Model Railroad Stations

Geez, I think I see a couple of bleacher bums on the station platform in the above photo.

Arnold

Let's see your favorite model of a train station.

Ok, let me see if i can pull a more Urban Cribari - It's an overcast day in the Summer of 1976, providing NYC baseball fans with a brief respite from the sweltering heat. The Son of Sam is keeping everyone on guard, except for the professionals plying their trade in the subways.  Tom Seaver has pitched another decent game for the Mets and remains a bright spot in another uneventful summer season,. However, the loyal fans continue to take their subway trains to Shea Stadium in the hopes of rekindling that 1969 feeling. LOL!

They’re heading over to Shea Stadium in Queens at this subway Station on my layout right now, Arnold -

On my pike, the elevated line heads to Yankee stadium.

Got this beaut for a deal at a show and found the stickers that were missing online.  A couple of commuters waiting for the 5:30 train.

Waiting for the Train to no where land....

When I had the D.C.Central*, I had this little station for a while:

*Dirty Carpet Cental

I don’t collect tinplate, but this dusty, prewar Marklin station just spoke to me and I had to buy it.

Tom

Here's mine, originally built for a club layout -

Cheers,

           - Mike

Latest addition to the elevated section of my layout, the newly built Union Station -

On my former layout......this was the station area.....

I used the MTH Municipal building as the station building......

Peter

I am totally blown away by the very impressive model train stations all of you folks have shared here.

Those ARE great stations! Let me repost my big station, Buffalo Central Terminal. JohnA

And my smallest, Swoyersville

I agree with John that big and small model train stations can be equally good.

Here is my smallest, currently on my layout:

This one is a Plasticville Station, and I believe it's the Plasticville freight station.

IMO, it goes nicely with this Plasticville switch tower:

Since my layout is long and narrow, when it comes to the size of structures, I think less can be more.

However, if I had a lot more space, I would definitely go for at least one of the great big stations that have been shared on this thread. Arnold

Arnold, those 2 structures look good together.  The addition I am putting on my layout now is long and narrow .  True O scale stations can dwarf many layouts. JohnA

Orbisonia Station, East Broad Top Railroad.  BTS kit, I assembled/detailed/painted.

Traditional Lionel in the foreground .....

Unmodified postwar Lionel nestled into place:

Here’s my Lionel 132 station, busy with both passengers and REA freight, and on the other side of town, my equally busy 256 freight station. Thanks, Arnold, for starting this!

I'll do a more detailed post on its construction when its *FINALLY* been brought to the local club layout next week, but here was a WIP shot of my favorite station model.  Just some minor details to install (like signage) and its done!

1905 Canadian Northern Station from Edmonton, Alberta.  Demolished in the 1950s.

@DylTrains -

Simply Superb!

- Mike

Elevated Trolley station

Okay Arnold, I'll bite.

Came across these in my initial search for photos in the album.  I know its not Christmastime, but this is all I got

And last, a makeshift station that I made for a YouTube video I did in 2016 of the Metro North going up Park Avenue from Grand Central on its way to Brewster.  For those New Yorkers out there, yes I know there aren't any underground station stops between Grand Central and the elevated one at 125th Street, so consider this an "abandoned" station.  I purposely used the Brewster stop name in north Westchester because when in the early 1980s when I was in high school in Brooklyn, seemingly every evening rush hour on WOR or WINS radio, the traffic/commuter report would always say the train to Brewster was late, and my grandmother and I would laugh about it in the kitchen as she cooked dinner.  We had no idea where Brewster was then, just the commuters there were always home late for dinner.  Fun memories.

I guess you might say that I have an M7 problem that I need counseling for

Kevin, I relate to, and enjoyed, your above post.

From 1969 to 1973 I commuted from Fleetwood in Mt. Vernon, NY to either Grand Central Station (GCS) or 125th Street to attend Columbia College. Going home to Fleetwood, I always took the subway from Columbia, the Shuttle across town to GCS, and the commuter train from there. Sometimes the end of the line on that commuter train (Harlem Division) was Brewster.

Arnold

Two stations side by side, because the railroads wouldn't agree to use an union station.

I've posted this before but here is a station I made using two MTH bank kits.  Russ 

Great kitbashing , Russ! JohnA

Pulling into the Station on the Elevated line-

The old, old standard for Marxists!

I am scale person through and through, but I have a soft spot for this little gem.

Hiding in the upper left of this old cell phone shot:

Somehow now serving on the other coast in this view:

Here's a classic, not currently on my layout:

Passenger stations and Operating Dispatch Board in center of layout:

Here is a close up of the station in the background of the above photo.  It is a Plasticville station that I painted and decorated with a Yonkers ( I pronounce it Yonkiz, LOL) sign:

Princeton Junction, 1956.  Scratch built and as accurate as I could get it:

Very realistic! JohnA

The Rico Station, another classic:

@Bogart posted:

The old, old standard for Marxists!

I have one of those.  Every time it wants to whistle it doesn't.  Still cool though.

John

Did a couple of photo shoots today, one of which was this New Jersey Transit commuter station simple diorama that I put up.

Scorecards here, scorecards here.