PRR/Conrail Juniata Division Engineering Report

[Chris333]

wow that is HOT!

[seusscaboose]

Dave,
you plan on weathering it?

[Dave V]

Don't know...

I plan to add window glass and some platform details to start.

[Bsklarski]

That looks great! Its begging for details to surround it when its done. Its going to make a huge difference and cant wait to see it.

[davefoxx]

Dave,

You are to be congratulated for a prized gem in the middle of your great layout.  DKS has outdone himself again.  I love it, and it already looks fantastic just plopped into place.  I can't wait to see it fully installed, detailed, and awaiting the arrival of the first Pennsylvanian.

Great collaboration.

DFF

[DKS]

Great to see it survived the trip 100%! I look forward to seeing it installed, although it looks right at home already!

[Dave V]

Been busy tonight after dinner!

I added window glass, shades, people, benches, and baggage wagons. I moved the eastbound shelter west a few yards and repainted it to better match the depot. Still need to pave the parking lot.  I added a slurry of highball limestone ballast and glue dyed dark gray to represent the drive around to the freight door on the west side of the depot.

[MichaelWinicki]

Great fit!

Looks right at home!

[John]

Nice .. once its grimed up a bit .. it will look really good ...

[Dave V]

It has instantly become the focal point of my layout.  I can't thank DKS enough.

[DKS]

Wow, you didn't waste any time. That looks terrific! Obviously you had no difficulty disassembling/reassembling it.

Are you going to raise the parking lot a little to meet the level of the platform, or add steps...?

You may also want to extend the platform out past the freight dock a ways, and/or add a fence or some kind of railing to protect passengers from falling.

[Dave V]

DKS, the uninstalled parking lot on the east side of the building is raised and almost flush with the platform.  I will extend the platform east toward the road.  The west side and rear is where the dropoff was, so the height is even with the deck of a delivery truck.  Not too worried about fences as safety wasn't a huge deal in 1956.  I'm not satisfied with the color/texture of the paving on the west side of the lot; I'm thinking of smoothing it out with a thin coat of light gray tinted spackle.

[DKS]

The west side and rear is where the dropoff was, so the height is even with the deck of a delivery truck.

Yep. But on the proto, the platform itself continued a ways past the dock, making an L-shape. I was going to model it this way, but wasn't sure what final dimensions were suitable, so I'm just offering it up as something to think about.

[Dave V]

Yep, you're correct.  I probably won't have time tonight, but I will eventually need to extend the platform westward a bit. 

Additionally, I need to see if I have one more of those Atlas patform canopies for the east side of the station:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=lewistown+amtrak+station,+pa&hl=en&ll=40.588278,-77.580176&spn=0.001002,0.002376&sll=40.59937,-77.571743&sspn=0.001002,0.002376&t=h&hnear=Lewistown+Amtrak&z=19

[Lemosteam]

Wow Dave and Dave, that turned out really really nice.

Dr. Vollmer, how does one get to the EB plaform on the proto?