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Post by laz57 on Nov 19, 2019 16:11:19 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2019 16:26:48 GMT
Nice! There are 8 locos in those photos I would like to have.
Gary.
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Post by dennym57 on Nov 19, 2019 16:30:14 GMT
It's about 31/2 hours from me. That would be a good day trip.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2019 17:14:19 GMT
Haven't been there yet. Might need to put it on the bucket list. 2 hour drive for me. Wonder how they power the trains with only 2 rails?   |
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Post by JDaddy on Nov 19, 2019 17:41:08 GMT
Yep that is Chi-town... 10 minutes from my house. The Owner and his wife are fantastic people. I believe he retired from Ford and she was a teacher. He bought the small town grocery store and had done a fantastic job creating trains in and out of the Chicago area. Allot of people volunteer their time working on the layout.
I took the kids a few times. Now it would just be me.
Trains run from the ceiling to the floor and are controlled by a computer. I believe the world record for the longest O scale train was set here (280). I still remember when he would start up a 100 car train the sound the couplers made as the slack was taken up of each car. His locomotives and passenger cars are brass or scratch built based on prototype photos. His hours are not the same and allot of weekends he is closed so before you make the trek... make sure he is open.
Worth the visit. If you are going, stop by and pick me up!
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Post by laz57 on Nov 19, 2019 18:57:31 GMT
Very nice video JDADDY. Looks like a great place to go and watch trains.
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