My father's and uncle's Lionel Standard gauge Christmas garden, built with help from my grandfather, from 1926. The moon over the mountains was electrically illuminated.
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My father's and uncle's Lionel Standard gauge layout from 1930. A home-made airport, gravel roads, and an extensive use of mountain paper were key scenic features.
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The American Flyer S gauge Christmas layout my younger brother, Tom, my Dad, and I had in 1955. The gravel roads, mountain paper, and airport were inspirations from the 1930 layout.
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Our American Flyer layout from 1957. After some help from my Dad, this was the first layout I planned, built, and wired pretty much on my own.
Love that Easy Built mountain paper from the Jefferson Sales Company!
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Mimic an AF catalog! An ALCo PA in Sante Fe freight scheme on our layout from 1970.
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My current American Flyer S gauge layout is pure tinplate and faithful to the "feel" of my layouts from the 50s and 60s. Several of the structures and accessories are the same ones in earlier pictures from the 1950s.
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This is a view of the spurs in the central yard. A Gilbert operating Guilford Station is front and center. Note the nifty Erector dual-note whistling billboard to the left side.
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A view overlooking an AF No. 793 Union Station with two train sheds, which is the major terminal for passenger service.
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A Gilbert NYC J3a Hudson and a Silver Rocket ALCo PA are seen here pulling varnish by a passenger platform. The combination of the platform and footbridge is reminiscant of Germantown station in Philadelphia.
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