Model Train Stations

Four stations on my two model railroads. The first one is a model of the station at Phillips, Maine on the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes two-foot narrow-gauge railroad. Built from a Banta Modelworks kit – on my 10’-by-5’ layout.

Second station is a model of the Ophir Depot on the Rio Grande Southern narrow-gauge railroad. Built from a Banta Modelworks kit – on my 10’-by-5’ layout.

Third station was built from an Atlas O plastic kit – on my 12’-by-8’ layout.

Bridgeport Station on my 12’-by-8’ model railroad also built from a kit.

MELGAR

Arnold, it's pre war unless it's a MTH version. I think it's a reproduction because of no lights at the front door. Here is one not on my layout but one we are going to sell soon. Don

I took this picture way back in August of 2015

A small city station.....

Peter

@MELGAR posted:

Four stations on my two model railroads. The first one is a model of the station at Phillips, Maine on the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes two-foot narrow-gauge railroad. Built from a Banta Modelworks kit – on my 10’-by-5’ layout.

Second station is a model of the Ophir Depot on the Rio Grande Southern narrow-gauge railroad. Built from a Banta Modelworks kit – on my 10’-by-5’ layout. 

Third station was built from an Atlas O plastic kit – on my 12’-by-8’ layout.

Bridgeport Station on my 12’-by-8’ model railroad also built from a kit.

MELGAR

As they are in descending size; a fifth one, the little "Melrose Park" from Menard's would fit right in.

Great thread,

Here is a picture of Georgenstadt station on my layout. The station is based on Schwarzberg in the German state of Thuringia. Measures about three feet long and all scratchbuilt. Miketg

 Here is a standard gauge  station I built from Erector set parts and old jalousie porch window glass.  Right now its packed away in a plywood box I made to protect it .  It is three feet long and 10 inches wide .  So far it has been used on a Christmas floor layout at my brothers house . One day I hope to have a permanent layout to  set it on . 

Mel, Don, Alan, Peter, Mike, your stations are gorgeous. Arnold

Good morning,

What inspired this topic is a 6 mile walk I took yesterday along a bike path in Yorktown Heights, NY, the town in which I live.

As I began my jaunt, I saw the renovated Yorktown train station that was along The Put. Here are photos of it I took yesterday:

I have a station model that is similar in style to the above Yorktown Heights train station along The Put. Here is a photo of this model when it was on my layout at the same location as the pre-war station in my 1st photo on this thread:

As I mentioned before, since I like both models for different reasons, I plan to alternate them on my layout.

Arnold

Orbisonia Station, East Broad Top Railroad, a BTS kit, on  my layout. My first craftsman kit.   

The humble Lionel passenger station is the only one on my small layout.

Here is a photo of my main station when I just finished lighting the platforms. The second photo is the station in the snow.

Bryce

Here are a couple of photos of the train station at the Chicagoland Lionel Railroad Club , my club. 

There are 7 tracks total each about 8 feet long going under the street and head house. I believe the shed is from Bridgeboss.  We bought 3 or 4 units and spliced them together. 

Photo was taken while station was under construction,  now  completed. 

I've posted these pix before, but . . . . . Two MTH banks make a great station.  Russ  

Here is my Scratchbuilt Station and Switch Tower

Steve

A few of the stations on the prewar layout.

Al

Denver Union Station custom built by twtrainworx. 

Donald

The Station also has a lower level for commuter traffic....

I built this out of foam board. The palm trees are out of construction paper..

John

@3rail posted:

The Station also has a lower level for commuter traffic....

Wow.. Beautiful.  I am so jealous of you ability and detail.

@Miketg posted:

Great thread,

Here is a picture of Georgenstadt station on my layout. The station is based on Schwarzberg in the German state of Thuringia. Measures about three feet long and all scratchbuilt. Miketg

Beautiful!  Hang a shingle on it and it could pass for the Isaak Walton, add the Empire Builder and no one would complain.

When business was good:

Suburbs were doing OK:

...and then the train didn't stop here any more:

Jim

@EastBay posted:

Wow.. Beautiful.  I am so jealous of you ability and detail.

Hey EastBay.....thank you for the kind words. I have made a lot of mistakes over the years and learned a lot. For me it is 55 years of perfecting my skills. I started building layouts by myself around 1964. 

Donald

Well, l grabbed some quick but not good shots of my main RRHQ station, at "Front Range", a served mining town station at "Arsenic Springs", and a Plasticville bash now replaced by the HQ station.

There are two stations on my layout .... Union Station ( Atlas O ) ... and Patsburg Commuter Rail Station.   Union Station serves long distance passenger trains of the B&O, N&W, Pennsy, Western Maryland, and Reading Co.  

Commuter Station Platform is busy as  B&O RDC cars arrive on track 2. 

Folks waiting on the platform of PCRS. 

Night shot of Patsburg Commuter Rail Station.  Patsburg Union Station serves long distance trains. The N&W Powatan Arrow is about to depart on track one. 

The B&O's Royal Blue stops at Patsburg Union Station. 

@scale rail posted:

Arnold, it's pre war unless it's a MTH version. I think it's a reproduction because of no lights at the front door. Here is one not on my layout but one we are going to sell soon. Don

If you are talking about the 115, Lionel made it after the war too, until 1949.

Little station in the redwoods... never got around to giving it a name!

I did the 4 MTH banks into a train station and decided on underground platforms. Fun build, used pedestrian bridge to do the steps to the platforms. 

Stay safe, 

Scott 

here's my Lionel inspired station sized down for my Marx trains...i made it mostly from cardboard and paper...and a lot of time...

howard...

www.littleglitterhouses.com

@Professor Chaos posted:

Little station in the redwoods... never got around to giving it a name!

Professor, What wonderfully artistic job.  The level of detail just blows me away.  The worn, cracked, slightly warped decking of a long established station, but still looking well maintained. Perfect outdoor accompaniments.  And then doing a perfectly detailed interior. I feel like I could walk in and pick up my just delivered package.  Thanks for sharing.

@EastBay posted:

Professor, What wonderfully artistic job.  The level of detail just blows me away.  The worn, cracked, slightly warped decking of a long established station, but still looking well maintained. Perfect outdoor accompaniments.  And then doing a perfectly detailed interior. I feel like I could walk in and pick up my just delivered package.  Thanks for sharing.

Thank you!  It's probably the most detailed scene on my layout.

The station is a Banta Modelworks "Depot at Donkey Corners", which is a great kit. I added a Berkshire Valley station interior detail kit, some LED lights, and a Tomar drumhead for the exterior sign. Plus some Arttista figures and Woodland Scenics packages.

I'd like to claim that the cracks and warping of decking is my artistry, but I think it's mostly accidental from the India ink staining. 

There used to be a squirrel sitting on the roof too... gotta go back down to the layout and see where he's run off to.

@Professor Chaos posted:

Thank you!  It's probably the most detailed scene on my layout.

There used to be a squirrel sitting on the roof too... gotta go back down to the layout and see where he's run off to.

Professor, I hope you find that squirrel.

LOL, Arnold

I built a subway station under an over hanging second level and an elevated trolley station.

A little music, a little wine and a little nap at the train station downtown:

Arnold

Here are the depots I use in my city on the Austin Tinplate Trackers Modular Layout.

The passenger depots are both MTH. The freight station is a custom model of a depot in Colorado I purchased from a friend when he tore his layout down.

My city is never quite setup the same way twice.

 Here are three beautiful German tinplate stations from the late 1920 and early 1930s. The manufacturers were Bing, Kibri, and Cabo.

Great thread to show fine modeling and some unique station designs. hope to see more. 

Now that the election is approaching (I promise not to say anything political), here is a guy that sure looks like a politician to me waiting at the Lionel train station near the ballpark:

On second thought, that guy could be a lawyer, or maybe a preacher (I promise not to say anything about religion).

LOL, Arnold