Joe Dietz has loved trains ever since riding the railways of Europe on family holidays as a child.
Joe Dietz has been driving cane trains, or locos, in far north Queensland since finishing high school. "The YouTube audience grows every year because I have that time off, so I'm just lucky to work six months on, six months off. "It takes three to four weeks to set up. It takes about a week or two to film, and it's packed up within three days.
The Dietz family's dog, Matilda, has been responsible for numerous Lego train derailments, which appear in the TrainGuy 659 blooper videos. Joe Dietz is a professional YouTuber having attracted an audience in the tens of millions who watch his Lego train videos online."Find something that's unique that hasn't been done before," he says.