[PRCo] Re: Western Pa. Model Railroad Museum

Sun Mar 9 08:50:06 EDT 2008

All you need is another five years and another 20 feet of basement.    
You'll need 13.6 feet for a scale bridge plus the space for Carson  
Street and the Fourth Street Loop on the other end.   Oh, but then  
you might want to go all the way to the Gulf Building??????

On Mar 8, 2008, at 8:06 PM, <bob at dietrichsfam.com>  
<bob at dietrichsfam.com> wrote:

> Geez would I like to have that bridge at the other end of my SHJ  
> tunnel.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of  
> Phillip
> Clark Campbell
> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 6:45 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Western Pa. Model Railroad Museum
>
> Mr.Rathke - Don't remember seeing this in the archives do I but  
> then it is a
> very tedious process and I may have overlooked your email.
> http://www.wpmrm.org/lrg_images/pittsburgh1.jpg  --  excellent  
> detail of
> tracks on the bridge; even plates to catch oil drippings between  
> rails are
> there aren't they!  That 10 or 11 series PCC in the distance looks  
> very real
> doesn't it.  Mighty rough road on the bridge but that's ok for cars.
>
> http://www.wpmrm.org/Galleries/Pittsburgh/images/DSC01689.JPG  --   
> the track
> centers look very prototypical.  Do trolleys operate?  Must be 2- 
> rail if
> they do.
>
> http://www.wpmrm.org/Galleries/Pittsburgh/images/pgh4.jpg  --  this is
> excellent effect isn't it.
>
>
>
> Phil
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Saturday, March 8, 2008 2:53:33 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Western Pa. Model Railroad Museum
>
> We discussed this on the list a couple of years ago: the W. Pa. Model
> Railroad Museum just off Route 8 in Gibsonia, PA has a 100'X40' HO  
> layout
> that models the railroad lines from Pittsburgh to Cumberland, and  
> features
> detailed models of several towns in between.  The Pittsburgh end of  
> the
> layout has models of the P&LE and old B&O (Smithfield St.)  
> stations, an
> operating trolley on the Smithfield St. Bridge and into the Mt.  
> Washington
> Tunnel, the Wabash RR tunnel and bridge, and the J&L mill on 2nd  
> Avenue. The
>
> Connellsville section of the layout features West Penn Rys. trolleys.
> Attached are three low-res photos I took there in 2003.  Note the PRC
> trolleys operating on Smithfield St. and the bridge at the P&LE  
> station  The
>
> other photo is of the old B&O station that was torn down in 1957.
>
> The museum website is at www.wpmrm.org  Take the "Virtual Tour" which
> includes a video shot from an HO locomotive crossing the Wasbash RR  
> Bridge.
> The "Virtual Tour" page also has a couple of videos of protoype  
> Pittsburgh
> trolleys - one shot from the back window of a PCC on the light rail  
> line,
> and another of the "T".
>
> The big HO layout is on the second floor of the building - there's  
> more to
> see on the first floor.
>
> Bob 3/8/08
>
> -----------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phillip Clark Campbell" <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 3:52 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: N Scale Pittsburgh Module
>
>
>> Thank you Mr.Robb.  The P&LE station does look great doesn't it.   
>> It is
>> true that the bridge ramps are wrong but with the model is most  
>> often a
>> depiction of the character and not a replica.  Emphasis is on  
>> mainline
>> railroading and other items are included for effect and have to be
>> modified to fit the available space don't they.  From the  
>> perspective of a
>
>> trolley fan it is an unforgivable sin to omit trolley tracks from the
>> bridge but I understand their decision.
>> Phil
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Bill Robb <bill937ca at yahoo.ca>
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> Sent: Saturday, March 8, 2008 10:20:56 AM
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: N Scale Pittsburgh Module
>>
>> Yes, here are the photos the builder of the module posted.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> Mr.Robb!    It says I must join the community to view, doesn't  
>> it.  Do you
>
>> have photos to post?  I am not interested in Joining.
>> Phil
>>
>>
>>
>> This is a little bit off topic, but there are a couple of Pittsburgh
>> landmarks in this N scale module but unfortunately no streetcars.  
>> The P&LE
>
>> station was created with 2 DPM Hilltowne Hotels and styrene.
>> http://forum.zealot.com/t156906/
>>
>> Bill
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