I am not surprised that producing the videos is no longer economically viable for OGR, the model has changed a lot. There are people who make money producing videos on you tube, who regularly produce content and make money either through You Tube Monetization (based on views/subscribers), You Tube Member/Patreon financing, or some combination of the above. The thing about that is it takes a while to get to the point of making money (if that is your goal), you have to produce content regularly and you have to build up your base, and that takes a lot of time and effort...and again, to make money on it the way many do.
Funny, train layout videos can be a two edged sword, it is much like the show layouts you see in magazines and the like. Of course it is entertaining, that never changes, especially when they are well done, like the Great Layout Tours, TM,Or Chris Raine's videos, etc (then there are those that put you to sleep because the person doing it, well, is as dull as dishwater or worse, annoying).
The upside you get to see what people are doing, get inspiration, see techniques you may want to try, and that is all good.
The downside? Speaking for myself, you look at one of these large, magnificently done layouts and I can get depressed, realizing the effort that went into them, the money, and thinking like "no way I can do that"...or look at your own layout and the slow progress and think "there is just no way it will happen". It is human nature to compare and contrast, and sometimes it can get overwhelming
More times then not it inspires me, I also realize that with those larger layouts, unless they got someone to build them for them, they had their ups and downs, had their doubts, their frustrations, issues, etc. We see the baby, all cute and cuddly, we don't necessarily see the labor pains.
