Greatest Female Private Model Railroad RR O Scale Gauge Lionel Layout Ever? Meet The Train Lady

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Dave

david1 posted:

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Dave

I'm not sure why you're not seeing the links, David1. I've opened the posting using Windows 10 on another computer and several android tablets using Firefox, Google Chrome, and I.E.10 browsers and it's working on all.

Both a custom garden and an inside O gauge layout in its own station replica building. Taking an employee staff of six,  2 1/2 years to build.   It must be nice to be that rich!

I stumbled upon this a few weeks ago and was surprised no one had mentioned it here before.  Fantastic layout.  Just like the "barn finds" of old, rare cars, it seems like there are so many great train layouts like these that aren't widely known about and keep getting revealed.  I would like to see a better produced video of the layout where the conversations can be heard better.

There have been a number of articles in the Chicago Tribune, over the years. As I recall, her husband started the whole indoor 3-Rail layout, with various "paid workers", and when he passed, she continued on.

Great videos. Very happy to see Miss E again, and doing well!

Several years ago my kids and I got a private viewing by her, through a mutual close family friend. He and his kids and my family spent a fantastic late summer, Saturday afternoon, getting the grand tour of that O-gauge layout, and, her huge outdoor G-gauge garden railroad that winds past the depot building and around her garden. That garden layout was almost more impressive with four or five trains running simultaneously. She had her crew running everything indoors and out so we didn't miss a thing. Something that doesn't come out in the video is that building layouts is (was?) her business - and she pulled guys off jobs just to entertain us that day. A very generous host.

And if that wasn't enough, when everyone was done watching / running trains, she and her adult daughter, who also came over just for us, invited the kids and dads, around to her patio where they had set up the most amazing, mouth watering dessert spread that put big hotel buffets to shame. Ice creams, chocolate fountains, sweet fondues, hot fudge, cookies, cakes, candies, whip cream, decorations, and on and on. My eight year old daughter came out of there with such a concoction that one, defied gravity, two, would make a normal human instantly diabetic, and finally, make our family dentist grin with delight. How she ate that monster and not puke her brains out I'll never know!

They also have (had?) annual public viewings during mid-summer, I believe tied to the Cub Scouts somehow, not sure. As you can imagine though, it's a packed madhouse with village police needed to direct traffic and shuttle buses needed to bring visitors from remote lots. But it's her way of sharing her passion and joys of model trains with the public. A very generous woman!

Tom

What an amazing layout!

I wanted to hear how and why it was a "gaming lagout" . 

   Nice layout, nice lady, nice guy, but this video drove me nut with slow zooms, then panning away too soon, etc.

She was the most interesting part of the video

I was left unsatisfied and wanting to hear more from HER.

What was the black streamliner with 'dayligbt-ish' style? It looked like a Mercury...but?

That is so cool. I love the Chicago references and especially Wrigley Field. 

It’s my layout times 10,000. 

I wish that the sound had been better so that you could hear what she was talking about. The entire place is amazing!