New small layout in the works for my Marx trains, going from this:
to this:
This will be themed around post-war to modern items, I was waffling between Lionel 0-27 track and Atlas 21st Century 0-27 track, the necessity to use old school Marx Turnouts to handle some of my engines fat drivers nixed the Atlas plan, so its Lionel track. Its basically the same track plan, only raised w
Looking good
Holy Carp! I just won a Lionel Bascule Bridge on Evilbay…might have to slightly adjust my carefully laid plan [:O]
Your option! Either way I’ll look forward to your progress!
Ray
Vic,
Why not put a few of you “G” Pizza Box photos here so these guys can see some of your creativity ? It is cool !
Instead of reposting pics…Here’s a link to the Portable Pizza Building Log in the GR forum:
http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/t/98019.aspx
Just skip to the last couple pages to see the end results.
That is some amazing work!
Marxist layout underway
I went with 2 levels instead of three as the three layer mockup was incredibly bulky and hard to move by myself. This one is still a handfull to move. Also I modified it with no switches as on every test-run all the old engines E-unit auto-reversers constantly stalled or changed direction on whatever turnout (Marx-Lionel)I tested it with, so no turnouts, this will be just for fun-n-run.
Also decided to leave the bascule bridge as-is and run some fiberboard and new track thru it, nothing has been touched other than some silicon adhesive which comes off easily.
This will only ever run my Marx 3/16 stuff, clearences are too tight for Lionel, but then I’m not much of a Lionel fan anyways 
Good to finally hear from you. Have you given up on the clockwork engines?
Holy cow! This is looking fantastic! Keep up the excellent work! [:D]
Becky
Thanks no I’m not giving up on the clockwork,this will also run them OK
Looking good. Definitely keep the clockwork engines. please keep us posted.
John
I think John’s getting addicted to Marx as he just a few weeks ago got his first set![*-)]
Ray
The Marx stuff definetly has an appeal all its own different from any other 0 trains out there, at least the 3/16 scale stuff does for me…American Flyer sizes with 0-27 curves!
Looks great and I hope you post a video. I just finished a 5 X12 layout after getting bitten by the Marx bug, which caused me to do a complete tear down of a previous high rail layout, so I can fully understand. The S gauge size on classic 027 track lead me to rid myself of Realtrax and become obsessed with tin. My current project is being ruminated on is take a reproduction wind up Playa trolley and motorize it but I might just re-gauge the wheels. They were selling for $5.00 on ebay. The Hornby turntable I highly recommend for the wind ups. They run around $10.00…If you ever decide to expand, contact me offline I have extra track and switches, cross overs etc that are just sitting in a box.
Hey I’ve got one of those trolleys! Well, 2 actually, I have the green one too! If you do modify it to have a motor that doesn’t exceed the width of the body like the one it comes with does, I’d love to see how it comes out! I’ve been debating wether to use a Marx clockwork, a Lionel scout type or even an AF S gauge motor since the trolleys are on the smallish side.
Becky
I have a Marx power truck that looks to be a good fit as far as width and height. from the 40 ton diesel but I don’t want to sacrifice it so I’m looking at eBay to see if one pops up. It is not much of a puller but it would work fine in the trolley.
Test runs are now complete, had to trim a couple places to make room for my Marx F units set of diesels, one where the sides clipped a tunnel portal, another where my Lionel loco clipped some scenery on the top level, but a few moments of violence with a razor knife fixed all that.
Ha…I can relate. the world famous @#$%! moment,when the engineering department gets the devils pop out of the details. I knocked a station off it’s foundation, took out several pedestrians and a tree when I floored the transformer in a overly enthusiastic test run. The video is forthcoming?
HAHA…boy can I relate, I did the same thing the day I test ran my cleaned up 999 that came from a dust covered trainset I picked up at a train show for $25, I ran the throttle to full, mind you this was with a tiny 25W transformer, the engine flew around the corner, right off the track, which wouldnt be so bad if it wasnt 3 feet off the ground! Luckily, somehow I caught it hacky-sack style with my knee, then with the top of my foot before it finally hit the ground, didnt damage it, even the lightbulb still works! Thats one thing I like about these, they are dam hard to kill…but now I’m very carefull about throttle control