Originally Posted by Christopher2035:
Originally Posted by johnstrains:
Question on these mountains you always see in the Dealer Displays: Are they one-piece jobs that were manufactured by Lionel and dropped on to the layout, or are they more like the ones that are custom built on home layouts.
Always wondered about them since they had to essentially mass produce these Dealer layouts.
I believe they were custom done w/ plaster cloth. etc.
Thanks. Also seem to recall seeing Lionel “mountains” in old catalogs. Although probably not as elaborate as these. And maybe even a few on ebay?