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Imagine walking through a museum and stumbling across this room.  I think its kinda fun!

 

With the train passing around the Baby Grands and the big coal tunnel and some Blues playing in the background, I'd stop for a bit to enjoy the music and watch the train. 

 

Don't understand the double tender though, obviously an artist who isn't a model railroader.

 

I never understand the comments regarding cost.  If your not paying for it, why care?

 

Jim

Originally Posted by jd-train:

Imagine walking through a museum and stumbling across this room.  I think its kinda fun!

 

With the train passing around the Baby Grands and the big coal tunnel and some Blues playing in the background, I'd stop for a bit to enjoy the music and watch the train. 

 

Don't understand the double tender though, obviously an artist who isn't a model railroader.

 

I never understand the comments regarding cost.  If your not paying for it, why care?

 

Jim

I am just curious Jim. That OK?

Michael, my comment wasn't just directed at you.  These theads always get into what does it cost.  But since you asked, if you saw a pictures of a train layout anywhere else, is the cost what you would be most curious about?

 

Rob, I agree its wise to leave politics out of it. 

 

Cost aside, here's another thing to consider, wouldn't it be neat if 100,000 people saw this exhibit, and even a tiny few (saw 1/10th of 1%) thought 'hey, that train is cool, I'd sure like to have one.'

 

Jim

Speaking of underwhelming toy train related art...

 

Medusa's Head

 

Some years ago I helped deinstall this sculpture by Chris Burden titled Medusa's Head. Most of the trains were European HO gauge, some N and Z. No classic American O gauge.Of course, what was most underwhelming was that none of the trains actually ran.

 

Getting toy trains to run around the globe would have been an engineering challenge beyond the abilities of an art school graduate, but still...

 

Rumor had it that Burden tried to get Model Railroader magazine to do a story on the sculpture but they wouldn't because the trains didn't run. And I heard the sculpture burnt up when a fire went through Burden's ranch in California.

 

Bert

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