A Visit to the Home of Alan Arnold

Wow, the Arnolds’ layout is amazing! I’ve never seen an above-garage layout as awesome as this one. Now I’ll have to check out run 314. Thanks for posting. 👍

Oh and by the way, Sir Rod, I think your model railroad city layout is awesome as well. I admired the way you would book an extra hotel room and bring your model train tools to work on train projects before your concerts. But you look a little different in your avatar forum photo. Anyway, nice going.

I can see he doesn't have very many trains, poor guy!

Rod, What a great opportunity!  Thank you for sharing some photographs!

@Yellowstone Special posted:

But you look a little different in your avatar forum photo. Anyway, nice going.

There's a good reason for that, but thanks anyway!

Outstanding! Thanks for sharing.

A truly spectacular layout, and I appreciate "The layout has engines and rolling stock from most North American road names, including UP, Pennsy, BNSF, etc, etc.", as this is an affliction I can relate to.

Thank you for sharing!

I don't think there's enough tall buildings 

@Rod Stewart posted:

We recently returned home from winter in Gulf Shores Alabama, and on the way we had the pleasure of visiting for several hours with Alan and his gracious wife

Rod

Gulf Shores is a pretty good haul from Alberta (I looked). I live 30- 40 minutes from Gulf Shores, so I wondered.

Just beautiful, appreciate you sharing Rod!

Mike

@D500 posted:

Gulf Shores is a pretty good haul from Alberta (I looked). I live 30- 40 minutes from Gulf Shores, so I wondered.

Yah we covered 2500 miles each way, 4 nights on the road, not a big deal. Good weather and good highways all the way. We like a nice road trip where its just us, seeing the countryside, and no one can find us haha.

We would fly but connections to Mobile or Pensacola are not good, and we need a vehicle once there anyway. 2 months car rental at today’s rates would be scary!

Rod

I did not realize how large those skyscrapers were until your last photo with Alan.  Wow, I'm even more impressed.

Beautiful layout   Would love to see it one day   Thanks for posting

@Rod Stewart posted:

Yah we covered 2500 miles each way, 4 nights on the road, not a big deal. Good weather and good highways all the way. We like a nice road trip where its just us, seeing the countryside, and no one can find us haha.

We would fly but connections to Mobile or Pensacola are not good, and we need a vehicle once there anyway. 2 months car rental at today’s rates would be scary!

Rod

5000 miles!  That's a thousand more than I put on my car in a year!!  One day we will be able to get away!  We just commented on what I highlighted again this weekend!   

I agree with @EmpireBuilderDave about the height of the skyscrapers!  Thank you again!

Thanks for posting Rod. It was breathtaking to walk in the aisles of his layout with those beautiful skyscrapers looming around you. I did post a video of it with all the trains running a few years ago.

Rod...so sorry for not responding sooner...I thought I did!  Anyway,  it was an honor to meet the two of you.  We had a great time and enjoyed our breakfast as well as running the trains.  We look forward to your next visit!