Waldowood 2012
Waldowood 2012 was the largest Waldowood to date! Proving that records were meant to be broken this Waldowood featured eight closed loop lines and 2 open loop lines: the cable car line that debuted in the previous year and the Army train, making a return to Waldowood after an absence of several years.
New to Waldowood was the Durango & Silverton N-scale train and the new Mt. Waldo train tunnel that, when added to the McKinley Explorer and Acela N-scale sets helped form a new residential grouping that included the renovated alpine village train station of years past. Another innovation of Waldowood 2012 was its triple-level stack (Durango & Silverton, Chessie freight, and Hershey’s trains) that helped separate the upper level of Waldowood in commercial and residential zones.
New to Waldowood was the Durango & Silverton N-scale train and the new Mt. Waldo train tunnel that, when added to the McKinley Explorer and Acela N-scale sets helped form a new residential grouping that included the renovated alpine village train station of years past. Another innovation of Waldowood 2012 was its triple-level stack (Durango & Silverton, Chessie freight, and Hershey’s trains) that helped separate the upper level of Waldowood in commercial and residential zones.
- Before
- After
- D&SNG
- Durango engine
- Triple Stack
- Commercial
- Six of One
- Municipal Services/strong>
- Texaco Station
- WPLA
- Northlandz Car
- Train Station
- Two Domes
- Army Train
- D&H and Subway
- Siesta
- Waldo Johnson’s
- Church Street
- Esso
- Recess!
- Scandal (again)
- Giant Pigs
- Airport News
- Halley’s Comet
The record-breaking track layout before the construction of Waldowood town.
Three lower-level trains, three N-scale trains in foreground upper, three trains in background upper.
Three lower-level trains, three N-scale trains in foreground upper, three trains in background upper.
The completed Waldowood 2012 featuring a new Mount Waldo through which the McKinley Explorer train travels.
Waldowood 2012 marked the debut of the Durango & Silverton train, famous for appearing in several movies and ridden by Waldo’s family in 2003.
The D&SNG engine as it passes behind the new Mount Waldo.
The Durango & Silverton train rides through on the lowest of the three “Triple Stack” that divides the upper level of Waldowood into commercial and residential zones.
The commercial area of Waldowood 2012.
In this shot, all six HO-scale tracks cross over each other on four distinct levels.
The fire and police stations are central to the commercial zone.
With gasoline less than 54 cents a gallon, this Texaco station is the place to fill-up in Waldowood!
From its new location next to the Post Office, WPLA looks forward to becoming an affiliate of the bw network in the new year!
The Northlandz freight car is now part of the Hershey’s train.
The Waldowood train station that can be seen at Northlandz is a part of the commercial zone.
The M&M Dome and the C-Factory dome return to Waldowood 2012 and now served by the crosstown cable car line.
The lower level army train makes its first reappearance in Waldowood in several years!
The Delaware & Hudson power freight train overtakes the IRT subway train and the latter enters a station.
“No vacancy” tonight at the Siesta Motel.
The famous Waldo Johnson’s restaurant moved near the cable car north terminus and the Siesta Motel but failed to attract much more business. (It’s hard being a chain of one.)
The aptly named Church Street is the main road into the Waldowood residential zone.
Although it cannot compete with the Texaco station on price, the Esso station offers the convenience of being just off Church Street.
Students in the Waldowood elementary school, playing in the yard during lunchtime.
That very questionable couple from past Waldowoods is back again and this time whatever they are doing, they are doing it underneath Santa Claus!
Waldowood 2012 was plagued with rumors of giant pigs inhabiting abandoned train tunnels. However, there was never any confirmed sightings by Waldowood officials.
Air Force One was able to land safely this year after prior years’ incidents.
In Waldowood, Halley’s comet appears every year! Another close miss!