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Post by ptc2 on Apr 24, 2023 22:31:43 GMT
Andy and Rocky Mountaineer David started threads recently about train stations. No matter how big or small your layout is, they are an important part of every layout. From my very first layout some 77 years ago, a train station has been there.
There are so many good choices, including the new MTH Train Station, you can't go wrong.
Please take a moment and post a photo of your train station.
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Post by dennym57 on Apr 25, 2023 2:04:40 GMT
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Post by thebigcrabcake on Apr 25, 2023 2:39:02 GMT
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Post by Adam on Apr 25, 2023 11:09:56 GMT
Here are the stations on my layout. All but one of them is 3D printed. This was my first station and the first building that I printed. It's a little rough but I still like it. It serves as a trolley station. Whitney Station is a platform station that fills in a corner that I didnt know what to do with. Odd place for a station, but I'm OK with that. This platform station is located in the new Marthas Square expansion area. Another 3D Printed station. This is the station that I am most proud of. It is loosely based on a train station that existed in my town, Harvard, MA, in the 1800s. It is also one of the nicest 3D printed buildings I have ever done. Lionel platform on the main trolley line on the upper level.
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Post by harborbelt70 on Apr 25, 2023 12:46:37 GMT
Here are the stations on my layout. All but one of them is 3D printed. I think that your post is a great illustration of the scenic value of a small station. Anything I've looked at is really too big for my purposes although I do have a couple that I've got notwithstanding that.
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Post by harborbelt70 on Apr 25, 2023 12:47:58 GMT
Absolutely great nighttime scenes!
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Post by ptc2 on Apr 25, 2023 12:58:07 GMT
Nice photos, Denny.
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Post by ptc2 on Apr 25, 2023 12:59:32 GMT
One of the vey best train stations in our entire O-Gauge hpbby, Emile.
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Post by ptc2 on Apr 25, 2023 13:00:12 GMT
Very creative train stations, Adam.
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Post by harborbelt70 on Apr 25, 2023 13:11:44 GMT
One of the very best train stations in our entire O-Gauge hobby, Emile. Yes, impossible to beat Grand Central, although it and anything like it is far too big for my purposes. A long while back I looked at TW Trainworx's Union Stations (Denver and Chicago) but they were really too big as well despite being scaled down models. The Denver station was better but it seems that they are not making it any more.
What they still stock includes this very nice SP station but even it's too big:
But in my book their classic, which I think someone else on the OGF has and has posted about, is this huge Albuquerque station:
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Post by Country Joe on Apr 25, 2023 13:29:39 GMT
This is the main station on my layout.
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Post by harborbelt70 on Apr 25, 2023 13:40:19 GMT
This is the main station on my layout. Well, that's a dead ringer for the new MTH lighted station I posted about on another thread - except for the colors and the additional LEDs.
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Post by Adam on Apr 25, 2023 14:16:02 GMT
Beautiful stations guys!
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Post by josef on Apr 25, 2023 15:45:34 GMT
Here's one of 3, my favorite. Second pic is were I added gooseneck light and station signs to both ends.
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Post by harborbelt70 on Apr 25, 2023 17:04:22 GMT
Here's one of 3, my favorite. Second pic is were I added gooseneck light and station signs to both ends. Momence, Illinois, on the station sign gets my vote too!
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