Yesterday, the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry opened its new accurate HO scale railroad that runs from Seattle to Chicago and points in between. The web site does a great job of showing the layout, and the history of the model train layout at the museum. http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/great_train_story/index.html
From their press release... "This is not your average model train set. The Great Train Story replaces the Museum's former 60-year-old Santa Fe Railway exhibit and boasts a new 3,500 square foot layout. It depicts the railroad's winding journey between Chicago and Seattle, passing through the Midwest, the Plains States, the Rockies, the Cascades, and into the Pacific Northwest. Along the way, trains are involved in industries as diverse as grain commodities, raw materials for manufacturing, consumer goods for import and export, lumber, apples, and tourism."
[This message has been edited by Roger Hensley (edited 11-23-2002).]
Posted by richarddschivley (Member # 274) on 11-23-2002 06:28 PM:
Roger... Thanks, for the information on this wonderful site! I would like to visit this layout the next time I'm in town! Thanks, again! It is beautiful! ...Richard Posted by Konstantin (Member # 18) on 11-23-2002 09:27 PM:
This looks like a very well done railroad. I had read somewhere else that the Sears Tower is full size (in HO) and not a compressed down version.
I would like to see this railroad in person. Thank you for the information.
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