DanielB Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Anybody seen this before? http://imgur.com/gallery/Ku5aA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWB Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I'm pretty sure it's Northlandz in New Jersey; I won't comment further. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 Is that bad, did I do something I shouldn't have? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parthia27 Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Anybody seen this before? http://imgur.com/gallery/Ku5aA Yup, as JWB stated above it is Northlandz in NJ, I went in the late 90's with my brother in law and his kids. I was undertaking a project audit for PATH and was based in Manhattan for a few weeks and he was living in Wayne NJ at the time. If memory serves me it is located in a building which also houses a huge Pipe Organ. The scale of the thing is impressive, and it was great for the kids, but I would class it more as a toy train show than an example of a model railway. All the rolling stock was either Mantua, IHC or Tyco IIRC. There are things I remember more clearly about that day, it was hot, I saw my first traffic island in the US, and later on when I was dropped off at the ferry terminal in Wehawken I saw a trio of brand new UP GE Dash-9s emerge from the tunnel next to the car park, that was the moment I became interested in US HO :-). TTFN Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 An interesting review http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2158 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 I went once when it first opened. How to make model raiiways boring.... The running lines are purely loops that go nowhere. Carry on down 202 to Three Bridges, Ringoes and then to New Hope - much more interesting.... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 An interesting review http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2158 Just going OT for a mo - thanks for reminding me of an old favourite website... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugsley Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 An interesting review http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2158 I dunno whether it's just me, but I really fancy visiting after reading that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parthia27 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 I dunno whether it's just me, but I really fancy visiting after reading that! If you accept it for what it is then yes I would agree with the review, however with the gift of hindsight if I was in that locale Northlandz would definitely be at the bottom of my things to do, just my personal opinion...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugsley Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 I guess I like the idea that someone has gone all out to create their dream, even if that dream is a little naff. If I'm ever in the NJ area, I think I'll drop in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parthia27 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 I guess I like the idea that someone has gone all out to create their dream, even if that dream is a little naff. If I'm ever in the NJ area, I think I'll drop in. Hi Martin, You do have a point there, I think it took a lot of guts and determination to get the place operational, I just found it very surreal and to be honest a little weird - pipe organ music blurring out, trains depicted in a lunar type landscape. It's just me. Whenever I go to the US I do time to get used to the difference and feel of the place viz. a viz. Europe and the UK, I find everything is much bigger and bolder and louder compared to the UK and Europe. Nothing wrong with that, in most cases I love it which together with the people is what attracts me to the USA and Canada. In this case though it just seemed too much.... the place is definitely not a US version of Pendon, nor is it Miniature Wonderland in Hamburg, both of which I enjoyed tremendously and reflect my tastes more. However, if you do go I hope you enjoy it. Cheers Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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