home of York PA (Cale Leiphart)

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This is one my favorite builds to date. This is the former Pennsylvania RR coaling tower from my home of York PA. It's no secret that I'm very fond of my home town's railroading history. So when I set out to build a proper coaling tower for use on PennLUG's train layouts the PRR's tower from York was a natural choice. The tower was unfortunately demolished in the late 1960's after the demise of steam on American railroads rendered it obsolete.

wat een afwerking, een streling voor het oog....
what a finishing delight to the eye ....


















much more//veel meer:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/steampower ... 480617243/

van bouwer//from builder:
Cale Leiphart flickr

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[patje]

Continuing my efforts to model railroad operations from my home of York Pennsylvania is my latest model. This is the Pennsylvania RR's Poorhouse Yard Office. The PRR's York yard was originally named after the nearby almshouse. This yard office located next to York Interlocking Tower, oversaw all operations in Poorhouse yard.

I chose to model the office in it's later buff (tan) and brown trim colors rather than it's more steam era appropriate gray. I like these colors better as they stand out more from the gray of the ballast in our yard. The office is also technically on the wrong side of the tower from it's real life location. But PennLUG's rail yard was never meant to be a scale model of Poorhouse yard. I'm just taking inspiration from it.








more//meer:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/steampower ... 480375981/

bron//source:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/steampower ... 480375981/

van bouwer//from builder:
Cale Leiphart flickr

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PA. York Interlocking Tower controlled the switches and signals where the York

As part of my ongoing goal to add more detail to the rail yard in our PennLUG club layouts is we now have a proper Pennsylvania RR style signal cabin.

My natural choice for which tower to model was the tower from my own home town of York, PA. York Interlocking Tower controlled the switches and signals where the York Secondary and Fredrick Secondary joined the PRR's Northern Central branch. The tower was taken out of service in 1973. The tower still stands but is looking quite a bit run down these days.






much more//veel meer:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/steampower ... 483162428/

van bouwer//from builder:
Cale Leiphart flickr

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