Quote from: Michelle_K on April 02, 2025, 02:54:48 PMI had thought of a Z scale replica of the Addams Family toy trains, but it would take up the whole table top.
My mother's father collected trains. I don't know what scale (HO?), but his upstairs was a huge play area with several railroads running around all four walls on shelves. In one corner was the "city" where he had built a town with landscaping, buildings, streets with cars, people walking and riding bicycles, and of course a large railyard.
He later built a larger-scale train out in his yard, with tracks and a trestle. He used a lawn mower engine for the locomotive and it was big enough to sit on. He built all of the cars by hand, including flatbeds that he used to haul firewood from the forest at the back of his property. He called it the B.M. & K Railroad (Bob, Myrt & Kids) and grandma made engineer caps for each of us to wear.
After he passed away, the train and tracks were sold off. The caboose was very detailed and was on display in a local museum. I don't know if the museum is in Erie, or if it was part of the city of Northeast, PA's Historical Society. I would love to go there and see it!
