Reply to "Lionel Dealer Display Layouts, Factory Layouts and Postwar Layouts"

BurlingtonBillOGR Forum Member

I guess I am done w/ the effort to try & determine who built the O27 layout pictured on the front of the "Railroad Empire" supplemental catalog. It seems there really isn't the curiosity level or interest needed to unearth who built that--when or why. This was over 50 years ago, in the early MPC era (1970-86) and unless John W. Brady is still alive, to talk to, it's probably going to slide back into the dark catacombs of unexplored Lionel history. When you pause to consider that our "Display Layout" interest is only a small segment of the "Paper" collectibles portion (catalogs, books, data sheets, magazines, etc.) which is part of ALL Collectibles, which is part of "Lionel," which is part of 3-rail "O," which is part of Toy/Model Trains, which is part of a gradually-receding hobby pursuit, we DL folks are truly a speck in the "galaxy." Live long & prosper!

4/8/2110:16 AM

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