Originally I had the buses closer up front but they were on the other side of the extensions and you really couldn't see them. I moved them back and now there's a clearer view of them. A lot of rewiring was involved but everything was put back together and still works. I've got some painting to do and a few odds & ends to finish up but you'll get the general idea of what is going on with the photos I posted.
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Looks nice, although most bus terminals like this I've seen in person (NY Port Authority, Albany, Montreal, Mount Laurel NJ, Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh) have the buses facing nose-in, so passengers can alight directly to the stepped sidewalk rather walk between parked buses into the terminal.
I can understand wanting to show off the working headlights though.
---PCJ
Looks good SPENCE!!!! When do the tours begin? Sign me up for a front seat
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Looks great!
Ron
Nice Spence. Buses are cool, and a good station gives an excuse to put them on the layout.
I need a good bus station. Right now, Greyhound just stopsin front of the Premier Hotel and loads/unloads and they have kiosk to sell tickets in the lobby. And Trailways is about the same, they just stop at the train station.
Spence that looks super. The loading platform is so typical of a big city bus terminal. Your city street behind the station deserves commendation too!! Nice job
Looks nice, although most bus terminals like this I've seen in person (NY Port Authority, Albany, Montreal, Mount Laurel NJ, Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh) have the buses facing nose-in, so passengers can alight directly to the stepped sidewalk rather walk between parked buses into the terminal.
I can understand wanting to show off the working headlights though.
---PCJ
Spence and Lee, both of your bus areas look great!!!
Love all the lined up busses, Spence
The Greyhound station is nice. Your bus area is very cool.
Spence,
Very nice !!!!!!
Alex
Spence, Lee, your bus terminals are very attractive! It's these areas that add to the total layout beauty. Don't stop adding to your layout!
Paul
Spence & Lee have both a really neat job of their bus depots. Great looking layouts. KUDOS.
Hi Spence • Well done with the photos & video. I like the bus station set up.
Excellent local bus service to the UPS Yard...........
Fantastic job Spence! I also love your blacktop road surface, very real looking.
Excellent Spence!
Bus depots are so cool, unless you have to use one. Nice job, Spence. Your buses look fantastic with working lights and I can see why you would put them in backwards to show that off. Who cares if a few passengers get wet walking in the rain and snow to the terminal?
Lee - Love the scene of the passengers waiting to board the bus. That is the way it was in my home town of Spencer too. The local Tangney Hotel was where the buses stopped for passengers. So, that is the way I'll be doing it on my layout, but I also will have the MTH Bus Depot near Union Station in Chicago.
Art
Spence great job!!!
Rode a bus from Omaha to Camp Lejeune NC in 1966, 54 hours - yikes..
Very cool layout feature.
Nothing like having a bus station on the layout. Nice job, Spence.
Spence, your bus terminal has more busses than I ever saw at the Pittsburgh Greyhound Terminal. It's across the street from the Pennsylvania Station when I rode in to college in the mid '70s. I went through there every weekday. It was a big change for a country boy like me. As to the busses turned the wrong way, you did right! We want to see the fronts and those great headlights!
Very nicely done, Spence.
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