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Here is my standard gauge glass dome train station that I've been slowly putting together over the past year and a half.  It all came about by wanting to build a station for my live catenary project. I wanted a glass dome station like Pride Lines or Ives but could not see myself buying one. Then I remembered about the light fixture I had saved from a kitchen remodel job back in the 80s !!! So it began, the idea then the construction to what you see here. By using found parts from local train shows to the big show at York I created this too big station and walk over bridge. I have Lionel, Marx, MTH, Plasticville and Barclay Manoil represented along with a few other manufacturers. The super structure,bridge , news stand, some of the plant life and stone walls were made in my shop.  The news stand was a fun little project. I used some cardboard for the roof, I pealed off the top layer of cardboard and painted it red to resemble a metal roof, Crazy thing about this station is I made it too big to fit on my shop layout !! So for now it will live on this 26"x IMG_1601IMG_1600IMG_1599IMG_1598IMG_1597IMG_1596IMG_1595IMG_1594IMG_1593IMG_1592IMG_1591IMG_1590IMG_1588IMG_1586IMG_1585IMG_1584IMG_1583IMG_1582IMG_1581IMG_158066" platform until I find or make room for it on my layout. There are a few more minor things I would like to do to it but for the most part it is a good stopping point. I will try to put a video up of it, as soon as I figure out how to do it. I do have a video of it on youtube under Standard Gauge train station.

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  • IMG_1601: view of crosswalk steps
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  • IMG_1599: View of crosswalk and railing made from decorative heater screen
  • IMG_1598: station platform
  • IMG_1597: station platform and pride Lines luggage cart
  • IMG_1596: entry steps to platform
  • IMG_1595: home made news stand with battery operated LED lights
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  • IMG_1593: station platform and view of trolley engineer
  • IMG_1592: station platform
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  • IMG_1588: back of station showing modified Barclay figure on steps
  • IMG_1586: home made electric poles with wire connecting to crosswalk
  • IMG_1585: view of electric entering roof of crosswalk
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  • IMG_1583: Barclay figures on crosswalk
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  • IMG_1581: End view showing the two beacon tower supports
  • IMG_1580: Long view
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Thanks for the compliments guys. Well appreciated ! I hope you get time to check out the accompanying video as well. It is a little long but it shows off a few more details that are not found in the photos. My next project for this main project is to work on the news stand by adding newspapers and magazines that I found on pintrest.  Then make a few signs for the two Lionel posts and then come up with a name for the station. For some reason Bear Mountain or Rittenhouse comes to mind along with the stops along the Hudson river from Peekskill down to Tuckahoe . Maybe because I lived in Peekskill when I was a youngster and dad worked for the NYC system. There will also be an overhead wire installed over the center rail to match up with my existing layout. I do have a few seated figures for the inside of the trolley but I would like  to get a few more.

Thanks  for the compliments !!! I love the idea of trying to make things using easily or commonly found items. Kind of like what a kid would do in the late twenties into the thirties.The backdrop is on masonite and it was painted on the back or brown side of it. I am a contractor and was lucky to remove six  sections from a house and use on my layout. I still want to change the sharp corners to curves by bending it. Stay tuned for more videos.

Hi RonH 

 The poles on my station diorama do carry electric. The electric is brought in from under the board and twists up the one pole and feeds the upper three lights inside the station and  then the wires are strung to the pole next to the crosswalk and feeds the two lights in it. Now if you go to the link I posted above you will see a video of my shop layout where I have 7 or 8 poles stretching down the center of it. Those poles are not carrying electric at this time. I have strung a very thick thread along them for the time being. I would like to run real wires on the top cross arm in the future to operate some lights.  If you are curious, my shop layout is a standard gauge live catenary layout. Please check it out, I have a few videos on youtube showing different phases of it. Thanks for your comment and your interest. Good luck in finding your light.

JohnnieWalker posted:

Hi RonH 

 The poles on my station diorama do carry electric. The electric is brought in from under the board and twists up the one pole and feeds the upper three lights inside the station and  then the wires are strung to the pole next to the crosswalk and feeds the two lights in it. Now if you go to the link I posted above you will see a video of my shop layout where I have 7 or 8 poles stretching down the center of it. Those poles are not carrying electric at this time. I have strung a very thick thread along them for the time being. I would like to run real wires on the top cross arm in the future to operate some lights.  If you are curious, my shop layout is a standard gauge live catenary layout. Please check it out, I have a few videos on youtube showing different phases of it. Thanks for your comment and your interest. Good luck in finding your light.

Thanks for all the info. 
Tinplate is a lot of fun and you show what imagination can do.

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