Now THIS is a model railroad

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That's really cool. One of my online friends, Marty Cozad has one similar.
 
Here's a video of Marty's layout. his is not ride on, though. It runs on regular 45mm gauge track.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBwUZnejAns"]Garden Railroad Magic - YouTube[/ame]
 
I used to work with the guy that owns this property.

It's 7 1/2 inch gauge.

Pretty hardcore. Lots of hand tooled parts.

There's a boxcab kit than runs on a deep cycle battery that probably the cheapest powered unit available at around 3-400 bucks.

They have an open show and swap meet every year.

Talk about an expensive hobby!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=7waGUHjrwhE

 
Why can't I link vids?

I used to be able to, but only by manually typing the start and end code...
 
Some people just have way too much time..........and money. That IS pretty darn cool!!!
 
What I don't get about train lovers that have enough property for ride ons. .........why they don't just go to a narrow gauge like a 2' for example and build a full size railroad. I have enough property to do a perimeter 2' railroad myself.
 
Rusty, one word..................Insurance!

The models, you don't need insurance to own them!
 
Yeah, ok. Ain't nobody gonna make me insure nuthin on my property I don't want to.
 
You can fit four 7 1/2" gauge locomotives in the same space as one 2' gauge loco.
 
Seems to me that cost would be a big factor also. It can't be cheap to get all the equipment and track infrastructure that you see on some of these layouts.
 
You can fit four 7 1/2" gauge locomotives in the same space as one 2' gauge loco.

Trust me. I know about gauge. lol While what you say is certainly true, one is still a model. One is real. lol
 
No, THIS is a model railroad!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACkmg3Y64_s"]Miniatur Wunderland *** official video *** largest model railway / railroad of the world - YouTube[/ame]

Someday I'm gonna go see this in person
 
This was one of my online model railroad buddies from across the pond. Paul Templar. He's dead now, but he was a pioneer in his whimsical style modeling On30 narrow gauge. To me, it made it look more realistic. The picture below is a sample. Lots more on his site. Everything in that picture except the rolling stock and locos is scratch built. The locos and rolling stock have all been highly weathered and modified. Paul was a true artist.

http://www.badger-creek.co.uk/
 

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Narrow guage and S scale guys are insane.

Board by board construction is fairly common.
 
That's all I model is narrow gauge. I have 1:20.3 (Fn3) stuff now. Soon as Kitty gets my room cleaned back out, I am gonna set my stuff back up. It's gonna be Fn3 in a 9.5x9.5 room That's a VERY small space for 45mm track. It will be interesting.
 
Why don't you do your 1:20 stuff outside?

That would be a hell of a run, and you'd have room for prototypical sized yards, etc.

They're capable of internal power and radio control, right?
 
In order to run large scale outside with much success, you need to go battery and R/C. There's a lotta cost involved there. Some say you can do it "reasonably", but for me, there's a lotta cost involved. I have everything to set up a small track powered indoor layout and a small/micro layout can be a lotta fun if done right. I would love to do one outside, but then, I would be dumping money into another hobby when I cannot afford the one I have. As it is with the indoor layout, I have everything, except somewhere to do it and that's going to change.
 
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