Two Spectacular NYC 1950's Layouts

The second spectacular layout was located in the basement of an apartment building in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn. It was a large two-rail scale O gauge layout with outside third rail operation. The layout was controlled by multiple operators with headsets and mics to communicate with one another. Operation of those impressive locomotives and their consists were carefully coordinated to be realistic. A sharp contrast to the Lionel Showroom layout but no less spectular, just different. I was probably looking at some Lobaugh locos or their equivalent but did not know that at the time. Truly impressive and super realistic!

@Tinplate Art posted:

The second spectacular layout was located in the basement of an apartment building in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn. It was a large two-rail scale O gauge layout with outside third rail operation. The layout was controlled by multiple operators with headsets and mics to communicate with one another. Operation of those impressive locomotives and their consists were carefully coordinated to be realistic. A sharp contrast to the Lionel Showroom layout but no less spectular, just different. I was probably looking at some Lobaugh locos or their equivalent but did not know that at the time. Truly impressive and super realistic!

...sure wish there were pictures...anyone?

Mark in Oregon

I've got a flyer somewhere on the one in bay ridge Brooklyn for 1 of their Christmas open houses. Was there twice. Quite impressive.  Marine ave and Oliver street. If you search I belive there was a long thread on this layout on here a few years ago

Yeah, i was too young for all those really cool stuff.  I was a child in the seventies.  I had very little lionel stuff as a child.  I was given mainly HO stuff.  

But I would love to see pics or video of those layouts from times past before I was born. 

A thread on the Bay Ridge Model Railroad with pictures galore:

https://ogrforum.com/...-rr-club-brooklyn-ny

Some news about it somewhat currently: https://pix11.com/2019/03/30/e...idge-model-railroad/

Awesome...thank you!

Mark in Oregon

Like I said they were two very different layouts, and I really had no idea who made those beautifully detailed (presumably brass?),  locos on that scale layout. Certainly did not look like any toy trains I was familiar with at that time. Just glad I did get to see it in person.