to a "Bang" #hoscale #modelrailroad A very short Sacramento Northern GE 44-tonner pulled a short 40' boxcar from Seattle to Everett on Burr Stewart's HO scale model train layout and Burr managed to catch it on video. Scott Wiesemann operated this record-breaking train and Burr shot edited and narrated the video. For more train videos see the rest of Burr's channel @muchfunwithtrains Recent videos of Scott's Sacramento Northern engine include: https://youtu.be/gO4cFe6Al-Q and https://youtu.be/tyawkG-l_SM You can find more"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wVlh0DB8sEI)  2025-06-03T12:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"BN GP-10 leads train #140 over Samish River Bridge near Burlington WA These HO scale BN green model locomotives were super-detailed by Brian Elchlepp over the last few years and are here for a demonstration on the Burrlington Northern. Listen to the great sounds and look at the great details while these engines charge across the Samish River bridge just north of Burlington WA hauling a long freight train. In this case it is BN train #140 heading north from Seattle to Vancouver BC. The model railroad depicted on this video is my HO & HOn3 scale "Burrlington Northern" model railroad layout"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=x0It-Xy2lco)  2022-06-23T01:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"MILW F-M H16-44 road switcher meets BNs jet job at multiple grade crossings #hoscale #modeltrains The ruckus of grade crossing bells and engine bells and horns is almost too much as two trains meet along the mainline in downtown Seattle. This action takes place on Burr Stewart's HO scale model train layout (set in the Seattle region in 1973) and showcases the smooth-running and great-sounding Fairbanks-Morse H16-44 road switcher just released by Rapido Trains. The fun of model railroading is that you can imitate the real world without copying it exactly. In the real world this type of engine"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xVfq_aujfMc)  2025-07-18T23:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Part [---] - Cabeese of the Burrlington Northern Seattle Region #hoscale #modelrailroad #caboose #art In a quiet moment after a busy operating session Burr Stewart conducts a narrated inventory of all the cabooses visible all around his HO scale model train layout. Burr's "Burrlington Northern" model railroad is set in the BN's Seattle region in [----] three years after the [----] corporate merger that created the Burlington Northern (BN) Railway out of the Great Northern (GN) Northern Pacific (NP) Burlington Route (CB&Q) and the Spokane Portland and Seattle (SP&S) railroads. Playing smaller roles"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xeF1DoYg06s)  2025-04-11T21:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"BCR fantasy hockey stick painted Alco C425 climbing towards Skykomish #modelrailroad #train #art Brian Elchlepp has a lot of fun with scale model locomotives as you know from many videos on this channel and here he has created a "hockey stick" paint scheme on a BCR Alco C-425. The real BCR never applied this paint scheme to this particular locomotive type but Brian's art makes it look like they could have The engine is a stock Atlas C-425 which Brian detailed and painted. The prototype engine started out life on the Erie Lackawana (EL) but ended up being purchased by the British Columbia"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yIXgSKYdUuQ)  2024-09-20T17:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A most inexpensive G scale railroad - Bob Roegge's Geneseo Railway - completely scratchbuilt part [--] Heard that model railroading is expensive Don't believe it. For the price of some tube acrylic paints a few pieces of extruded foam insulation board and a few sticks of balsa Bob Roegge has assembled a fabulous operating train layout. His locomotives are scratchbuilt from cardboard tubes and inexpensive Bachmann toy trains with cellphone batteries and "dead rail" radio-controlled electric circuits. The rolling stock and buildings are mostly made with used cereal-box cardboard and balsa-wood"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yTTYQBmT2sc)  2023-10-31T23:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"BN F-unit train front and rear climbing to Stevens Pass #hoscale #modelrailroad #emdlocomotive #art This A-B-B-B-A lashup of BN F-units is right at home hauling an eastbound train up to Skykomish yard on the way to Stevens Pass and ultimately Spokane Minneapolis and Chicago. This action takes place in HO scale on Burr Stewart's model railroad set in the Seattle region in the early 1970's. For more train videos of model and real railroads see the rest of this channel @muchfunwithtrains what's neat Burlington Northern Santa Fe BNSF BN GN NP SP&S CB&Q Seattle Everett Mukilteo Washington"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ysP-nu2lesM)  2025-10-13T17:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Part [---] - BN Alco C-636 "dog's breakfast" meets PRR hammerhead slo-mo #hoscale #modelrailroad #art Do you like watching BN Alco's F-units and Geep's hauling trains on the 1970's Burlington Northern How about the unique ex-Pennsy Penn Central "Hammerhead" RS-3 Or even a legacy Santa Fe BNSF SD75 This video has all these things and more Brian Elchlepp assembles a "dog's breakfast" of his superbly detailed BN engines and runs them around on Burr Stewart's train layout while Aidan Murry takes a spin with the new Bowser PRR Alco "hammerhead" RS-3. And at one point Dave Enger runs his brand new"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=z93PVCqgSDE)  2025-05-28T22:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Scanning the dead line at demise of BNSF's Interbay yard #train #engine #graffiti #art #emdtrain Have you heard that the GN/BN/BNSF "Balmer Yard" at Interbay is going away This video shows the out-of-service engines parked on the "dead line" near the Interbay Engine Facility on [--] August [----]. Burr Stewart took the video shots with a Sony Handycam AX-53 and this is the second of a series of his videos about the demise of Interbay with future videos coming on the hump yard and the car repair shops. If you have any information about the locomotives shown deadlined here please leave comments"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zWJmDQ_pVkE)  2025-09-04T18:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Real steam chuff from an OO steam engine Amazing #modelrailroad #train #hornby #ooscale #hoscale Innovation continues to improve realism in the hobby of model railroading In this video Burr Stewart raves about a new Hornby OO scale model steam engine that Robin Peel brought over to test out. The model simulates smoke coming out of the smokestack by making steam from tap water in a 3ml onboard water tank. Burr takes video of the steam from a variety of camera angles while Robin runs the engine around on Burr's HO scale model railroad. OO scale models are built to a scale of 1:72 while HO scale"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1WdCEi_UBDc)  2025-02-15T19:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Breaking in two HO Atlas GP7s fast on the Burrlington Northern Breaking in newly manufactured model railroad engines is always fun even if it isn't "realistic." In this video Burr Stewart breaks in two new HO Atlas EMD GP7's at full throttle on the mainline of his large "Burrlington Northern" train layout. Sometimes they cooperate sometimes they don't For more videos of trains both real and model both standard and narrow gauge see the rest of Burr's extensive channel here at @muchfunwithtrains"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6U70wTrPjGA)  2025-11-26T01:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Log train pulled by a Shay loco on Russ Segners Sn3 pike"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=82JftmErK_w)  2023-05-13T03:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"BN ALco C-424 leads two EMD F-units #hoscale #modelrailroad #huntercolemansalcochallenge #train A BN Alco C-424 engine leads two EMD F-units around Burr Stewart's HO scale model railroad pulling an interesting train and honking where needed. Also heard are the ISE "Squealers" in several spots on Burr's layout. The engines were detailed and weathered by Brian Elchlepp. To see more of these engines and others see Burr's longer video on the same operating session at https://youtu.be/PGeC3fFK-4M To see more trains in action both model and real steam and diesel and in various eras and scales see"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8IZWHiHSfR0)  2025-04-20T16:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"HO BN train departing Burlington WA in [----] #shorts A southbound BN manifest train spools up on its way out of the yard in Burlington WA on the Burrlington Northern HO scale model railroad. Burr Stewart models the Burlington Northern Railroad in [----] which allows him to run many colors of locomotives in their "pre-merger" paint schemes such as this consist of four locomotives headed by BN green #1741. This mainline action takes place in Burr's replica of the Burlington Yard located just north of Mount Vernon WA. This daily train originates in Vancouver BC Canada and is on its way to"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9_9ZKPx47rA)  2021-08-07T00:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Burr finds a "White Christmas" on a Washington State Ferry #boat #deck #landing #whitecaps #seattle It turns out there is more than one way to have a "White Christmas" Here Burr Stewart finds himself on a ferryboat enjoying the whitewash propwash while departing on a Washington State Ferry to Vashon Island near Seattle WA USA. Then he checks out a similar ferry passing by in the whitecaps of a stormy afternoon. Returning at night the splendor continues as the deckhands look after another on-time departure. Burr's channel is normally about trains both model and real but in cases like this he"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AEZ17DZSbLs)  2025-12-31T00:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Breaking in a new GP7 in Sacramento Northern paint by Athearn Genesis #train #modeltrains #railroad Burr and Scott have some fun breaking in Scott's new Sacramento Northern HO GP7 model imported recently by Athearn Genesis. Burr narrates a quick ride on parts of his Burrlington Northern model railroad including Everett's Bayside yard the "Squid bridge" Ballard and the Salmon Bay bridge and Seattle's Interbay yard. The engine sounds are heard in the background including a 5-chime horn and bell as well as the ISE "Squealer." For more information on Burr's layout see the rest of the videos on"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AYDuJUhtFK4)  2025-12-18T22:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Flying saucer Christmas #art #ufocatcher #flying #landing This UFO appears to have landed on the street on Maury Island just in time for Christmas [----] The creativity of this holiday street art piece is superb"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fle8t4h86Go)  2025-12-25T23:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Part [---] - a Badger from UK and SD40 2's from UP CP and BNSF #hoscale #modelrailroad #pantograph This model railroading operations video is really a "railfanning" experience of watching two very different types of HO scale model engines being "broken in" by running around on Burr Stewart's scale model train layout. First Robin Peel's new Accurascale Class [--] electric locomotive runs back and forth between Seattle's Interbay yard and Everett's Bayside yard including various sound effects and the raising and lowering of the engine's pantograph using DCC controls. Since the Class [--] engines were"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GIwvMKEm3Qk)  2025-10-25T11:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Part [---] - What to do if your model railroad just has too many cars gumming up the yards #train Enjoy two long train run-bys on Burr Stewart's HO scale train layout as his friends try to remove extra cars from later than [----] the nominal year that Burr is trying to model. After that Burr breaks in three new engines that do belong - two Atlas GP7's and a ScaleTrains SD7 running from Skykomish yard down to Delta yard in Everett WA USA. The fun never stops on @muchfunwithtrains This is part [---] of Burr's series of model train operations videos. Burr's HO scale "Burrlington Northern" model"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hefm7lxSEFs)  2026-01-15T19:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Burr Stewart ponders "having a blast" with a blast furnace on a live stream #hoscale #modelrailroad Burr Stewart finds himself face-to-face with a Walthers blast furnace model and wonders out loud if it makes any sense at all to put it on his HO scale model train layout. He discusses some of the pros and cons on this live stream before losing his wifi signal prematurely. For more videos about trains both model and real see the rest of Burr's channel @muchfunwithtrains including a recent video about how he built a condensed stand-in model of the West Seattle Bethlehem Steel plant which you can"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KXNZuRVhvK8)  2026-01-21T02:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Railfanning a BNSF grain train "worm" near Seattle's Interbay yard #railfan #grain #train #worms Burr Stewart enjoys and narrates the a very long "worm-like" unit grain train passing near Seattle's 4M bushel export grain terminal on October [--] [----]. The train squiggles past three double crossovers and then passes underneath the "double helix" bridge where Burr is standing and proceeds in the direction of the downtown Seattle skyline and its waterfront ferris wheel. The action takes place near the south end of the BNSF Interbay (Balmer) yard which has been decommissioned except for the storage"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kdz_6U-wF10)  2025-10-29T03:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""Tumble-mix" different colors to get the ballast shade you want #modelrailroad #track #ballast It's easy to get just the right color for your model railroad ballast The realism of model train track can be enhanced by matching the complex combinations of rock colors often found in between the ties and rail of the real thing. In this video Burr Stewart shows how he mixes equal parts of Woodland Scenics "Buff" "Brown" and "Gray" to achieve a color texture similar to ballast found on the "Colorado Line" in South Seattle. For more train-related videos (mostly) see the rest of Burr's channel"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kr-tykYwAgY)  2024-08-17T00:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Ferryboat (WSF) approaching Anacortes dock near Seattle #propwash #piling #transom It takes a lot of horsepower to stop a 200-car ferryboat This video captures that grandeur. It was taken by Burr Stewart in October [----] while returning from Orcas Island to Seattle from a mission to dismantle Geoff Lemon's OO scale model railway. For other mostly transportation-related videos see the rest of Burr's channel @muchfunwithtrains"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NV85PxBFR-A)  2025-02-21T17:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"4-4-0 "General" type steam engine running on Eric Vannice's HO western 1890's layout #modelrailroad Stunning 1890's-era scenery and bridges deserve the right type of steam engines to run on them and this video shows a "general" 4-4-0 type of steam engine running through Eric Vannice's magnificent HO scale model train layout. It also updates viewers on his scenery construction progress with rock "scree" falling down the rock face and several scratchbuilt retaining walls near the turntable. Burr Stewart recorded the video and narrates it lightly in the background. More and longer videos about"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OTl3EFHQTaI)  2025-10-17T22:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Part [---] - Early BN trains fixing recent mistakes and making more #hoscale #modelrailroad #track Burr Stewart takes you through the steps he used to fix an HO track feeder wire that had come loose clean the wheels and track afterwards and enjoy moving a few trains on his model railroad. He starts it off by backing a long train into a hidden "staging yard" featuring a CB&Q GP7 and ends with a tantalizing shot of three new F-units recently repainted by Brian Elchlepp in the "Big Sky Blue" paint scheme of the Great Northern Railroad. Burr's HO scale "Burrlington Northern" model railroad is set"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=REEHgH0Qix8)  2025-12-08T22:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Fast HO train run-bys at a modular club model railroad layout in Tacoma #train #museum #modeltrains Burr gets all excited watching fast trains race around an HO scale modular model railroad set up by the 4d HO modular club. This setup was part of an annual "Model Train Festival" held each winter holiday season by the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma WA USA. The trains include two passenger trains (one a Talgo) and a freight train with an unusual if entertaining set of flat cars on the rear end. For more train videos both model and real see the rest of Burr's channel here at"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=REHUlIgmBzM)  2026-01-03T21:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Part [---] - Eric Vannice adds Mark Twain and details to his HO 1890's layout #modelrailroad #train Eric Vannice has made significant progress this summer on his masterpiece of an HO scale model railroad an 1895-era train layout set in Eastern Washington State USA. Burr Stewart narrates his astonishment with Eric's progress taking time to linger on views of serveral particularly neat details and new scenes. Included are a rock face with the face of Mark Twain a turntable a church with cemetery western town buildings and people a pile driver tender and a steam-powered excavator. This is Burr's"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TvFKqVOUlYI)  2025-09-07T16:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Part [---] - Brass switcher bangs cars and Burr gives a construction update #hoscale #modelrailroad An HO scale brass Sacramenton Northern switch engine bangs cars in an empty yard a long BN train rolls out of Tacoma staging and Burr Stewart gives a brief update on the discheveled state of his model train basement due to a large home improvement project upstairs. All part of the fun in @muchfunwithtrains . The brass switch engine is a brass model owned by Scott Wiesemann that has been overhauled by Brian Elchlepp. Scott models the Sacramento Northern and apparently that California shortline had"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WbMUXZOObjA)  2025-11-29T02:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Mystery gondola load on train at Carkeek Park #train #gondola #plastic #bnsf #bnsfrailroad Can you tell what these mystery plastic bags full of wrapped plastic tarps are doing in a gondola car in this BNSF train Please leave a comment below if you have any ideas This train H-EVELVJ was spotted in Carkeek Park in Seattle on March [--] [----] by Burr Stewart on his iPhoneX. For more train videos both real and model see the rest of Burr's channel @muchfunwithtrains"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=X6BavKb6azo)  2024-03-17T11:00Z [----] followers, 11.1K engagements


"Part [---] - On30 "Beer Line" train layout by Steve Shores in [--] months #modeltrains #beer #art #stea If you think model railroads take too much time and money watch this Steve Shores built a quirky "Beer Line" model railroad using just extruded styrene foam in just [--] months The artistry is exceptional and in this video Steve takes us on a tour of the layout explaining each of the freight movements as well as stories about the people that live in this imaginary but stunningly beautiful western town. The modeling scale is On30 which means it's O scale (1/4"=1') with [--] inch track gauge which"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jswHvvLIZ5E)  2025-11-13T03:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"BN HO Car Spotting in Interbay Yard in Seattle #shorts After glueing down ballast on some track in my HO version of the BN's Interbay Yard (Balmer Yard) in Seattle I took a couple of switch engines for a spin to make sure everything still worked. It didn't so after several hours of electrical troubleshooting I celebrated by doing this little bit of switching near the Emerson Street overpass. Hope you enjoy despite the rough camerawork on my part. The HO scale model railroad underneath the tracks is my "Burrlington Northern" model railroad layout featured in many videos on my YouTube channel"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kUYKtPh8Vdg)  2021-08-13T20:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Part [---] - Alco SP&S C-636 rescues stalled BN SD-24 & SD-9 on 5% grade during construction #hoscale Any excuse will do to see high-horsepower Alco Century engines in action right In this video Burr Stewart noticed an ex-SP&S C-636 in the Interbay engine terminal and sent it over to Mukilteo to hitch up to a lashup of SD-24 and SD-9 engines that had previously failed to shove [--] cars up the 5% grade to the Woodinville branch on his model train layout. Burr also checks out some engines in the Everett roundhouse gives a brief construction and deconstruction update and even runs an out-of-the-box"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oJNGCYHuiI8)  2025-10-03T16:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"N scale BNSF meet in Seattle somewhere A switch job is waiting in the hole for a mainline train to pass on Burr Stewart's N scale BNSF model railroad. For more train videos see @muchfunwithtrains"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=phOfI_XERDQ)  2023-07-23T17:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"PNW On30 modular group layout tour at Great Train Show '25 #modelrailroad #on3 #oscale #narrowgauge Unlike some modular model railroad clubs the PNW On30 modular group is really into realistic operations using JMRI Ops with switchlists This video shows a tour of one of the group's recent layouts set up at the "Great Train Show" in Puyallup WA USA in January [----]. The featured modules include a copper mine served by a copper smelter logging areas and sawmills farms factories scenic vistas and so forth. The video was recorded by Burr Stewart who narrates and observes the operations including at"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rRGnYUrJJIQ)  2025-02-22T00:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Talgo train waves and tug & barge from Washington State Ferry #talgo #train #wake #pugetsound Riding the ferry from Kingston to Edmonds WA USA we get to see a talgo train running along the shore (the "International" train from Seattle to Vancouver) as well as some bow and stern waves from the ferry boat and a tug& barge passing by. For more (mainly train) videos see the rest of this channel @muchfunwithtrains"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rkDdsgCeKyc)  2025-01-19T01:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Part [---] - Dave Adams' On3 layout tour and train operations #oscale #modelrailroad #narrowgauge #art Dave Adams has had a lifetime passion for modeling the Denver and Rio Grande Western narrow gauge railroad and this video gives a quick tour of his well-known On3 (O scale three foot gauge) model railroad set in the 1930's in and around Chama New Mexico USA. Burr Stewart visited and operated on Dave's layout during the bi-annual "BayRails" operating weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area in March [----] and gives a narrated tour of most of the layout and some of the train operations that took"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sRZjsTPKxNQ)  2025-11-07T19:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"SD7 and construction progress report by Burr Stewart #modelrailroad #train #layout #construction Happy New Year everyone A home remodel project has sidelined Burr Stewart's HO scale model train layout for the last few months but the end is in sight In this video Burr shows some of the areas that are getting completed and ends up running a new SD7 in "Black Bird" CB&Q paint through a grade crossing in Everett's Bayside yard. Burr's HO scale "Burrlington Northern" model railroad is set in the BN's Seattle region in [----] three years after the [----] corporate merger that created the Burlington"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=t6Qty_iqMrM)  2026-01-01T01:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"N scale trains running at WA State History Museum #modelrailroad #art #weathering #nscale #train Burr has "much fun with trains" while watching N scale passenger and freight trains running around on the 4dNtrak club's modular setup at the [----] Model Train Festival at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma WA USA. He narrates the tour lightly and focuses attention on the expert weathering of several types of railroad cars. For more train videos both model and real in various modeling scales see the rest of Burr's channel @muchfunwithtrains Railbox car N scale freight car passenger car"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vRRUYXfpW0Q)  2026-01-02T20:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"BNSF C44-9W checks out the HO Burrlington Northern This new ScaleTrains factory-weathered BNSF C44-9W looks great charging around on the Burrlington Northern doesn't it. I normally model [----] but when friends bring over their trains to run we run them What else is the point of a model railroad if not to run trains Seriously this is a very nice realistic weathering job done by the ScaleTrains people. Very nice. The HO scale model railroad underneath the locomotive is my "Burrlington Northern" model railroad layout featured in many other videos on this YouTube channel @Burr Stewart as well as"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wtu_cDhgcpg)  2022-03-08T23:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The demise of BNSF's Interbay yard in Seattle #railway #yards #intermodal #train #bach #sinfonia Did you know BNSF is decommissioning the Interbay yard in Seattle Burr Stewart caught some shots of it being used to store excess rolling stock on [--] July [----] just in time for an intermodal train to roll through on the mainline. To convey his sadness on the loss of this iconic facility dating from the early days of the original Great Northern Railway Burr plays a beautiful Bach Sinfonia in the background while narrating the scene in a hushed voice. For more train videos both model and real see"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zjeY-UJlqAQ)  2025-07-24T20:29Z [----] followers, 15.8K engagements

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