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Model Railroading > G scale at EPCOTDate: 04/14/21 23:58 G scale at EPCOT Author: wpamtk While visiting Walt Disney World last week, I made a point to visit the G scale layout next to the Germany pavilion in EPCOT's World Showcase. It takes up an area of about 25x100 feet, with four separate lines each with a train supplied by LGB. I first saw it in 1999 and it contributed to my decision to build a G scale railroad in my own backyard. I'm glad it's still around and attracting attention today.
Date: 04/15/21 04:32 Re: G scale at EPCOT Author: SPDRGWfan Pretty cool. Where do you live?
Years ago my cousin and her husband visited the Washington DC area and they were into G scale. They arranged visits to a number of places where people were running G scale, including a live steam G engine. But while the weather here isn't as exreme as some parts of the US, I'd think a warm dry climate would make having a garden railway more practical and lower maintenence. The last time I was at Epcot was around 18 years ago and I don't recall the G train display at the German pavilion. Cheers, Jim Date: 04/15/21 20:11 Re: G scale at EPCOT Author: wpamtk SPDRGWfan Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Pretty cool. Where do you live? > > Years ago my cousin and her husband visited the > Washington DC area and they were into G scale. > They arranged visits to a number of places where > people were running G scale, including a live > steam G engine. But while the weather here isn't > as exreme as some parts of the US, I'd think a > warm dry climate would make having a garden > railway more practical and lower maintenence. > The last time I was at Epcot was around 18 years > ago and I don't recall the G train display at the > German pavilion. > > Cheers, > Jim I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, prime climate for garden railroading: no snow, no freezes, rain only in the winter (if at all sometimes). As I mentioned, I saw it on my first visit to EPCOT in 1999, and it pretty much looks the same now as it did then except for a few trackage changes. Date: 04/16/21 04:24 Re: G scale at EPCOT Author: SPDRGWfan California works. I lived in Davis CA from 1971 - 1984 and it only snowed twice and melted the same day. I live in northern VA now so garden RR would have weather issues.
Posted from Android Date: 04/16/21 07:14 Re: G scale at EPCOT Author: Typhoon It was installed in 1995.
http://www.disneydispatch.com/content/columns/disney-pi/2011/08-epcots-garden-railway-miniature-train/ Date: 04/16/21 08:45 Re: G scale at EPCOT Author: SPDRGWfan I have been to Epcot since it was installed but I don't recall it specifially.
Date: 04/16/21 12:14 Re: G scale at EPCOT Author: PHall SPDRGWfan Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > California works. I lived in Davis CA from 1971 - > 1984 and it only snowed twice and melted the same > day. I live in northern VA now so garden RR would > have weather issues. > > Posted from Android Your snowplow would need to be a working model. And maybe battery powered too. Date: 04/16/21 15:39 Re: G scale at EPCOT Author: SPDRGWfan PHall Wrote:
--------------------------------------------------- > > Your snowplow would need to be a working model. > And maybe battery powered too. Ain't gonna happen. |