Toby & Emily in The Great Race - A Classic Model Train Video From 2021

I think this is actually one of my best Thomas & Friends model train videos! This is a re-release of a video that I created in 2021. For some reason it didn't get the huge numbers of views that a lot of my other Thomas & Friends videos got back in those days. So, I am releasing this video again in hopes that maybe it will find a larger audience this time. My two fastest G-scale model trains go head-to-head in a race to verify that Toby is indeed faster than Emily. I set up a special layout for train racing on the patio in my back yard, and included a special (dangerous!) design feature... a crossover track where the two speeding trains will quite often crash in to each other! If you're a fan of Thomas & Friends, I think you'll enjoy the video... even though Thomas himself doesn't appear in it! All the crashes prove the toughness of Bachmann model train products, as there was no damage to either Toby or Emily. Trivia fact: This video was shot almost entirely with a DJI Mini 2 drone... but not necessarily in the way you'd expect! Sure, I flew the drone for the really high aerial shots where the camera flies over my house and neighborhood... but for the shots of the actual races, I used a very unusual camera technique to take advantage of the stability of the gimbal on the drone: I kept the propellers turned off and simply carried the drone in my hands as I followed the trains around my patio. This let me take advantage of the drone's gimbal, without actually having to fly the drone in such a tight space. Because the drone does not record any audio, I mounted a Sony digital audio recorder on top of Toby to capture the actual sounds of the locomotives during the races. #thomasandfriends #toytrain #modeltrains