11 years, I finished the layout !

Impressive! Thank you for posting.

Peter

Congratulations!

 

Now that is my kind of layout - lots of imagination - excellent job.

 

Jim

Wow very nice.
Congratulations on many years of FUN work! Lol.

Mike R

That is pretty amazing! Congratulations on making a beautiful model, and on a job well done. 

     A lot of work went into that layout! Lots to look at! Always something interesting.

 

Congratulations!

 

John Knapp

Erie, not Eerie

What's the word?

Unbelievable!!

 

 

Does it seem like eleven years?

11 years,OMG! Congrats! It looks amazing.

Awesome! Congrats. I love the theme.

It is always nice to reach the finish line. You get the checked flag for this one. Nice job.

Wonderful layout.  National parks is a great idea for a theme.  The roller coaster, etc., also looks good.  Lots of imagination (and work). 

 

And you have my condolences, too: I dread the day my layout is finished - not sure what I would do with myself if there was not a bit more scenery to do or another building to construct, etc. 

What's your next project?

Totally amazing, It came out beautiful.Looks like a lot of fun to run.

Thanks for sharing.

 

Alex

Very nice!  However I don't believe you, no layout is ever finished.

Wow!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the pics...Bet that layout would make one heck of a video.

Great looking layout!  Congratulations on finishing!

 

--Greg

Well, now we know why it took 11 years!!!!!  Well worth it that's for sure.

 

Congrats!

 

- walt

Well done. Great scenery and ample activity.

Now, you need to take a whole bunch of pictures, write your story and send to Allan Miller at OGR for inclusion in an upcoming issue of the magazine.

It looks great. I know how it feels to sit back and see all the hard work come to a positive conclusion. Now you have to prepare your photo essay for the OGR mag.

Very Very Nice, Great Job, Lots of hard work there. Congratulations. 

That looks like a fun layout to operate trains in.

 

I was 10 years into my layout before having to call it quits. It's an accomplishment to complete the dream empire. Congratulations.

Well conceived and executed layout! Great theme. I'm just starting hope I have eleven years left.

Beautiful layout.  Congrats on finishing.

68x28?!  Yikes and congratulations... any chances of posting the track plan?  I know, after 11 years, you deserve a break!  

 

Carlton

ps> I agree with others.  We'll see how "finished" you are. 

Thanks so much guys for the thoughts.  I say I am finished because for me the hobby is sharing it with others.  I am having groups of Sunday Schools, school kids, scouts, assisted living residents, and nursing homes come see the layout.  That is what the last 11 years was all about for me.  The prize is sharing the finished product with others.  I have 4 CAB-1's and I pass them around and show people how to run the trains and sit back and watch.  That's model railroading for me.  

What are you doing to do now that your done??

 

Start again??

 

Beautiful job!!

Thanks for showing me that Plasticville still has  a place on the layout.  I've been embarrassed to admit that I still use it wherever I can, more from nostalgia than anything else.