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			For anyone who likes model train layouts, check out the detail in this one.  
		
	
		
	
			
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			Thanks for posting that link Marty. 
		
	
		
	
			
			
		
		
		
		
		
			As a model train enthusiast I can appreciate all the work that went into making that layout. 
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			You're welcome, I thought it was amazing. Lots of little stories in the details.  
		
	
		
	
			
			
		
		
		
		
		
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			Way ahead of me.  This is as far as my efforts go. 
		
	
		
	
			
			
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			That is someone with a LOT of time 
		
	
		
	
			
			
		
		
		
		
		
			There have been some pretty crazy little train set ups down in Old Sacramento at various bars, shops, as well as the California Railroad Museum. This end of the Pony Express and the railroad was Sacramento 
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			https://youtu.be/HwrhCVLg_EU?si=A0DsBhYmUDh7SQU- 
		
	
		
	
			
			
		
		
		
		
		
			This layout is huge!!! I wonder how long it took to build this thing? Sent from my SM-S916U using Tapatalk 
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			They say in the beginning of the video. Guy must have been insane, 18 hour days, seven days a week for years.
		 
		
	
		
	
			
			
		
		
		
		
		
			
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		 This is as close to that kind of thing I'll ever get. This is our Christmas train village that my wife puts up under the tree. 
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			Ever see Rod Stewarts layout?     Incredible.
		 
		
	
		
	
			
			
		
		
		
		
		
			
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			RPI has a pretty good one… 
		
	
		
	
			
			
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			My HO layout, and its bigger cousin in the garage. Always a work in progress. 
		
	
		
	
			
			
		
		
		
		
		
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			Wow! Amazing amount of detail in that layout. I’ve never seen a steam engine configured like the one the camera was following. What was that big object in front, behind the cow catcher? What was the pipe coming down from the smoke stack on the left side?
		 
		
	
		
	
			
			
		
		
		
		
		
			
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					I do not think that is really the way it was done 
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