A visit to Capt Johns

Wow, a nicely done man cave, for sure.  He looks proud of it!

Very nice

doug

Looks Like an operator's delight!

John has a beautiful layout and is a great modeler.  He and his wife joined our group about a month ago and we are proud to have them aboard as members!!

Thanks for the very nice pictures Paul...

Alan

WOW what a beautiful layout and layout room. Just outstanding!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Paul for sharing such a beautiful creation.

Thanks, Alex

All those trips back and forth, and I never knew there was a fellow train-head at the helm!  Very nice layout. 

I miss the "Orient" and the "Gay Head"...Glad that the Caribbean Queen is gone.

Jon

Very nice indeed.

Rick

I'm impressed. Very,VERY nice Capt. John. So glad to finally see your layout, albeit at the lens of Paul. Who knew that behind that mild mannered guy was another railroading genius.

Thank you for the kind words on the pictures. My expertise is not indoor photography. Although I am learning portrait photography through a group in Worcester.

 I am getting better and next time will set up the tripod and extra lights for more detailed images.

One of the "features" of John's layout is that everything can be reached. He has cleverly designed the layout so that the south yard and north turntable area are cut into the layout with a walkway. Hard to see from the pictures but very practical in design.

The other highpoint was seeing how much my girlfriend was into the layout and overall train room. On the way home she said " I can't wait till you buy a house and we can have our own layout".

Yes my dear - I'm working on it....

Paul

Bet you had fun.

I had fun just looking at the many photos of this excellant layout.

Thanks for the post.

John, that is one fantastic layout.  I am more than impressed.  I have to see this one.

Paul did his usual great photo work.  Thank you John and thank you Paul.

Beautiful layout and thanks for posting the pictures. Nice to see a fellow Rhode Islander in our hobby.

Great layout & photos. Just curious; dimensions of the room & is it a basement?

Paul, it was great having you and MJ over Sunday afternoon. Thanks so much for taking the pictures and posting them on the Forum.

TrainsRme, Doug N, Don, Rick C. & Charlie - Thanks for your nice comments.

Alan, I'll post these pictures on the Mid America 3 Railers site.

Alex - Wish I had your expertise & knowledge on building structures.

Jon - Look for me the next time you take the ferry.

Dotty & Marty - Thank you. Your welcome anytime. We are onle 1 hour & 10 minutes away.

Passenger Train Collector - Bonnet Shores is 1 mile down the road. Please stop by if you are nearby.

Spence - The train room is 50' X 32" It is in my walkout basement. The layout is 32' X 22" and is 43" off the floor. This gives it a nice visual look when walking around the room. Plus, when working on the layout underneath I can sit on a mechanics creeper and roll along underneath freely. No more crawling on your hands and knees. Layout is framed with 2 X 4's & 4 X 4's for legs. The layout is 5/8" plywood covered with 1/2" homosote. It's all Gargraves track with Ross & Curtis switches. All switches are hand thrown by Caboose Industries. I used chicken grit for ballast & there is over 2700' of 16/2 wire. Took 8 years to get to this stage. Sometimes I just sit there and stare around not believing I built this.

Again, Thanks everyone for the nice comments.

Thank you. Great size & the finished room looks fanbtastic also.

John, how is the Big Boy working out?

Great Marty. Smokes like there's no tomorrow. However, on one of the inside loops it stopped suddenly when going through the Lionel Lift Bridge. The bell hit the overhead so I'm keeping it on the outside loop and it passes through the Bascule Bridge with no problems.

Marty, that Challenger looks and runs great. Much fun to watch.

Here are a couple more pictures.

Here John and Pearl (that's what I call Mary Joyce) admire the Steamer spinning on the turntable

This shows the bridge John referenced

Rhode Island Running... The Providence and Worcester Railroad on point for an important delivery to the local Narragansett Brewery.

The trolley is making it's rounds while action goes on above