12.25.09 Big Al Mayos Christmas Eve & Day video Diary by Monsterrailroad

[CSXManG21]

The way u where when u opened ur ACE made me crack awsome video!!

[DieselSmoke92]

What a great family you have :) this entire video made me smile.

[signaller44]

you got a great family there mate,xmas is always fun except the clean up afterwards hehehehehe, I hope my kids will be with me this xmas

[GECP4256]

I'll tell ya Al, this brings back memories in the 90's when I was little, good time when you're a kid eh? LOL Well, techinically I'm still one, I'm 15.

[mrbojanglesdoggy]

The Animal..I have been trying to figure out for years what that truck was called. I had one when I was a kid. It used to scare the shit out of me when the claws would come out...LMAO, thanks for bringin the memories back!!

[MonsterRailroad]

ME TOO!!! I kept saying it is "The Claw" Well I did a name search on Youtube and ended finding out it is THE ANIMAL then I found the actual commercial (In my favorites)  I found the NAME!! Next I did the Ebay search and found one the exact kind I had!! My girl got it for me!!

The claws STILL scare me when they come out in my hand. They claw you trying to get away! i do not want to break it so its all weird holding it

[lespaulguy32]

@MonsterRailroad It's awesome right!?!? I want one. It's almost like the truck is alive and tellin you to get away or it will kill you!!!!!! Awesome vid!!!!!!!!

[ipwnu981]

@MonsterRailroad was this before or after adarius was born?

[MonsterRailroad]

@ipwnu981 after. Adarius was born in September

[ipwnu981]

@MonsterRailroad oh 

[GlenCove194]

You have a beautiful family...wish you the best! Thanks for sharing your Christmas.

[MonsterRailroad]

Thank you very much dawg!! It was a great week!!! You had to be there!

[MrAquarium]

So cool man, just have to love kids on Christmas Day , she got a train, oh no, she hooked..

[PRRK4Lover]

looks like a great christmas al!!! hope that SD70 runs nice man!!!! great job making a good christmas for the family and your self!!!

[cn8800]

Awesome vid Al! Great stuff! I love that Ace you got, I got the DRGW unit for Christmas, I LOVE IT. Keep up the great vids!

[BCRailfan96]

Nice Al were glad you had a good day and did you get Loretta a 32g I pod touch?? I got a 32g I pod touch and I'll look for your new sd70ace on the layout merry Christmas

[MonsterRailroad]

Sure did. I got her the 8gig first because the 32 was sold out and the day after christmas I went out and upgraded it to the 32gig

[Guser223]

Oh, one more thing, you are an awesome father. Looks like you, you're wife and daughter had a good Christmas. I liked you're present of the SD70ACe.

[MonsterRailroad]

Thanks a lot dawg! Thats very nice to say!

[Guser223]

Very nice BNSF SD70ACe Al!!! How much did that cost? And where did you get it?

[schul4]

Hey man, I got the BNSF MTH SD70ACe 2 weeks ago and I got the same # 9374! Its a great engine.

[MonsterRailroad]

I know it is. It looks real good, but I have yet to play with mine. I have been busy making videos and weathering items.

[schul4]

The 1 major problem is that most BNSF's have the nose headlight. But 9374 in real life has the cab headlight, but I think MTH should have made nose headlight ones. I don't know about your DCC system but on my NCE powercab It can't read the CV's when you program on a program track. I asked the hobby shop I got it from and they said I have to program it on the main but I couldn't get that o work either. All it runs on is the default 3. I'll have to look into it more.

[MonsterRailroad]

I do not care if they put the headlight on the coupler, I LOVE the SD70ACe model itself. I have been a HUGE fan since they hit the real rails in early 2005. They are gorgeous but I would also like a nose headlight unit

[JakBal3112]

@MonsterRailroad Same ere AL i got two of the BNSFs there excellent, sound Great ,look Great , ARE GREAT

[2005GLI]

that was awesome putting the Iphone in the hot cocoa box. LOL

[BNSFREVIVAL1]

Dang! The Baby made out like a bandit! To this day I can't understand why kids have more fun with the packaging than the gifts! IDK!

[thetrainman407]

I'm glad you had an awesome chirstmas Al. mine was..... ya... Hey at least im buying a new HD camera right after new years, so that makes me happy.

[tomnaro]

Your family is absolutley beautifull Al, Best video from you yet. I have my own little girl on the way and it filled me with so much happyness watching her, all the best to you and your family in the newyear. Keep the videos comming. Im going to stop watching so many videos with out commenting so you will see alot more of me in the future.

[tomnaro]

The beauty of youtube and watching people who make a series of videos is the person on the other end of the screen feels like they realy get to know you. Instead of buying a video camera like I wanted to I decided to get the wife a new Nikon D3000 so that means you will have to wait to get to know me. I dont have the room for a layout just yet. however I have built several diramas in ho, I am going to make a bunch of videos in the new year when the visa is paid.

[Bramptonrailfan]

I love how you gave Loretta the ipod touch! That was so clever! I actually thought you gave her hot chocolate for a second! LOL! Hope you had a great Christmas with your family Al!

[trainzrule5]

Merry Christmas Al! Guess what my dad got me? SD70ACe!!! That really made my day!

[DirPaulyB]

ahhh Christmas + Family is the best.

[nwteacher]

Thanks for sharing your family Christmas, that was great.

[mongo5888]

Great stuff Al. Now time for New Years!!!!!!!!!

[ReagonProductions]

You stole one of my MTH SD70ACes! I got the 9371 and 9374 they don't like Broadway Limited though... :(

[frisco4422]

Yo Al when is your next give away?

[MonsterRailroad]

November 2010 will be it

[frisco4422]

Nice man u r right that is priceless I got some train stuff too, Merry Christmas Al, Hope Gabriella likes HER train set:)

PS. Niiiccce "animal"

[ronthecyborg]

Looks like you've had a pretty good Christmas! Loving the reactions from the little one!

[moonwalker5058]

Nice BNSF ACe. Wish I had that lcomotive! Merry christmas to u too!!

[1998ChevroletS10]

cool bnsf sd70ace

[Zebinator]

Merry Christmas Al!! Glad you FINALLY got an MTH unit. Gotta love the kids reaction this time of year huh? Good stuff!

[MonsterRailroad]

The MTH SD70ACe is GREAT but Gabrielas excitement was off the hook! We just returned Lorettas iPod touch because they only had 8gb the day I bought it but I wanted to get her the 32gb one. So we returned it and got the 32gb less trhan a half hour ago. Loretta is excited too.

[spacecalander]

Great Al, Merry Christmas, was that a MTH Sd70ACE? with sound woo! lucky guy ha

[MonsterRailroad]

Yes it was, Loretta splurged on my gifts! She is a Keeper guys!!

[kahnekid1]

My little brother got the same Handy Mny thing too.

[robby2448]

hope you had a great Christmas and have a happy and safe new year.. will you be posting a vid on new year?

[andrzejowiec]

Merry Christmas!!

[jbrunsonjr]

Congratulations on an awesome Christmas! That ANIMAL truck brings back some serious memories! MErry Christmas and a happy new year!!

[MonsterRailroad]

You had it Jack!!!?  i did too!! It brought back instant memories! Hey I shipped your stuff out and it will be there either today or Monday!! Congratulations again! Merry Christmas!! Hey where is Bluejacketsman86?

[Danw182]

WHHHAAAT no train around your xmas tree?

[MonsterRailroad]

NOpe! There is a train under the tree now. Gabriellas wooden train set is there.

I bought the cheap 8gb iPod Touch for loretta and I am returning it today HOPEFULLY!! I wanted to get the 32gb but they were all SOLD OUT. I figure they should have it today. So here we go!!

[aaron13133]

hey, al can you get me a price on a good CSX engine with working ditch lights? i am looking for one, and if you go back to AA hobbies, can you take some pics oif the CSX's? i really wat one.

[casslakechris]

The nice thing about the BNSF 9374 - first BNSF MTH did right - the other two, the engines have gray trucks and tanks, the 9374 has silver.

[MonsterRailroad]

CORRECT!!! You are absolutely right about that! he first run was done incorrectly and that was why I had to wait until this run.

[thomaso9]

sorry i was a little early on the video hows the engine

[thomaso9]

did you get anything

[RichmanJ93]

Merry christmas, nice reaction to the SD70 btw. lol

[MonsterRailroad]

My reaction was gay! LOL  Merry Christmas!!

[trainamtrakcsx]

LOL al i love xmas. that was pretty much my reaction when i got my sd70ACe

[MonsterRailroad]

I also LOVe Christmas! As I said before guys I am not bull crapping, I love the family aspect of it. The ANIMAL was the Bomb trust me. I willa dmit that I wanted the ANIMAL more than the SD70ACe in fact!! I love to own old toys I had in the 1980's! But I do like the SD70ACe a lot!!

[railfanfromiantha]

Holy Crap! And SD70ACe!!! Look's like you had a lot of fun filing this.

[bigtoysforlargeboys]

Funny You have a GREAT family AL Merry Christmas

[CMRSclub]

Merry christmas to you and your family Al looks like you had guys had a great christmas!

[svinehunden]

merry christmas to you and your family... your daughter likes trains too... that's so sweet :)

[BNSF7776]

Great Stuff.

[stangcrazy89]

Great vid Al, thats whats its all about being together with family. We have yet to do out christmas as we have been getting pounded with snow for the last 3 days.... Hope you & all the followers had a merry christmas. Wonder what ever happened to the Animal I once had, hmmmmmmmmm lol

[joshtheyman]

lol thats wat i'm getting too lol lol

[bnsfrailnut]

Sorry. great vid of the family time too but I was really jealous of THE ANIMAL

[bnsfrailnut]

DUDE!!!!!! NUFFF SAID!!!!!!