John - I've seen pictures of the layout before, but never in color.  Great set of photos, a real blend of old and new.  Thanks

I too have visited this layout in the past and it was very much worth visiting.  A lot of scratch built local scenery, very cool.

Art

Thanks for the pics and video.  Enjoyed both very much, especially reflecting on how old the bridges, structures, etc. must be--can only imagine how much time went into the project.

Carl

Wonderful photos. Certainly gets you ready for the upcoming Christmas season. 

Great photos.

There is good video coverage of this layout in OGR Great Layout Adventures vol. 9, too.

Here is a 2011 thread about this layout:

https://ogrforum.com/t...ristmas-train-layout

The O gauge layout is not the only lay out on display at Union Terminal, They have an incredible HO lay out of most of the scenic spots around the Cincinnati area that fills almost one third of the Union Terminal building. The time era is set around what Cincinnati looked like around 1950. I bought a season pass for the terminal and it is well worth the money to see the lay out and all three museums housed in the building. I have yet to find out how to be able to go up in the old rail yard tower to view the Queens Gate CSX yard.

This historic layout is well-covered in Great Layout Adventures Volume 9.

The large Cincinnati layout is S-scale, not HO.  Depending on the area of town, the time period depicted is from the very early 1900's up until about 1950.  To get to Tower A, go back toward the Omnimax theater, bear right as you go past Omnimax and look for a small sign with the hours for Tower A posted.  Access to Tower A is via a combination of stairs and an elevator if I recall.  Here is a link to the hours.

http://www.cincymuseum.org/node/1611