I love that model. I have two downtown deco kits downstairs I really need to tackle.
HO-Velo Too many hours of yard work this weekend, I need a bumper sticker for my lawnmower that says; 'I'd Rather be Model Railroading.' After a good dinner its nice to relax and see what's cooking on the WPF. Next best thing to Model Railroading is seeing others Model Railroading. Thanks David, had I known that structure lighting would need dimming for photography I'd have made my lighting buss more accessible. Don, yes, Downtown Deco. Another DTD kit. Thanks to all and enjoy the remainder of your Sunday. Regards, Peter
Too many hours of yard work this weekend, I need a bumper sticker for my lawnmower that says; 'I'd Rather be Model Railroading.' After a good dinner its nice to relax and see what's cooking on the WPF. Next best thing to Model Railroading is seeing others Model Railroading.
Thanks David, had I known that structure lighting would need dimming for photography I'd have made my lighting buss more accessible.
Don, yes, Downtown Deco.
Another DTD kit.
Thanks to all and enjoy the remainder of your Sunday. Regards, Peter
Don - Specializing in layout DC->DCC conversions
Modeling C&O transition era and steel industries There's Nothing Like Big Steam!
John-NYBWI've never been able to find out when the two concourses were disconnected. I have a very fuzzy memory that they were still connected back in the 1950s but I am not positive about that.
I also seem to remember it being there in the 1950s, although I'm not sure.
I am pretty sure I remember riding my first escalator there.
Thanks for the info!
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York1 John-NYBW I've never been able to find out when the two concourses were disconnected. I have a very fuzzy memory that they were still connected back in the 1950s but I am not positive about that. I also seem to remember it being there in the 1950s, although I'm not sure. I am pretty sure I remember riding my first escalator there. Thanks for the info!
John-NYBW I've never been able to find out when the two concourses were disconnected. I have a very fuzzy memory that they were still connected back in the 1950s but I am not positive about that.
You would think that with all the information that is now available on the internet I could find the answer to that question but I've been looking in vain for years.
Here's a better picture of the connecting concourse than what I posted earlier.
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Notice the ground on the rear of the station is at track level. In later years, the ground was regraded bringing the parking level up to the concourse level which is where the large waiting room was. The parking level was always there as far as my memory goes back.
The picture was probably taken shortly after the concourses were connected in 1937. Did they have helicopters back? The other choices were a plane or a balloon. I'm pretty sure they didn't use a drone camera.