Carpet layouts

[Lionel fan]

So here are two carpet layouts I have had up recently.

This first one ran two of our three TrainMaster locomotives. The one pictured is my favorite. There was a much larger portion of the layout that left this room and went through the entire downstairs of our house. (I forgot to take pictures ) In building these layouts, I employed some of our new O-42 turnouts. The LEDs are kinda annoying because they have only half bridge rectifiers, but the switches work fine.

I also recently upgraded the coupler on the tender of the 618 to a TrainMaster controlled electromagnetic one.

 

[Lionel fan]

My pride and joy.

 

[Lionel fan]

And here's the second layout. Pictured are the Lionel Lines 2056, The Santa Fe 634, and sitting on a spur, the Santa Fe 8689.

 

[JazzDad]

Where is the giant feline to tear things up?

 

[Lionel fan]

I would never get a cat.

I do have two German Shepherds, though, and they love the trains!

 

[LoudMusic]

Some of the most fun I've had is playing trains on the floor. Currently I have a big box of Lego tracks and trains but in the past I've played with friends' Lionel sets and plenty of other plastic toy lines.

Looks like you've got a good thing going.

 

[Lionel fan]

Oh, yeah. I also have a large collection of LEGO trains and LEGO City buildings.

The best part is that minifigures fit in the cabs of Lionel steam locomotives!

 

[LoudMusic]

I was thinking Lionel and Lego were fairly similar scales - at least in playability

 

[Lionel fan]

Yup.

Almost the same gauge.