Globe lights, rumble strips and swampers

[FJ and G]

Detailed-minded modelers may wi***o add some extra touches of realism to their passenger stations.

I call 'em rumble strips. They are raised dots that warn you that you are getting close; perhaps too close, to the tracks. This shot is at Crystal City, VA VRE station. Despite the rumble strips, passengers often hang so close that they are within inches of danger as trains whiz by. A wonder some don't get run over!

Also, a closer-up shot

(btw, those are 1950s-era gallery cars, originally on the C&NW)





Not many people take the time to look up. If you look up in a station, you will see a surprising amt of detail in the ceiling area. Here are some globe lights. There also usually are some pigeons there and quite often, nesting birds and their young can be found tucked up there as well



Getting away from stations for a moment, if you are modeling swamps, be sure to include a “swamper” rabbit, being pursued by BB the beagle. Oftentimes, the beagle will be hidden under matts of vegetation, pursuing the illusive prized swamper rabbit

[ChiefEagles]

Like I said, someone needs to contact the Pentagon and inform them that there is a person "working" [using that word lightly] there with not enough to do. [;)] Pretty good David.

[Anonymous]

Those same yellow strips are in the big NYC subway stations as well. For a while the Metro in the Washington area had brown ceramic versions in the underground stations but I think those have been replaced with the rubberized yellow ones too.

[jkerklo]

They do look like they would serve as a "too close" warning, but it looks to me like they are there to provide extra traction for stepping into or out of the train car when the platform is wet. That would have been my first guess, anyway.

John Kerklo
TCA 94-38455
www.Three-Rail.com