leapinlarry posted:I was friends with the late Louis Ertz from Memphis, Tennessee who had one of the best, if not the very best O Scale layouts I had ever seen. It was in his living room, 45 by 60, in a very upscale section of Memphis. Rich Melvin did a fantastic video of the layout, OGR THE Video #6 I think, or #5, they will know. A lot of Louis’s Locomotives were Brass. At one time he had over 100 brass models. His layout had hand laid track, an AAA fully indexed Turntable, all Scale couplers, signals, Simply the Best O Scale empire I ever witnessed....Then, there’s Howard Zane, possibly Columbia Maryland, who had the nicest HO Empire I ever visited. He had many many brass Locomotives. He also had a huge wall collection of postwar Lionel Trains. His layout had so many track lights, you could feel the heat coming off his light dimmers, Hot...He has a nice book picturing his collection...
The Question was, are we shelling out big bucks for brass Locomotives?, Actually no, but I am buying Lionel’s Brass Hybrid steamers...So far, it’s great.
Except it is a 3-Rail model. Lionel only offers 3-Rail models anymore.
