Somewhere it has been said that "He who dies with the most toys, wins". Well, here's to Bill Kent and his Unitrack Heaven as featured in the January-February N Scale Railroading. I mean... Most of us model main line operations. Basically because it would take a lifetime to fill a single prototypical train yard with enough rolling stock and a fleet of locomotives to conduct a realistic classification yard operation. Bill has aquired enough of both that he has modeled not just one, but at least 3 major railroad yards and 4 major engine facilities. And they are all filled with more rolling stock and locos than I can count! Let's then not forget that this humongus whole layout is made of miles and miles of Kato Unitrack! Bill... If you are out there. Don't ever sell out, and you are eventually guaranteed the winner of the above mentioned honor. Oh. And if you really are out there, email or PM me so we can discuss my services as a contracted weatherer/detailer for your massive fleet.
There is so much track and locomotives I can't yet wrap my mind around just how big it is. Every time I look at a picture a second time, I see a new diesel facility with about 50 locos that I thought were in another photo but were not. Anyone actually count the number of Superliner cars in the Amtrak yard? I ran out of fingers & toes & additional family members Jamie
I agree as well.I was just amazed at this guys massive layout.I tried to do the math,about 500 locos at $75.00 each.Insane numbers.Is this guy married?If so, he better keep her because my wife would have left after the 200th locomotive.
Actually, he who dies with the most toys is just dead, and the toys will probably be sold on ebay or, God forbid, thrown in the trash. :thumbs_down: Just give me a simple loop of track, some nice N scale passenger trains, and I'm good to go. :thumbs_up:
That's funny. Sadly, I have done this math. For those of us putting kids through school, it's about one year of tuition and living expenses. :rain: While not to my taste, I thought the layout had a refreshing originality. Ironically, he comments that he doesn't care for scenery, but the one shot of his "separate" layout had very nice scenery.
So does anyone know what he used for the base under the unitrack? In some of the pictures it almost appears to be carpet. In others, it looks more like that spray-on faux stone. But no where in the article do they mention any of the construction. Am I the only one that is bothered by that? The pictures are great but I'd love more details. Bob
Geeky - The layout is featured in the Jan/Feb N Scale Railroading. The Table of Contents page is here where you can see one picture and get an idea of what they're talking about. N Scale Railroading The shot of the BNSF engines is maybe a third of what he has going on total.
Ya know I was just thinking...as a teenager I skateboarded. The big thing with skateboarding is getting sponsored. A company comes along and gives you free stuff so that other kids see how good you are and go and buy that company's products. Now if I could only decide which company should "sponsor" this guy..... Oh I got it, Kato!
Not to rain on this but have we forgotten about one each Mr. Todd Treaster and his monster collection? I just got the NSR issue and still think his collection is only about HALF of Todd's collection. Check the remark from this photo found in Todd's Gallery: Brian
