12-28-2012, 01:04 AM
Hello Steve,
well, fire protection and other rules prohibited most kinds of scenery stuff. There're some areas at the 1"-scaled train layouts that are raised on tables and with more scenery around, but there are no live steamers allowed.
In the past, our 2"-scale logging layout was well visited during the convention since we are playing with our trains. That means switching cars, running several trains on a point-to-point layout and operating a log loading scene with steam winches or loco action. On the other tracks at the convention, most locos are just running lap for lap....
You can take a look at this video for the first 3-4 minutes. It shows our 2012 layout, filmed by a visitor.
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Yesterday, we made the Forney ready for the convention by fixing some issues. I'm also working on a new car for coal/fuel service. This car will become my second riding car with water tank to make it possible to operate both steamer at the same time.
Bye, Gerd
well, fire protection and other rules prohibited most kinds of scenery stuff. There're some areas at the 1"-scaled train layouts that are raised on tables and with more scenery around, but there are no live steamers allowed.
In the past, our 2"-scale logging layout was well visited during the convention since we are playing with our trains. That means switching cars, running several trains on a point-to-point layout and operating a log loading scene with steam winches or loco action. On the other tracks at the convention, most locos are just running lap for lap....
You can take a look at this video for the first 3-4 minutes. It shows our 2012 layout, filmed by a visitor.
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JRqZKobZx4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JRqZKobZx4</a><!-- m -->
Yesterday, we made the Forney ready for the convention by fixing some issues. I'm also working on a new car for coal/fuel service. This car will become my second riding car with water tank to make it possible to operate both steamer at the same time.
Bye, Gerd