Riding Household Railways
A video dedicated to everyone who has
dreamed of riding aboard a model train.

Until recently, model railroad enthusiasts had to be content viewing their creations from the perspective of a giant. With the advent of high-resolution, ultra-miniature cameras, all that has changed. This video will transform you into G-Scale, as you ride and become one with a variety of very unique model railways. 

Woodland Railway is a massive wooded backyard layout meandering through live miniature trees, track-work, buildings, bridges and tunnels.

Living Room Railway is a complex of switches, crossovers, poles and overhead wire encircling the room as the pet cat looks on.

Household Railway has the run of the house with LGB trains traveling through five rooms, around furniture, over switch work, past rail yards and stations.

Garden Railway has a western theme with a passenger train winding its way through a town on its journey from yesteryear.

Electric Tramway portrays a nighttime, rush-hour exodus from a foggy European town, across the river and into the countryside.

The Electric Tramway segment is Bill's favorite created just for this video. The track, overhead wires and scenery stretched 50 feet across the studio. Creative lighting simulated night and a fog machine provided a surrealistic effect. The lights in the LGB tram cars do not dim when stopping for passengers because the traction motor is powered separately.

The perspective of the viewer is reduced to the scale of the models themselves. How was it done? The video was shot with a tiny broadcast-quality camera called a lipstick camera. It was mounted track-side and aboard the model trains, traveling over track work and under catenary wires for unbelievable realism. Each segment is cut to music, and except for the introduction, there is no narration to distract the viewer from becoming totally immersed.

Riding Household Railways received excellent reviews from Model Railroader and Garden Railways magazines, and won First Place honors at the Eleventh Annual ITVA Maryland Video Festival. This is a video the entire family will enjoy.

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