One of our train friends, Jack, had an operating session last night at his house. He declared that his layout is now finished. Here are a few pictures that I took of his layout with my cell phone before we really got going. Jack has scratch-built many of his buildings and all of his trees. He runs postwar Lionel in conventional mode and has a lot of working Lionel accessories. He enjoys having his friends bring engines and cars to run on his layout.
Art
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Very nice! I LOVE post war Lionel trains. Any chance of a video??
Great layout and pics!
Thanks.
Peter
Very cool; very PW!
Thanks for the pics; love those postwar accessories.
Carl
Very nice.
Very nice indeed, although I question whether it's really finished. I see a lot of left over space in that basement.
Bruce
Awesome. I love the old school look. I hope to do half as well.
SJS
That is an awesome layout!
Another Great layout. Very nice.
Thanks for posting this wonderful layout. As was stated above a video would be great.
Brad
I will try to shoot a video the next time I'm over for a run session. It is a fun layout.
Art
What a beautiful layout. I can't imagine how long he worked on that before he called it complete.
Thanks for sharing Art!
Jack has done a lot of work since the last time I saw his layout. Looks really good. Thanks for the photos, Art.
Great layout. Any layout before 1970 is a great layout.
Chugman, thanks for the impressive pictures. These post war trains are what got us all involved with this Hobby and this person really did a fantastic job with scenery, track work, and the neat control panel. Thanks.
What a great layout. Thanks for sharing with us. How old is the layout?
I think Jack said that he has worked on the layout for about 25 years. I know that he has made many changes, additions, and redo's during that time. When I first met him, he had just added to the layout and was starting completely over on the scenery.
Art
One of my favorite parts about living in the Chicago area for many years was the many train friends made. Friday night run sessions are a regular occurrence. I got to enjoy many wonderful layouts during the years I lived there.
Art is the catalyst of these activities. If you have never had the pleasure to meet him, you need to go out of your way and do just do it. A visit to his wonderful layout should also be on your list.
Thanks Art for posting. Jack has a nice layout.
franktrain
Brian - When I look at pictures of layout sessions and see your picture, I am reminded of how much we miss you. You are always positive, enthusiastic, and enhance everyone's enjoyment of our train related activities.
Frank - You have been around too long without getting more involved with our group. I think you said you hoped to join us for breakfast next month at DuPage? We need to get you over to one of our next sessions.
Art
Your friend Jack has a first class train room & layout.
I always loved the look of Lionel switch controllers lined up! Brings back good memories.
I still have some new in the box 022 switch controllers. I wonder if the wire is still good.
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