Just told them it was like magic on the train layout.
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Nice! JohnA
That is clever! Bravo!
I would like to see more pics of that layout, esp that ore tipple.
LMAO! Brilliant. 
Mitch
WHOA! That’s truly impressive.
Excellent that you had some young railfans to enjoy your layout.
That would grab my attention too.
Neat effect, I'd like to see the trackwork that makes it possible. 
@gunrunnerjohn posted:Neat effect, I'd like to see the trackwork that makes it possible.
Not to spoil the magic, but I strongly suspect something along these lines...
Mitch
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must be a turntable under there.
Me too Mitch, just wanted to see exactly what he had done. Obviously there has to be some fairly sharp curves in the mix. 
@M. Mitchell Marmel posted:Not to spoil the magic, but I strongly suspect something along these lines...
Mitch
Very cool!
Very cool. I was expecting a stop before a crash at the 90 deg crossover. That one surprised me too!
Bob
I believe the passenger track is under the express fright track. @Lary has got to give it up.
They did seem to come out straight, that's why I was curious.
Just an observation:
a. The entrance track to the left tunnel starts to dip slightly past the crossover.
b. The rear of the engine going into the left tunnel starts to twist left at the tunnel entrance.
c. I don't ever recall seeing a posting with 32+ likes. Congrats to @Lary. Makes you think that having a small layout at a train show, just featuring a few trick effects like this (Lionel had one, I recall), might be a big draw. It sure fooled us old-timers!
d. I still don't know how @Lary did it 
Anyone else ready to see the track diagram? I sure am!
Very clever, and, yes, I'd like to see how it was done.
Just watched the video again. Both trains are entering/ leaving curves. A little clever scenic work on the exiting train track hides the curve in the tunnel too.
@M. Mitchell Marmel has it right.
still cool.....
That was really cool, I'd love to know how he did it too. Very good job @Larry, I watched it a couple of times just to make sure I was seeing it correctly. I loved it.
Just experimenting. Would need 10" of scenery from the edge of the tunnel portal to block visualization of the right curve.
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Better run only shorter cars on those curves.
Longer cars would get derailed or sideswiped if they overhang at nearest meeting point in these curves. 
I think there may be a underpass instead of a set of curves.
The extra track by the coaling tower helps hide the lowering of the track on the right-side.
The middle tunnel hides the rise of the track over the crossing track.
The tunnels are not lined inside but no curve track is visible in left tunnel. 
That or this is a very good edited "fake" video.
Bravo to Lary for great post.
Wonderful!
Peter
the tipple . It is scratch built like most of the buildings on my layout and is made from cardboard and the corrugated siding that was formed on a little fixture I made. It is a piece of steel 10 inches long and I put it on a Bridgeport mill and with a ball nose cutter I spaced the the cuts on the steel. Then I took a piece of heavy duty aluminum foil and formed it over the steel and glued it to the cardboard tipple. That was done over 35+ years ago. My layout was the feature article in run 323, April/May 2022. I Also will show how the trains ran thru the setup within the tunnel . Bruce Brown is the lucky winner and did guess the very simple method that I used to make the trains seem to go thru each other. And YES the tracks are all on the same level. If you are ever in the Mount Clemens area of Michigan you can stop by and see the layout but there is only room for only 2-3 people in there and you can not walk around it. The best way is to bring me a flash drive and I will download a 1 hour video of the making of 45 years of this layout showing all the scratch built buildings as well as the scenery from day one back in 1981. It also includes videos taken with a Go Pro camera mounted to the front of the engine. It is the history of my layout.
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@prrhorseshoecurve posted:I would like to see more pics of that layout, esp that ore tipple.
The coal tipple was made using cardboard about 1/8 thick that I use to be able to buy at a paint store here in Mount Clemens but they went out of business about 25 years ago. It is easy to work with and some of the buildings that I have made over 25+ years ago have held up just fine, no warps of any kind. The roofs are the same cardboard but overlaid with heavy duty aluminum foil that I embossed with a jig I made way too many years ago and this type of corrugated roof is shown on many other building I have made. Once you make a nice fixture than you use it as much as you can and I even rent it out to a few buddies of mine here in Michigan for the price of a few cold beers which we do drink together while discussing his R.R. Here are a few pic's of the tipple and another building using the same material. The grain tower and coal tower was made back in the early 90's using the same cardboard. Thanks for your inquire on the method of the tipple. If you are anywhere near Mount Clemens Mi. feel free to visit the layout but bring a flash drive and I will burn you a 1 hour video of the building of this layout over 40+ years and it even has pic's of running trains with a Go Pro camera mounted to the front of the train.
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Great work, your weathering is fantastic. Thank you for giving us the answer.
