I recently purchased a copy of the DVD "Lionel Showroom Layouts" on Ebay. I have watched it twice in the last few days. It is now my best train DVD or VCR. I know many of you will be aware of this DVD but it is new to me and I thought I would share anyway.
I bought the DVD for its main theme, the "rebuild" of the 1949 Lionel Showroom layout by the Jackson, MS train club in 1993 or so.
I went to see it at the North Park Mall as my in laws lived in Meridian, MS and our family took a day trip to see it. It was great and they did a super job to build it in 4 months. The layout was dismantled in 1994. The DVD covers the rebuilt 1949 layout in great detail. ( Classic Toy Trains magazine of Nov 1993 has a several page article on this rebuilt 1949 layout also.) The DVD also has other material on other Lionel Showroom layouts. It is 120 minutes long, much better than some of shorty Train DVDs out there. I believe it was made in 2005 and the 1949 rebuilt layout video part is very good quality. Some of the bonus material on the 1938, original 1949, 1957 (a disappointing only 1 minute video but in color) and other older layouts is black and white but satisfactory.
If you enjoy the Lionel trains of the the fifties and the old school Lionel trains you will like this DVD.
Charlie
