http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQHP989AuTc&feature=related
Think he has way to much time, space and money on his hands?
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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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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I think he's got waaay too much going on at one time. Kinda cluttered.
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?
Make it a live link
Andre
Looked like HO on one side and O on the other side.
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Been Nothing Since Frisco (BNSF)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQHP989AuTc&feature=relatedThink he has way to much time, space and money on his hands?
jeffrey-wimberly Looked like HO on one side and O on the other side.
Looks like American Flyer tinplate to me.
theres so much random stuff that it kinda doesnt make sense... although i do like the volcano
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I liked the hot air balloon,you dont see that often.
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!
I have figured out what is wrong with my brain! On the left side nothing works right, and on the right side there is nothing left!
WOW.......I wish I had that much space for a layout.
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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.
George V.
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.)
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - the volcano on the backdrop is Fuji-San)
Jason
Modeling the Fort Worth & Denver of the early 1970's in N scale
brothaslideBeen Nothing Since Frisco (BNSF) Most non-model railroaders think the same thing about us. Point one finger and 10 come pointing back.
Been Nothing Since Frisco (BNSF)
Only if your pointing hand is really, really deformed!
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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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.
Looks to me like he's having fun.
yeah, it's kind of neat, but I think it looks way too busy and cluttered to be realistic.
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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,
Seems he's a man that is passionate or just plain fanatical for his hobby!
Tad jealous are we????
Wish I was so "cursed" as this guy...
Have fun with your trains
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.
Cheers
Bruce