My Finished Lionel Train Set

My Finished Lionel Train Set - 3 Years

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi! Thanks for joining me. My name is Norm Jurgen and I'd like to share my Lionel Train Set measuring 18 ft x 16 ft and taking 3 years to complete. The layout features 4 TMMC locomotives that can operate simultaneously. There are several scenes of interest including an animated Fruit Factory, an Antique Car Show, 2 Wedding Scenes, Trick or Treaters, Santa's Village, a Trailer Home complete with Hobby Farm, a BBQ, Outdoor Performers and Pumpkin Patch, a Tribute to Drumheller, a Cave Pool Scene, Stella's Diner, a Medieval Town, a Zombie Outbreak, a Tribute to small towns across Canada and the U.S.A., Rolling Hills with Static Grass and a Boardwalk with Buskers and Friends. I hope you enjoy my layout and it inspires you on the development of your own!

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@markharrison3445 2 жыл бұрын

Very very creative. Inspiring. Will watch it again and again. Thank you.

@17designs 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome

@royangel7674 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed the pass thru tunnels.

@peterviapiano5631 3 жыл бұрын

Outstanding

@17designs 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@paulgallichio6876 3 жыл бұрын

Hey I would just like to say 3 years well spent great job !!!!

@17designs 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul! Can't wait for the day when I can start another one or expand what I finished.

@trainstruckscolombia5072 4 жыл бұрын

Excelente!

@marcstuart5832 3 жыл бұрын

I can see you put a lot of time and money 💰 in this. It looks great.

@17designs 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. I started my collection in 2003 and wanted to finish this layout to the best of my ability.

@uptrains 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice

@17designs 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@robertcook347 4 жыл бұрын

Very very nice layout well done. Hope you will be posting more. Don’t think I will have mine done in three years.

@17designs 4 жыл бұрын

I gave myself a deadline and for the sake of my own mental health I was determined to complete the layout. I had to prove to myself that I could do it.

@teddawg327 4 жыл бұрын

Nice work. Try mirrors on the blank Wall, this will make it look double the size n.

@17designs 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ted. I am debating between mirrors or backdrops.

@patriciaboulware5552 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Mr Norm!!! Awesome is really the only word!!!-? But I cant shut up! We will have a small room coming soon and your track idea will give me 3 times the size Track!!! I want to get a train for all of my Grand kids!!!! To many to list so ill need to line up some Banks to Rob lol!!! (JK) Thank you sooooo much for Sharing this VIDEO!!!! GOD Bless!!!!!! 😇😉😇

@17designs 3 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome. Just one comment. A large layout like mine is difficult to maintain as access to the areas in the center are hard to reach. Cleaning track in the middle and dealing with derailments has its challenges. While my space didn't allow for it I see a lot of benefit with a dog bone design. Whatever you come up with make sure you can reach all the track easily. Cheers and thank you.

@kenmunozatmmrrailroad6853 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best O-gauge ever constructed. Count me a subscriber!

@17designs 4 жыл бұрын

That's the nicest thing I've ever heard about my layout. Thank you Ken! A much-needed and deeply appreciated comment!

@jrocon747 4 жыл бұрын

That’s a great layout! Thanks for sharing

@17designs 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry for the late response. Thank you. I am hoping to inspire others.

@Zero-si1pv 3 жыл бұрын

Epic! I love the layout! What is the name of that orange and white train that goes by?

@17designs 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jay! Yes, I am super happy about this locomotive - Milwaukee LEGACY S3 #260. It's a keeper!

@JJosephS1 4 жыл бұрын

Your scenery, especially the rock work and cliffs are amazing! Love love the different levels, lots of switches and cross-overs--makes for lots of action.

@17designs 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. I wanted trains to disappear into rock wall and then reappear elsewhere. Putting work into the scenery turned out to be as much fun as laying the track - if not more!!

@hydrospeedex 4 жыл бұрын

Very very nice......can't wait to see another video with more trains running .Great Job...

@17designs 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@rogerstrate5727 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful layout Norm. The detail is awesome and mind blowing. You have certainly created the perfect O gauge world. Thanks for posting.

@17designs 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Roger!! I wanted it to be fun and realistic.

@17designs 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Over the years I started many layouts but never managed to finish any. For this layout I was determined to finish it and do it well! With guidance from my friend Owen who worked for VIA rail I managed to position buildings and industries in a manner that made sense. My wife Stella inspired me to never give up even when things weren't working and pushed me to add track features I hadn't imagine. With a little help from my son Kurt I finally added the trestle bridges and his 3-D printed support structures. And my friend Noel who constructed this massive table to hold my weight. My own creativity and ability to think multi-dimensional added the rest. I am so glad you like it!!

@Kylestrains93 Жыл бұрын

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@sceptrdisle1766 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic and original layout. I love all the different layers...

@17designs 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I wanted to use every inch of space available.

@20thcentlimited 4 жыл бұрын

Outstanding layout! Job very well done!

@17designs 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@17designs 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Dr_Joe 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! I think it is worthy of a piece in Classic Toy Trains!

@17designs 4 жыл бұрын

That is so fantastic to hear! Thank you. It is certainly a dream of mine.

@patriciaboulware5552 3 жыл бұрын

I Agree with you on that!!!! Awesome Track!!!!!

@gsoscaletrains6550 4 жыл бұрын

Great job Norm! So many fantastic little vignettes and great detail. We are still having fun with the design and building of our layout here in Edmonton. Take care and I look forward to more videos. G’s o scale trains

@17designs 4 жыл бұрын

That's so nice to hear. Thank you!

@patriciaboulware5552 3 жыл бұрын

Would love to see some Video's of your build??? 😇😉🖒😇

@gsoscaletrains6550 3 жыл бұрын

@@patriciaboulware5552 just click on my avatar and you can see our videos under my profile. Thanks

@GfwTrains 4 жыл бұрын

Great layout! Thank you so much for sharing.

@17designs 4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@strafrag1 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice layout. Thanks for sharing our great hobby.

@17designs 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@woodyglendell7400 4 жыл бұрын

A work of love and a man loving his work!! A town I'd love to visit!

@17designs 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Woody! I'm thankful for the positive feedback. For some reason I knew I had to complete this train before March. I am so glad I did. Enjoy!

@mabelestrada3008 4 жыл бұрын

I like that you added more greenery to your layout

@17designs 4 жыл бұрын

The Static Grass King was a great Christmas gift from my wife. It helped me complete the layout and add much needed greenery.

@iceman9148 3 жыл бұрын

I have watched several of your videos now. Great work, great layout! I like the variety of passenger stations on the layout, personally, I like the look of the Atlas one the most. Your rock cliffs, ledges and smaller rocks look very good. For the rocky ledges and cliffs you used foam, then covered with plaster cloth, and then painted? For the medium sized rocks and boulders did you use rock molds? I have never used Woodland Scenics scenery paints but it looks like the realism look turns out well on rocks..

@17designs 3 жыл бұрын

For the rock cliffs I created the shapes with crumpled tracing paper. Woodland Scenic molds were made with Hydrocal and placed on top of the tracing paper wherever the molds would fit. I often re-used molds rotating them 90 or 180 degrees. Plaster cloth held the molds in place. I then filled all the plaster cloth holes with plaster from a hardware store. For painting I took Woodland Scenic White and added a little dab of Black. Mixed, and painted everything light grey. The creativity happens when using a foam brush and applying watered down pigments of ochre, yellow, etc. Finally, I would give the whole area a Black wash. This added shadowing. Hope this helps.

@iceman9148 3 жыл бұрын

@@17designs Yes, thanks. You are lucky to have Stella. Supportive and helpful with the videos. I have looked at many O scale layouts on KZfaq and yours has to be one of the best. Wish I were close enough for you to invite me to see it in person. But, I think we are probably at least 1,000 miles apart. Stay cool and keep up your great hobby work..

@robertlinville6997 4 жыл бұрын

Wow thanks for posting this is helping with ideas for my layout. Also for including tips on construction. I never had a train set and my adult children bought me pieces of a used O27 Lionel gauge set in December at Christmas. I started using Lionel fast track but am disappointed with the 6 switches I installed. I found 4 of them out of 6 with bad wiring connection solder joints. I repaired. Are you still having problems with your switches? I have not even started on scenery, just laid the new track. May need to go with different track.

@17designs 4 жыл бұрын

I am glad I could help. I quite like the FasTrack and have used the same track for this layout and a previous one from 12 years ago. Most of my switches are O72 and I've only replaced 2. The O60s are a bit more problematic and I've replaced 3 or 4. The layout has 37 switches in total. If I go back 30 years (I'm dating myself( to when I modelled in N-Scale even the Atlas switches I used had their issues. They're moving parts so problems are to be expected. Don't let it frustrate you.

@patriciaboulware5552 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Robert! Robert here I had to say im 54 and my wife is 45. We allways wanted a trains as a kid but never did lol We have one more daughter at home so when she leaves we will have her bed room for our Train Rm! God bless!!!!

@jrtrains1126 4 жыл бұрын

Inspiring. Can I steal a couple of your ideas?

@17designs 4 жыл бұрын

Of course. I feel so honoured that you like my ideas.

@nightisright1873 4 жыл бұрын

What’s your opinion on the mpc era of Lionel

@17designs 4 жыл бұрын

You can probably tell from my videos that I don't have anything older than 2000 so I don't have any experience with the MPC era.

@kevinjohnson7468 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Norm I love your layout. I've been following you since the beginning. I would like to make a similar layout for myself. Did you use RR Tracks to design your layout? I really don't remember if you had.

@17designs 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Kevin, I am so happy to hear that. Yes, I used RR Tracks and its quite helpful for flat layouts. In my case, due to many elevation changes the RR Track layout had to go through on the fly design changes. This resulted in skewing the track, adding unexpected 3/8" tracks, abandoning a railway crossing, swapping out 10" straights for combos of 5" and 4.5", or changing ideas entirely. As you can imagine there was some wood loss. The final layout differs from the RR Track design and I have not been able to resolve the two. This will be my next task as I'd like to get the layout published in the Classic Toy Trains magazine.

@kevinjohnson7468 4 жыл бұрын

@@17designsCan you recommend a software I can use for a multilayer track layout or do I have to go by trial and error?

@17designs 4 жыл бұрын

@@kevinjohnson7468 Hi Kevin, RR Track software will give you a strong foundation and tell you overall how much track you need to buy. Once you start building allow for fixes using small straight tracks: 1.375", 1.75", 4.5" and 5". Substitute where needed. The same may apply with small curves. I laid out the outer edge of my layout first to see if it would fit my 18 ft x 16 ft table. It didn't and I had to make adjustments from the very beginning. You may have a few sleepless nights but don't give up! Remember my layout took me 3 years to complete.

@kevinjohnson7468 4 жыл бұрын

@@17designs Thanks you very much Norm.