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Ya think?
Posted by Been Nothing Since Frisco (BNSF) on Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:52 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQHP989AuTc&feature=related

Think he has way to much time, space and money on his hands?

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Posted by pike-62 on Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:59 PM

Been Nothing Since Frisco (BNSF)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQHP989AuTc&feature=related

made clickable

Think he has way to much time, space and money on his hands?

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Posted by rrinker on Sunday, November 30, 2008 5:13 PM

 Not a big fan of tinplate but it's always fun to watch all the operating stuff. That's quite an impressive collection of equipment. And nice to see it's being used rather than sitting on a shelf.

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Posted by graphitehemi on Sunday, November 30, 2008 5:15 PM

WHAT!? I CAN'T HEAR YOU!! Headphones

 I think he's got waaay too much going on at one time. Kinda cluttered. My 2 cents

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Posted by andrechapelon on Sunday, November 30, 2008 5:17 PM

Been Nothing Since Frisco (BNSF)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQHP989AuTc&feature=related

Think he has way to much time, space and money on his hands?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQHP989AuTc&feature=related

Make it a live link

Andre

 

It's really kind of hard to support your local hobby shop when the nearest hobby shop that's worth the name is a 150 mile roundtrip.
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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Sunday, November 30, 2008 5:18 PM

 Looked like HO on one side and O on the other side.

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Posted by brothaslide on Sunday, November 30, 2008 5:20 PM
Been Nothing Since Frisco (BNSF)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQHP989AuTc&feature=related

Think he has way to much time, space and money on his hands?

Most non-model railroaders think the same thing about us. Point one finger and 10 come pointing back.
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Posted by andrechapelon on Sunday, November 30, 2008 5:21 PM

jeffrey-wimberly

 Looked like HO on one side and O on the other side.

 

Looks like American Flyer tinplate to me.

Andre 

 

It's really kind of hard to support your local hobby shop when the nearest hobby shop that's worth the name is a 150 mile roundtrip.
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Posted by ns3010 on Sunday, November 30, 2008 5:30 PM

theres so much random stuff that it kinda doesnt make sense... although i do like the volcano Cool

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Posted by Ibeamlicker on Sunday, November 30, 2008 5:30 PM

I liked the hot air balloon,you dont see that often.

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Posted by stebbycentral on Sunday, November 30, 2008 5:32 PM

andrechapelon

jeffrey-wimberly

 Looked like HO on one side and O on the other side.

Looks like American Flyer tinplate to me.

Andre 

This guy can't make up his mind.  At the start it is American Flyer S-guage, with what looks to be a number of modern commercial structures that could be S-scale or HO.  It's hard to tell with much of it so out of focus.  But then near the end of the video he steps into what appears to be another room of the basement and there is a complete three-rail Lionel layout as well!

Darnit, he has the American Flyer layout that I wanted back when I was twelve!  Sigh Banged Head

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Posted by BMRR on Sunday, November 30, 2008 5:43 PM

WOW.......I wish I had that much space for a layout.

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Posted by georgev on Sunday, November 30, 2008 6:02 PM

The kid in me says "Wow!"  When I was a small child it was big "train sets" in the department stores or sometimes in people's houses that captivated my imagination.  Trains everywhere, tracks everywhere, plenty of noise from chuffs, wheels, whistles, the solid "thunk" when a turnout was thrown  - it was great.  Watching the video you can almost smell the ozone in the air from the sparking wheels. 

In spite of being, or at least trying to be, one of them there serious model railroaders, I have to tip my hat to someone who approaches trains like a kid with a big budget.  I thought it was cool. 

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Posted by tomikawaTT on Sunday, November 30, 2008 6:17 PM

George, I'm with you!

Shades of the big department store Christmas layouts.  Brings back memories.

The one thing he missed was the Lionel "Magne-traction" grade - about 50%, IIRC.  Of course, Magne-traction has gone the way of the passenger pigeon.

(For those not in the know, Magne-traction used a permanent magnet axle and steel drivers to stick the locomotive to the tubular steel Lionel rails.  A small loco could start a humongous train, or take a short train up a roller-coaster grade.)

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Posted by jguess733 on Sunday, November 30, 2008 6:31 PM
I liked it. I love those big crowded silly kind of layouts. They remind me of the crazy track plans I would come up with as a kid. And then that reminds me of how much I loved the hobby, back then it was only about the trains and playing with the trains. It seems like the older I've gotten the more complicated the hobby has become. Still the same joy/passion, just more complicated. Sometimes I wish I could reset the modelers side of my brain and go back to playing with trains in a more carefree way.

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Posted by loathar on Sunday, November 30, 2008 6:49 PM

brothaslide
Been Nothing Since Frisco (BNSF)

Most non-model railroaders think the same thing about us. Point one finger and 10 come pointing back.

Only if your pointing hand is really, really deformed!Laugh

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Posted by luvadj on Sunday, November 30, 2008 7:03 PM

That was an outstanding toy train setup with alot of variety.

Reminds me of my Uncle Bill's layout back east. He was a superintendent for an apartment complex and had the whole basement  of one building for living quarters. He ran all tinplate and 027 with Magnatraction running through every wall in that basement...past the dining room table....around the living room...through the furnace...it was wild to watch and follow around.

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Sunday, November 30, 2008 8:10 PM

Oh, that old stuff is so cool!  Just so much action and fun.  That's what those old Lionels and American Flyers were about.  Ballast?  Roadbed?  Nah, just action, full speed ahead.  Cattle cars, milk cars, logs cars, all loading and unloading, dumping and going back for more.

Where were the rocket launchers?

It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. 

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Posted by Kenfolk on Sunday, November 30, 2008 8:23 PM

 Looks to me like he's having fun.Smile

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Posted by dale8chevyss on Monday, December 1, 2008 9:31 AM

 yeah, it's kind of neat, but I think it looks way too busy and cluttered to be realistic. 

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Posted by Midnight Railroader on Monday, December 1, 2008 9:49 AM

dale8chevyss

 yeah, it's kind of neat, but I think it looks way too busy and cluttered to be realistic. 

It doesn't look like it is intended to be realistic, just fun to watch,

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Posted by easyaces on Monday, December 1, 2008 11:14 AM

 Seems he's a man that is passionate or just plain fanatical for his hobby!

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Posted by vsmith on Monday, December 1, 2008 11:25 AM

Been Nothing Since Frisco (BNSF)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQHP989AuTc&feature=related

Think he has way to much time, space and money on his hands?

Tad jealous are we????Smile,Wink, & Grin

Wish I was so "cursed" as this guy...Tongue

   Have fun with your trains

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Posted by citylimits on Monday, December 1, 2008 4:30 PM

It reminded me of those old style layouts that were kind of generic - like a dept store layout in their toy department - that kind of thing. Nothing road specific or geographicaly indentifiable but a mixture of all kinds of elements and absurdities - it was fun to watch, but only once.Cowboy

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