[Big Ed]

The boss told me I would be banned if I didn't post some pictures.
Some of my HO all packed away sitting under my O gauge table right now.

This ought to hold your appetite for a little while.

Sorry for the quality of some of them.

 

[tworail]

WOW

great stuff thanks

 

[Reckers]

I am sincerely impressed, Ed---that's a great collection! I can't wait till all those HOs grow up into S scales and look like real trains!

 

[Big Ed]

A few more shots of the old layout. All down now and packed. One day I will find a spot in my dungeon for them.

I sure wish I had took better pictures! With out her garbage all over. The only water scene I had I didn't take a shot! The rail crossed it in 4 spots! I don't know how I didn't get one unless it's in my mess of pictures somewhere but I can't find it.

 

[subwayaz]

Nice looking layout Ed. Are you rebuilding a New plan??
One heck of a collection.

 

[tankist]

it is quite a collection. was the yard large enough to have room for all of them?

 

[Reckers]

Ed's having a yard sale!!!!


Terrific collection, Ed. I love that big crane!

 

[tjcruiser]

Wow! WOOOOWWWW WOOOWWWW WOOOOWWW!

That's quite the collection of stock. I love the steam locos ... great grouping photo.

I am truly a flea buzzing around in the land of giants!

TJ

 

[Big Ed]

it is quite a collection. was the yard large enough to have room for all of them?

That yard wouldn't hold even a quarter of them.
Though I never counted them.

Edit,

Though I never counted them IN THE YARD.

 

[Big Ed]

Nice looking layout Ed. Are you rebuilding a New plan??
One heck of a collection.

I had my O gauge sitting around for a while and when I moved here I decided to put some run time on them. O gauge I like but it's sooo big.

Looking at T's 8x8 I have been thinking of selling my round house and turntable so I can lay down more track in it's place. Just a thought right now.

The other side of the basement is filled with junk I got to get rid of but there's room for a smaller HO and more room for my N.

I just need the time and energy to clean it up.

Right now I got a small N set up among all the junk.

One of these years I will do it.


edit...............................

sub you didn't see these on the other site? HO?

 

[DigitalTrain]

I heard rumors that this was what you give out as a welcoming package to new members.... ?

:-D

 

[Reckers]

I love that roundhouse and turntable arrangement, Ed. I thought about one, but the space requirements are major. You did a beautiful job of it, though.

 

[Reckers]

I'm hearing voices....must be the DT's talking!

 

[mr_x_ite_ment]

Wow, Ed, that is an amazing collection! I love the old layout too! Hope you get settled soon, and can be back and running again!

 

[mkschram]

WOW!!! Pretty impressive collection there!

 

[tjcruiser]

Gents,

So here's the deal ... I spent about an hour last night and another hour this morning shoveling about 8" of heavy, wet snow from our driveway, walkways, etc. As I was huffing and puffing along the way, my mind drifted off to the pics of all of those locos sitting on Big Ed's table. And that got me thinking ...

How much combined "push" is in that whole lot? Come springtime, could Big Ed run a bunch of track snaked all around his yard, walkways, etc., wire it up all DCC-like, grab some sheet metal and tin snips, cut out a few dozen rectangles, and then epoxy-glue on little tiny push plows to the fronts of all those locos?

Now, one loco ... that's no threat to a few snowflakes.
And, if 10 locos ... well, maybe push a few snowballs out of the way.
But if we had 200 locos ... that's right, 200 locos, each with their own tiny push-shovel, all working in choreographed harmony ... well ... Mother Nature just might loose that battle! DCC the driveway ... DONE! DCC the walkway ... DONE! DCC the sidewalk ... DONE. DCC the neighbors ... DONE!

Just a thought, gents ... just a thought ...

 

[Reckers]

TJCruiser....you have a truly magnificent obsession!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[MacDaddy55]

Absolutely impressive!

Hey Ed,
That is one impressive....no,wrong word....Magnificent collection! And your layout photos are equally magnificent....from the buildings to your trucks.....I'm very impressed.....indeed!:thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[Big Ed]

Gents,

So here's the deal ... I spent about an hour last night and another hour this morning shoveling about 8" of heavy, wet snow from our driveway, walkways, etc. As I was huffing and puffing along the way, my mind drifted off to the pics of all of those locos sitting on Big Ed's table. And that got me thinking ...

How much combined "push" is in that whole lot? Come springtime, could Big Ed run a bunch of track snaked all around his yard, walkways, etc., wire it up all DCC-like, grab some sheet metal and tin snips, cut out a few dozen rectangles, and then epoxy-glue on little tiny push plows to the fronts of all those locos?

Now, one loco ... that's no threat to a few snowflakes.
And, if 10 locos ... well, maybe push a few snowballs out of the way.
But if we had 200 locos ... that's right, 200 locos, each with their own tiny push-shovel, all working in choreographed harmony ... well ... Mother Nature just might loose that battle! DCC the driveway ... DONE! DCC the walkway ... DONE! DCC the sidewalk ... DONE. DCC the neighbors ... DONE!

Just a thought, gents ... just a thought ...

What are you smoking in your pipe?:laugh:

 

[Big Ed]

Hey Ed,
That is one impressive....no,wrong word....Magnificent collection! And your layout photos are equally magnificent....from the buildings to your trucks.....I'm very impressed.....indeed!:thumbsup::thumbsup:

I have seen better.
But I thank you.

My problem is I try to put to much in the space available.
The trucks you see in Truck town are half of the trucks and cars I have.
The back drop took some water damage during a big storm. And you can't see it but there's a lot of "her" garbage around too. Had the toilet screw up and dump water on the farm once too.


I have another box of engines and rolling stock but they all need some kind of work. I didn't take pictures of them before I packed them up.
I think I have some more flats with loads and flats with trailers some where too. And looking at my tankers I think I have some more somewhere too.

My pictures are scattered on three computers and an external hard drive and CD'S. I should sit down for a month and get them all organized.

That's my life story. I swear I can clean my garage and a week later it doesn't even look like I touched.:laugh:

Same way for the basement, my den, my pickup etc.