http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQHP989AuTc&feature=related
Think he has way to much time, space and money on his hands?
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.
–Randy
WHAT!? I CAN’T HEAR YOU!! [{(-_-)}]
I think he’s got waaay too much going on at one time. Kinda cluttered. [2c]
Looked like HO on one side and O on the other side.
Most non-model railroaders think the same thing about us. Point one finger and 10 come pointing back.
Looks like American Flyer tinplate to me.
Andre
theres so much random stuff that it kinda doesnt make sense… although i do like the volcano [8D]
I liked the hot air balloon,you dont see that often.
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! [sigh] [banghead]
WOW…I wish I had that much space for a layout.
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)
I liked it. I love those big crowded silly kind of layouts. They remind me of the crazy track plans I would come up with as a kid. And then that reminds me of how much I loved the hobby, back then it was only about the trains and playing with the trains. It seems like the older I’ve gotten the more complicated the hobby has become. Still the same joy/passion, just more complicated. Sometimes I wish I could reset the modelers side of my brain and go back to playing with trains in a more carefree way.
Only if your pointing hand is really, really deformed![(-D]
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.
The OP should be careful how he points his fingers at others in our hobby…its a big can of worms.
David B
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?
Looks to me like he’s having fun.[:)]