You tube just popped this into my playlist tonight. Some layout 2,500 box cars in the fiddle yard, trains with 100+ box cars.

Yep, now that's a layout and a half, and one big sucker of a fiddleyard!

It is of course, a shelf/peninsula type layout that is so popular over there, and has been discussed recently here.

It's a bloody big one, mind you!!!

I like all his display cases keeping his stock clean yet accessible. I noticed some European prototypes in there too.

I still have the underlying question as to how they keep all that track clean, though!

Thanks for posting, Chris. I think I'll watch it again! 

It looks like Mr. Treaster spent so much on the layout that he can't afford sleeves.

 

Exactly what went through my mind!! 

That man needs to get himself a hobby to keep him occupied
Stunning layout

    Dazzling, as the presenters sunglasses testify.

I think I've managed to determine which American freight car he hasn't got.

Oh, maybe not. I've checked again and it looks like there's fifty or so of them in one of those cabinets.

As for the missing sleeves..... it's obvious that he cuts bits off them off and soaks them in IPA to clean the track. Simples.

Yes, a big layout in terms of overall size, but beyond that, quite boring. It's all trees and long trains! That fiddle yard is rediculous. Wonder if it attends many exhibitions?!! 

Being in his basement, I doubt it 

A lot of American enthusiasts have layouts like this,which are operated to timetables with strict train consists, and are certainly far from boring, with operators taking on the roles of despatchers, switchers, signalmen and drivers.

Good to see he's donned his Sunday best vest to face the camera

Quote from: springwood on April 15, 2020, 09:50:20 AM
Yes, a big layout in terms of overall size, but beyond that, quite boring. It's all trees and long trains! That fiddle yard is rediculous. Wonder if it attends many exhibitions?!! 

It is possible for him to attend exhibitions... cause it's the visitors of the exhibition that travel from one layout to the other...

Pleased everyone like it, massive layout and lots of trees, think he said the room was 39 feet across. That fiddle yard is un-believeable the size of it and the stock plus all the display cases.

Quote from: springwood on April 15, 2020, 09:50:20 AM
Yes, a big layout in terms of overall size, but beyond that, quite boring. It's all trees and long trains! That fiddle yard is rediculous. Wonder if it attends many exhibitions?!! 

Apart from the trees, that's all US Railroads for you.

They do get boring, especially when you are waiting at a grade crossing, in town, while a 30mph freight goes by 

But as others have said, apart from the size, this is a typical US basement railroad setup, where operating the layout, with multiple despatchers, is the thing.

Oh, and they don't have Railroad Exhibitions here, they have glorified swapmeets, with loads of cr*ppy old Lionel tat highly desirable, vintage collectibles, and very few layouts.

John P

Thanks John, I was waiting for you to give is some inside information.

Quote from: jpendle on April 15, 2020, 03:33:38 PM

They do get boring, especially when you are waiting at a grade crossing, in town ...

Amen to that.

We got stuck the wrong side of a grade crossing in San Pedro while a freight shunted wagons into the yard. He'd go one way, they'd uncouple whatever they needed to, he'd go back a ways, they'd change the turnout, he'd go back again, uncouple, rinse, repeat. I think he had ten sidings to fill. It took about 90 minutes before the train was short enough that he cleared the crossing and we could beat it out of there.

We didn't have any choice but to wait, we'd gone to look at a boat for sale in the Marina, and that road was the only way in or out.

That would have been too much for me. (I was going to be a doctor, but I didn't have the patients) 

You couldn't have gone away and come back another time, then?

None of my business, of course, but did you end up getting the boat?