I am lucky enough to be involved with the Rebuild Penn Station movement. They have just started an advertising/awareness program on NJ Transit. Todd Architectural Models is restoring portions of an HO Scale model of the original station that was built years ago by the Hagley Museum in Delaware. Run a Google search to get current information!
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Wow! What happened to the model?
I remember seeing it at the Hagley museum. That is on impressive and georgeous model even in HO! Can you imagine how big it would be in O scale!
Visited the Hagley this year and somehow missed this exhibit. Good luck with your project.
I believe that the exhibit was some 20 years ago. The model was to be disposed of and a railroad historian rescued it before that happened. The model had been in stored in a non-climate controlled location until this past spring when I went to collect most of it for a partial restoration of various elements.
Yes, at O Scale it would be huge. The base for the HO Scale 7th Avenue facade is 72" wide. It is my understanding that the model was 6' wide by 12' long with extensions on both ends to create loops for trains to run through the station area. Make that O Scale and we're talking nominally 12' by 24'! I have the Hagley plans and access to the original drawings. Who's game?!
What struck me about the contents of the exhibit that I have seen were the photographs of the original station. They had many panels with photographs that I had never seen.
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