Two VHS - Great Lionel Layouts Part 1 + Richard Kughn’s Train Layouts & Collections, A Real-life Fantasy of Trains, Toys, and Classic Automobiles
Great Lionel Layouts Part 1
First Half of Video Features:
-an interview with Fritz Von Tagen
-a profile of Von Tagen’s layout with two yards, water towers, cranes, standard gauge on the outer loop and three loops of O gauge, all interconnected
-prized possessions in Von Tagen’s standard gauge collection profiled include the 1835 set and the GG1
-prized possessions in Von Tagen’s O gauge collection profiled include the Lionel 260 set, 813 cattle car, the Union Pacific M-10000 streamliner, the 1882 pumpkin orange Halloween set for Sears, the Great Northern-EP-5 ‘Little Joe’, the 763E with a gray tender, Southern Pacific Daylight 4449 and various prototypes which Lionel never released
-an interview with Merle Levitt
-a profile of Levitt’s 20X29 foot layout with six loops (2 T-Rail, 2 O72, 2 standard gauge) powered by four ZW transformers and a 1033 transformer hidden inside a power station
-prized possessions in Levitt’s train collection profiled include standard gauge 402 Mojave, #219 derrick crane, Blue Comet, a 408E with twin motors, American Flyer green/tan Pocahontas set, Mickey Mouse/Donald Duck wind-up handcars, #482 Mohawk, Southern Pacific Daylight F3 Diesel, Southern Pacific Dash 8-40B and an Ives crossing gate containing parts from three different manufactures - Ives, American Flyer and Lionel
Second Half of Video Features:
-The December 21, 1995, Late Late Show with Tom Snyder episode, interviewing Tom McComas and profiling the toy trains of Christmas
55 minutes TM Books and Video, Inc. 1996
Richard Kughn’s Train Layouts & Collections, A Real-life Fantasy of Trains, Toys, and Classic Automobiles
Features:
-an interview with Richard Kughn
-an interview with the various builders/designers including John Wetzel and John Lauder
-a profile of Kughn’s 1500-foot standard gauge layout at the Carail warehouse with 11 loops, 5 levels and 4 main lines. Containing a snowcapped mountain, an amusement park, a farm with an orchard, round houses, tunnels, bridges, neighborhoods, a refinery, an electric plant, a circus, a roller coaster, 12 Hellgate bridges, and scenic plots
-Prized possessions in Kughn's standard gauge collection profiled include the American Flyer (chrome) Mayflower set, Lionel’s Stephen Girard, Blue Comet, and the Brown State Set. The Hiawatha passenger set is led by a diecast 4-6-4 Hudson locomotive equipped with TrainMaster Command Control (TMCC), RailSounds, and smoke.
-a profile of Kughn’s 1600-foot (walk-around) O scale layout at the Carail warehouse with 13 loops, 4 levels and push buttons. Inspired by Lionel’s 1954 catalog as his vision, it includes 60 Department 56 Snow Villages, 20 Dickens Villages, theatrical lighting and a customized curved trestle bridge.
-a profile of Richard Kughn’s home O scale 20X25 foot layout at his Michigan residence with 9 loops and 6 levels. Interactive, it includes a freight yard, mountains, a plateau, a canyon, passenger station, Epcot Center with the monorail and hotel, mining operations, an airport, city streets lined with Victorian homes, a lake and a river.
-Prized possessions in Kughn's home O scale collection profiled include the Texas Special passenger set, Amtrak Budd cars, New York Central Commodore Vanderbilt with the heavyweight passenger cars, Northern Pacific F3 passenger set, Lionel Century Club Berkshire, Reading T1 2100 custom painted, both a custom chrome and a crackle black 400E, and a Lionel Brass German BR-50.
-Original Lionel artwork and so much more ...
55 minutes TM Books and Video, Inc. 2004