TRAIN TIME: Putting Together Another Fire Scene On My Train Layout - Pt 2

The saga continues. So with this latest train layout, it was apparent from the get-go that I would make a fire scene a permanent part of the toy train landscape, just not as big and fancy as the set-up I did a few years back. The city scape was to be made up of mostly tall buildings and the tallest "on-fire" building I had was the cardboard apartment from Multiple Toymakers Fire and Police Emergency Playset #49-59899. While the vehicles and figures from the set are over-large the building was just what the doctor ordered! It has some height and has a small footprint making it easier to fit in with the other buildings. 

When I designed my old Marxville and Plateau layout, everything was drawn out and planned on paper. Yes, there were changes along the way but by-and-large it was built as planned. This layout on the other hand is has pretty much been designed on the fly. I wanted a big city feel but had little idea what buildings were available, how big they were, and whether they would fit in the allotted space. As such it has been a challenge to find what I need or what I like and so I tell people this layout is evolutionary, not revolutionary. The very last photo was taken a couple of days ago - it will change again! Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Nowww, just where to put the thing?

Nov 2021: Here's the earliest placement on the layout - barely visible behind the K-Line building

Aug 2022: As building placement is still a WIP, the burning building is more of a focal point

Sep 2022: Here we see the building take on more importance. In this set-up it's closer to the center of the layout and is facing the viewer head-on. I used the vehicles and figures that came with the playset - just for the fun of it

Nov 2022: After tearing the layout apart and decorating for Halloween, the planning process starts all over again afterwards

Nov 2022 - a couple of weeks later: Yeah, it changed again. 

Feb 2023: ...and back again! After all of these moves, I'm favoring this spot. No matter where the rest of the building's end up, this might be the final location

Apr 2023: The other buildings have moved but the burning building stays put

TRAIN TIME: Putting Together Another Fire Scene On My Train Layout - Pt 1

Five years ago I had put together a city on fire scene (with corresponding video) on my old train layout which I called "A Bad Day In Marxville". Using vintage toy fire stations, buildings, vehicles, and firemen, a city on fire scenario played out on the layout in full force. I absolutely loved doing this set-up and was reluctant to take it down, but it gave me the desire to do another fire scene on any new layout I may have planned for the future. That time has come! In our next installment we'll talk about plans for the new layout's fire scene. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Video of my earlier fire set-up May 2018

The fire station was made by Keystone in the '50s

First responders on their way to the fire

The building in the right foreground is also Keystone from the '50s

Another view of Keystone's building on fire

Building from Processed Plastic Rescue Team Playset No. 14320 

This is a modern era set - not vintage. I haven't yet blogged this set but will do a follow-up post shortly

An excellent building on fire from HASBRO's 'Fearless Fireman' game/playset ca1953

Spectator's

A whole city block on fire - yikes!

Fire apparatus everywhere - a five alarm fire!

A mix of plastic and diecast vehicles, figures, and accessories was used. Auburn toys figured prominently in the display

Rescue