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Here is a link to a video I took over the weekend of my Frank S running around my raised railway in the evening gloom, with storms approaching from the north and very hot/humid.  Was a nice run, with all the railway lighted up and my custom working lights on my Frank S.   Enjoy!   Mike

This is amazing.  What a dream. Great footage too.

Is this up all year? or Seasonal?  Im in san diego and we dont get "weather" but the sun would destroy everything in 1 or 2 years if outside uncovered.  Its common to replace chairs [wood or plastic] and canvas canopys every few years here. 

How do you stowe the Engine did you make a really cool engine shed? [does it go into the house? thruough a train door!?!

Very envious!

My floor is covered in trains right now But I would trade in right now for your beauty!

Please keep sharing.

Definately a stunning setup.  checked out more of your vids on youtube.  my favorite part is when the train passes under that tree limb by the railroad crossing setup.  Its cool watching the caboose just disapear down the line.

Great Job

Beautiful plant, nice video. Fun to watch.

Thanks for showing

Thanks everybody, if you watch the other videos, you can see some of the engines I have owned in the past.  I am high functioning autistic and many of them caused my anxiety to go way up as they would have a tendency to run very very fast and a trip to the ground from that raised line would not be good for them.   Hence why my Frank S is RC controlled.  I tried a few geared engines, and while they are neat, they were so slow that it got boring to watch.  The Frank S is my only G scale live steamer right now.  I have a couple steam style that are battery powered, along with 2 big diesels that have onboard battery power.  I am just starting in the O scale side again.  I grew up with O scale, Lionel to be exact, mostly from the late prewar and early postwar era.  Now I am smitten with the UK tinplate trains from Bassett Lowke, some of the higher end Hornby and the new stuff from ACE trains and Darstaed.  At the moment, I am in a quandy.  I can buy myself a nice 12vdc Flying Scotsman from Bassett Lowke that is super nice and boxed OR a Bassett Lowke Enterprise 4-4-0 live steam, 2 Hornby LNER bogie coaches(both boxed), a Hornby tinplate station and tinplate signal box for the same as just the Scotsman would cost me.  I love live steam, but at shows, sometimes you just need something to orbit the railway whilst engines cool down and are serviced.  So I am leaning toward the big LNER A3 Pacific.  I have some 5" gauge ride on trains that I am selling and once sold, I can get coaches and another steamer.