... SINCE THE YEAR 2000 THIS WEBSITE WAS THE FORMER HOME OF THE BROOKLYNS BASEBALL CLUB WHICH FUNCTIONED FOR 50 YEARS STARTING IN 1963 AND ENDING IN 2014.
... ALL OF THE CONTENT THAT WAS EVER CREATED FOR THE BROOKLYNS BASEBALL CLUB SITE CAN STILL BE ACCESSED USING THE LINKS BELOW.
... IT IS NOW BEING USED TO DISPLAYTONY'S MODEL RAILROAD LAYOUTS.
TO ACCESS THE MODEL TRAIN LAYOUTS MAIN WEBSITE CLICK HERE
......TONYS MODEL RAILROAD SYSTEM CONSISTS OF 5 LAYOUTS IN 3 SCALES CONSISTING OF 8 LAYOUT PIECES CONTAINED IN 2 MAJOR STRUCTURES.
-----THERE ARE TWO MOSTLY MARKLIN ''Z" SCALE (1:220) LAYOUTS, AN "N" SCALE (1:160) LAYOUT CONSISTING OF 4 INDIVIDUAL PIECES, & TWO "O"SCALE (1:48) LIONEL LAYOUTS.
.......A 8' x 8 ' WOODEN STRUCTURE WITH TWO 2 'x 8' SHELVES OVER THE AREA OF WHERE A BED WOULD BE IN THE MAIN BEDROOM HOLDS 3 PIECES OF THE 'N' SCALE LAYOUT.
...... A 15' x 4.5' STAINLESS STEEL STORAGE SHELVES STRUCTURE ON WHEELS WITH 3 LEVELS OF SHELVES WITH THE TOP LEVEL EXTENDING INTO HOUSEHOLD STORAGE SHELVES ALONG A WALL ADDING 3.5' TO THE TOP LEVEL IS LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT. IT HOLDS THE TWO 'O' SCALE LIONEL LAYOUTS AND THE FOURTH PIECE TO THE 'N' SCALE LAYOUT IN THE MIDDLE LEVEL.
...... A 2'X7' WITH A 2X4 MARKLIN SCENERY STRUCTURE ON TOP IS A TWO LEVEL 'Z' SCALE LAYOUT WHICH IS LOCATED ON TOP OF THE BEDROOMS CHEST OF DRAWS AND A SMALL SHOW PIECE 4'X1.5' 'Z' LAYOUT IS LOCATED IIN THE PARLOR.
...... ALL LAYOUT ARE OPERATING BUT ARE NOT FINISHED WITH THE CONSTUCTION PHASE.
..... MOST SECTIONS ARE CONSTRUCTED WITH HALF INCH HOMOSOTE ON QUARTER INCH PLYWOOD. THE 2 LOWER SHELVES IN THE BASEMENT IS JUST HOMOSOTE SCREWED TO .5"X1" LONG WOOD STRIPS WHICH RESTS ON THE STEEL SHELVES.
...... VERY LITTLE SCENERY HAS BEEN USED AS EACH LAYOUT PLACES THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TRACK POSSIBE ON THE SPACE AVAILABLE.
----- IT DOES NOT MODEL ANY PARTICULAR RAILROAD OR ERA OR PLACE BUT COMBINES MANY RAILROADS EQUIPMENT AND CARS.
..... THE "N' SCALE LAYOUT IS AN OPERATIONAL LAYOUT WITH 10 INDUSTRIAL AREAS WITH MULTIPLE INDUSTRIES IN EACH AREA AND A PASSENGER STATION AND ASSOCIATED OPERATIONAL YARDS USING THE 'JMRI' COMPUTER PROGRAM TO RUN OPERATIONS TO DETERMINE THE TRAIN BUILDING AND CAR MOVEMENTS. IT USES DIGITRAX DCC EQUIPMENT. IT CONTAINS 6 MAIN LINES AS LOOPS AND 2 INDUSTRIAL LINE LOOPS TO WHICH ALL THE INDUSTIAL AREA ARE CONNECTED. THE MAINLINES CAN RUN 2 TRAINS EACH USING JMRI AUTOMATION (YET TO ACTUALLY OCCUR ON THE LAYOUT AS THE JMRI SOFTWARE IS NOT UP TO HANDLING 8 TRAINS CONSTANTLY CHANGING SECTIONS AND THE PHYSICAL EQUIPMENT IS NOT BUG FREE).
...... THE BASEMENT TOP LEVEL LIONEL LAYOUT HAS 3 INTERCONNECTED MAINLINES AND SOME SPURS AND USES MODERN LIONEL EQUIPMENT AND CARS (11 ENGINES) USING THE LEGACY CONTROL SYSTEM. THE LOWER LEVEL CONTAINS A 3 INTERCONECTING LOOPS OF 1950 EQUIPMENT AND CARS. IT HAS A 1950 STEAM LOCO FREIGH SET AND A 1950 GG1 3 CAR PASSENGER SET. IT USES THE 'ZW' TRANSFORMER FOR POWER AND CONTROL.
LAYOUT SCALE MFG-PRIME SIZE LOOPS PWR SYS TRAINS STATUS 1 "O" (1/48) LIONEL 15.5' x 8' 4 LEGECY CONTROL SYS 5 OPERATING 2 "O" (1/48) LIONEL 14.5' x4.5' 3 ZW XFMR-AC 2 OPERATING 3 "N" (1/160) ATLAS,MISC 14'.5 x 4.5' 3 DIGITRAX CONTROL-DCC / DC PWR PACK 10 OPER/ CONSTUCTION 3 "N" (1/160)ATLAS,MISC
8' x 8' 5 DIGITRAX CONTROL-DCC 5OPERATING
3 "N" (1/160)ATLAS,MISC
8' x 2'YARD
DIGITRAX CONTROL-DCC 5 OPER/ CONSTRUCTION 3 "N" (1/160)ATLAS,MISC
8' x 2'2YDS/IND
DIGITRAX CONTROL-DCC 1 OPER/ CONSTRUCTION 4 "Z" (1/220) MICROTRAINS 4' x 1.5' 2 SHOW ONLY 2 OPERATING 5 "Z" (1/220) MARKLIN 7' x 2' 5 5 PWR PACKS - 8VA DC 5 OPER/ CONSTRUCTION
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