I just created a new website dedicated to building a display case for
a running model train. The design shows how to build a display case
mounted only six inches below the cieling, that runs around the
parimeter of the room. It works in almost any room, and it doesn't
take up usable space. It is a clasier version than normal, with
plexiglass, crown molding, and a hidden rope light for asthetics.
Anyways, I thought I would share it with the world, and I figured this
was a good place to start. Let me know what you think!
www.ulvr.com/john/train
John
On Feb 4, 7:58=A0pm, julvr <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Feb 4, 5:02=A0pm, "EXT" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Your "model" train diagram shows three rails (one in the middle) and 1 1=
/4"
> > spacing between the outside rails, most dedicated modellers would classi=
fy
> > this train as a toy train as it does not approach scale modeling in any
> > aspect.
>
> Actually, O-Guage 3-rail system is much more popular than the two
> track O-Guage systems. =A0It's been around since the thirties. =A0It
> allows the train to do a reverse loop (this was back before processors
> were in everything, but it's stuck). =A0For me, it the third track is
> not an issue as it is mounted to high to be seen. =A0For this particular
> application, the three track system is better because it can take any
> O-Gauge train, wheras the two track systems can only take trains
> designed for two track systems. =A0Two track trains tend to not be able
> to negotiate as tight corners either, often having minimum turning
> radii of 32" or more, which is not very practical for a cieling
> mounted train. =A0I actually did a bit of research on this very subject
> before I built my set.
>
> The 1 1/4" is actually pretty close to the 1.17" that an actual 1:48
> scale track should be. =A0Apperently, in Europe, O-Guage is 1:45, which
> brings the track width even closer.
>
> John
One more thing I forgot to mention -- for the purposes of this layout,
the three track system is good because it is simple to detect when the
train reaches a part of a track -- simply isolate one of the outside
rails. When the train passes over this section of track, the train
wheels will bridge the power, and you can use a relay to trigger an
event. When I built my setup, I issolated the track in two places --
the plan is to eventually make the whistle blow and some crossing
lights flash when the train nears the door, and to have it stop when
it reaches the window (I am planning to use an EZIO Relay Controller
for this, so everything is controlled via Insteon). I'll update the
web site once this is done, but forn now I have to spend my free time
on some other projects.
George wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
>> I just created a new website dedicated to building a display case for
>> a running model train. The design shows how to build a display case
>> mounted only six inches below the cieling, that runs around the
>> parimeter of the room. It works in almost any room, and it doesn't
>> take up usable space. It is a clasier version than normal, with
>> plexiglass, crown molding, and a hidden rope light for asthetics.
>> Anyways, I thought I would share it with the world, and I figured
>> this was a good place to start. Let me know what you think!
>>
>> www.ulvr.com/john/train
>>
>>
>> John
> Nice work, we go to a local mom & pop restaurant that has similar
> train displays running around the dining room.
With some slight modifications (lose the plexiglass, add a ladder), this
would make a swell catwalk - for real cats.
Why put it behind plexiglass, you can't hear it run then.
My friend did a similar thing, but painted scenery on the wall. He left
his open and it sounds great. He put it in the guest bedroom.
[email protected] wrote:
> I just created a new website dedicated to building a display case for
> a running model train. The design shows how to build a display case
> mounted only six inches below the cieling, that runs around the
> parimeter of the room. It works in almost any room, and it doesn't
> take up usable space. It is a clasier version than normal, with
> plexiglass, crown molding, and a hidden rope light for asthetics.
> Anyways, I thought I would share it with the world, and I figured this
> was a good place to start. Let me know what you think!
>
> www.ulvr.com/john/train
>
>
> John
"Han" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I believe there was (~ 8 1/2 yr ago) a restaurant near the Chicago train
>station where the EXCELLENT burgers etc were delivered by model train. I
>also believe it was urban renewed away, but I'm not sure of that.
That depends one -which- "Chicago train station" you mean. There are
the two biggies downtown, and oh, a couple hundred El and Metra
stops. ;-)
If you mean the Des Plaines Metra station, the Choo Choo Restaurant is
still around (since 1951!), the burgers are still excellent, and still
delivered by train. http://www.thechoochoo.com
ObWW: The Owl Lumber Des Plaines store is a half mile from the Choo
Choo. Lots of drool-worthy wood there.
"Wayne Boatwright" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat 02 Feb 2008 08:58:51a, told us...
>
>> I just created a new website dedicated to building a display case for
>> a running model train. The design shows how to build a display case
>> mounted only six inches below the cieling, that runs around the
>> parimeter of the room. It works in almost any room, and it doesn't
>> take up usable space. It is a clasier version than normal, with
>> plexiglass, crown molding, and a hidden rope light for asthetics.
>> Anyways, I thought I would share it with the world, and I figured this
>> was a good place to start. Let me know what you think!
>>
>> www.ulvr.com/john/train
>>
>>
>> John
>>
>
> Very nice, John. It reminds me an installation in a very old hamburger
> restaurant in Rocky River, OH. They had a train running the perimeter of
> the room close to the ceiling for many decades. It was always charming.
>
It was called Beardens.
> --
> Wayne Boatwright
>
> *******************************************
> Date: Saturday, 02(II)/02(II)/08(MMVIII)
> Today is: Groundhog Day
> *******************************************
> Being down ain't being loser. (Iggy Pop)
> *******************************************
>
>
>
Your "model" train diagram shows three rails (one in the middle) and 1 1/4"
spacing between the outside rails, most dedicated modellers would classify
this train as a toy train as it does not approach scale modeling in any
aspect.
"Wayne Boatwright" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat 02 Feb 2008 08:58:51a, told us...
>
>> I just created a new website dedicated to building a display case for
>> a running model train. The design shows how to build a display case
>> mounted only six inches below the cieling, that runs around the
>> parimeter of the room. It works in almost any room, and it doesn't
>> take up usable space. It is a clasier version than normal, with
>> plexiglass, crown molding, and a hidden rope light for asthetics.
>> Anyways, I thought I would share it with the world, and I figured this
>> was a good place to start. Let me know what you think!
>>
>> www.ulvr.com/john/train
>>
>>
>> John
>>
>
> Very nice, John. It reminds me an installation in a very old hamburger
> restaurant in Rocky River, OH. They had a train running the perimeter of
> the room close to the ceiling for many decades. It was always charming.
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright
>
> *******************************************
> Date: Saturday, 02(II)/02(II)/08(MMVIII)
> Today is: Groundhog Day
> *******************************************
> Being down ain't being loser. (Iggy Pop)
> *******************************************
>
>
>
On Feb 2, 9:38=A0pm, Mike M <[email protected]> wrote:
> I like it, I still have my old Lionel steam locomotive and all the
> accessories and your idea would solve my no space problem. =A0Just have
> to figure out how to make it go out to the shop to fill a beer from a
> keg and deliver it to the hot tub. =A0LOL
>
> Mike M
>
>
>
> On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 07:58:51 -0800 (PST), [email protected] wrote:
> >I just created a new website dedicated to building a display case for
> >a running model train. =A0The design shows how to build a display case
> >mounted only six inches below the cieling, that runs around the
> >parimeter of the room. =A0It works in almost any room, and it doesn't
> >take up usable space. =A0It is a clasier version than normal, with
> >plexiglass, crown molding, and a hidden rope light for asthetics.
> >Anyways, I thought I would share it with the world, and I figured this
> >was a good place to start. =A0Let me know what you think!
>
> >www.ulvr.com/john/train
>
> >John- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
I'm building a patio this summer with a built-in bar fridge... I
wonder how hard it would be to make a G-Scale deliver beers to the
pool...
John
On Feb 2, 1:01=A0pm, tiredofspam <nospam.nospam.com> wrote:
> Why put it behind plexiglass, you can't hear it run then.
> My friend did a similar thing, but painted scenery on the wall. He left
> his open and it sounds great. He put it in the guest bedroom.
>
This is a point I didn't bring up on the website, but I'm thinking I
should. The plexiglas does a few things. I was actually hoping it
would drown out the track noise, then I could just crank up the sound
effects volume, and voila, less track noise, more realistic noise.
Unfortunately, even with the foam bed underneat the tracks, the track
noise is still quite audable. What the plexiglass does do though is:
1) Prevents a two pound, dicast metal train, traveling eight feet or
so above the ground from falling eight feet should it happen to
derail. (or, if your child happens to be three feet tall, that still
gives the train five feet to gain momentum...)
2) Prevents dust from collecting on the track, reducing maintenance
3) Prevents other objects such as toys or cats from getting on the
track, which might cause the train to derail.
4) The molding holding up the Plexiglas is a good cover for the
ropelight.
Anyone can adapt the plans as they see fit, though I would strongly
suggest the Plexiglas if it's in a child's room, you have expensive
floors, or if you live in an earth-quake prone area.
John
[email protected] wrote:
> I just created a new website dedicated to building a display case for
> a running model train. The design shows how to build a display case
> mounted only six inches below the cieling, that runs around the
> parimeter of the room. It works in almost any room, and it doesn't
> take up usable space. It is a clasier version than normal, with
> plexiglass, crown molding, and a hidden rope light for asthetics.
> Anyways, I thought I would share it with the world, and I figured this
> was a good place to start. Let me know what you think!
>
> www.ulvr.com/john/train
>
>
> John
Nice work, we go to a local mom & pop restaurant that has similar train
displays running around the dining room.
On Feb 4, 5:02 pm, "EXT" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Your "model" train diagram shows three rails (one in the middle) and 1 1/4"
> spacing between the outside rails, most dedicated modellers would classify
> this train as a toy train as it does not approach scale modeling in any
> aspect.
>
> "Wayne Boatwright" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > On Sat 02 Feb 2008 08:58:51a, told us...
>
> >> I just created a new website dedicated to building a display case for
> >> a running model train. The design shows how to build a display case
> >> mounted only six inches below the cieling, that runs around the
> >> parimeter of the room. It works in almost any room, and it doesn't
> >> take up usable space. It is a clasier version than normal, with
> >> plexiglass, crown molding, and a hidden rope light for asthetics.
> >> Anyways, I thought I would share it with the world, and I figured this
> >> was a good place to start. Let me know what you think!
>
> >>www.ulvr.com/john/train
>
> >> John
>
> > Very nice, John. It reminds me an installation in a very old hamburger
> > restaurant in Rocky River, OH. They had a train running the perimeter of
> > the room close to the ceiling for many decades. It was always charming.
>
> > --
> > Wayne Boatwright
>
> > *******************************************
> > Date: Saturday, 02(II)/02(II)/08(MMVIII)
> > Today is: Groundhog Day
> > *******************************************
> > Being down ain't being loser. (Iggy Pop)
> > *******************************************
Elitist fucks like you will be the 1st against the wall with the
coming of the new order...
Dave
Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Sat 02 Feb 2008 09:48:25a, George told us...
>
>> [email protected] wrote:
>>> I just created a new website dedicated to building a display case for
>>> a running model train. The design shows how to build a display case
>>> mounted only six inches below the cieling, that runs around the
>>> parimeter of the room. It works in almost any room, and it doesn't
>>> take up usable space. It is a clasier version than normal, with
>>> plexiglass, crown molding, and a hidden rope light for asthetics.
>>> Anyways, I thought I would share it with the world, and I figured this
>>> was a good place to start. Let me know what you think!
>>>
>>> www.ulvr.com/john/train
>>>
>>>
>>> John
>> Nice work, we go to a local mom & pop restaurant that has similar train
>> displays running around the dining room.
>>
>
> It wouldn't be in Rocky RIver, OH by any chance, would it?
>
No, the place I mentioned is in PA.
On Feb 4, 5:02=A0pm, "EXT" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Your "model" train diagram shows three rails (one in the middle) and 1 1/4=
"
> spacing between the outside rails, most dedicated modellers would classify=
> this train as a toy train as it does not approach scale modeling in any
> aspect.
Actually, O-Guage 3-rail system is much more popular than the two
track O-Guage systems. It's been around since the thirties. It
allows the train to do a reverse loop (this was back before processors
were in everything, but it's stuck). For me, it the third track is
not an issue as it is mounted to high to be seen. For this particular
application, the three track system is better because it can take any
O-Gauge train, wheras the two track systems can only take trains
designed for two track systems. Two track trains tend to not be able
to negotiate as tight corners either, often having minimum turning
radii of 32" or more, which is not very practical for a cieling
mounted train. I actually did a bit of research on this very subject
before I built my set.
The 1 1/4" is actually pretty close to the 1.17" that an actual 1:48
scale track should be. Apperently, in Europe, O-Guage is 1:45, which
brings the track width even closer.
John
On Sat 02 Feb 2008 08:58:51a, told us...
> I just created a new website dedicated to building a display case for
> a running model train. The design shows how to build a display case
> mounted only six inches below the cieling, that runs around the
> parimeter of the room. It works in almost any room, and it doesn't
> take up usable space. It is a clasier version than normal, with
> plexiglass, crown molding, and a hidden rope light for asthetics.
> Anyways, I thought I would share it with the world, and I figured this
> was a good place to start. Let me know what you think!
>
> www.ulvr.com/john/train
>
>
> John
>
Very nice, John. It reminds me an installation in a very old hamburger
restaurant in Rocky River, OH. They had a train running the perimeter of
the room close to the ceiling for many decades. It was always charming.
--
Wayne Boatwright
*******************************************
Date: Saturday, 02(II)/02(II)/08(MMVIII)
Today is: Groundhog Day
*******************************************
Being down ain't being loser. (Iggy Pop)
*******************************************
On Sat 02 Feb 2008 09:48:25a, George told us...
> [email protected] wrote:
>> I just created a new website dedicated to building a display case for
>> a running model train. The design shows how to build a display case
>> mounted only six inches below the cieling, that runs around the
>> parimeter of the room. It works in almost any room, and it doesn't
>> take up usable space. It is a clasier version than normal, with
>> plexiglass, crown molding, and a hidden rope light for asthetics.
>> Anyways, I thought I would share it with the world, and I figured this
>> was a good place to start. Let me know what you think!
>>
>> www.ulvr.com/john/train
>>
>>
>> John
> Nice work, we go to a local mom & pop restaurant that has similar train
> displays running around the dining room.
>
It wouldn't be in Rocky RIver, OH by any chance, would it?
--
Wayne Boatwright
*******************************************
Date: Saturday, 02(II)/02(II)/08(MMVIII)
Today is: Groundhog Day
*******************************************
If Helen Keller had psychic ability,
would you say she had a fourth sense?
--George Carlin
*******************************************
On Sat 02 Feb 2008 11:29:42a, George told us...
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Sat 02 Feb 2008 09:48:25a, George told us...
>>
>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>> I just created a new website dedicated to building a display case for
>>>> a running model train. The design shows how to build a display case
>>>> mounted only six inches below the cieling, that runs around the
>>>> parimeter of the room. It works in almost any room, and it doesn't
>>>> take up usable space. It is a clasier version than normal, with
>>>> plexiglass, crown molding, and a hidden rope light for asthetics.
>>>> Anyways, I thought I would share it with the world, and I figured this
>>>> was a good place to start. Let me know what you think!
>>>>
>>>> www.ulvr.com/john/train
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> John
>>> Nice work, we go to a local mom & pop restaurant that has similar train
>>> displays running around the dining room.
>>>
>>
>> It wouldn't be in Rocky RIver, OH by any chance, would it?
>>
> No, the place I mentioned is in PA.
>
Thanks, just wondered. I don't think too many such installations exist.
--
Wayne Boatwright
*******************************************
Date: Saturday, 02(II)/02(II)/08(MMVIII)
Today is: Groundhog Day
*******************************************
I'm not sure. - Werner Heisenberg
*******************************************
"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote in news:621ee8e7-efad-411d-ba0e-
[email protected]:
> theres one in a ohio dairy queen, and used to be one in a hobby shop
> in our local mall, the hobby shop closed.....
>
> the hobby shop one went thru the wall and ran across the front of the
> store
>
> FLAWLESS trackage is critical, given service will be awkard at best
>
I believe there was (~ 8 1/2 yr ago) a restaurant near the Chicago train
station where the EXCELLENT burgers etc were delivered by model train. I
also believe it was urban renewed away, but I'm not sure of that.
--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid
On Sun 03 Feb 2008 09:55:36a, Old_Boat told us...
>
> "Wayne Boatwright" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Sat 02 Feb 2008 08:58:51a, told us...
>>
>>> I just created a new website dedicated to building a display case for
>>> a running model train. The design shows how to build a display case
>>> mounted only six inches below the cieling, that runs around the
>>> parimeter of the room. It works in almost any room, and it doesn't
>>> take up usable space. It is a clasier version than normal, with
>>> plexiglass, crown molding, and a hidden rope light for asthetics.
>>> Anyways, I thought I would share it with the world, and I figured this
>>> was a good place to start. Let me know what you think!
>>>
>>> www.ulvr.com/john/train
>>>
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>
>> Very nice, John. It reminds me an installation in a very old hamburger
>> restaurant in Rocky River, OH. They had a train running the perimeter
of
>> the room close to the ceiling for many decades. It was always charming.
>>
> It was called Beardens.
>> --
>> Wayne Boatwright
>>
>> *******************************************
>> Date: Saturday, 02(II)/02(II)/08(MMVIII)
>> Today is: Groundhog Day
>> *******************************************
>> Being down ain't being loser. (Iggy Pop)
>> *******************************************
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
Yes, it was Bearden's, which used to be a local chain of a very few
locations. The one in Rocky River was the last, and was still there as
late as 2000 when we moved to AZ. They did, however, "modernize" and
renovate the place, and it lost all its charm, IMHO.
--
Wayne Boatwright
*******************************************
Date: Monday, 02(II)/04(IV)/08(MMVIII)
*******************************************
PEDICURE: Bicycle repair.
*******************************************
[email protected] wrote:
> I just created a new website dedicated to building a display case for
> a running model train. The design shows how to build a display case
> mounted only six inches below the cieling, that runs around the
> parimeter of the room. It works in almost any room, and it doesn't
> take up usable space. It is a clasier version than normal, with
> plexiglass, crown molding, and a hidden rope light for asthetics.
> Anyways, I thought I would share it with the world, and I figured this
> was a good place to start. Let me know what you think!
>
> www.ulvr.com/john/train
>
>
> John
Very nice work. I like how you have concealed all of the infrastructure.
A couple suggestions: one, cove the corners of the walls and two, post to
rec.models.railroad
Thanks for sharing.
On Feb 2, 1:29=A0pm, George <[email protected]> wrote:
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> > On Sat 02 Feb 2008 09:48:25a, George told us...
>
> >> [email protected] wrote:
> >>> I just created a new website dedicated to building a display case for
> >>> a running model train. =A0The design shows how to build a display case=
> >>> mounted only six inches below the cieling, that runs around the
> >>> parimeter of the room. =A0It works in almost any room, and it doesn't
> >>> take up usable space. =A0It is a clasier version than normal, with
> >>> plexiglass, crown molding, and a hidden rope light for asthetics.
> >>> Anyways, I thought I would share it with the world, and I figured this=
> >>> was a good place to start. =A0Let me know what you think!
>
> >>>www.ulvr.com/john/train
>
> >>> John
> >> Nice work, we go to a local mom & pop restaurant that has similar train=
> >> displays running around the dining room.
>
> > It wouldn't be in Rocky RIver, OH by any chance, would it?
>
> No, the place I mentioned is in PA.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
There's another one near Chincoteague, VA.
[email protected] wrote:
> I just created a new website dedicated to building a display case for
> a running model train. The design shows how to build a display case
> mounted only six inches below the cieling, that runs around the
> parimeter of the room. It works in almost any room, and it doesn't
> take up usable space. It is a clasier version than normal, with
> plexiglass, crown molding, and a hidden rope light for asthetics.
> Anyways, I thought I would share it with the world, and I figured this
> was a good place to start. Let me know what you think!
>
> www.ulvr.com/john/train
>
>
> John
John,
VERY cool! I love this idea. I'm not
into model trains, so it's not something
I'd do, but I love the concept.
And a nice site to support it. SWMBO is
still wondering what I find funny about
melted aluminum.
--
Tanus
This is not really a sig.
http://www.home.mycybernet.net/~waugh/shop/
Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Sat 02 Feb 2008 11:29:42a, George told us...
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Sat 02 Feb 2008 09:48:25a, George told us...
>>>
>>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>>> I just created a new website dedicated to building a display case for
>>>>> a running model train. The design shows how to build a display case
>>>>> mounted only six inches below the cieling, that runs around the
>>>>> parimeter of the room. It works in almost any room, and it doesn't
>>>>> take up usable space. It is a clasier version than normal, with
>>>>> plexiglass, crown molding, and a hidden rope light for asthetics.
>>>>> Anyways, I thought I would share it with the world, and I figured this
>>>>> was a good place to start. Let me know what you think!
>>>>>
>>>>> www.ulvr.com/john/train
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> John
>>>> Nice work, we go to a local mom & pop restaurant that has similar train
>>>> displays running around the dining room.
>>>>
>>> It wouldn't be in Rocky RIver, OH by any chance, would it?
>>>
>> No, the place I mentioned is in PA.
>>
>
> Thanks, just wondered. I don't think too many such installations exist.
>
Happy Joes Pizza in Burlington, Iowa has a train running around the
perimeter of its dining area.
EXT wrote:
> Your "model" train diagram shows three rails (one in the middle) and
> 1 1/4" spacing between the outside rails, most dedicated modellers
> would classify this train as a toy train as it does not approach
> scale modeling in any aspect.
Standard 0 gage track, runs on AC. One sometimes has to make
sacrifices of precision in favor of pragmatism.
Besides, many real trains _do_ have three rails, although not in that
precise layout.
> "Wayne Boatwright" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Sat 02 Feb 2008 08:58:51a, told us...
>>
>>> I just created a new website dedicated to building a display case
>>> for a running model train. The design shows how to build a
>>> display
>>> case mounted only six inches below the cieling, that runs around
>>> the
>>> parimeter of the room. It works in almost any room, and it
>>> doesn't
>>> take up usable space. It is a clasier version than normal, with
>>> plexiglass, crown molding, and a hidden rope light for asthetics.
>>> Anyways, I thought I would share it with the world, and I figured
>>> this was a good place to start. Let me know what you think!
>>>
>>> www.ulvr.com/john/train
>>>
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>
>> Very nice, John. It reminds me an installation in a very old
>> hamburger restaurant in Rocky River, OH. They had a train running
>> the perimeter of the room close to the ceiling for many decades.
>> It
>> was always charming.
>>
>> --
>> Wayne Boatwright
>>
>> *******************************************
>> Date: Saturday, 02(II)/02(II)/08(MMVIII)
>> Today is: Groundhog Day
>> *******************************************
>> Being down ain't being loser. (Iggy Pop)
>> *******************************************
--
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
I like it, I still have my old Lionel steam locomotive and all the
accessories and your idea would solve my no space problem. Just have
to figure out how to make it go out to the shop to fill a beer from a
keg and deliver it to the hot tub. LOL
Mike M
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 07:58:51 -0800 (PST), [email protected] wrote:
>I just created a new website dedicated to building a display case for
>a running model train. The design shows how to build a display case
>mounted only six inches below the cieling, that runs around the
>parimeter of the room. It works in almost any room, and it doesn't
>take up usable space. It is a clasier version than normal, with
>plexiglass, crown molding, and a hidden rope light for asthetics.
>Anyways, I thought I would share it with the world, and I figured this
>was a good place to start. Let me know what you think!
>
>www.ulvr.com/john/train
>
>
>John
Han wrote:
> "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote in news:621ee8e7-efad-411d-ba0e-
> [email protected]:
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>> theres one in a ohio dairy queen, and used to be one in a hobby shop
>> in our local mall, the hobby shop closed.....
>>
>> the hobby shop one went thru the wall and ran across the front of the
>> store
>>
>> FLAWLESS trackage is critical, given service will be awkard at best
>>
>
> I believe there was (~ 8 1/2 yr ago) a restaurant near the Chicago train
> station where the EXCELLENT burgers etc were delivered by model train. I
> also believe it was urban renewed away, but I'm not sure of that.
>
I is a shame when restaurants that have great food, neat displays and
real character are replaced with big box industrial places with lame
industrial food and cookie cutter fake antiques that need to spend a
fortune on marketing telling us how good they are.