The world’s oldest model Lionel Railroad Club: Huge O scale layout

The oldest Lionel Railroad club started in 1947 in Milwaukee. Over 70 years later the club is still thriving now in a 3,000 square foot permanent facility in New Berlin, Wisconsin. The multi leveled layout can run up to 20 trains at a time. The Layout is primarily O gauge and has the facility displays an extensive collection of vintage Lionel trains from the 1900’s a a Y gauge American Flyer collection. We talk with the president and some of the club president and learn all about this huge layout that includes a scale model of Hells Gate Bridge in New York, a Saturn 5 Rocket Launcher a Ferris Wheel and too many buildings, cars and people to count. Table of Contents 0:00 Start 3:52 How the Boards work 4:52 Running the trains 6:44 Learn about the Layout 7:48 Hell gate Bridge model 10:45 The Layout at night 11:32 Smoke ring engine 13:36 Bloopers ------------------------------------------------ Links to the places we visit in this video: Milwaukee Lionel Railr