Pennsylvania & Western RR - 11
17: EC-11 continues toward Lebanon while the rear of SE-32
passes above.
attempts before I learned to do it right. One section of wall
has about eight alternating coats of white primer and bad
sky paint!
A friend and I made all of the hardshell scenery and rocks
using two-part resin products from Bragdon Enterprises in
California. In my opinion, these products are greatly superior
to plaster, since they make no mess on the layout at all. There
is nothing to drip (and no odor), the rocks and hardshell are
flexible for about 20 minutes of working time, they can be cut
to shape with scissors, and everything attaches with hot-melt
glue. The ground cover is primarily Woodland Scenics ground
foam of various textures. Trees are from a variety of sources
including Scenic Express Supertrees and a couple of local
Midwest suppliers.
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18: Here is the action in Lebanon with EC-11 holding the
main while SE-32 takes the siding.Lebanon is home to several
rail customers including Lebanon Lumber and Coal which is
on the left.
Most of the buildings are kitbashed from Ameritown, Design
Preservation Models, Korber and Lionel kits. The Furnace Hill
coal mine, mine office and supply building, some factories and
all of the yard service structure except the engine houses are
scratchbuilt.
Signal bridges are old Plasticville kits from the 50s with PRR-
style signal heads added. I used three of the Plasticville kits to
kitbash the four-track signal bridge at Kitt Point on Horseshoe
Curve. I used Walther’s Cornerstone buildings for most of the
signal towers and passenger stations, and built most of the
freight houses using Design Preservation Models parts.
In order to increase the Pennsy look, all structures owned by
the railroad are painted in authentic PRR station colors (called
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