Lego Trains in Richmond

Peter,

Thank you for the photos.  The Pittsburgh area Lego group has been setting up at the Monroeville Greenberg show for some time.  Not having any grandchildren yet, I didn't pay much attention until I was there on November 8th.  I watched a pretty elaborate Lego train just rolling around that layout to beat the band.  There were a lot of kids interested in the layout, so I agree with your statement "this might be a good bridge between Brio/Thoms and O Gauge."

Few weeks ago in Sommerset NJ there was a Lego show.  Some pretty elaborate displays of Lego trains.

Boy I could never build anything like those in the photos when I was a youngster.

Someone sure put a lot of work into this layout. Very nicely done. Thanks for the photos, Peter. 

Spence, I am with you.  

When Lego first came on the scene, they were just building blocks.  I think I had some doors and windows.  I do remember building one house after another, tearing each down to build another.  I only had one set of blocks, so there was only so much I could do.  I do remember setting a Lego house on my HO layout for a while.  This would have been in my early teens, maybe 1969.  Folks have mentioned Erector sets on this Forum.  I had one of those too, but found it to be frustrating.

The Legos and the Lego trains are both pretty impressive. Kids seem to love them also. They've come a long way since I was a kid. The trains run pretty good too. My grandson has a Lego train and I have been very impressed with it. What some of the kids can do now days is also on the pretty impressive list. I think they are becoming more like O gauge trains and now being classified as 'adult toys' (keep it clean, I mean real toy toys ).

Saw some Lego trains up close at the Williamsport, PA train Expo. Pretty neat looking stuff....

Your pics are great.

I believe Legos are a great way for kids to engage in imaginative play.....and with trains to boot........I wish they were this sophisticated when my son was coming along......but there will still be time to do it with grandchildrem......when I get some!

Peter

I collect LEGO train sets as well as O gauge.  I love building them and then running them.  I also buy extras of the same set so that I can 'kitbash' to get a different locomotive.  I built a Garrett that way.

Nice Peter!!  I had always thought I would make a Lego skyscraper for the layout but by the time I saw how much it was going to take, and the bank loan I was going to need to make it happen, I had second thoughts!

Alan