Adventure! The Great Train Layout - Museum of Science and Industry
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
- Sarah and I recently viewed The Great Train Story at the Museum of Science and Industry, a layout that depicts a journey between Seattle Washington and Chicago. In its current configuration, this 3,500 square foot HO gauge layout was commissioned by the museum in 2002, funded in part with a $3.5 million dollar donation from Burlington Northern Santa Fe.
This layout replaces the original 2,340 square foot O-gauge layout that was built between 1939 to 1941. Tat layout was upgraded and rebuilt several times before being cut up and sold on eBay to help fund the current version.
I’ve not been able to find specific information on the computer system that manages the operation of multiple trains on the layout and find that my only real bugaboo is that they are running the models at a somewhat unrealistic speed. Outside of that, it’s a very interesting display.
Nice
I visited the museum in the 60's and and then again in the early 80's. It's been changed and now it's running modern trains. I miss the older trains.
Perhaps in an odd way, I do too. When the original O-scale layout was intact, I think much was lost on me, as I was a kid. As that kid, I just looked in awe of the cool toys I was seeing. In retrospect as an adult, I can say that the MSI layout did far better than others, but most O-scale layouts were horribly unrealistic, and pretty much toy-like in their appearance. Again, MSI’s was an anomaly, and maybe that’s why it was so popular. With O-Scale to me, all the size aspects are off, curve radius's are ridiculous, and operating speeds are a joke. I will allow that MSI HO-Scale trains are run too fast, as well, in my opinion. Outside of that, the scale of the (HO) display does allow for a far more realistic representation of reality than the original. With the O-Scale, there was no possibility for a “suspension of disbelief”. You ALWAYS knew it was toy trains. At least with the current layout, you can half close your eyes, and somewhat imagine how realistic this one is.
I remember seeing the layout in 1966 or so, at which time I believe it was "O" gauge. It was a kind of rectangular space, and as a short little squirt, it was easier for me to see from the next floor up. The current "HO" design, I think built in the early to mid 2000's (?) is much better for visibility, especially considering the design where people can wander "into" the interiors of the layout. I am a little surprised though, that with heavy BNSF sponsorship, that UP trains show up as well.
Wow!😮😊
Its beautiful,its great!
👏👍☘
I am still face palming my head because it said at the start, this is their trains, not running at prototypical speed,isn't it time people in the model railway world stop telling people that they should do what someone thinks thats no their model railway layout?
So let me get this straight... You think that I shouldn't make a comment on the operation of something, yet you believe that YOU can make a comment on MY opinion??? That it??? Boy, you must be loads of fun, ya worthless english twit cockolorum. Go fuck yourself, little man. And for the record, I'm not a model railroader.