Run Room Main Area Photo Tour - Page 3 of 4
This photo tour runs from North to South to Southwest in a clockwise direction. The photo numbers refer to the numbered arrows on the layout diagram. Updates were added October 2022.
21. and 21.1 Plywood Lift Replaced with MTH Arch Bridge
22. The Ski Trains are on the Helix inside track. The Crossing Signal and MTH operating reefer are controlled at location.
22.1 Animated Menard's Store and Garden Center added in 2014
23. Lionel TMCC Crane, Lionel Rotary Tipple, and Stalled Excursion Train
23.1 When the Cyclone Coaster from
Coaster Dynamix
arrived there was no suitable surface in the Run Room.
A vignette hanging on the wall works with with the
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Panoramic Picture.
23.2 TMCC Crane. Lionel Rotary Tipple with control under ladder on right. Younger hands need a little supervision to be sure the car is aligned. Tipple was repaired and rewired to run with track power off.
24. Lionel Postwar Rocket Launcher and MTH Handcars modified to bump each other
25. Oil Field to generate Run Room revenue.
26. Lionel Reproduction amd
Postwar Rocket
Launchers
with Carnival and Stalled UP Steam Excursion Train
26.2 MTH Handcars with Bumpers
27. Lionel Gateman, MTH Crossing Gates controlled by Lionel IR Detector
28. The Thomas Track added for younger kids was an after thought. The Thomas Train on the shelf always got the kids attention. It sort of messed up the Turntable area and may have to be addressed "some day".
29. The Turntable was imported from my previous Run Room that occupied the south end of the basement.
30. Turntable Tracks - The orange and blue bumpers indicate which tracks are controlled by one of two rotary switches.
31. On Off switches for Turntable Tracks