Visit to a LARGE layout

Just outstanding!

Thanks for sharing.

Nice video!  And some first class P company power.

 Yeap, that's fantastic. The trackwork looks smooth and looks like the trains run flawless! Just inspiring enough that I should rip out and start over !!  

 Seeing the trains move up and down the hills is great. I have to look at the track plan again now that I've seen that  video. When Ed posted it on the layout forum, I just couldn't get a whole picture like the video provides. Would love to do something even close to that! I just can't design in 3D. Joe

Does anyone have the link to Keystone Eds track plan? I would be very interested in viewing it.

this layout needs to be in a magazine- maybe rich b.[toy trains on tracks fame] could do a knockout video -so what if most of the scenery is not in,it looks just fine to me.i use a few buildings with some working signals on mine.i dont like the "fill every sq inch"look the mags want to have.-jim

I'd like to see the railroad covered in a feature article some day (my prior railroad was  in the March 2000 Model Railroader).  My main objective is to give O scale 2 rail much needed exposure as a way of growing our relatively small market segment.  For me choosing which pub to seek out comes down to where can the article have the most impact in getting folks to think about O scale 2 rail. (Sorry Joe G. - an article in O Scale Trains would be preaching to the choir).

First a few personal observations/opinions.  O scale 2 rail is rarely the starting point for model railroaders.  For most its just a little too daunting to dive in cold turkey  due to space and skill requirements as compared to other gauges (we still lack a good line of of affordable off the shelf turnouts).  In my experience most new O scale 2 railers come from one of two populations - O gauge three railers who want their railroad to have a more prototype look,  and smaller gauge modelers who are attracted to the mass/feel of O scale rolling stock and the relative ease of model building in a larger scale.  

I appreciate Allan's expression of interest in an OGR article, but a second article in MR would be my preferred choice as IMO it would reach the largest population I'm most likely to influence. 

While a feature magazine article may be years off, I'll be posting layout progress updates on the OGR forum as it provides the opportunity to share ideas (and opinions) about things "O".  One thing I need to do for the next post is update my 3rdPlanIt track plan with "as built" changes related to the recently completed branch line.

Again - thanks for the interest in the railroad.

Ed Rappe

Ed invited me over to see his layout back in February this year, my eyeballs are still out on stems , he has more track in one curve than exists on my whole layout!

The photos capture it nicely, he ran a train around for me and it preformed flawlessly and took quite some time to make it around the entire mainline.

There's a topic going on now on the Layout Design forum and I'm going to provide the person with a link to this topic so he can get some ideas.

Very Nice!

Dave

I watched the Vimeo video and noticed 2 things...(1) I recall Ed saying all of his track (except switches) is Atlas and (2), just look at the faces of his guests, you don't see that look much on many grownups faces anymore, the look of awe-struck amazement and delight.

Ed, just let us know when the MR article comes out so we can all get a copy.

This is ..., I mean, ... what the, ....  woah.  Ed, words escape me.

Ed: are you any closer to having a feature in one of the magazines? not too many o scale layouts of this magnitude out there.-jim