I agree it may not have been a sad ending but in my opinion I think KOOLjock1 is right. The guy never upgraded or fixed up the house in any way. The wallpaper looks like it is at least 70 maybe 80 years old. Same for the furnishings in the kitchen and bedroom except for the refrigerator. But for me the worst thing I see is they guy put an awful lot of work into a horrible horrible track plan. Number one there is no layout lighting that I can see, #2) in case of a derailment you know the trains were going to the floor and #3) because of the insane amount of loops you can’t even see the far side or the center of the layout. There didn’t seem to be any way of walking around the layout. Imagine having to climb under the layout for every derailment? There was no place to sit and watch the trains run. When the guy built the display shelves in the living room he built them right over a mirror. He didn’t even bother to take the mirror down. I would be willing to bet that any trains that came from this layout/ house had various amounts of damage. The guy was obviously the kind of person who did not put any time or effort into taking care of his possessions. Anyone who could afford O Gauge trains can afford to make some upgrades or improvements to their home. I am not knocking the guy. I think he was probably a great guy but he had a problem upstairs which I imagine would be similar to people who horde. It is very sad and I hope the trains brought him some comfort in his elder years.
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