The operator waits as the service workers are doing some preventive maintenance and needed welding repairs on the John Deere log loader at the logging site.
Here is American Flyer in 3/16 gauge on 3 rail O gauge frame. This is per-war and was Gilbert’s start of S gauge. WWII got in his way for a few years before this was mounted on 2 rail S gauge.
Personally, I think that most of the trains made by A.C. Gilbert in the prewar era were much more realistic than anything Lionel ever made (except for the 700e, nothing tops that). I already have this video elsewhere in the forums, but why not put it here too?
It’s fun running these when people visit, because I always get the same question: “How are you doing that?” I like having something not too many people know about.
A train of radioactive waste derailed, rolling down a hill into a prehistoric tar pit. Multiple cars leaked the highly hazardous waste, reviving the fossils of dinosaurs and large reptiles trapped in the pit millions of years ago. The beasts traveled for miles, leaving a trail of chaos behind them.
They were first spotted at a Sunoco oil refinery near the scene of the accident.
Tank cars were knocked over, spilling massive amounts of flammable gasoline everywhere. All traffic had to be re-routed due to the spill, and the refinery was shut down.
Disaster also occurred with passenger service, endangering the safety of citizens.
Pennsylvania’s Red Arrow was delayed by a Triceratops blocking the tracks. Also, a Lionel Lines streamliner was ruined when it was lifted in the air and dropped on it’s side. Luckily, no passengers were on the train at the time.
Arriving at Glendale, they attacked a shipment of Baby Ruth candy.
It is now known that dinosaurs and large lizards will do anyt
