Here is a few pictures - its just a few trains running on my test-track so nothing spectacular. Also our basement is not well lit and the pictures suffer from it.

The Allegheny, the bigger of the two locomotives, is a Rivarossi Model and like all things Italien it came with faulty wiring so I was particularly pleased that I was able to fix it :)

Very cool. I hope your Dad isn't planning on moving any time soon.

Sorry, but my appreciation for model trains has been tainted by watching last season's CSI miniature killer episodes.

Nice 'big boy' ravenheart! When Lionel made those for O gauge I wanted to get one.... then I saw they were roughly $1800 - 2000 just for the engine/tender.

Laura, thanks! I'll definitely have to keep that in mind.

Hey :throw: There's nothing wrong with my wiring :rofl:

:eek: Says who?! :takecover

:throw: You too :rofl:

Hehe - I mean no disrespect to Italy or Italiens in general - only the electricians :thumbup:

The Big Boy was a different locomotive than the Allegheny - they were built around the same time and were 'competitors' if you will. Both were articulated coal-draggers and weighed ~1.200.000 lb - though officially the Allegheny was lighter than that, but only because the C&O railroad was not rated to deal with the weight, so by some crazy coincidence the Allegheny weighed less, until after they were decommisioned and the weighstation logs were made public. Atleast that is the urban legend :)

He's not planning on it. I'm thinking he hopes the layout will deter mother from wanting to move :rofl:

Oh cool... thanks for the lesson :) I was under the impression that all the '2-6-6-4s' were in essence Big Boy's to haul coal over the Appalachians. I think B&O had them... can't remember the details. All I know is I fell in love with them when Lionel released them in ~1998 and cried when I saw it was $1800.

Well, this thread is full of cool layouts... I can just show pictures of boxes or trains sitting on boxes.