Lionel Dealer Display Layouts, Factory Layouts and Postwar Layouts

Guess I should have rotated it before I saved it.

Thanks for posting the D-132. I'm not sure it will work for my space, as part of whatever I build needs to sit against the wall & looks like this is more set up to walk around. Something I just thought of - How do you make the mountains ? I tend to make them look too realistic. I want as close to this look as I can get. Also, what can be used for the old school sawdust style grass? It's almost more of a challenge to build something like this than a hi rail layout

Another track plan request:

 

If anybody has the D-105 from 1953, another 5x9.  It is NOT featured in the Carp book on Dealer Displays but hoping somebody might have the plan.

 

Thanks.

link to D-105 photos

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/3136397#

Thanks for the link, I grabbed a photo off there while it's still available.

LIONEL D105 Factory Layout

1952/3 5 X 9' Layout, appears all original ... This O Gauge layout has two main-lines one on elevation, and a spur not connected to them, but separately powered. Plywood construction w/mesh supported mountains, most original wire and buss bars, track replaced with correct vintage, clean and ready to run.

Thanks guys! This is great.

What if you have the express written consent of Major League Baseball?

I drew this FasTrack variation of a D-27 to fit on a 4'x 8' layout.

Lionel D-27 style layout on YouTube

 

 

And another video of a D-27 type layout built by All Gauge Toy Train Association in San Diego. This one has really nice scenery.

 

http://www.agtta.com/anniversa...sary-videos-WMV.html 

(In the link above, click on the layout picture for the video)

 

 

What did you guys use for table surface?  Is that just something like vinyl rolled grass over plywood?

Mike thank you

The pics I posted are of an original. I found those on the Internet. I also have the same question - what to use for grass. Weather I build this one or an inspired version of a display layout, I want the look on the layout I posted. Not sure how to get it though

MichMikeM:

 

Lifelike grass paper, No. 1152, Meadow Mat Paper.  Same as used back in the fifties.

 

First painted the board with tan paint, covered it with the paper, and  then cut out the paper to reveal the tan colored streets and roadbed.  Spray glue was used to hold it down.

Christopher2035:

 

Since those photos were taken I have improved the layout by adding more accessories and scenic items.  I'll take some new pictures.  The set is my original Christmas present from 1957 hence the building of the display layout, originally from 1957 also.

 

 

 

 

Gotcha.  I thought the pics were yours.  My quick initial read of your post picked up "almost built" before you moved and I took it to mean you started it but didn't finish it.

 

Sounds like you and I are in a similar boat regarding ground cover.  Take a look at Woodland Scenics ReadyGrass(http://woodlandscenics.woodlan...GrassVinylMat/page/2).  It sounds like what you may be looking for and seems very close to what was in your pics.

 

I've seen the stuff in my LHS and it seems pretty good and not too expensive for a 50" x 100" roll (~$33).  Right now it's my top choice.  My biggest current question is should I put it over the plywood or put some type of foam down first.

MichMikeM:

 

Since I was trying to replicate a display layout as close as possible without the mess of using sawdust, the paper was the easiest and cheapest, the paper was laying unused at our club building. Half the layout is elevated so the noise generated is not too bad.  The buzzing of the crossing gates and all the other accessories drown it out.

 

funny you brought that up - I looked at that when I was thinking of building the original one.   I wonder how close that is to the sawdust.  On the layout I built for my Uncle, he used a different grass mat from scenic express, but I thought it was way to "bright"  -

 

This one looks REALLY nice!

If you can find a copy of the March 2010 issue of CTT you can see the D132 layout and a modernized version.

 

As posted above, it was originally designed for the track to dead-end in the tunnel, but extending the spur to connect on the other side made this a very operator friendly layout plan in a small space.

 

Charlie

 

Photos of a friends D-264 re-creation.

 

Interesting about that dead-end spur. I was noticing on another one of the layouts (the D-105 up above) that there is a spur/siding for the milk and cattle cars that is not connected to either of the loops and apparently dead-ends inside the mountain!  At least that's the way it appears.

 

The 105 is one of the layouts I'm considering so I'd have to weigh whether to go with it as is or modify the track plan.