PA train up the Mountain Line 

'The Trains' (1962-2009) were one of the achievements of my father. They filled the basement of our New Jersey home, and (as any model railroader well knows) brought endless hours of joy on a schedule that just kept on going. The scenery was never finished, but there were plenty of locomotives and cars that could negotiate some interesting trackwork, such as the 'mountain line' that rose in back-spiraling curves up from the level of the table to the track that led up to the 'shelf railroad. Here a train of Pennsylvania Railroad heavy-weights is led by a pair of Pennsylvania and Erie-Lackawanna (!) PA units under the throttle of my son. All goes smoothly (until the end!), and that characterizes in a way the happiness and frustration that these trains bring. [As a note, this video is for the public to enjoy -- nothing is for sale.]. See now 'Narrow gauge train up the mountain line': • Narrow gauge train up ...