A visit to Thom Radice's Western & Atlantic Civil War Era Model Railroad

[grizzleybearz282004]

nice work guys those old civl war type trains play a great part of us history i one lionel train set with the #1872 4-4-0 the name of the set is called the 5 star general outfit #2528ws they were made from 1959 to 1962 the paper work in the set i have dates 11-59

[Hendo56]

Cool, but it would have been nice to see trains running through that great scenery.

[gscrr]

Hi Guys, Yes, the railroad is DCC. You have to use N-gauge decoders in tenders. There are a few books out there with plans/drawings/pictures of Civil War Railroads (ie. Civil War Railroads & Models by Bill Alexander). You can also look at the Civil War photo books for ideas and scenes (ie. Civil War Railroads by G. Abdill)

[jettrainfan]

is the layout DCC?

[Trolleymoose]

Yeah, This is special. Love the roundhouse.. Army tents are great. Thanks for letting us see the potential of 1860s rr modeling.

[WilliamGruff]

Is there a source of drawings for US Civil War era locomotives and rolling stock?

[SLSF1522]

Awesome! It's so rare to see a layout set during the Civil War, but to find one from the South is nearly impossible. Actually this is one of only two I have ever seen, compared to around 2 dozen yankee roads. Fantastic work, I'd love to visit someday!

[TVRM610]

I live not a half mile from the W&A in Tunnel Hill

[GeileSexyZeiten]

Great! Now you just need "Tara" and the layout is perfect! While watching the railroad scenes in "Gone with the wind" I also had the idea to build a Old South themed layout, but never did that because there is so much work to do! Again, great layout and beautiful trains!

[TheRailroadwolf]

Amazing, I've built scale replicas of both the General and the Texas before...but a whole layout! I tip me hat to this guy ^^

[wisdomstar1981]

jaw droping layout.

[Allious11]

i like the round house. nice job

[DaBlackNinja1]

Great layout! saw it in this month's Railroad Model Craftsman.

[rhbeadlejr]

Amazing layout. Saw in MRC. Why did you pick the South rather then the North?

[CaptBeauregards]

Same reason the yankees picked it, prolly!

[DCCebula]

Way to go, Thom! It's certainly worth all the years of effort. DC

[jbrunsonjr]

This is awesome!  What city/state is this awesome layout located in?

[ohiosouthern]

WOW, took alot of time to make that layout, with all the old scenes and such, looks GREAT!!!