Paul has two American Flyer layouts in his home. The first shown here has the
older Gilbert trains and accessories and Plasticville.
The city area
The layout has been decorated, and continues to be decorated, by Brooks Webb.
The yard area
Ken McNelly and Jeff Hill did the wiring and Ken programmed the TMCC controls for the layout.
Ken and Paul in the main, yard area, room watching the trains roll.
Ken gets a train ready to roll.
Paul adds a car to the American Flyer passenger train.
Watch the Lionel American Flyer Baltimore and Ohio 4-6-2 steam engine pull the long string of American Flyer passenger cars. (1:20)
Paul contemplating his layout and the Paul's Depot sign.
Paul working the railroad yard.
Handcar and Big Boy in the yard area.
Watch Paul's Big Boy 4-8-8-4 steam engine pull the long mixed freight train of vintage American Flyer cars. (1:38)
The city area with the mountain and tunnel in the foreground.
The industrial shunter diesel at work in the yard.
Missouri Pacific (MP) passenger train passing through the busy yard area.
MP passenger train ducks under the four unit through truss bridge.
Watch Paul's Missouri Pacific passenger train pulled by the matched set of A-B-A S Helper diesel engines. (1:18)
MP passenger train starts the climb up the city incline.
MP passenger train on the elevated line.
Looking through the porthole from the yard area to the city area.
Looking through the porthole from the city area to the yard area.
There is another layout and more trains in another room. This room has trains and accessories
made more recently by Lionel, S-Helper Service, and American Models.
S-Helper track is used exclusively here.
An American Flyer by Lionel passenger train on one of the middle loops.
Passenger trains in the station.
Freight and passenger trains passing the drive-in theatre and station.
Watch the vast array of trains running on this layout! (3:29)
S scale trains displayed on the layout, on the walls, and under the layout.
This layout also has been decorated, and continues to be decorated, by Brooks Webb.
Paul and Ken running the trains.
Ken McNelly and Jeff Hill did the wiring and Ken programmed the TMCC controls for this layout too.
Thank you to Joe Deger for all the pictures and videos.
