.....and anyone else who loves New York.
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Skip, that is fantastic. Who built that beautiful station?
Gorgeous scene!
Peter
Wow. Skip that is one very cool scene. Thanks for sharing.
Paul
Marty Fitzhenry posted:Skip, that is fantastic. Who built that beautiful station?
Hi Marty! That's a Roger Farkash/TW Trainworx Pennsylvania Station.
The Old Penn Station was on 7th Ave and 33rd St across from the 7th Ave entrance to Macys which is the corner of 7th Ave and 34th St.
I took the liberty of including a "7th Ave El," which never actually existed but looks like it could have.
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Looks great, Skip. 
Jim
WOW.
Beautiful. Too bad the real thing is long gone.
Bob
Awesome Skip.
That looks awesome!!
Very nice work. The bus looks like it's from the fifties early sixties
Excellent!
Breathtaking. And talk about making a person sit up and take notice - I literally jumped and sat up straighter so I could be sure of what I was seeing on the computer screen in front of me. And I'm still sitting straight up to see it more closely. WoW!
FrankM
Hi Skip, Wow! and Fantastic! about sums it up. Penn Station's destruction led to the start of preservation movements, so train stations in many cities still exist, including Union Station in Tacoma.
All New Yorkers have to love it! Is the model made from a kit?
MELGAR
That model brings back so many memories. Thanks Skip
Razing Penn Station......ugh.....a tragedy!
Peter
MELGAR posted:All New Yorkers have to love it! Is the model made from a kit?
MELGAR
No, not a kit. It comes nearly fully assembled. We just had to screw in a couple of columns.
That is nice!!!!!
Brewman1973 posted:Hi Skip, Wow! and Fantastic! about sums it up. Penn Station's destruction led to the start of preservation movements, so train stations in many cities still exist, including Union Station in Tacoma.
Penn Station had fallen into bad shape as the Pennsy, taxed heavily to pay for the Interstate Highways, couldn't afford to maintain it properly. As a result, we lost two great buildings: Penn Station and the old Madison Square Garden on 8th Avenue (where I saw my first Ranger games). Today's Madison Square Garden sits on top of today's totally subterranean and depressing Penn Station. As you stated, the loss of these buildings certainly had much to do with the formulation of the Landmarks Preservation Commission and the preservation of Grand Central Terminal.
That is a work of art! Thanks for posting this pic with your wonderful layout as a setting. I'm a great admirer of the old Penn Station (and your layout photos). Concourse and interior details next? 
Beautiful Skip!
Beautiful shot Skip.
Skip
Gorgeous photo !!!
Alex
Alex M posted:Skip
Gorgeous photo !!!
Alex
Thanks Alex! You still have an open invitation to come up.
Fantastic and SO real. Can you post more pictures of the layout?
A+
Walter Anderson posted:Very nice work. The bus looks like it's from the fifties early sixties
Walter, the bus is a fifth ave coach lines bus they ran in the city from 56 through the mid 70s. Beautiful works of art in their own rite. They were some of the first air conditioned ones 
to run in the country
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Awesome skip. Looks so real. That's when going to the city was great..
I'm a huge fan of The Honeymooners.
Looks great. Who modeled the big buildings?
Another great scene from your fantastic layout. Thanks for sharing.
I took the liberty of including a "7th Ave El," which never actually existed but looks like it could have.
Skip
But Skip,, You skipped over KONG!!!! Remember?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n03HxctDYuU
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Great pics Skip !
E-UNIT-79 posted:Walter Anderson posted:Very nice work. The bus looks like it's from the fifties early sixties
Walter, the bus is a fifth ave coach lines bus they ran in the city from 56 through the mid 70s. Beautiful works of art in their own rite. They were some of the first air conditioned ones
to run in the country
aka MABSTOA, my Dad worked for them, was a driver in the 60's and 70's and finished up in the West Farms Garage rebuilding generators.
Mike
NYC Fan posted:.....and anyone else who loves New York.
Wow. Beautiful model and scene.
NH Joe
Skip, Great picture and fantastic modeling. It's sad to think that such a beautiful landmark is gone.
RSJB18 posted:Beautiful. Too bad the real thing is long gone.
Bob
Especially since what replaced it is ugly and soon going away.
Went through there many times on weekends when in the service.
