Model train set goes through house then out to pool and garden

[ChevyVanMiller]

If you ever had a Lionel train set as a kid, you'll love this. This guy is definitely single and probably broke ?

 

 

[mead107]

Wonder how long it took him to lay all the tracks? 

 

Did you see the dirty underwear under the bed? 

[ExiledInIllinois]

7 minutes ago, mead107 said:

Wonder how long it took him to lay all the tracks? 

 

Did you see the dirty underwear under the bed? 

LoL... It doesn't matter... Chinese Coolies and Irish/Italian Immigrants laid those tracks.

 

Gee, my mom would have been impressed.

 

It does kinda look like taking a train into a "city" with all that stuff around?  Is that underwear from a hobo @ Union Station in Chicago?  ? Way to keep it real... But still abstract!

Edited December 26, 2018 by ExiledInIllinois

[PromoTheRobot]

Don't know anything about model trains but I'm going to guess you can't run a set up that large without multiple transformers feeding power 

[Marv's Neighbor]

Very impressive.  Hard to imagine that much track, all on ground level.  Sooner of later that will have to be "moved" to cut/clean the surfaces under the track.  IN/OUT in WNY wouldn't work very well considering outside temps, snow etc., but still very impressive.

[SinceThe70s]

That's incredible. I checked it out on youtube and some wise guy in the comment section said he should have build it over the pool. So this year he did just that.

[Nanker]

That house is a pig style. There’s ***** everywhere. 

Cool train set though ?. 

He would improve the go pro video if he spent an hour picking up the place first. 

[RaoulDuke79]

I feel like the Hotwheels tracks I put together the last few days are the equivalent of this train track.

[Lurker]

That guy definitely needs to get laid....

[mead107]

49 minutes ago, RaoulDuke79 said:

I feel like the Hotwheels tracks I put together the last few days are the equivalent of this train track.

Pics

[Marv's Neighbor]

1 hour ago, Nanker said:

That house is a pig style. There’s ***** everywhere. 

Cool train set though ?. 

He would improve the go pro video if he spent an hour picking up the place first. 

Maybe there's a "clean-up" train that picks up all the sh*t?

[Nanker]

He's working on a prototype as we speak:

 

[KD in CA]

My uncle has always been a big model train guy.  He moved to Vegas last year and is in the middle of configuring his whole garden for a train set up.

[Gray Beard]

Lego looks easier for that than the old Lionel stuff that I had as a kid.   Lego ain’t cheap. Looks like a pretty nice house, so I guess he can afford it.  I always think the fun is in the building of the layout. Once it works and you run the train around it a few times, then what?

 

1 hour ago, RaoulDuke79 said:

I feel like the Hotwheels tracks I put together the last few days are the equivalent of this train track.

I used to like to make the Hotwheels track start someplace high, like on a dresser or something, and then see if I could make it go over chairs, into the next room, down the hall, etc.  I did it “for my kids” and sometimes I would even let them use it.

[Cynical]

3 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Don't know anything about model trains but I'm going to guess you can't run a set up that large without multiple transformers feeding power 

 

It appears to be a battery powered Lego train set. No transformers needed.

[BillsPride12]

That was much cooler than I was expecting.

[Nextmanup]

7 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Don't know anything about model trains but I'm going to guess you can't run a set up that large without multiple transformers feeding power 

It's lego; the power source is in the engine itself (battery).  The track is plastic with no electricity running through it.

 

That's a great setup! 

 

 

4 hours ago, Gray Beard said:

Lego looks easier for that than the old Lionel stuff that I had as a kid.   Lego ain’t cheap. Looks like a pretty nice house, so I guess he can afford it.  I always think the fun is in the building of the layout. Once it works and you run the train around it a few times, then what?

 

I used to like to make the Hotwheels track start someplace high, like on a dresser or something, and then see if I could make it go over chairs, into the next room, down the hall, etc.  I did it “for my kids” and sometimes I would even let them use it.

Lego is expensive and that guy has a mile of track; the whole time I was thinking how much money he has invested in extra track lengths.

 

Lego trains are totally fun and cool; if you have kids check 'em out!

 

They actually have a large adult following as well.

 

 

This is one of the all time great Lego trains IMO: the "Emerald Night."

 

I have this one; long discontinued but you can still buy them at fairly reasonable prices.

 

Edited December 26, 2018 by Nextmanup

[Gray Beard]

It reminded me of this scene from an old Cary Grant movie... People Will Talk

A very good movie, and the train stuff was just a little comic relief. 

This video is a little jumpy, unfortunately.  Beggars can’t be choosers  

 

[Augie]

All those boxes packed up are probably his wife moving out. 

[ExiledInIllinois]

12 hours ago, Marv's Neighbor said:

Very impressive.  Hard to imagine that much track, all on ground level.  Sooner of later that will have to be "moved" to cut/clean the surfaces under the track.  IN/OUT in WNY wouldn't work very well considering outside temps, snow etc., but still very impressive.

That's my first thought.  I noticed the palm trees.  How the heck do they clean, walk.  It's like a clutter-zone.  See all the boxes.

2 hours ago, Augie said:

All those boxes packed up are probably his wife moving out. 

Yep!  LMAO!