What can I fit on this years temp. 4x6 layout?

Did anyone ever make a walkover stairway for passengers in Std.?

I've never seen one in Std., perhaps one of our esteemed colleagues know....or have made one? Am trying to imagine the footprint of such a puppy

John H. Shetler posted:

I've never seen one in Std., perhaps one of our esteemed colleagues know....or have made one? Am trying to imagine the footprint of such a puppy

The Marx crossover bridge is pretty large.

Steve

The picture below is a crossover bridge made for O scale that works pretty good with Standard gauge. I made the bases to give me a little more clearance for large cars and locomotive. I think I paid under $ 20.00 for it on Ebay.  If you need/ want more pictures or exact dimensions let me know. Oh and the TARDIS just popped in there.

What else would a TARDIS do? (nice footbridge)

Considering the other accessories of the era, I'm kinda surprised these are "hens teeth" that possibly didn't even get made.

 I'm wondering what Europe had to offer vs the States too.

Love the setup! You need to make a video!

Marx pedestrian bridge $ 27.95 on eBay

Adriatic posted:

 

 I'm wondering what Europe had to offer vs the States too.

https://www.historytoy.com/nav...angways+&search=

Regards

Fred

Thanks for the link Fred. Bing has always been one of my favorites and have a few pieces but no walkway ...yet. Back in my other life (mth proto 2 days) had a lionel O gauge crossover on a bigger layout but the room it took caused a bit of grief. However, the older tinplate walkover has appeal. Our daughter is going to be stationed in Germany soon so I see some possibilities in the future 

Nice layout with lots of action. You need to get one of those trains turned around and running in the opposite direction. 

George

Some of the old 1 gauge ones I have seen in Europe can set you back a pretty penny, but who can resist.

Here's a short video as per Paul and ok George - turned the freight around (just for you). The 259e/261t is the circa 1934 version with misspelled name plate & nickel trim. The 152 is a full blown resto with correct color match including the 601's &602. The block signal finally got around to making the insulated track sections -so it works like a charm.

  I only shy from old big tin because it seemed a rich mans game as a kid. Those guys showed up with the white gloves already on. Great Gramps made quite a pile of loot selling his collection.  I could never imagine it got cheap enough for my pockets, let alone the nice Euro stuff. Good luck with the hunt.

George S posted:

Nice layout with lots of action. You need to get one of those trains turned around and running in the opposite direction. 

George

Harder judge who won when you race them that way though

Adriatic posted:

George S posted:

Nice layout with lots of action. You need to get one of those trains turned around and running in the opposite direction. 

George

Harder judge who won when you race them that way though

 Yes, that's true. There's just something exciting about seeing trains coming and going in different directions. I had a temp layout with a few loops and it seemed boring when I was running the trains. I didn't know why at first. I then looked at one of those TM videos and realized I had put all my trains on the tracks going in the same direction. It must be something about how the brain works, because that was totally unintentional. I turned one around and wow! What a difference!

George