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A Modest Model Railroad

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the build-your-own dept.

Endymion53 writes "The TMRC at MIT may be the best known model railroad layout because of its role in the formation of hacking culture, but railroad uber-enthusiast Jack Burgess has built himself a pretty enviable layout, that does its best to capture the look and route of an old rail line that went to Yosemite National park, called the Yosemite Valley railroad. I was tempted to make some crass remarks about having too much time on one's hands, but frankly, the whole thing looks just awesome. He's been working on this thing since 1981."

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  1. Mr. Comductor by drayzel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow! That is some great detail! I think I can even see a little minature Ringo Starr as MR. Conductor standing next to Thomas the train.

  2. The little website that could.... by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ever wonder what happens when a website gets smacked by a locomotive?

    CHooooo Chooooo!

    I-serve-I-can I-serve-I-can I--serve--I--can I---serve---I---can
    I------------serve----------- I------------can

    CHooooo Chooooo!

    Slash-a-dot-a Slash-a-dot-a Slash-a-dot-a Slash-a-dot-a Slash-a-dot-a

    --
    "Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
    1. Re:The little website that could.... by tarquin_fim_bim · · Score: 4, Funny

      To an adult that wouldn't be funny.

  3. HO, baby! by Wakkow · · Score: 3, Funny

    While you all argue over which text editor to use, the real debate is on which gauge is best. You N and O scale ain't got nothin' on my HO.

  4. I Don't even know where to start with this one... by SideEffects · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Jim Dias holds short of the Merced yards to allow Ray deBlieck to clear a passing track so that he can run around his caboose and turn his engine and put it away on one of the turntable leads.

    All kidding aside, it's just a great setup.

  5. Overcoming obstacles by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    See...people with Asperger's can do amazing things!

  6. Re:didnt read the article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Damn, does this guy have too much time on his hands or what?"

    Oh, does he? He could probably waste that time by sitting on slashdot and posting assinine comments like yours.

  7. Just like Gomez..... by thomkt · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder if he's ever been tempted to put a couple of M-80s under one of the bridges and blow it up just a train passes.

  8. This is slashdotting? by foom · · Score: 2, Funny
    Come on, I'm disappointed, only 7143 people linked to TMRC from slashdot in the last 4.5 hours? At least you're nearly saturating our puny 10bT connection to the outside world. :)

    Outgoing rates: 7329.4 kbits/sec 621.8 packets/sec