wjstix "Willoughby...Next stop, Willoughby"
"Willoughby...Next stop, Willoughby"
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
More fantasy than science fiction, but....
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Actually, you don't have to go any further than Model Railroader Magazine for a Sci fi railroad. The Lunar Railroad you can model was one of my all time favorite articles in the April 1978 issue. I have always, (and still do) want to tackle this one. My current monster layout will likely not be finished before I die though........
Jim Semikoski
perrylambI have a pair of Ewoks living in the mountains
greg - Philadelphia & Reading / Reading
perrylamb I am a huge Star Trek fan plus a bit of a Star Wars fan. While I am building a serious, operations-oriented, model railroad, I have a pair of Ewoks living in the mountains, I have a Montgomery Creek and a Mount Scott. Plus, the space for part of the town of Mystery was formed when a Borg sphere crashed into the top of Mount Laforge. Fun!
I am a huge Star Trek fan plus a bit of a Star Wars fan. While I am building a serious, operations-oriented, model railroad, I have a pair of Ewoks living in the mountains, I have a Montgomery Creek and a Mount Scott. Plus, the space for part of the town of Mystery was formed when a Borg sphere crashed into the top of Mount Laforge. Fun!
That's sounds great. Do you have any pictures? Would love to see it.
York1 John
SPSOT fan A an HUGE Star Wars fan who has read too much about the back story of Star Wars, I honestly dought that the idea that the millennium falcon pushes those trains. Those trains are FAR from Corellia, where the Falcon would have been made! I suspect the material that talks about a YT pushing trains in non-canonical, likely a fan fiction of some sort. Irregardless those Star Wars trains are quite cool!
A an HUGE Star Wars fan who has read too much about the back story of Star Wars, I honestly dought that the idea that the millennium falcon pushes those trains. Those trains are FAR from Corellia, where the Falcon would have been made!
I suspect the material that talks about a YT pushing trains in non-canonical, likely a fan fiction of some sort.
Irregardless those Star Wars trains are quite cool!
No its canon, the idea first originated in concept art done by Lucasfilm fir The Force Awakens and was made into canon via the latest update to Ryder Windham's YT 1300 Owner's Manual from Haynes.
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The original Outer Limits was always more direct, in your face SF/BEM type stuff. Twilight Zone was more cereberal. The new version of Outer Limits made the great choice to get many of their episodes written by known SF and fantasy writers.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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SeeYou190 . The Outer Limits had two versions. There was the original show from the mid 1960s, then in the late 1990s it was brought back on showtime. . I prefer the later Showtime version, which continued onto the Sci-Fi Channel later in its run. The 1960s version just seemed like a Twilight Zone rip-off to me. . . -Kevin .
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The Outer Limits had two versions. There was the original show from the mid 1960s, then in the late 1990s it was brought back on showtime.
I prefer the later Showtime version, which continued onto the Sci-Fi Channel later in its run. The 1960s version just seemed like a Twilight Zone rip-off to me.
-Kevin
I found it.
It looks like I have all the seasons with the freebie ribbon in the corner...... sweet
TF
Track fiddlerI've heard of the show Outer Limits but I have never seen it. I'll have to check it out on Amazon Prime.
Steven Spielburg's Amazing Stories will probably always be my favorite.
Living the dream.
Genesis II, has an underground transportation system spanning the globe
I must have misunderstood before. I guess it pays to read more thoroughly. I've heard of the show Outer Limits but I have never seen it. I'll have to check it out on Amazon Prime.
I like the Back to the Future movies, I have all three in my DVD collection. Good stuff.
Hmm, hide enough drone parts under it and maybe you could get a loco to fly...
How about Doc Brown's Time Train?
Just one of those things where you had to be there.
Image delited.
I always thought they looked better over the water.
BigDaddy Well TF you have us all beat.
Well TF you have us all beat.
One of the greatest sci-fi shows of all time. I don't remember the number of times I went to bed, terrified to turn out the lights. Ha!
Marlon
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York1 I'm a fan of the 1950s movie "Forbidden Planet". My layout has names taken from the movie. The train station signs for the town are "Altair", the gas station is "Robbie's Stop and Rob", and several others.
I'm a fan of the 1950s movie "Forbidden Planet".
My layout has names taken from the movie. The train station signs for the town are "Altair", the gas station is "Robbie's Stop and Rob", and several others.
Ha, who ISN'T. I'm hoping they make a remake of it, as long as it's better than that atrocity remake of "The Day The Earth Stood Still" starring Keanu Reeves!!
York1 xboxtravis7992 Of course if you want something that is real yet still has an air of sci fi to it... monorails. A part of me wishes monorail modeling took off as a more frequently visited niche in model railroading. I agree. Ever since I saw the monorail at the Seattle Worlds Fair in 1962, I have been a fan. Some people go to DisneyWorld for the exhibits and rides. I go to ride the monorail.
xboxtravis7992 Of course if you want something that is real yet still has an air of sci fi to it... monorails. A part of me wishes monorail modeling took off as a more frequently visited niche in model railroading.
I agree. Ever since I saw the monorail at the Seattle Worlds Fair in 1962, I have been a fan. Some people go to DisneyWorld for the exhibits and rides. I go to ride the monorail.
I rode the Seattle Monorail last year with my family. Its a pity that plans to expand the line were shot down due to politics.
newark airport (NJ) has a monorail connecting its 3 terminals and the northeast corridor.
xboxtravis7992Of course if you want something that is real yet still has an air of sci fi to it... monorails. A part of me wishes monorail modeling took off as a more frequently visited niche in model railroading.
Track fiddlerThanks for the slap in the face BD.
I'm sorry if you took it that way, it was not my intention at all. My son has a selfie he took in some mountain valley in Mexico with a silver saucer in the distant background. I hunted with a guide from Roswell who swore he knew someone with a piece of the space craft, buried under the patio.
My mother's UFO story may have been a sign of early Alzheimers. Shortly thereafter she told us how unpleasant Oprah was to work with when they worked at the same TV station in Baltimore. The did work at the same TV station. The only problem was Oprah 5 years away from being born when my mom worked there.
Her entire side of the family had some amazing ghost stories, moving tables, rocking chairs rocking with no one in them. No trains were involved.
Regards, Isaac
I model my railroad and you model yours! I model my way and you model yours!
I am a fan of Star Wars, and enjoyed the "trains" from Solo and the Clone Wars. I never knew that the YT-1300 pushed intermodal... Also there was a transport train at the imperial base in Rouge One.
Harrison
Homeschooler living In upstate NY a.k.a Northern NY.
Modeling the D&H in 1978.
Route of the famous "Montreal Limited"
My YouTube
Some "prototype" sci fi trains that have caught my interest:Solo: A Star Wars Story
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Fallout 4
Of course if you want something that is real yet still has an air of sci fi to it... monorails. A part of me wishes monorail modeling took off as a more frequently visited niche in model railroading.
Also not really a train based on a fixed path... but expanded Star Wars material has made it clear the YT1300 freighter (Millennium Falcon's class of freighter) was built to push short 'trains' of intermodal containers... in space:
SeeYou190 Great looking train. All the terrain on that table is mighty impressive. . I have saved all my leftover bits and gubbins from assembling my 40K armies to use on the layout. . I have a scrap metal load in a gondola that is mostly Ork Shootas. You always have so many leftover shootas.
Great looking train. All the terrain on that table is mighty impressive.
I have saved all my leftover bits and gubbins from assembling my 40K armies to use on the layout.
I have a scrap metal load in a gondola that is mostly Ork Shootas. You always have so many leftover shootas.
Thanks! I had alot of fun building that city.
A scrap load of Shootas sounds awesome. Maybe I should make a scrap load of bolters...
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SeeYou190 . Great looking train. All the terrain on that table is mighty impressive. . -Kevin .
Here here. Agreed, Looks very good, back to the thread at hand.
I've been known to take a few side tracks. That UFO one.... took me back.
Re-rail, back to the thread at hand
EilifI really like Sci-Fi trains. It wasn't operable, but I made a Sci-Fi Train in aproximately O scale (28mm wargaming scale) that I used for convention games.
No I don't. Not my intention.
Thanks for the slap in the face BD. A Scotsman always enjoys a good slap in the face, the best advice is don't be in the same room with him after you do it.
Just something that happened when I was a young kid. I ain't the only one that experienced that up there.
I thought I'd share it to break up the monotony on a Thursday night. For the most part, I don't talk about it much.
DWP Railroad serviced the line between Boise Cascade International Falls, Fort Frances and down to Duluth. It was called the Peg.
DWP's slogan was Delivered With Pride