I looking the model the Altoona yard and area around it
I looking the model the Altoona yard and area around it dose any one now of a resoucre it can get this info from Thank you in adavancePS I'm glad that I found this web site I'll need all the help I...
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I hope you have a lot of space, as it was a huge yard/shop area. Try going to the PA state archives at PSU, or in Harrisburg. They probably will have maps, and possibly even ariel photos of the yard...
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It is a seriously large area. The Railroaders Museum in Altoona might be a good source too.Bill
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Recommend you check out "Altoona and the PRR - Between a Roar and a Whimper" by Betty Loeb and published by PRRT&HS (recommend you join if you want to model the PRR - VERY active org that does...
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I respectfully suggest you know not what you intend; "huge" is a gross understatement. Just in tiny Z scale (1:220), alone, the yards are some 60' long (~83' in N, ~150' in HO)! Those are FEET, not...
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I was looking for some Idea I was not planing to do the hole yard just some I plan to do the cuvre in steed of a helex up to my second leval
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Too bad that's not what you asked about in the first place. I have a huge amount of modeling info on the Horseshoe Curve at:home.att.net/~Berliner-Ul...curv.html,et seq., including dimensions in HO...
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Check out the December 05 issue of Railmodel Journal. There are some pictures that might give you some ideas. As others have said it's a HUGH area.Charles Sanchez
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