A few weeks ago I went to the annual Great Train Show at the Puyallup Fairgrounds which features layouts from many local model railroad clubs in all sizes and gauges, from tiny Z scale all the way up to 1/8 scale. The Puget Sound Garden Railway Society layout is, of course, the most important one there. But of all the other (non-garden) railroad club layouts one of my favorites is the Puget Sound Lego Train Club. Because, Lego.
The layout is constantly changing so I always see some old things and some new things. Some impressive additions this year include a few skyscrapers and even more Starbucks branding than I recall seeing before. And I left the show with a desire to go home and make my own Lego creations. Below are a few pictures from the show layout.
So now that Thanksgiving has passed the dining room table has been taken over by my Lego trains. Here are a few photos of my (very small) layout. Some of the items are from sets and others are my own creations. We definitely need a larger table.
The layout is constantly changing so I always see some old things and some new things. Some impressive additions this year include a few skyscrapers and even more Starbucks branding than I recall seeing before. And I left the show with a desire to go home and make my own Lego creations. Below are a few pictures from the show layout.
Lumber mills are always cool, even when the “logs” are made of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene. |
Another view of the mill with a passing Starbucks train! |
A very cool observatory in the forest. Astronomers using this telescope have discovered that Enceladus is actually made of ABS plastic. |
A beautiful circus tent with a train encircling it. |
A winter village includes a snowball fight between rebel fighters and Imperial Stormtroopers. |
I had seen the Space Needle before but the three skyscrapers—Chrysler Building, Empire State Building and Willis Tower—are all new to me. |
So now that Thanksgiving has passed the dining room table has been taken over by my Lego trains. Here are a few photos of my (very small) layout. Some of the items are from sets and others are my own creations. We definitely need a larger table.
Santa’s Village includes a holiday train on display. Behind the village is a mountain that is actually a tunnel for the train. I would have made it longer but I ran out of green bricks. |
A view of the city center. |
The passenger train pulling into the station. |
The fast freight at the cargo center includes a piggyback UPS truck filled with presents. |
One of my favorite things to see passing on the main line through Seattle are 737 fuselages headed to the Boeing plant in Renton. My version supports a slightly smaller airplane. |
Daric and me in a little blue house. I'm wearing overalls as I was just working on the garden train. Alki is dressed up as a Malamute as I don't have a small Lego dog. |