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Name: Reading Co. Shamokin Division Layout owner: Jim Hertzog Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 30′-6″ x 40′-0″ Prototype: Reading Co. Locale: eastern Pennsylvania Era: 1952 to 1957 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 310 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.6 percent Benchwork: open grid Height: 45″ to 60″ Roadbed: cork and Homasote on […]
The CNJ – Susquehanna Division HO layout is intended to represent the real Central Railroad of New Jersey’s operation in the Lehigh Valley as it would have appeared in 1947. At the time, the CNJ served two major functions – in the east, it was a commuter railroad serving the New Jersey hinterland of New […]
The CNJ – Susquehanna Division HO layout is intended to represent the real Central Railroad of New Jersey’s operation in the Lehigh Valley as it would have appeared in 1947. At the time, the CNJ served two major functions – in the east, it was a commuter railroad serving the New Jersey hinterland of New […]
The great thing about N scale is you can do so much in a small space — in this case, 2 x 4 feet. It’s a layout that got me back into the hobby some years ago. Although I now have a much larger layout, this is still physically attached to it. I purchased the […]
The off-peak fourteen-coach eastbound Coast Daylight storms through Guadalupe, Calif., in September 1954. Video by Brian Moore. […]
The great thing about N scale is you can do so much in a small space — in this case, 2 x 4 feet. It’s a layout that got me back into the hobby some years ago. Although I now have a much larger layout, this is still physically attached to it. I purchased the […]
The off-peak fourteen-coach eastbound Coast Daylight storms through Guadalupe, Calif., in September 1954. Video by Brian Moore. […]
Santa Maria Valley 203 brings a cut of interchange cars into Guadalupe yard, as SP 2581 departs back to San Luis Obispo with the returning Guadalupe local on September 17, 1954. Video by Brian Moore. […]
Santa Maria Valley 203 brings a cut of interchange cars into Guadalupe yard, as SP 2581 departs back to San Luis Obispo with the returning Guadalupe local on September 17, 1954. Video by Brian Moore. […]
Southern Pacific built this structure, which it called Grand Central Station, in Houston in 1934 to replace an 1886 depot. But Grand Central had a short life, being razed after only 25 years to make way for a new central post office. Classic Trains coll. […]
Name: Railroads of Elmira, N.Y. Layout owner: Joe Leahy Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 33 x 36 feet Prototype: Delaware, Lackawanna & Western; Erie RR Locale: Elmira, N.Y. Era: early 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: approx. 210 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (sidings and secondary track) Maximum grade: 2 percent […]
As Southern Pacific Alco PA diesels move toward New Orleans Union Station in the background, an Illinois Central E7 rides the turntable at the IC roundhouse. It’s 1954, 2 years before New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal opened. James G. La Vake photo […]
