Seeking some photos for a build

I have 2 buildings with track extending through. May be difficult to see in these old photos. I made these with 1 inch pine, covered with brick paper, glued paper windows, and made the tunnel trim with wood.  Make believe for sure. 

here are some ideas from my files:

pennsynut posted:

I have 2 buildings with track extending through. May be difficult to see in these old photos. I made these with 1 inch pine, covered with brick paper, glued paper windows, and made the tunnel trim with wood.  Make believe for sure. 

WOW! Those are really nice, thank you for posting! How exactly did you make the entrance/exit for the track? Did you use a dremel tool or saw? 

Thanks,

Greg

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prrhorseshoecurve posted:

here are some ideas from my files:

Thanks for posting, these buildings are really nice. I especially like the first and last ones you posted. How exactly would you go about building the supports that hold the building and allow the tracks to go thru? 

Thanks,

Greg

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PRRHorse... your 1st building and the Wigmore have a lot of character.  Well done. 

Greg: The bldgs are basically simple wood boxes I made with 1 inch pine, cut and glued. I used wood screws to keep the edges snug while the glue set. The 1 inch lumber makes them heavier than I wanted.  I traced the outline for the openings and cut out.  Trim hides minor imperfections in the cuts. The door set up on the corner of the red brick bldg is a left over from a kit.  Hope to see your efforts soon.

pennsynut posted:

Greg: The bldgs are basically simple wood boxes I made with 1 inch pine, cut and glued. I used wood screws to keep the edges snug while the glue set. The 1 inch lumber makes them heavier than I wanted.  I traced the outline for the openings and cut out.  Trim hides minor imperfections in the cuts. The door set up on the corner of the red brick bldg is a left over from a kit.  Hope to see your efforts soon.

Thank you very much for your help.

Greg

photos of New York City (circa 30's - 50's) will show various buildings (warehouse, manufacturing type) with rails going through at ground level and some at the second floor level from elevated tracks.

troll through Blueline's thread on Old New York

here's a terminal that could be adapted for through traffic

This does not belong to me... But I downloaded it from a previous forum poster, because I wanted to try it too.  I'm sorry I can't remember who to give credit to.

Ron

Thanks to everybody who responded. I am starting to draw out what I want and how it will be done. Thanks again to everybody who contributed.

Happy Memorial Day

Greg

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I have been amused to see that Lionel grain elevator with its canopy overhanging a main line with trains blowing through on some layouts.   All of these structures should be on sidings, with the exception of that two foot railroad Maine station, and some others way back in the past that ran tracks through the station.  There was that one hotel in a mining town in Idaho that had the track through the building due to its tight construction along a stream bed.  That looks like a steam dummy switching the tracks in "Moonman"s posting.  And maybe coupled to a cupola-less caboose to make it easier to get into some of those narrow building track doors, like it looks like the nearest car barely does.  (no pollution in that shot!)  I'd buy a model of that engine.

You can also run an elevated track through some buildings.  This was kitbashed from Korber factory parts.

Nice, Bob.  

Bob posted:

You can also run an elevated track through some buildings.  This was kitbashed from Korber factory parts.

Bob,

I really like how that looks! Thanks for posting. I have the OGR Great Layout Adventures Vol 11 where your layout is featured. It is absolutely stunning! The detail your layout has is incredible.

Regards,

Greg

I couldn't find a still picture but in the video below the train is coming out of a hidden siding. The siding goes from the mountain in the background through the buildings in the town and comes out of the custom building. the wall behind the buildings is concrete block so the track and train had to fit in the buildings. The buildings lift off to provide access to the track.

 https://youtu.be/LzFhfcVx_Hs

Pat Kn posted:

I couldn't find a still picture but in the video below the train is coming out of a hidden siding. The siding goes from the mountain in the background through the buildings in the town and comes out of the custom building. the wall behind the buildings is concrete block so the track and train had to fit in the buildings. The buildings lift off to provide access to the track.

 https://youtu.be/LzFhfcVx_Hs

 

Pat,

Thank you for your post. I watched the video and I really like how you did that with the building. A unique idea!

Thanks again,

Greg

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