Hot Water Wheelihan's Layout in the Press

Way to go! Great article.

Dennis

Nice article and great layout Hotwater! I'd give anything to get that much daylight into my basement!

Congrats HW!  Very Nice!

Congratulations on the article and especially the extraordinary layout.

I love seeing positive, well written articles about the hobby and its' great participants!

Andy

It was a very nice write-up, and the your railroad looks exceptional Jack! There are few railroad room as well finished and inviting as that one is. Your better half seems entirely pleased with your use of the space too. Trains and Railroading have been good to you and it shows.

Bob

Thanks Rich.

Also, thanks for the nice comments, guys. Truth be told, the up-stairs addition was my wife's idea! She designed the whole concept as a large up-stairs "master bedroom", with its own bathroom/shower, full size "walk-in" cedar lined closet, and "sitting room on the other side of the stair way. She has also taken GREAT pleasure in telling all the neighbors in our sub-division that, "The whole new up-stairs addition is for a railroad."! Naturally, you can't believe the looks she gets.

Nice, very very nice . A kind and caring wife also, BUT, where's your eight foot round house with a 32" turntable? I thought all you guys had that ?  Nice layout Hotwater.  148th

That's nice, Hot.  Very nice!

If I still lived in the area, you could connect up with my Sanitary Belt Line . . .

EdKing

Very nice Jack!  You've made some great progress since I visited.  The icing platform turned out beautifully.  The folks on the tour are in for a real treat.

Way to go "Hot".  Very Nice article and layout!

I have always admired the great layout that you have there, it is definetly an inspiration.  That combined with all of your knowledge with regards to main line steam and EMD that you bring to the forum makes for some great reading and enjoyment.  And what a nice well written article.  Congratulations to you on a great room, a great layout and some darn nice recognition.   

The first and fifth photos have good views of the roundhouse AND 32" turntable.

Jack - I am pleased to see that you and your great railroad are receiving some well deserved recognition. I have enjoyed visiting with you at DuPage and have admired the pictures and videos of your layout that I have seen on this forum. When I saw that your layout was featured on the tours of the upcoming O Scale Convention, I marked it on my calendar as a must see. 

Great article! Your wife's support is priceless.

Art

Jack

     Great job! You deserve the praise and even more your wife! Hope to see the layout on Friday.

Best regards

Ray Marion

Beautiful layout! I love the weathering. Everything covered in soot, just as should be on a coal fired layout. When I was a small boy we lived about 10 blocks from the IC yard in Jackson, MS. When the breeze was just right the cinders and soot engulfed our home. My mother hated it when she had clothes on the line.

Malcolm

Congratulations, Jack! I am also glad to see a well-written article on model railroading.

Awesome job HOTWATER!  Love it.

Round house and turn table. BF

Well done!

Peter

Jack, truly a superb effort and very spectacular result.  How great to have such a supportive wife in your endeavors.  And, a very well deserved write up.  Jim

Great layout & article.

George

Most of the time, the track gets its use from Jack’s friends in the model-train community, who hold weekend sessions they call “Run Beer, Drink Trains;” up to six or eight trains can be driven simultaneously on the layout’s two generators.

Oh, just great!  Now I have to contend with Western Springs DUI roadblocks on weekends, hoping to snag a miscreant over for a session. 

Better replace the Shiner Bock with Goose Island Root Beer for the next six months. 

Regards.

Jerry

Jack.....your room addition and layout are an inspiration.  You and I have similar circumstances with very supportive wives and room additions designed especially for the trains.  In my case, we added a two story 4 car garage which of course had to have a second story above it for "storage".

Very nicely written article....one of the best I have ever read.  Thanks so much Jack for being a member of this forum as I always enjoy the posts of you guys drinking trains and running beer!

Alan

Really nice!

I love the engine facitity.

Mike R

Spectacular! I love the ice deck and the engine facility.

Great article. Congratulations HW, and congratulations to Ellin as well.

Jack is truly one of the most knowledgeable guys in our hobby and a nice guy to go with his significant abilities. I only wish I could join the other Chicagoland guys who will tour his layout next week.

The article is a real treat and a benefit to all in this hobby.

Great work Jack! I particularly like the weathering. Outstanding!!

Andy

Very impressive Hot Water!  As much as I hope to meet you one day and see your layout,  it may be better to say that I hope our wives meet.  Mine has yet to share my enthusiasm for the hobby and has visions of my future train room as a theater while I just let my trains circle the laundry tub.  This artlicle is going to find its way on our fridge. 

I tip my hat.  It's a very nicely done railroad all-around, and the track is particularly realistic.  Two thumbs up.

Beautiful layout in a beautiful room Jack!  Very nice model railroad you have there.

Curt

Shiner Bock!  Great local Texas beer brewed in a town about 115 mi W of Houston, on the old SA&AP main!

That is quite an achievement.

A terrific job of sharing the hobby

Kudos

Where are all your General Electric diesels, Hot?

Really nice layout and article

looks great.

THANKS, ALEX

Tom,

Although I have VERY few diesel models, you KNOW where the GE models would be! 

Jack (Hot Water) .  .  .

Great job. We're all proud of you.

Fantastic steam yard !!

I hope to visit one day.

Eliot

By far, one of the best layouts out there. I enjoy seeing photos of the weathered equipment. My wife had sent this article to me but Rich was a lot quicker at getting the link posted. Great article and thanks for promoting the hobby! I love the story about your wife inviting the kid and mom from the bakery...fantastic.