Garry, that is really something !!! I hope they expand this idea to other states, what a great way to grow the hobby !!! Let's see now, hop on the the Mass Pike ( I-90 ) about 4 miles away, take that to Ohio, that should be about a 10 hour drive barring any bad weather. LOL
Garry--
Very impressive. From your photos and the video I watched on the website, I gather that this place is much less "Fantastic" than Northlandz, and quite a bit more realistic. Some nice modeling there. Though northern Ohio is a long way away from me, if I'm ever out there, I'd certainly put it on my 'must see' list.
Really nice.
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
Cool!
I wonder how much money thisplace pulls in?
Outside the main layout was a Christmas display with three layouts. One has snow-covered mountains and G-gauge trains. There is a Christmas village with an old passenger train and a streetcar. The third layout was a Lionel Christmas layout. The Lionel trains looks so small after seeing all of the G gauge trains that they seemed like HO trains.
Adjacent to the main layout is the kids play area. You can see the granddaughters on the hand car.
I hope you all enjoyed these photos. It was a great day for me.
GARRY
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The modern era section of the layout is nothing short of spectacular. It has another huge city, but this city has modern buildings with some having all glass exteriors. An Amtrak train zips through town, and a Norfolk Southern Road-Railer train moves quickly, also. Modern coal trains role through the foothills. Also, a modern intermodal terminal is busy handling containers.
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The next section is the era of about 1950. As you enter the scene, you first see a huge city. A large brick fire station greets you with sirens and flashing red lights on the fire trucks. Street cars are bustling throughout the city, and occasional interurban cars head up a grade as the leave the city. Union Station is a busy place with large passenger trains of NYC, PRR, and B&O. (Oh, don’t you love those pre-Amtrak days of the 1950’s?)
A huge N&W mallet (2-8-8-2) hauls a coal train of about 30 cars. Looking up at high elevations, you can see a Santa Fe “Chief” with 2 E-8’s and about 8 lighted stainless steel passenger cars. At the lower elevation, you can see a huge locomotive terminal with an interesting variety of locomotives. One of the many industries is an ice house for refrigerator cars.
The first three photos show some of the old time layout. Locomotives are early steam types. Also, logging locomotives climb the mountains. At one point, you can see a logging train negotiating switchbacks to get uphill. It’s all very spectacular.
Trains close to the viewers are protected with glass panels. The glass caused some poor photos due to reflections, and I am not posting them. There are many industries along the way, and I had trouble taking pictures of them.
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Hello everybody...
We visited family in Cincinnati area for Christmas. My Christmas present from the family there was unique and very much appreciated. They decided that we should go to “EnterTrainment Junction”. This is a large G scale layout open to the public. It is located at Exit 22 of I-75 between Cincinnati and Dayton.
The attraction is located in modern 80,000 square foot building of which 25,000 square feet is the G scale layout. The multi-million dollar layout is divided into three sections representing periods of time. First is the old time layout with trains from about 1875 to about 1910. Next, the middle era section has trains from about 1940 to about 1960. Finally, there is a contemporary area.
The layout has mountains as high as 16 feet. Visitors walk through the canyons to view the layout. Dozens of trains are operating, and are controlled with computers. Dozens of monster sized bridges are located throughout the layout, and man of that span the canyons. Visitors walk beneath those bridges as the trains cross by over their heads.
You can even see trains running in opposite directions on the same track. One of the trains enters a passing siding and stops while the other train passes. After the second train clears, the turnout points align for the first train, and it slowly accelerates onto the main line. 90 trains are displayed according to the brochure.
There is a large viewing deck upstairs to see the vast panorama. Photos taken up there look like Z gauge trains when you see the pictures at home.
The website is www.entertrainmentjunction.com
Photos I took will follow ………….