Down By The Station, Post Passenger Station Photos

Wow, Randy, those are super to see and save for modeling. Thanks!

FrankM

Moonson posted:

Wow, Randy, those are super to see and save for modeling. Thanks!

FrankM

Frank:

Thank you. That was part of the purpose of this thread. The other is to see great models and station scenes that others have in their layouts.

My home town depot, circa 1952, and 2017.

Durand, Kansas on the MoPac. 1978:

It was in pretty sad shape.  The clerks working there told me that if it ever caught fire, they were instructed to walk to the nearest telephone and call the fire protection district.

Rusty

Old Town Manassas Train Station June 2015, awaiting the 611.

a few classics; 

Woodland scenics HO

Hallmark "Oceanside" in S

MTH Country Depot in O

2nd pic: a close up of a Lionel s gauge Polar Express and the Hallmark station (my favorite)

Keep 'em comin'.  I do like railroad stations, having misspent some of my youth hanging around a Southern one now long gone.  At least the tracks are still there, and trains go through.

Coalwood, Elizabeth & Howard Park on the Cuyahoga Valley RR...

Good lookin' as can be, Gandydancer !!!

FrankM

I haven't done much with stations on my layout, not during any of its iterations since the original layout in 1995. I'm not sure why. Here is a small rural station that has remained on the layout, though, for all these years...

FrankM

Here is a spectacular Bing O Gauge station from about 1920.

Lew

Add in some more...

Moonson posted:

FrankM

Frank,

Shouldn't Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, be travelling with a large retinue, even in Moon Township? 

Enjoyed the photos on this thread.  Here's my station.  A Cornerstone built up that I took apart, painted in Boston and Maine colors, and detailed.

As stated before my hometown was served by five class-1 roads in the day.  Here are some pics I found of the B&O station.  Did a round from here to DC and later to Chicago on the Columbian most of the time in the dome car (first dome east of the Mississippi) at night,

Track-side

Parking lot/Entrance side

It was turned into a restaurant. 

Ron

Here are the stations on my layout.

First, an overhead of my layout and where the stations are:

The first is my Chicago Union Station - I made the station myself and my daughter helped me pick the people to put on the platforms...

Here is my Chicago South Shore and South Bend station:

Lastly, here is my suburban station:

This is a great subject for a thread.

Shown below is Bridgeport Station on my 12'-by-8' layout built from an American Model Builders #490 Branchline Station laser kit.

MELGAR

Here are two from the WM Scenic Railroad. The public side in Cumberland & the Frostburg depot.

Charlie

C&O Allie posted:

Here are the stations on my layout.

First, an overhead of my layout and where the stations are:

The first is my Chicago Union Station - I made the station myself and my daughter helped me pick the people to put on the platforms...

Here is my Chicago South Shore and South Bend station:

Lastly, here is my suburban station:

Though all of your stations are great, your Chicago Union Station is second to none! Bravo!

Thanks Randy.  I made the station out of Foam Board.  I found a picture online and then scaled it to fit my space.  The columns on the platforms I printed at work and the covers are floor boards I put on bent 90 degree angles to match the angle of the column.  Here are some more pics of the station in various build stages (and me making it):

Allan:

Thanks for the How-To photos. Again, your work is superb!

Here's my local Lansdale Depot around the turn of the century (1900):

And today:

-Greg

I grew up here in Springfield, Mo, home of the FRISCO. We lived only 2 blocks away from the Train Station. My dad worked in the dining car department of the Frisco. We would walk down to the station and wait for his trains to come in. If I was good, the gals in the Harvey House would give me a small coke while we waited. Here is the model of that station that is on my layout.

Roger:

That is GREAT modeling! One question. Is the platform area that looks so much like old concrete made from Homasote? If not, what is it. It is a look I have been trying to achieve and have never succeeded.

Randy,

If you are trying to simulate concrete texture on a model, a product called taskboard is easy to cut and use, takes glue and acrylic paints well, and looks right to me. Can also be used for concrete or asphalt roads. It is available on line or from the N-Scale Architect.

MELGAR

Randy Harrison posted:

Roger:

That is GREAT modeling! One question. Is the platform area that looks so much like old concrete made from Homasote? If not, what is it. It is a look I have been trying to achieve and have never succeeded.

Thanks for you good words. Several years ago, Jim Barrett did an article about using thin plywood from National Balsa Wood products. I forget what I used for thickness but it worked pretty well. Al Zomorski posted way back in 2012 that he gets his concrete paint by the quart from Home Depot. This is what I use all around the layout for concrete....looks good and is very cheap. See photo below:

This is ONE GREAT model railroad forum, I get any and all of my ideas for my layout from you all.

Roger:

Thanks for the information.

Great thread Randy!!   I love seeing everyone's work and am learning so much from everyone! 

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I love passenger stations, everyone has such a personal touch added to their own.

St. Louis Union Station...when I was in high school in the 60s I had the opportunity to play in a dance band and combo that performed at adult parties at this amazing station.

Also, the MTH station on my layout.

Moonson posted:

I haven't done much with stations on my layout, not during any of its iterations since the original layout in 1995. I'm not sure why. Here is a small rural station that has remained on the layout, though, for all these years...

FrankM

Frank, the minute detail that you display is incredible!

MELGAR posted:

Randy,

If you are trying to simulate concrete texture on a model, a product called taskboard is easy to cut and use, takes glue and acrylic paints well, and looks right to me. Can also be used for concrete or asphalt roads. It is available on line or from the N-Scale Architect.

MELGAR

Mel, Best price I found for Task board is Dick Blick, art supplies.  Nice variety of sheet size and very economical prices.  I use quite a bit of it for sub walls, roofs, etc.  I'll have to try it for roads/sidewalks...