Layout Visit: George Kanary, 2011 Chicago O Scale Show

The Layout Tour Guide for the show describe George’s railroad with the following: “George’s railroad is called the Golden Twilight Lines, and successfully operates big steam, full scale passenger and freight equipment in a small space. His Chicago surface lines have been extended, detailing & building construction.”

When they said small space they were not kidding. Being one of only three layouts open on Friday night did not help that issue. It seemed like everyone viewing layouts that night were at this one layout. Seeing this layout could have been helped if some of the visitors had not taking root in their locations. One gentleman looked like he was going to pass out from the heat in the room’s center.

The layout was nice, a simple design of an outside loop with both city and rural scenes being modeled with a city scene being modeled in the center of the room had very nice detailing on the street scenes.