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It's almost the weekend and since I have to be in Columbia, SC in the morning I am going to start the pictures early.

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Second level crossover.

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View from the 4th level down to the second.

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Here is a Facebook Live video from Tuesday night

Let's see your pictures.

Scott Smith

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The ubiquitous MTH station. I have been struggling with how to do a passenger station on my layout.  I recently discovered the perfect location on the track plan, but it's a vertically challenged area and raised track.  I was going to build up the land and use the atlas suburban station  but it felt too small for the downtown feel I am going for. 

So I came up with a solution.  This mth station, raised platforms and breezeway walkway from second floor, overa taxi/bus lane, to trackside platforms.

I did a more concrete/limestone look for the windows and valance  and mortar, flat blacked the roofs, Masonite sidewalk. 

Work in progress  painting not yet complete.20190316_213628

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pennsy484 posted:

The ubiquitous MTH station. I have been struggling with how to do a passenger station on my layout.  I recently discovered the perfect location on the track plan, but it's a vertically challenged area and raised track.  I was going to build up the land and use the atlas suburban station  but it felt too small for the downtown feel I am going for. 

So I came up with a solution.  This mth station, raised platforms and breezeway walkway from second floor, overa taxi/bus lane, to trackside platforms.

I did a more concrete/limestone look for the windows and valance  and mortar, flat blacked the roofs, Masonite sidewalk. 

Work in progress  painting not yet complete.20190316_213628

20190320_16152520190320_16153920190319_233908

Yes! Very much like the Pennsy station in Johnstown where you walk from the station through a tunnel and then up a set of stairs to the platform.

Lew

geysergazer posted:
pennsy484 posted:

The ubiquitous MTH station. I have been struggling with how to do a passenger station on my layout.  I recently discovered the perfect location on the track plan, but it's a vertically challenged area and raised track.  I was going to build up the land and use the atlas suburban station  but it felt too small for the downtown feel I am going for. 

So I came up with a solution.  This mth station, raised platforms and breezeway walkway from second floor, overa taxi/bus lane, to trackside platforms.

I did a more concrete/limestone look for the windows and valance  and mortar, flat blacked the roofs, Masonite sidewalk. 

Work in progress  painting not yet complete.20190316_213628

20190320_16152520190320_16153920190319_233908

Yes! Very much like the Pennsy station in Johnstown where you walk from the station through a tunnel and then up a set of stairs to the platform.

Lew

@geysergazer Hi Lew.  Thanks for that information about Johnstown station!  Very valuable information for me, really!  Very on point for what I am doing.  Yet another example of how the forum is great.   Google is great, but its tough to  simply search and find something like this.  Based on your comment, I ws able to get good prototype picture to reference!  Here's a capture of Johnstown station from Google street view:

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There was a post earlier this week about building a model of the CUT Station.  I attended the NMRA Convention in Kansas City last year.  There is a Model Rail exhibit in the station with several O gauge models of the Kansas City station.  One is scale and another is compressed.  The Model Rail Exhibit in Kansas City is well worth the visit.

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"Monster in Midlothian" Part Deux         One of Jawn Henry's stable mates...

The first time on home rails for The Chessie. The engine posed no problems. Overhang on the 089 wasn't too bad. It actually looks pretty good on the 0138.

The cars however were boogers. The end truck on the observation car kept derailing. I'm going to have to spend some time to try to figure that one out. My solution was to reverse the direction of the train.

I ended up using a yard switcher to move the consist through the reversing loop. The engine then passed through the double crossover and was turned on the Wye. Beats using the old 0-5-0 method. In the end, running the opposite direction on the outer loop worked out OK.

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Happy Friday - 

NS Dash-9 9018 leads an eastbound manifest through Hummelstown, PA at sunset on the Harrisburg Line
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UP SD70M 5174 is seen leading westbound 201 in Wabun, VA on the Christiansburg District. 
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NS ES44DC 7694 brings up the rear of 23G as it splits the classic N&W signals at Gunton Park on the Pulaski District. 
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NS ES44DC 7585 is leading eastbound 590 through Lilly, PA on the west slope of the Pittsburgh Line
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A pair of NS engines rests between assignments in Gainesville, GA
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New Haven Joe posted:

There was a post earlier this week about building a model of the CUT Station.  I attended the NMRA Convention in Kansas City last year.  There is a Model Rail exhibit in the station with several O gauge models of the Kansas City station.  One is scale and another is compressed.  The Model Rail Exhibit in Kansas City is well worth the visit.

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Joe:

 

Thanks for sharing this. I love large urban railway stations and admire good models thereof. This is a GREAT model!

After waiting for Lionel, MTH or Bachmann to do a GP30 in L&N.  I decided to custom paint one.  

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I got a Williams by Bachmann GP30 in Great Northern.  I stripped the paint with 91% isopropyl alcohol.  

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I then painted it and added O scale decals from Microscale.  

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I had Gunrunner John convert it to TMCC and Railsounds.

Neal Jeter

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Lionlman posted:

After waiting for Lionel, MTH or Bachmann to do a GP30 in L&N.  I decided to custom paint one.  

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I got a Williams by Bachmann GP30 in Great Northern.  I stripped the paint with 91% isopropyl alcohol.  

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I then painted it and added O scale decals from Microscale.  

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I had Gunrunner John convert it to TMCC and Railsounds.

Neal Jeter

Hey Neal,

Wonderful job! This is one of the reasons I believe O Scalers are some of the best modelers. We have to be to get some of the products we want.

Dave

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