My Standard Gauge Train Station Project

Here is the link for a video of the station project.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?fe...er&v=adajaC4QKgI

Very creative use of materials well done! 

Nice project!

very nicely done!

Great project! Nicely done. Found your video link too:

Great job! Excellent use of re-purposed parts to get that tinplate, pre-war feel. 

Jim

That's great! I think everyone is going to want one, but you have the one and only.

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.

JOHNNIEWALKER;  Great job.  I love the tinplate toy and folkart look of your station.  It shows real  creativity.  Thanks for showing.  Would enjoy seeing more of your work.  thanks,  wayne

You are very creative.  Great job.  Would love to see more of your work.

Just watched your videos.  Love your creativity.  The backdrop with the 3d clouds is super cool.  Is that backdrop painted on wood, Masonite, cardboard?

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.

I love it! 

Great job, now I will be looking for lamps a garage sales/flea markets.
Questions:
Like the telephone poles, do you carry power over them?
I saw in the video that in the back ground you have a circle of standard gauge track mounted on a plywood circle. Is this a base for a Christmas tree layout or test track?

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.

Actually, after clicking on the link I believe you have to look to the right to see a list of my videos. Sorry about that. 

JohnnieWalker posted:

Actually, after clicking on the link I believe you have to look to the right to see a list of my videos. Sorry about that. 

Great video and saw the telephone pole and a good explanation on how to make, excellent!

Very creative. Just the sort of thing I like to do. I'm always on the lookout for potential materials to use for different projects also. Love the use of the radiator grill mesh on your pedestrian overpass! Well done.

super nice ! 

Three early photos of the station before I made the crosswalk. Also my two MU cars that I made from 337 passenger cars. The front car is powered and dose run under a live catenary using the pantagraph. The cross arms inside the station are ready for the inverted rail I use as my over head wire.