O Gauge Layout: Jim Steed's Great Georgia Central & Southern Railroad
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- Jim Steed's Great Georgia Central & Southern Railroad is a classic 1950's style Lionel layout. Green plywood, Plasticville buildings, Lionel operating accessories and lots of postwar trains make this railroad something special.
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Jim has a nice, fun layout. It's neat that Gail has made it a point to give a guy what he wants for gifts, not necessarily what he needs! As always, Rich Melvin's classic radio announcer voice and choice of music add the cherry on top.
Hello TJ. Yea this is a fun place.
Still got those Plasticville buildings from your old layout Terry?
@@huntercoleman460 I don't remember everything that was on the old layout but I suspect most if not all of them are on my current layout.
@@isellu still have the giraffe cars your son liked?
@@huntercoleman460 LOl, I have them but they're not in operation any more. You've been watching some old videos!
My 027 Lionel was when I was 8 th grade, 1956. It was 4x8 two sheets. A few years ago I relived it when I found a Lionel book in the library and I could see all the locos and cars and accessories I had 60 years ago
Yep. it's 1950's again! GREAT layout.
I've seen the very fine interviews of Mr. Steed's layout produced by TM and Tracks Ahead. I like this one the best. Thank you OGR.
Thanks for the kind words!
That’s my favorite type of layout. Simple, yet keeps the eye busy. Plus plenty of room to run super long trains.
Being 19 years old and getting into Postwar lionel gets me some weird looks, but I also get a lot of looks of genuine pure joy from the older people out there, and they give me some good deals sometimes, as long as I promise to keep it in good condition, and I never do, because I make it better by fully restoring it.
I've saved a lot of models from certain death, and I'll keep doing it to keep the memories alive.
I mostly got into it because of my father talking about the trains he had as a kid, and this layout is almost exactly what I would love to make. We dont really see eye to eye on a lot of things, but when the postwar trains come out, all is well lol
The switch layout is really something!
We had one of those tin triple-track Lionels in our basement in the 1950s. It was just an oval. I then moved on to the more "sophisticated" Tyco HO layout.
Had a small Lionel set in the fifties. Just a figure eight with a pass-over bridge. The only accessory I had was a log loader. When I saw the one in the video the memories came flooding back. Thank you!
Fantastic film...thank you ! 👍👍👍
Awesome lay out brought back great memories thank you !
Love both these gentlemen's stories and styles. I'm a post-war Lionel collector. Some day, I'll be able to set up a permanent layout for now once a year around the Christmas tree. Thank you, gentlemen. 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃
Super Nice!
Not everything has to be hi rail and scale. This is awesome. Can’t beat post war
Howdy from the north , i have the same idea of Jim , i run Prewar and post war lionel , not a lot of scenery but just enough, i don't have a lot of space so my layout is only 7 x 17 ft . just enough to have fun. great video.
Gayle, did you go to Bass High?
Putting up your trains after play sounds like David of the book The Runaway Train, the first book I ever got and still have and read.
Great story, great looking layout! What are you using as ballast under your track that looks so good!?
It would be nice if you could state the time that this was recorded, it looks like early 2000's video.
What kind of Road Bed is used under that tubular track?
Gee....even you mistakenly call Lionel motors "Pull More".....that was the name for Lionel's arch rival American Flyers motors in the 1950's. I know modern day Lionel call their motors Pull More, that is just bad marketing....
Great Layout and outstanding philosophy regarding the hobby !
This is wonderful.
I was born before WWll. My dad was a physician in the Navy off Okinawa and I did not meet him till I was about 6. We were independently wealthy. However my dad was a Czech immigrant and dirt poor till he was probably 30 years old. He bought me my first set in 1946 but he and a handy played with it the first night. But eventually I had a huge set with about 30 by 20 feet. With probably 3 engines running all the time.
On a separate note. I used to raise and sell exotic birds I used to go to the Burlington depot in the 1950s and pick up all my seed and cages which I ordered by mail . It all came by Railway Express. I was our stations most consistent patron.
I agree, the old layout design style keeps it fun. Of course to each his own, some find the modeling the satisfying part. What a lovely layout! I'd want it to look like my layout jumped right out of a vintage Lionel catalog.
That was one of my requirements when we were house hunting. Basement required for the trains.
I was wondering what roadbed that is also
Thank you for the video. My first o gauge train set was a Marx ! I dabbled in N gauge then HO gauge and on my Honeymoon I got back into O gauge with a Lionel scout 233 steamer. My layout grew to 4x8. Then the Nephews wanted a train so I gave up on O gauge to them and now operate N gauge due to space.
Beautiful! You certainly can be very proud of all your work and effort saving everything from the early years of collecting and creating the layout that is yours! You and Gayle are a team of train lovers! Stay safe healthy and happy!