How about a full size baseball field with a scale train instead?
On City Island in Harrisburg PA, home of the Harrisburg Senators, there is a 20” gauge train that goes around the Island. The station is steps away from the ballpark entrance. All my little two wanted to do the whole game was ride the train. Next time we will ride it first so I can enjoy the game!
Sean, once you remove them from the base, they are only 1 1/4" tall. That makes them slightly taller and a bit more robust than Arttista ball players.
Arnold D. Cribari posted:I'm curious, do any of you folks like watching baseball games on TV while reading this Forum and contributing to it.
Doesn't everyone?
Seriously, makes watching the Indians barely tolerable, talk about dealing with disappointment.
Ranger Rick posted:Sean, once you remove them from the base, they are only 1 1/4" tall. That makes them slightly taller and a bit more robust than Arttista ball players.
Thanks Rick - found some on the auction site that I will buy.
Here are the SportsClix players mingled with the Arttista players in my Field of Dreams. That includes Shoeless Joe Jackson emerging from the outfield.
Unfortunately, I think I would break my trains if I had to run them while watching my Pirates!
A couple of shots of my baseball field on my layout.
Bryan in Ohio posted:A couple of shots of my baseball field on my layout.
Very nice, Bryan. I particularly like your scoreboard, and your lights for night games. Arnold
jay jay posted:This layout and ballfield belong to a friend. He bought a lot from Scenic Express, and that may be where the players were purchased.
Your baseball field is also very nice, Jay jay. I see the fans can see the ball ballgame and then catch a movie at Gus's Drive In, just beyond the centerfield fence. Arnold
Ranger Rick posted:Here are the SportsClix players mingled with the Arttista players in my Field of Dreams. That includes Shoeless Joe Jackson emerging from the outfield.
Magnificent modeling of the Field of Dreams ballpark, Ranger Rick. I would love to see your model in person some day. Arnold
The basic idea is to put on your layout what you love.
For those of you who love baseball, if you have the space, I strongly recommend that you put a ballpark on your layout.
With the excellent scenery materials and baseball figures available at affordable prices, it's a no brainer to do this project. You can also add bill boards, light towers, bleachers made of Popsicle Sticks (available at arts & crafts stores), and standing and sitting figures (the fans), to make your ballpark more interesting. The cost of this project is a small fraction of most locomotives.
Most importantly, you will have fun creating your ballpark, which you can admire and share for years to come.
Besides, my ball players are tired of playing their games on the same field, and they crave playing games at other ballparks. LOL, Arnold
You can also add a scoreboard, fencing and a backdrop to enhance your ballpark. Arnold
Arnold, if you are ever traveling I-71 in Ohio between Cincinnati and Columbus, please take a very short side trip into Wilmington. I love opening my home to folks to show the layout. With the fear of MTH dropping the remotes, I now have four. I need help running trains. :-) I usually have 6 running at the same time.
And yes, I am watching baseball as I type. I am a former Ohio U Bobcat that played baseball in the year that OU made their appearance in the College World Series in 1970 (team mates included Mike Schmidt and Steve Swisher). I taught biology and coached high school baseball as a career. So baseball is in the blood. Unfortunately I am a Reds fan. :-O
Ranger Rick posted:Arnold, if you are ever traveling I-71 in Ohio between Cincinnati and Columbus, please take a very short side trip into Wilmington. I love opening my home to folks to show the layout. With the fear of MTH dropping the remotes, I now have four. I need help running trains. :-) I usually have 6 running at the same time.
And yes, I am watching baseball as I type. I am a former Ohio U Bobcat that played baseball in the year that OU made their appearance in the College World Series in 1970 (team mates included Mike Schmidt and Steve Swisher). I taught biology and coached high school baseball as a career. So baseball is in the blood. Unfortunately I am a Reds fan. :-O
You have a very impressive baseball history, Ranger Rick.
I reached my peak when I was 13 and 14 years old as a pitcher in the Pony League. I made my college baseball team, Columbia College in NYC, but discontinued because homework was overwhelming for me.
I am watching the NY Yankees - Oakland As game on TV as I hunt and peck this reply on my smartphone.
Thanks for the invitation and, of course, you are also welcome to see my Popsicle Stick ballpark and layout at my Yorktown Heights, NY home. It's about 50 miles north of NYC, and not far from Peekskill in Northern Westchester County, NY.
The above invitation is also open to all Forum members. Just send me an email, and we will do our best to schedule a visit.
Arnold
I think the nod for best "field of dreams" should go to Bryan, that 409 batting average is quite impressive.
Back in the 50's, General Mills offered baseball players in certain cereals. I seem to remember, Honey Rice Puffs and Honey Wheat Puffs. They had two sets of players. The Blue Sox and the Yellow Sox..
GregM posted:I think the nod for best "field of dreams" should go to Bryan, that 409 batting average is quite impressive.
Thanks Greg, yes that average in high school I was more of a table setter. Didn't have much home run power more of a singles and doubles guy.
Arnold D. Cribari posted:Bryan in Ohio posted:A couple of shots of my baseball field on my layout.
Very nice, Bryan. I particularly like your scoreboard, and your lights for night games. Arnold
Thanks Arnold, the lights are just MTH Yard lights although I did have to convert them from the little bulbs to some brighter LED lights so the field would be completely illuminated.
NY Yankees heading North of the border to play the Blue Jays in Toronto:
Oops, I guess the steam engine in the above video gave away that the Yankees have not taken a train recently. That Pennsy Turbine is a very smooth running MTH Proto 2 Railking smoking locomotive, one of my best engines. Arnold
Getting ready for another big game tonight. Same Pennsy Turbine passenger train plus Postwar Lackawanna FM Trainmaster oil tanker unit train passing by Yankee Stadium:
Look carefully and you will see Aaron Judge taking batting practice. LOL.
Oops, I forgot. They play in Toronto, not NY, tonight. Guess I'm not a very good liar. LOL, Arnold
Arnold I enjoyed the videos...especially the subway station. I use to take the 4 from Nostrand Ave by Brooklyn College to the stadium back in the day.
Rich Wiemann posted:Arnold I enjoyed the videos...especially the subway station. I use to take the 4 from Nostrand Ave by Brooklyn College to the stadium back in the day.
I have an MTH subway (I believe it's the 1st one they made), it has great sounds including "161st Street and Yankee Stadium, please stand back from the closing doors," and I will post a video of it soon. Arnold
Here's a picture of that MTH subway (the D train) at Yankee Stadium:
Arnold
Turn the sound up all the way when playing the video below:
"161st Street and Yankee Stadium, please stand clear of the closing doors." Arnold
Arnold that’s a good looking subway set against the cathedral. We need to clean up tonight’s fielding.
We have both, baseball, and baseball trains
I think it was the movie Brewster's Millions where they played baseball at a field that had train tracks running through the outfield. Anyone with limited real estate on their layout could use that theme.
Love this thread.
No room for a ballpark on either layout. But, there are ways to get those Yankees in there. Tunnel portals are one way.
A backdrop.
Aaron Judge pics, with Yankee logos. This mural is actually hiding wires to the buildings that have to come from the ceiling.
The overhead layout.
Baseball and trains. Two of my favorite subjects!!
Jerry
Woah, I didn't know about train cars with the names and logos of major league baseball teams, until I saw Jim's and Jerry's above photos. Thanks for sharing. Arnold
Donald Van Slambrook 013018 posted:I think it was the movie Brewster's Millions where they played baseball at a field that had train tracks running through the outfield. Anyone with limited real estate on their layout could use that theme.
Donald, I've never seen train tracks running through the field of play, but I believe there is at least one major league ballpark (maybe Seattle and/or Kansas City) where a freight train runs just beyond the outfield fence.
A subway runs just beyond the outfield at Yankee Stadium, or maybe the former Yankee Stadium. I watch almost all the Yankee games on TV like I'm doing at this very moment, but I haven't been to Yankee Stadium in over 1 year. There are probably other major league ball parks where a subway or passenger train runs just beyond the outfield fence. Arnold
Seattle has the tracks running right outside the stadium cutting through the parking lot.
Don’t forget about Minute Maid Park and their General Style loco.
JERRYG...really like your incorporation of Yankees, especially the famous frieze.
Rich Wiemann posted:Don’t forget about Minute Maid Park and their General Style loco.
JERRYG...really like your incorporation of Yankees, especially the famous frieze.
That one is cool. The only thing is I don't know if they operate it anymore. The last few times I watched games there when they were playing the Yankees, if Houston hit a HR, it was just sitting idle in the middle. They used to run it from side to side when Houston hit a homerun.
The Astros have been running the locomotive so much this year, I think they had to get the wheel bearings replaced.
Donald Van Slambrook 013018 posted:The Astros have been running the locomotive so much this year, I think they had to get the wheel bearings replaced.
Yeah they're up there in the home runs, but Yankees are leading the Major League in home runs. 4 more today, the games still going! Yankees need to get a train! Well they already have one kind of. The commuter train that brings to the fans in!
Train Nut, Yankee JV team is gonna lead the ML in homeruns. Imagine what the varsity could do if they could stay healthy. Of course, hitting a Titleist instead of a baseball has something to do with it. Those NL guys are gonna hit 50. MLB saying they don't know about the ball is like potato chip guys saying they don't know why their chip bags contain 50% air.
Arnold, the new stadium faces away from the el, while the train ran behind the bleachers in the old stadium.
Rich, thanks. Love that Yankee frieze. Still prefer to call it the facade. The ones in these pics came from a guy in Florida. I put a wireless router and TV in there so I can watch the Yanks. Fortunately, my son loves trains, baseball, and the Yankees. He was a helluva ballplayer. Now, he lives in Austin and I can't come close to beating him at golf anymore. Haha
Jerry
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