A lot of these shows  have great costumes,weaponry really good BUT like Roger above said historically way off or in  your face about a re-write of historical events.

GG!

That post on the Peter Witt is a gold mine of info.

Thanks for posting.

I do plan on getting a Chicago one for our Christmas set-up around the tree. As we go Large scale around the tree. My son Joey is asking we do O Scale this year. I told him if he aces his spelling tests till Thanksgiving I'll do it. Let's see what happens

Please keep us posted.

It would be great if WBB had a Big Boy come out the same time as U.P.'s. Special Edition!!!

Have it so it could negotiate 0-31 Fas-Trac and you might have a winner?

When was a kid

My Dad would take us Downtown Chicago on Saturdays to mu seams and other stuff which always involved food!!

Above the Chicago Public Library was a HUGE Civil War museum. I remember there was a whole section on the Abe Lincoln Funeral Train with lots of original photos. My favorite part of the museum was the Doctors in Blue and Doctors in Gray section.

How any survived any medical issues in those days had to be miraculous. Statistically only 25% of the wounded died of their wounds or complications associated with surgery or wounds. An incredible statistic as you would think it would be higher!!!

I don't know what became of the mu seam as Herold Washington while mayor was not kind to our historical heritage of Chicago. The museum disappeared when he decided to build a new Chico Library named after himself. We also lost an original World War 2 submarine "Bowfin" as he wanted to tax it and charge rent for its birth in the Chicago River. He also up ed all the fees to Meigs Field as it was probably the only airport in the country in a downtown metropolitan city. The was the beginning of the end for Meigs as Daley who came afterwards had his bulldozers come to the airport at midnight and tear up the runways with aircraft still at the airport!!!!!

Wm

That Southern would be a cool addition to any layout!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With that color scheme!!!!

NS

I like all the ones you suggest

Desertdweller

Nice Train room!

I like the idea of hanging the model airplanes up above.

Frank Sinatra did the same thing with his layout!!

Thanks for sharing!

If 3-Rail made a list of rail lines they might or would consider we could feedback on it

GG-1

Forgot to ask about the water basin itself how did you make that???

Thanks

GG-1

That water tower was truly award winning. The wind direction piece was the frosting on the cake. Very cool!!

My kids loved it!!!!!!!!!!!

On our layout which we still haven't dismantled yet, we scratch build things to encourage Joey and my daughter to build things!!!

We are making an oil refinery using empty Clorox wipes containers, piping from Panera bread straws(they are black) and bits and pieces from model scrap boxes.

Thanks again for sharing!!!!!!!!!

Ken great scenery!!!

Balrog21 always I thank you for sharing what you do. How thick is the plywood on your table top? Do you screw down your track through the foam board into the plywood?

I like the mattress up against the wall. I think its funny how my wife likes to store things always near around the layout when we have room in the basemant!!!!!!

Thanks for sharing the layout plans I got a lot of ideas to to work with. Creativity and Imagination are 2 more of the many positive adjectives I would add to this great hobby.

I for one would like the E-Z Street starter set. It gets "lame" having static cars trucks and trolleys on the layout.
I think what changed our opinion or got us interested is when I picked up one of the Peter Witt Bachmann's. We have had a lot of fun with it on the layout.

I grabbed the last one they had while I was down in Florida which was a Philadelphia but would really like a Chicago.

Will definitely grad a Large scale Chicago when they come out

Thanks everyone!!!

My other son Freddy loved it!!!!!

Dom

What's a car with a FRED??