The Big Reveal.....New module REVEALED.....a D27 concept unveiled

Thanks PETER for the update.  We’ll be there Thursday and Friday to see the layout.  Thank You for setting it up and allowing people to see it.  We spent time there in October and liked taking a break from walking.

Peter, we’re looking forward to seeing you and the layout!  Our private jet takes off Tuesday morning! (Well, us and about 200 other private travelers ). Can’t wait!!

I'm looking forward to seeing it on Friday! Safe travels! I find all the layouts to be an integral part of the York experience. Thank-you for all the hard work that goes into sharing the hobby with others.

-Greg

FOUR DAYS TO GO.......and, to refresh everyone's memory about Set 2503.....

Opening the box last summer......

Have a great Sunday and safe travels to all!

Peter

DOWN TO THREE……..arrived in DC and arrive in York tomorrow.

Peter

This layout makes me sorry that I won't be there. Peter, you look like a happy child opening that box of trains. I think your modular layout is going to be spectacular.

Brian, don't let the other 200 people on the plane.

Gerry

I'm looking forward to seeing the layout on Friday. Thanks to you and your club for all the effort!

DOWN TO TWO!

Peter

@Putnam Division posted:

FOUR DAYS TO GO.......and, to refresh everyone's memory about Set 2503.....

Opening the box last summer......

Have a great Sunday and safe travels to all!

Peter

Great picture.  Reminds me of Christmas morning.

Looking forward to seeing the new module and the 2503 set.

Bob

ONE.........Time to reveal.....we're set up in the Purple Hall with four other modular layouts. The Standard Gauge group is in the Black Hall and the LCCA Kids Railway is in the Orange Hall.

Since February, the River City 3 Railers have been work on our 6x11 to expand it to 6x15. This layout is loosely based on a PostWar department store display. The new four ft module incorporates the "fun" of the D-27 Lionel display......the disappearing train.

The concept and design of incorporating this into our display was done by Forum member Gilly @N&W.

Here are some pictures and video:

Please come see us if you are at York!

Peter

That looks very cool Peter, I am eager to see how well the disappearing train works, I always wanted to do one of those!

@Putnam Division posted:

ONE.........Time to reveal.....we're set up in the Purple Hall with four other modular layouts. The Standard Gauge group is in the Black Hall and the LCCA Kids Railway is in the Orange Hall.

Since February, the River City 3 Railers have been work on our 6x11 to expand it to 6x15. This layout is loosely based on a PostWar department store display. The new four ft module incorporates the "fun" of the D-27 Lionel display......the disappearing train.

The concept and design of incorporating this into our display was done by Forum member Gilly @N&W.

Please come see us if you are at York!

Peter

Peter and Gilly nice job…..I’m sure it will be a hit for all who have the opportunity to watch it.  Now that the reveal has been completed hopefully you can start a build thread that documents this addition. Your disappearing train appears much longer than the typical ones you see pulling gondolas. Looking forward to seeing it in October 🤞.

Awsome addition Peter. A detailed build thread is in order.

Enjoy York. Wish I was there.

Bob

Peter gave us a preview of the new D27 concept layout today.  Even if you know the secret to the disappearing train, you have to see it in person.   It defies logic.   I just want to see the look on kids' faces when they see it in action.  Great job guys!

Bob

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

That looks very cool Peter, I am eager to see how well the disappearing train works, I always wanted to do one of those!

Goldilocks approach........it has to be just right............the engines that work are small......RS units (D&H LionChief Plus, Legacy PennCentral RS 11). Geeps (NYC GP7) and an NYC S4 Switcher. We're going to try other units tomorrow.......

The LionChief Plus NS GP40 is too tall, even with the dynamic break blister removed. All the cars need to be uniform.....I settled on 9200, 9700 & 9400 MPC boxcars.....uniform cars.....metal frames but not too heavy (and not too light). Modern wheel sets with low resistance wheels.....

Peter

Very well done Peter, pretty darn awesome too.

Great job Peter, Gilly and River City3Railers. Appears much bigger than the Lionel postwar job. That's one long train going through there and doing a nice job of it.

Gerry

Just a great and phenomenal day!

Thanks to all who came by and thank you for the kid words......some pictures and a short video:

Everyone enjoyed Super O set 2503 from 1958......

Have a great and safe day......and, hope to run into many of you tomorrow....

Peter

Looks great @Putnam Division, Peter. Thanks for the photos and video.  Props to Gilly.

Very nice work! We need to see the inside of the mystery tunnel! So cool.

Was able to see it at the end of the day and it was great! Will definitely be back today. Thanks for bringing and setting up such a fun layout!

Lionel has a video demonstrating their FasTrack expansion paste.  The River City 3-Railers have their train compression tunnel and it's live and in person - I saw it with my own eyes yesterday.

The magic mountain module is super cool. I could watch it for hours. I hear David Copperfield might be giving  you a call!! Great job, and thank you.

Awesome job! Will the layouts keep running until three on Saturday?

@steam posted:

Awesome job! Will the layouts keep running until three on Saturday?

Layouts are 9-2 today.

We are planning to do an article for the Magazine.......it will all be there with build pictures.

We've been working constantly on this since late February. I have been taking detail build pictures and only with great restraint have I not shared them all.....

Thank you for your kind comments. It was great to meet many of you in person.

Peter

Just terrific, Peter. You guys should be proud!

Great layout Peter! That tunnel is quiet impressive! I stopped by to say hello for the first time but they said you ventured out for a few. Next York I’ll try again!

My kids were disappointed to not see it, guess it was packed up before noon?  Or was it in a different building than the others?

It is a cool effect, and the whole module was very well done.!

Beyond the special effect of the Magic Mountain, it is also a very attractive postwar style layout.  The standard O gauge track with extra ties and ballasting looks really good.  I realize they were using Lion Chief locomotives and some of the cars reflected more recent and merged road names like Penn Central but the scenery, the track, and the rolling stock still captured the feel of a well-executed postwar layout to me.

@steam posted:

My kids were disappointed to not see it, guess it was packed up before noon?  Or was it in a different building than the others?

It was in the purple hall. The trailer we used could not safely handle the magic Mountain module so it traveled in the bed of a large pickup with a clam shell cover. Sadly the truck owner (Gilly) had to depart Friday night. As a result, the layout was 4 ft. Shorter on Saturday.

@hokie71 posted:

It was in the purple hall. The trailer we used could not safely handle the magic Mountain module so it traveled in the bed of a large pickup with a clam shell cover. Sadly the truck owner (Gilly) had to depart Friday night. As a result, the layout was 4 ft. Shorter on Saturday.

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Bummer!  I was hoping to see this in action.   I could only make it Saturday morning. I am sure it was a big hit🙂

@steam posted:

My kids were disappointed to not see it, guess it was packed up before noon?  Or was it in a different building than the others?

There was a problem......we literally finished the module the week before York and it would not fit in the trailer when they packed it on Tuesday......the only way it could get there was in the flatbed of Gilly@N&W's truck......and he had to leave Friday night.

At 6PM Friday evening, at closing, we detached the module and loaded it into Tom's (Gilly@N&W) truck......and reconfigured the layout back to its 6x11 footprint. I am SO sorry.....we all felt terrible.

It takes 4 people to carry out and re-configuring our 12 ft trailer is now our number one priority.

Peter

@PGentieu posted:

Beyond the special effect of the Magic Mountain, it is also a very attractive postwar style layout.  The standard O gauge track with extra ties and ballasting looks really good.  I realize they were using Lion Chief locomotives and some of the cars reflected more recent and merged road names like Penn Central but the scenery, the track, and the rolling stock still captured the feel of a well-executed postwar layout to me.

Peter........the choice of cars was mine based on necessity and availability.

1st of all, there was a time in my train collecting when I was addicted to the colorful 9200, 9400 and 9700 series. At one time, I had nearly a 100 of them.....

2nd of all, we needed something that worked every time in the helix.....fast angle wheels and cars that were not too heavy and not to light.......and, were uniform in weight....we had no derailments in the mountain!

Peter

Been a long time since I posted. The D27 was a fun build. Again, my apologies to having to leave Friday evening. A condensed explanation about the transport. ALL of our modules (except this one) travel standing on-edge in the trailer. The design of this module requires it to travel flat. We have 6x12 and 8x24 trailers. After we built the module, we measured the trailer. The OUTSIDE dimension on the 6x12 is 6'. To lay flat we will need to position it lengthwise front-back, not side-to-side. I was sorely tempted to pull the big trailer instead. It would have been a very easy load. But the gentleman who volunteered to pull it back from York could not have pulled the big trailer with his vehicle.

At least I got to see it, pretty cool!

We're gonna need a bigger boat....🤣🤣

Can't wait to see the article in OGR!