MTH Trains, No Ridiculous plans... NO TCA "Just Fun"..
NEW! See more of my layout at: http://youtube.com/profile?user=ilove...* * * COMMENT & RATE IF YOU WISH !!!* * * Lets look at what a little fish gravel and a pile of old curbside ceiling tile...( Which later would become scenery)... some plaster, coupled with a little imagination will do ...* heres a clip of Tom and Scott`s layout... These are "O" Scale "MTH" brand trains, (there is some Lionel as well) ... Anyway, it took 40+ years to amass all this "stuff", for this 30 x 45` layout... Tom loves to lash up 4 or 5 engines and will pull trains way in excess of 100 scale cars long (thats 17+ inches of coupler slack, and trains in excess of 170-200 feet long!) *Note he made the walls round (no corners) to conform to its outer 0192 degree radius. In this video, at the beginning, You`ll see Tom when he was just 6, getting his 1st Train set, Then later you`ll see how far he took it ( As it took 53 4x8 sheets of plywood to construct this layout!) ... and the time to build ?: 8 months... (just him)... *any train can go up or down any level and run on another track, or ski`diddle into the yard, again... from any track... there are 9 trains running at once most of the time. Not seen are many tunnels and places where more trains go. Smoke from the Trains comes from a liquid, which is inserted into each engine by means of a small funnel, *No annoying "TCA" or "Club" had anything to do with this, We model no particular railroad either... So if CSX and the NS, (or whatever) are "at war"... and this is`nt "prototypical" , We don`t care!. IF its big and can pull... "we get it"!! Please don`t miss understand me, "clubs" have a place in our hobby... But more often then not , members turn "anal" and bitter!... "WHY"? The question then begs... "why can`t it be we just all enjoy Trains" ? These putz`s ruin things more often then not, and we steer clear of them. Anyway, were also proud to say that this layout was featured in "Classic Toy Trains" Magazine, "our`s is about fun" !! ... Not "schedules too keep or ridiculous way bills" ... *Tom`s an auto tech, who say`s to his customer`s: "Bring me the trains, no bill spanking pains" or... (keep your money & just find your old trains in lieu of payment) *NO PLANS WERE USED TO DO ANY OF THIS... I HATE PLANS!! "We Just Have fun with the thing and let it go",... *OK... More importantly see others here on YouTube, whom are far better than us, *and generate interest in our hobby*!! ****YOUR COMMENTS are welcome and thanks for same. :)