Know anyone with a large LEGO train layout?
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No lack of effort in that display!!! We just bought a Lego train package @ Disney. I haven't put it together yet. Looks pretty cute.
The only thing I can say is OMG, that is fantastic. My daughter has about 10-20 Lego trains and a lot buildings. You are never to old for Lego, my Daughter is a 4th year Medical-Dental school student and she still loves them. The sad part is I own a Train Store and we do not sell Lego. Thanks for the post.
Pat
every year after Thanksgiving until the middle of January the southern Calif Lego train club sets up a layout at the San Diego model railroad museum.
I think I have watched this video 10 times.
Thanks
Pat
Last pic has the BNSF engine the boy and I'd love to have...though it's been a while, the lego websiote has a section devoted to custom built customer pieces and the block count and colors to go with those...and of course the lego store will accomodate you in any sales.
I liked that suspension bridge!
Here's a Lego trains set up at the Philly NMRA convention in 2006:
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What these guys do with Lego is really awesome. 
Originally Posted by PATSTRAINS:
The only thing I can say is OMG, that is fantastic. My daughter has about 10-20 Lego trains and a lot buildings. You are never to old for Lego, my Daughter is a 4th year Medical-Dental school student and she still loves them. The sad part is I own a Train Store and we do not sell Lego. Thanks for the post.
Pat
Why not? Seems like a pretty easy problem to fix if you're the owner. To me Lego and trains go great together, especially for younger kids. Think of a 7 year old who likes trains but doesn't have the ability or patience to model buildings or scenery. They can build something out of Lego for the layout. There are tons of good options in the Lego City collection. Plus the scale is fairly close.
Lego is essentially entry level modeling. Offer Lego as a gateway to the train hobby. If you have the room, you could add a simple train layout and invite area kids to display their creations for a period of time. Remember you are in the hobby business, not just the train business.
Originally Posted by Traindiesel:
Now THAT'S an expensive hobby! You could build that in O for a tenth of what all those bricks cost. Of course you couldn't take it apart and put it back together again as something else too easily.
Brian
Very, very impressive.
I have two young nephews that love legos and godd at putting them together.
Make buying for birthdays easy 
Thank you for sharing a kind layout.
It takes quite a while to take it all in.
I saw this yesterday thought it was pretty good. The train comes in about 3:30.
Originally Posted by pennsyk4:
Brian
Very, very impressive.
I have two young nephews that love legos and godd at putting them together.
Make buying for birthdays easy
Thank you for sharing a kind layout.
It takes quite a while to take it all in.
Charlie, the setup at the NMRA convention was much bigger than it looks in the pictures. The crowd was so big I couldn't get to all of the spots I wanted for better angles!
I saw a nice medium-sized LEGO layout over this past weekend in Jacksonville at the open house held in conjunction with the Southern Division TCA meet.
LEGO’s may be the future of the toy train hobby!
Bill
