Visit to Tucson toy train museum

I've been wanting to go ever since I heard about it, but they are never open hours I can go.

Gadsden is a very fun place to go, if in Phoenix/Scottsdale area, there is a train museum well worth visiting, as is McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park and Train Building with 5 gauges of trains running. It would fill more than a weekend to see the sites here.

Thank you for this.  But more importantly Thank you for the wonderful video of Bill Everett’s trolley layout. I probably watch the video about six times a year And is always inspirational.  He was truly an artist.

In addition thank you for the nice book on the PE 500 series cars.

That place was awesome! I loved the 3 rail layout as well as a ride on the miniature railroad!

@swrr posted:

Thank you for this.  But more importantly Thank you for the wonderful video of Bill Everett’s trolley layout. I probably watch the video about six times a year And is always inspirational.  He was truly an artist.

In addition thank you for the nice book on the PE 500 series cars.

You're welcome! And I agree, Bill was an artist extraordinaire with those models and that layout! Here's a pair of photos of one of my personal faves, Bamberger Railroad Brill "Bullet" interurban

@John Smatlak posted:

You're welcome! And I agree, Bill was an artist extraordinaire with those models and that layout! Here's a pair of photos of one of my personal faves, Bamberger Railroad Brill "Bullet" interurban

John is the video @swrr referenced somewhere we can watch it? I tried a search to no avail.

@Will posted:

John is the video @swrr referenced somewhere we can watch it? I tried a search to no avail.

Here you go- made back in 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...UgihDqlz0B4ORHgCoAEC

@swrr posted:

Thank you for this.  But more importantly Thank you for the wonderful video of Bill Everett’s trolley layout. I probably watch the video about six times a year And is always inspirational.  He was truly an artist.

In addition thank you for the nice book on the PE 500 series cars.

Thank you for mentioning Bill Everett's trolley layout.  I had never heard of it (or him).  A quick search pointed me to the video.  A first class layout, and the story of a modeler from a bygone era - the scrounger and scratchbuilder.

Here's a link to the video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGpQ1PJnYig

@John Smatlak posted:

Here you go- made back in 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...UgihDqlz0B4ORHgCoAEC

Thanks John, I loved seeing his work. And all scratch built from cardstock! Amazing. We won't see the old school modelers like Bill Everett any more.

And who knew you were a TV star!