Worlds Best Model RR Layout under construction

The featured element, a 5500 sq. foot HO gauge model railroad layout, will have ten separate wiring systems, 20+ scale miles of mainline track and 50+ siding miles, hundreds of buildings (many of which have been scratch built), thousands of hand made trees and scenery never before attempted on a model railroad. The layout will be configured so that it might operate automatically in a “show” mode, and in manual “operational” mode for train running sessions. The wharf areas will feature ships that are fully operational “in the field”, along with a full-scale model of the 729 foot ore carrier, Edmund Fitzgerald. This Is Not to Open to till early 2009 More Info at: www.gfsm.org Greeley Freight Station Museum (GFSM) is designed to be a part of the City of Greeley Museums in Greeley, Colorado

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25 Comments »

  1. thats the one, was it Dec 2007?

    Comment by SkipW — June 29, 2009 @ 7:12 pm

  2. yah

    Comment by trainlover479 — June 30, 2009 @ 6:50 am

  3. haha, you got yelled at. thats funny

    Comment by trains107 — July 9, 2009 @ 11:29 pm

  4. i believe jhon allen made the most amazing mrr

    Comment by Seppouku359 — July 21, 2009 @ 4:02 am

  5. cool…cool…my fav is still the piermont division

    Comment by CSXTRiverline — August 7, 2009 @ 4:58 am

  6. I think i saw the worlds best model RR in germany. This is a small but nice attempt.

    Is this a “fantasy” RR or is it a mimic of the local area ?

    Comment by Joliie — August 14, 2009 @ 8:55 am

  7. This one is way smaller than the Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg

    Comment by WilliamJensen830 — August 25, 2009 @ 5:11 pm

  8. Interesting large layout, but wouldn’t many agree “best ” is a term best avoided?

    Comment by paullubliner — August 28, 2009 @ 1:04 am

  9. Thats insane!

    Comment by cab711 — September 1, 2009 @ 7:04 pm

  10. HOW WERE THE MOUNTAINS CREATED ??

    Comment by sms8668 — September 11, 2009 @ 10:42 pm

  11. I agree the term best should avoided,
    It will be cool when it;s done, but their are a few better ones out there.

    Comment by MrAquarium — September 16, 2009 @ 3:05 am

  12. Plaster Mold or Clay. Either one. Paint, ad landscaping, and maybe even a tunnel for the trains.

    Comment by TheYellowSpartan — September 17, 2009 @ 3:34 pm

  13. You got that right. I got to see the Gore and Daphidid just before John died, and it was unbelievable. And keep in mind, he did it without all the latest technology available today….

    Comment by 12280205 — September 24, 2009 @ 9:35 pm

  14. model tectonics?

    Comment by anto1191 — October 21, 2009 @ 1:15 pm

  15. it’s a brirrilant layout but i don’t think theres enough scenery between the rails and the edge of the layout

    Comment by duel2k7 — October 22, 2009 @ 1:32 pm

  16. I remember being blown away by an article about that layout. Wish I could have seen it…

    Comment by Rachmaninov08 — October 22, 2009 @ 8:51 pm

  17. underneth it all, its just… styrofoam

    Comment by SkipW — October 23, 2009 @ 8:47 am

  18. thats what Model RR Magazine Called it Awarded it for scenery detail

    Comment by SkipW — October 23, 2009 @ 8:48 am

  19. we did not get to all of it

    Comment by SkipW — October 23, 2009 @ 8:49 am

  20. i’ve seen pics of john’s layout and aftermath pics from the fire. john allen is what got me into model railroading. that was a beautiful railroad. it’s a shame fire took it all away

    Comment by hotrod347 — December 16, 2009 @ 2:36 am

  21. beautiful layout. absolutely beautiful

    Comment by hotrod347 — December 16, 2009 @ 2:36 am

  22. I’ve asked myself hundreds of times: “what is this fascination that model trains have on gorn men?”
    I grew up with trains, real ones, since my dad worked his whole life with the German railroad, his dad before him and we lived near the railroads.

    Comment by chloe7829 — December 16, 2009 @ 11:34 pm

  23. maybe your dad isnt proud of some of the stock he rolled?

    Comment by SKIFFDRIVER — January 31, 2010 @ 6:21 am

  24. I don’t know what you are trying to suggest, after the war we finally learned that my dad was an active member of the underground movement in Cologne and because he worked at the RR he was able to smuggle parachuted allied flyers into free Vichy France and Spain. Many owe his life to him,

    Comment by chloe7829 — January 31, 2010 @ 10:31 am

  25. maybe its the art thats put into a layout, the same as an artist doing a marble sculpture

    Comment by mrwarhammerpainter — February 1, 2010 @ 1:22 pm

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