[PRCo] Model of Wabash RR Bridge

[Bob Rathke]

There are models of both the Smithfield St. Bridge and the Wabash RR Bridge at the Western Pa. Model RR Museum in Gibsonia.  Their HO layout fills a 40'X100' building.
For a photo, see www.wpmrm.org/pittsburgh.htm  The bridges are scale models, but because of space limitations on the layout, they are located closer to each other than they were in real life.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page, and you'll see a map of the model railroad which depicts the B&O between Pittsburgh and Cumberland.  Click on a city name to see photos of the model at that point.  The layout has operating trolley lines in Pittsburgh (PRC) and  in Connellsville (West Penn Rys.) - see the Connellsville photo of the WPR line (with a trolley) under construction.

Also of interest are the models of the J&L Steel mill and the bridge at McKeesport.

Bob 4/9/04