Would anyone have any information on the second train layout used in the series? I know that it's a figure 8 pattern with an encircling outer track. But, does anyone know what was used for the scenery, buildings, billboards, roadways, etc...? ANY information that can be shared will GREATLY be APPRECIATED!
Hello All.
Can someone please help me with some photo stills of the second "replacement" layout from THE ADDAMS FAMILY? I.e. the building with the BIG GALLON billboard on top of it, and the building next to it with the two tanks mounted on top of it. I believe that those buildings were exclusively made for the show. And was probably made of cardboard. I hope to recreate them with sheets of styrene plastic.
ANY INFORMATION on the second layout will GREATLY BE APPRECIATED. Also, what type of Lionel tunnel is used on it as well? As seen in an episode. I'm hoping to recreate, the second replacement Lionel layout. The billboards that I can identify are BIG GALLON, NAVY, VAN CAMPS, & TARGET RANGE. Please let me know if anyone can identify the billboard behind the ROTATING BEACON TOWER?
At this point ,I can only afford to build the second layout .hopefully ,I can build the original first layout at a later date .
I humbly and sincerely thank you all in advance and hope to get some helpful information soon.
Jeff
These may help. These are stills from the YouTube video. The tanks on top of the building appear to be canisters from a Lionel gondola. The buildings are likely wood with printed windows, etc. The bridge is actually 2 bridges: An Arch under bridge, and a Truss Bridge on top. Most unusual.
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Thank you so very very much! These photos are quite helpful! You believe that the buildings that were on the layout prop were made of wood? I.e. pieces of 2X4's with printed windows?
At any rate, I'm very very grateful for the photos that you've generously shared! I can't hardly wait to get this project started!
Would anyone know what the make and model number is on the tunnel on the 2nd replacement layout?
RideTheRails posted:Quote from vid:
Visitor: You meant to blow them up?
Gommez: Of course, why else would a grown man play with trains.
Classic!
Steve
Why I never watched tbe show.
The Ad-dams Fam-i-ly. Boom! Boom!!
For anyone interested in replicating the second layout, the train sets Gomez has bought are the 11490 “5 Unit Diesel Passenger” and 11460 “7 Unit Steam Freight”, both of the same page of the 1964 Catalogue. There’s a good illustration of them on page 245 of David Doyle’s Standard Catalogue of Lionel Train Sets 1945-1969.
Thank you so very much sir!
Pluto TV shows Addams Family 24 hours a day every day. I am watching it right now. Pluto shows them in order, so if you know which episode(s) show(s) the layout you can see which episode is playing now you could do the math to be sure to watch the one needed.
With an ITT sound module, a smoke generator, and some kind of breakaway bridge, it would be possible to sort of simulate this, if you had a big enough speaker.
Just make sure you do put insulated track on either side, or you might wreck that $1,000 plus engine for real.
A side note, there was an earlier episode of I Love Lucy that had a Lionel Super Chief. It was when Little Ricky was younger. Lucy fills the appartment with toys to convince Ricky they need a bigger place, which of course the Mertzs have available, but it costs more, and Ricky doesn't want to pay the extra money each month.
I'm about to start to plan on making the BIG GALLON BUILDING from the 2nd season of THE ADDAMS FAMILY LAYOUT. it'll be my first attempt at scratch building, I hope that this will come out alright. I wish that I knew more about scratch building.
I thought it was a lionel billboard.
It is. But it's sitting on top of a scale model building. The building's kind of odd shaped and that's what my main concern is.
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Never mind, I read further back.
There is a compilation of Adams family Lionel trains.
A few comments for those interested in recreating the Super O layout: there are different scenes that show different numbers of AMT aluminum passenger cars used (the main collision/bridge blowing scene involves a 2349 M&STL GP-9 and a chicken sweeper car plowing into a Santa Fe F-3 pulling a lone AMT Santa Fe aluminum vista dome car (an early shot shows what looks like 3 AMT coaches coupled to the F unit back from the blown up bridge, no dome car to be seen). I've noted AMT coaches, an RPO and a dome car used in different episodes. You can tell Lionel didn't provide the trains by the use of the AMT passenger cars.
In one episode there's a shot of the F unit with a RPO car and the vista dome being chased by the M&STL Geep pulling a lone coach. The shell and chassis on the F unit is blackened from being in the explosions and the oval portion of the logo was removed or painted over. The steam engine pulling a train on the outermost loop is usually seen not pulling a tender, but the episode where Pugsley is in the Boy Scouts shows the 2-6-4 pulling a 2046 type tender and a couple cars The ZW has a toggle switch on top of the casing - it's also on the ZW seen in the Twilight Zone/Art Carney as Santa episode - you can see Art/Santa flip the switch before running the trains.
The 0-27 sets on the second layout never get blown up - they reused the explosion/crash scenes from the Super-O layout.
Those two small buildings under the Lionel Canisters and the Cities Service billboard certainly look like 50's vintage Playskool wooden city building blocks rather than models.
Hi Ricky, I believe that you're right. From everything that I've read, the show's budget was significantly cut for season two and the production crew had to build a layout on less than a shoestring budget. After the original layout was damaged beyond repair from season one. Since many other ADDAMS FAMILY fans duplicate the layout from season one, I would like to attempt to build an updated version of the season two layout. I hope to be able to recreate the buildings in the same design only with better detail. After watching the videos on YouTube, I can't properly identify the tunnel as seen in an episode of season two. And the building with the BIG GALLON sign on top of it could pose a problem for me. It has the two slanted roofs on both the left and right sides of the building. And since I've never scratch built anything before, I'm kinda nervous about building it. Any thoughts or suggestions will greatly be appreciated.
Jeff
@Punkrockpub posted:
If you look at the sequence that starts at 1:36, it starts on the tubular track layout, and then cuts to the super O layout!! Ahhh, TV production in the 60s. "We'll just reuse some footage we shot last year to save a little money!"
@Will posted:If you look at the sequence that starts at 1:36, it starts on the tubular track layout, and then cuts to the super O layout!! Ahhh, TV production in the 60s. "We'll just reuse some footage we shot last year to save a little money!"
The magic of editing.
I like to play it on 25%-50% slow motion w/sound. The edit gives you a sloppy or mildly drunken Gomez 
(drunker?)
Fester: I kept Microsoft Anna drunk for years that way 
I’ve just noticed Robbie from Forbidden Planet..
Where? (he makes some twilight zone appearances too, full sized and toy alike)
Here are some photos of the second season layout. These buildings have been identified as Playskool Village Wooden Blocks. Now, I'm searching for them, especially the ones shown here with the slanted roof(s). So far, eBay hasn't been any help with that. Would anyone know where I can get some at please? Any info on these buildings will greatly be appreciated. I'm Not giving up on the 2nd season layout anytime soon.
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Hello all,
Does anyone know where I can buy a KEIDING O GAUGE TUNNEL like the one shown here?
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@Will posted:If you look at the sequence that starts at 1:36, it starts on the tubular track layout, and then cuts to the super O layout!! Ahhh, TV production in the 60s. "We'll just reuse some footage we shot last year to save a little money!"
The Three Stooges reused many scenes from the Curly episodes in the later Shemp episodes.
@Punkrockpub posted:Here are some photos of the second season layout. These buildings have been identified as Playskool Village Wooden Blocks. Now, I'm searching for them, especially the ones shown here with the slanted roof(s). So far, eBay hasn't been any help with that. Would anyone know where I can get some at please? Any info on these buildings will greatly be appreciated. I'm Not giving up on the 2nd season layout anytime soon.
Your photos are fuzzy, but I saw these on a estate sale ad.
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I REALLY DO NOT VARE WHAT SEASON IT WAS. LIONELS GOT WRECKED!
@Dominic Mazoch posted:I REALLY DO NOT VARE WHAT SEASON IT WAS. LIONELS GOT WRECKED!
Absolutely, I don't care what season it was either 
I think they got wrecked every season too
and it still wasn't quite often enough 
A translated paraphrase attributed to Charlie Chaplin says "we laugh when we see something that hurts to much to think about"
You really are going the extra mile on exact. How did you find the tunnel brand, lol. You've obviously landed a big info source I've never seen.
Is it pressed pulp paper, foam, or other substance?
There just might be more than one version of the blocks too. Setting them on the intended spots should kinda tell you since the track is what it is .
There is a lot of greenery filler there around them too, isn't there?
As an FYI, there is a new listing for a D-264 layout "kit" here in the For Sale forum which looks like it could very well be the basis for a credible Addams Family layout. Not my listing, etc. ^.^
Mitch
I can't find the "For sale" forum. How do I find this ad please?
Thank you sir!!!! :-)
@Punkrockpub posted:I can't find the "For sale" forum. How do I find this ad please?
I’m guessing that means you are unaware of the numerous forums here, which should be used for certain posts instead of sticking them all in one forum.
I watch an interview about the layout many years ago. Apparently, the trains were moved by technicians secondary to requirements of a union contract.
"Of course, why would a grown man play with trains". Gomez Addams.
Guess I better not grow up. Still 'playing' with my 1959 Super-O set that I got for Christmas when I was five.
Where can I find a list of the track needed to create this layout?
Check out the bay searching with Addams family layout. You should see what your looking for.
