I’m looking for pictures of layouts that have tracks hugging the cliffs of a mountain. Does anyone have any? It can be multiple loops of tracks staying level all the way around, or work it’s way down the mountain. I’m just looking for ideas.
Thanks,
Wes
Wes,
Try to find photos of last year’s Lionel layout at Macy’s. It featured a Christmas tree with tracks spiraling in it. I believe it was just an illusion. The tracks were most likely level. but several layers going up the tree looked very impressive. One of the coolest effects I’ve ever seen.
Jim
I Believe
I believe…that there are no tracks behind that observation car!
Thanks guys. I remember that huge macy’s layout. I’ll hunt down pictures. What is that, 70% grade? That’s awesome.
Wes
There are…if you look closly enough you can see the rails.
Gee that was a great movie, wasn’t it?
I think there was an article in some magazine last year (it may have been CTT), that showed how to make a Christmas layout around the tree based on this scene. Don’t know exactly how it worked, but I think it was a neat idea.
Point of order.
How does the train get back down? It would be ever decreasing radius turns going up and no way to get back down. I don’t think a train could do this in real life, I could be wrong. I thought the sliding around on the ice and ending up re-railed on the other side of the lake was very realistic though.
It’s magic…
At the top on the other side is a viaduct that goes a lOOOOOng way off to a reversing loop around a Christmas tree and then it returns to this pleasant downgrade.
dennis
A few “layers and mountains” of fun !
OKC
That is a seriously COOL layout! Thanks! Do you have more pics?
Jim … Thanks for your COOL interest! Here’s a few more.
OKC
See, you can’t fool the kids - Seriously Cool! [;)][tup]
Awesome layout, King! Great photos!
OKC Amazing layout! Thanks for sharing. Is this a storefront?
Kurt
For what its worth, these are shots of part of my layout that are on a 2.25% grade but it is not a spiral around a mountain. The tracks do hug the mountain side for a bit. The diameter is 072 on the top and o81 on the lower part of this section of the layout. [:)]
Those are good. That’s about what I was imagining. Thanks for sharing.
Wes
Jumijo & Kurt: Appreciate your kind feedback … Thanks.
Not a storefront … it’s inside a display trailer.
OKC
Oooooh! Gears in brain turning…turning some more…some more… DING! Cake’s done!!! If I had that rig, I could haul it to work behind the Buick and run trains every day at lunch! [bow]
Just awesome, King. I am green with ivy. I mean envy. [tup][tup]
Both of those layouts are very creative. I would love to see as much detail as I can about either one. Layout info, more pictures, anything!
Thanks guys,
Wes