1938 Photo to Layout Design

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SpaceMouse

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My quest of a prototypical layout using an LDE ala Koester, et al took another step forward today when I actually fit the my town's PRR terminal onto a 30" x 72" folding table. It has been my goal to make a layout that would fold up and fit under my upcoming basement layout--one that would allow me to run my PRR engines.

The first shot is a 1938 aerial photo of Downtown Indiana, PA. The turntable has been taken out (darn) but you can see where it was. Turning trains is now being done on a set of double wyes, one owned by the PRR and the other by the B&O--but no interchange so I sacked that LDE.

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I had a lot of trepidation about it being able to fit, but by clipping off the longer industry to the right and Stewart's Hardware on the left, I got it in.

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I also compressed the block so the angles of the sidings are a little off.

Next step, identify and find pictures of the buildings. This is what I have so far.

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This 1930 Sanborn Map shows I might be off a little.

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(Courtesy of TomKat)
 
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Chip -

Those Sanborn maps are priceless, eh?:cool:

Do you have the part of the map that shows what you labeled as "Engine Service"? I was thinking that set of buildings looked a bit elaborate for servicing a few locos terminating at the end of the branch. Seems like there would be more tracks leading there too, if that was an engine shop...
 
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Notice how the 1910 map has a layout closer to mine. There are shadows of the old trackwork, just like you can see the old turntable that was gone before the turn of the century.
 




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