A Non Catagory? Toy Trains and Tinplate

wow.  i'm sitting here watching your video over and over.   that is a really nice mix of equipment.   i'm into the toy train aspect so to me nothing is out of place, run it all together, the more different stuff the better.   i guess what really caught me is how much complexity and interest there is in not a huge area, but nothing is crowded.  i keep seeing something new.  you say it's tinplate, but you've got a lot of scenery and detail, even ballast.   i especially like the marx accessories, they're my favorite pices of tin.  is that a keystone fiberboard service station? looks a little different than the one i'm familiar with...

i'm standard gauge so it's all toy tinplate, and still under constuction.  

that's a little 'unique lines' switch tower over in the corner, is it?

I have had larger layouts and I think ( from experience) that putting together a smaller one is definitely more of a challenge. Youre right, it is a Keystone gas station and even with those there's some variations. I was lucky to find one with a working elevator. Some are handmade tinplate buildings, candy dispensers..The grocery and the diner are reworked tin Coke canisters..some scenic stuff. it's a real mash-up. A little of this and a little of that. Modern operating accessories. I wondered if anyone else was doing something similar..Thanks for the compliment. That is a Unique Lines Switch tower in the corner..I hope to illuminate it in the future.

That looks great!

Tin has often taken to the rails on my hi-rail layout:

Loved your video - Thanks for it.  I would judge my layout to be about the same level of detail.

Everything I own gets run, from 1920s Ives cars to AMTRAK! There's even a loop for 2-rail  american Flyer.  It's fun!

Jim

That Lionel Commodore is pure eye candy and I could see it burning up the ballast.With your terrific scenery in mind  it's surprising to me that the locos etc don't look that much out of place to me. Great photos, thanks for sharing them. 

The borders are getting blurred these days. Darstaed is making both diecast and tinplate locos pulling tinplate trains. My personal favorite is pulling my Darstaed Golden Arrow Pullman set with my Brown MTH Chapelon. It just does not get any prettier than that.

Also my layout on a door is a high rail style layout running both tinplate and diecast. They look wonderful together.

Don't forget, it's your railway and anything goes, there's only one person you have to please.

I consider my layout a toy train layout. A little bit of everything and anything goes. I also have mixed standard gauge with O gauge on the layout.