[PRCo] Re: Modelling Seasons

[Greg King]

Hi Fred,

Can you give us some more details on the background Pgh stuff, especially if
there's a chance to get some in "O" scale

Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: <Fredbruhn at aol.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 9:54 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Modelling Seasons


> There was a model railroad project layout I think by Lou Sassi that
modeled
> two seasons, and one was winter.  Don't know if I have it or not, but will
> look.  The center of the layout was a hill, or mountain for you plains
guys,
> and one side was finished with snow and winter outfitting, the front
summer.
> I think he used tunnels at both ends to get from one scene to the other
and
> the layout was a basic loop.
>
> As long as you have a center divider, maybe tall buildings with street
> running on the front and go into the south hills tunnel (at one end) and
then
> loop around to the back while inside the tunnel,coming out into a
different
> scene at maybe souths hills jct.
> Back side could be be car barns, rural running, whatever and someone else
is
> going to have to help with the other end of the layout.  With the tall
> buildings, or backdrop of cities (there is a co. in Pittsburgh producing
HO
> scale backdrops of Pittsburgh and country scenes, maybe in O also )   for
the
> vert. divider on the one side, trees,
> country scene backdrop, or whatever would do for the back.
>
> It does have possibilities.
>
> Fred
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