A couple of friends of mine just bought an old cigar store in a small city in Ohio. She is interested in running a train around a shelf that runs around the entire store. From the description she gave me, it seems that G scale would be perfect. The shelf is wide and about 18 inches from the ceiling. How lucky to have a shelf aready in place. I suggested buying a LGB starter set and using it on cheaper G scale track since we are talking quite a distance and quite an expense. I'd appreciate anyone's ideas. I also thought of a reversing unit should the size of the store be a factor. The train could cover half the store or whatever. I was in there a long time ago but don't remember how big the place was. If it's 100 feet around, what kind of expense are they looking at?
That is a cool idea. On one of my recent trips down to Pa., I stopped at the McDonalds's at the Neshaminy Rest stop off the Pa. Turnpike and was surprised to see a G-scale train orbiting overhead, around the restaurant. They did this by supporting the "roadbed" (painted plywood) with what looked like U-brackets to the supports on the ceiling. It was pleasant to watch as I ate my meal. Russ
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Chapter one was great! Good luck! Wish i knew someone in the biz. One thing that was not good wa,s that most of your photos didn't come up. Sorry, because the trains looked wonderful.
Yeh, I screwed up some of the pic links when I moved the URL from geocities. I've fixed 'em now or at least got a start. Phil
