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David Popp's N scale layout

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David Popp's N scale layout
Posted by BigDaddy on Thursday, May 14, 2020 6:06 PM

I stumbled across this on Youtube.  It is David Popp's n scale layout.  It could be in an old thread, but I've given up on search.

Henry

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Posted by richhotrain on Friday, May 15, 2020 6:22 AM

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Posted by dknelson on Friday, May 15, 2020 10:25 AM

David was kind enough to open up his home for a layout tour when our NMRA Division held a monthly meet in Burlington WI near where he lives, rather than the usual Milwaukee.  It was a beautiful layout and the fall colors were vivid without looking fake or garish.  Really nice structures, too.  And it seemed to run exceptionally well.  His basement is (or was when we visited) very neatly kept.  David and Ingrid's entire home seemed neat as a pin.  

The other layout we toured that day was a guy out in the country who had a huge basement filled with old Standard Gauge toy trains and he had every noisemaking accessory and every lighted accessory you could imagine.  It was hypnotic, with those huge model trains coming at you from every direction  Based on the beautiful horses he had on his farm I assume he could afford the rare trains without feeling any pinch.

The other thing I remember about that NMRA divisional meet is that in between clinics we'd stand trackside at the nearby CN main (former WC, former SOO Line) eating ice cream from a nearby icecream stand and almost on cue a CN train would roll by.  

A great day for trains!   And when we have one like it again I wonder.

Dave Nelson 

 

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