Amazing "O" Scale Town!! 

Best layout EVER!!

Karyn Felix-Angell I agree

I am still trying to figure out how Steve Did the rust on the sand tank attached to the coaling tower. It’s positively brilliant

@@ToyManTelevision I agree, Steve is in a class by himself. Master Model Railroader level in my humble opinion.

edmund blackadder coc hi. Have you been following the dismantling of the layout? We have some exciting news coming soon on that.

THanks!! WE SURE HAVE FUN WITH IT. Do share with friends!!! We are working on a special show for when we hit 10K Subs!

Never heard of those until now. Googled them. WOW!! Love that!!! Sort of a Stude and a Merc look. Love it!. Thanks for the info.

Bob and Irene are not retiring!! (exactly) They sold to Carstens to take a lesser roll, they can't keep up, but will continue to edit as long as they can. The goal is to make a smooth transition to a new way of keeping the Gazette alive for many years to come.

A lifetime of screwing around with trains and it shows.

G'day back at ya. Some fun stuff coming up. Digging out some OLD dusty video. Sunday!! AND Friday!

Good day to you, sir. Sounds awesome! Toy Man, does some of the best "Screwing Around!" Now, could Friday… Please, get here quicker! ;-)

Bob and Irene are not retiring!! (exactly) They sold to Carstens to take a lesser roll, they can't keep up, but will continue to edit as long as they can. The goal is to make a smooth transition to a new way of keeping the Gazette alive for many years to come.

Irene was so kind. I have an "Irene" story and still have her hand written note. I was living not 45 minutes from them and had an open invitation to visit his layout(s) but never went. I am not sure if I had the good fortune or bad that I worked for two, family owned places while I worked. I have only met Bob once and he was most kind. It was before my last open heart surgery and I was ghastly pale, and moving slow. I must of scared him a bit from my appearance. They deserve to take a breather. As far as Steve is concerned; I cannot say enough about how he works and his flare for a bit of whimsy. It helps to have his place superbly video graphed and photographed by a talented guy that thinks outside the box. On to next Sunday.

I think it's one of the worlds top 10 layouts. For real!!

Love us some texas swing!

Toy Man Television can't go wrong with Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys!!!!!

Steve's layout is one of Americas best. Hands down.

He's build the village of Knowhere on Lake Inferior. Amazing!!

So great!!! Do share!!

So cool right??? One of the top 10 I think.

Not so much talent as time spent screwing around! A lifetime of building and he's getting it RIGHT. WOW!!!!!

Always see things as inspiration! It not a contest, it's for FUN!!!!

Peas and carrots.

Amazing!! and the village of Nowhere.... It's coming together FAST!

Thanks!!! We love making them!! Do share them! And THANKS for watching.

He's the best

Breaks our hearts that Steve is taking the layout apart. We’re hoping something comes up to save the layout But it looks like within the next 6 months it will be gone and Steve moved to Arizona. Damn....

He's off line. Refuses to log in. Pissed over some political crap on Facebook!! We need to take him to dinner and get him to open up.

Karyn thinks that a bad idea. If he opens up the quarters will fall out.

I was at Olive Garden the other day for lunch & thought of the Rat Fink! _lh3.googleusercontent.com/RT-1TBeDW0ljLqe0gdV3JG0e4QPXuhku4YNf5TfoDHb1XpiDN1buTJQcJDW4EcFSzzMRVzoy_

AMAZING RIGHT?? Talent on loan from God. Do share with 'yr friends!

Amen, brother man! According to Proverbs 3:6, I shoulda known. =)

Thanks!!! Just an amazing layout. DO share it with friends too!!

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The 2 Rail Return Loop is an interesting problem. There are a few automated systems in place for solving that problem but it just isn’t simple. Even on a DCC system the reverse versing the problem is a real problem. Are used an automated system on my backyard rail Road and it worked great. Trains would proceed to the far end of the rail road go around a balloon truck right back out on the main going the other direction travel hundreds of feet to the other end of the rail road to go through yet another balloon track reverse power and go right back from where they came all automatically. That’s assuming that there’s only one train on the track! Because if they were two trains as soon as one went through a balloon track both trains with reverse direction!! And that is what you call a problem.

Toy Man Television, I understand where you’re coming from ! The very first 4 x 8 my dad got me before he abandoned us had a reverse loop and I spent months trying to figure it out until I came to the conclusion and from that day forward, it convince me that it just wasn’t feasible or logical on a two Rail model train layout and But if you have multiple loops and a yard and even a few sidings with the yard and that usually would satisfied most but when I started with Lionel again after so many years I found that using return loops truly work great on a three rail system ! And that’s considering I’m trying to reproduce the a part of Florida in “O”, HO N, and Z so you can imagine what I’ve been able to collect over the years ! Besides I think the model train plan that I have I may be able to work it were I may not even need a return loop and just do a dog bone style point to point with a circle at each end to reverse the direction of the train although if I start putting in crossing tracks so they can cross which other then I’m going to run into some trouble ! Who was it that you said he said; keep it simple stupid ? 🌊🐺

Ive see cabooses with a seat only on one side. But mostly I like having fun with it. Not my model, not my call. Planning a Atomic Loco. Just for fun...

We are planning a trip to the local RC airport. So many newer things I didn’t know about. I’ll take a look at the link.

Except I don’t see a link.

Sorry.... www.tulsagluedobbers.com/

We made it to South Bend! Just sort of expensive and so on but we LOVE to get out on the road!!!!!!

Yea I've personally drove out to Wyoming before so I can really understand the expense and the long haul nature of those drives. They are both great shows with last years car count being 2417 at ducktail, according to their website, and from what I could tell about another 200-300 at James Dean. They also have old fashion flame throwing contests, and an almost endless parade of cars around the lake at the park where the show is located. Also along those same lines there are a few nifty car museums around the Auburn area, just about 1 to 1 1/2 hours north of Fairmount/Gas City. There is the Kruse museum which is an auto and military museum, and another which is a Auburn, Cord, and Duesenberg Museum.

Oh wow!!There was a Cord collector here, have you see the show on the Mc Bride Wrecking yard. They had like 5 cords at one time. Trading a Paxton for a pinball with him!! We need to get back out there!. We just need to get on back!!

I think 2.50. Or so. Amazing modeling right?

Love us the Cobra. Someday perhaps.... A Kirkham

I had a revell model of a reactor! Back then people thought it was the future. And it sort of was... yet.....

There were working ones too though because it was the 50's and people were insane.

Still building building and cars. working on some small shanties for "Nowhere".

If I were just getting in, I'd go with On30. 1:48 scale, same track as HO standard. Can glide right through an 18" radius curve, AND look good doing it. As its a new scale-gauge, all modern, runs great, can be bought with sound and DCC built right in. Affordable! And yet large!! Really taking off as the new size. We will be putting up a show on designing a small layout, not the usual 4X8 plywood. As this turns so well, we like a "dog bone". About 3 feet at the ends, about a foot wide i the middle, as long as you can fit, hanging on a wall. HOn3 is good, way small and more expensive, a good locomotive is about 600. But you can do more in less space.

Nope. Love to. We drive mostly and rarely get east of Denver. But we are learning to fly!! Really want to get back to Washington. So east is on our plans!!

Hi and yes republished several different articles in several different magazines. There were a couple that we wrote for the concert that they bought but never ran. One was on the use of small cameras inside the trains and the other was on interesting pumps! I’ll look at some of the oddball water pumps around the rail road and how they actually connected to simulated plumbing systems. The article read well. But I think Bob felt that it just didn’t have a wide appeal and he never ran it.

AMAZING RIGHT!!??? It's a Lotus. Evona.

Wow!!! That's cool!!!

Salt Lake City. NMRA national there in 2019. As will the 150 anniversary of UP with, perhaps, the Big Boy!!

Us too. Slowly. But coming along.