Pictures of the new elevated line in the city..just completed!!

You are certainly busy creating great scenes! Thanks for sharing.

Those are awesome looking elevated scenes Alan. Nice addition to your well detailed layout. Brian & Elizabeth are wonderful people who have contributed so much to all of us on this forum.

Beautiful !

That's great Alan! Brian is tops in his contributing knowledge, expertise, generosity and friendliness. I feel darn lucky to know of him.

Looks awesome Alan!  Brian & Elizabeth are two of the nicest people in our hobby and myself and Linda are proud to call them our friends!   

Really nice job Alan. The new line looks great. Growing up in the Bronx a couple of blocks from an elevated subway line, I am impressed with the look of that trestle. We are all lucky that people like Brian and Elizabeth are members of this Forum.

Beautifully detailed!

-Pete

What a wonderful gesture by the Vaills!  The Vaill Green Line certainly looks good, and the name is perfect.  Your installation looks great as well!

Just terrific. 

The "Vaill Green Line" looks outstanding, Alan, with a great backstory to boot. Things seem to be falling in place lately.

Alan what can i say your layout keeps getting better by the day. and in the past month how lucky can a guy get first the bridge at york and now the donation of the elevated trestle by Brian. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alan,

Looks incredible!  Your layout is spectacular.

Thanks for sharing. 

Michael

Fantastic looking & a great story to match. While I have never met Brian, all of my dealings & conversations with him here on the forum have been nothing but positive. There are never any negative comments by him. A real gentleman & him and his wife are real assets to the hobby.

I also notice in the photos a little tribute to your wife Alan on the theater marquee.

Alan,

That looks outstanding, love the color.

Brian is one of the best people i know .

Alex

Unreal! Busy el line and street running on the bottom. All you need now are proper subway trains now.

As a good friend of Brian's, I am not surprised by his generosity.  As has been noted, Brian is always a very positive person that is a pleasure to be with.  While I have not had the opportunity to meet Elizabeth in person, I am so happy that they are able to share in Brian's love of this hobby.

Alan very nice job with this awesome addition to your city.  You are on a roll after finding your new double-deck bridge.

Art

A great scene, Alan.

And thanks to one of the nicest guys in the hobby (Brian) who donated what you needed to complete your project all I can say is, ooh RAH.

Wow, now that is what I am looking for! I think I am going to have to scratch build my elevated structure....

Alan, you are an amazing modeler.  Your layout is a layout people dream of.  As soon as things are right Dotty and I will be there.  You have taken the O gauge hobby to great heights.

Your new elevated system looks terrific on this wonderful layout. Elizabeth and I are honored to have you name it after us. And thanks to all of your for your thoughtful comments.

I have had the pleasure to know Alan for many years. We got to know one another because of this Forum. It would not have happened otherwise. He has advised me, encouraged me, and is a significant reason why so many of us call this our internet home. Way to go, Alan.

WOW, that is some amazing work.  I don't know how you do it, their must be two or three of you to get all the work you accomplish so quickly.  The green stands out nicely too.  Nick  

Taking a break for lunch and saw all of these fantastic comments!  Guys...you are right on when it comes to Brian and his lovely bride!!  They don't come any better!

Marty...please concentrate on getting better as you already know you and Dotty are welcome visitors at any time!

Alan

Nick....I wish there were more time but I am one of those guys that doesn't seem to need a lot of sleep so I usually get an energy burst after supper and then work well into the night...sometimes into the wee hours of the next morning!..

Oingo....The layout has not yet been in our magazine...I don't feel it is ready since there is so much more to do like weathering, landscaping, ballasting and the list goes on.  I have made a lot of pictures posts here on the forum that you may enjoy....

Thanks!

Alan

Wow looks great. Stunning one of a kind layout. I would love it if you put together a layout tour video, I feel like there's a lot hidden that we can't see.

Oingo...thanks and there are a lot of things that keep me from sleeping other than the layout...

Curve: ....the RDCs are the GGD brass models.  Got them at York from my best buddies Marty and Dotty!!

Alan

Amazing!

Peter

Allen you must have had your best York ever with your great bridge find and being given the elevated structures from Brian (nice touch naming the Elevated Line for the Vails), and yes they are very nice people. All to make a fine Lay-out even finer.

Congradulation Allen.

Wow ... it's really great !

I have been thinking about adding an elevated dog bone on mine. I'm still measuring 

Just wondering, it must be much more difficult to clean the rails with that in the way ... how do you do it? 

Wow that is stunning!!

Alan

Looks great. and nice story. Kudos to Brian as well!!!

Thanks again guys!

The question about it being harder to clean the track is a good one...I found a great solution to the dirty track problem.....wipe your track down once every couple of years or so with electrical contact cleaner.  Been doing this for years and it works like a charm!

Alan

Alan, you were the "talk of the town" last evening. We had a dinner meeting and one of the attendees is another big time train fan. I had great pleasure describing your new addition and your wonderful layout. Now he wants to travel to Mountain Home.

This individual was the guest speaker and his program was all about Veterans Day. He is a retired Major General. We really hit it off and had a lot in common.

Brian...you guys surely have something better to talk about!!..LOL!!  Seriously, thanks so much.  If he is open to you sharing his contact info, please feel free to do so via my email address you have.  I would be more than glad to visit with him and extend an invite. 

Alan

Alan, I will get his contact information. When I said we had a lot in common, we were both raised in the same home state. We both served as Town Council Presidents. And of course we both share a love of trains. It really turned out to be a wonderful evening with great conversation.

I sat across from him at dinner and when they were clearing the tables, we were still talking trains.

Incredible Alan!

Ditto all of the above great comments. Show us more of your layout.

And I hope that you are working on the video.  Surely one of your many friends has a GoPro that he will either loan you or volunteer to take pics of your fabulous layout.  It's not nice to keep teasing us with all the great still shots and not get to see it in action. 

Art

Yea, Alan, where is it? Your an unrelenting tease with your fancy photos. Time to cough it up. Roll that beautiful train footage.