| Last updated on January 19, 2021
Check out this track plan from Model Railroader magazine
Name: Lehigh Valley RR Bronx Terminal
Layout designer: Wayne N. Carlsen
Scale: N (1:160)
Size: 5 x 9 feet
Prototype: Lehigh Valley RR
Locale: South Bronx, New York City
Era: early 1960s
Style: island
Mainline run: not applicable
Minimum radius: 9-3/4″
Minimum turnout: no. 4
Originally appeared in the March 2013 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan.
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@Guy Martin, that's not the same terminal. The video you posted is of Central RR of NJ Bronx Terminal. http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/lvbxt.html#Fairchild
This link has all the info you on the Lehigh Valley Bronx Terminal plus tons of other NYC area terminals. FYI, The Lehigh Valley warehouse and the buildings labeled in the drawing (Pitt Glass) still stands today.
http://youtu.be/eXpU9BUJJZs
http://youtu.be/tO_8ZCm3Vqw
Actually, I kind of like the expressway in the back. No offense, please. It avoids that 'track crammed to the very edge of the scenery look' ,,, although it makes it a bit harder to hide the seam. No vegetation to make you 'forget' that your eye is transitioning between horizontal and vertical. Just saying.
I also like the tracks perpendicular to the operator (as shown). A bit daring, perhaps. Does that make it tough to handle rolling stock; or do you just bite the bullet and walk around to the side of the island to address those tracks?
Nice plan. One could save some depth by omitting the expressway along the back edge.
Can the layout be done HO?
Bill
There are many model-genic waterfront terminals in New York Harbor. This Bronx Terminal packs a lot of operating interest into a relatively small space. 5×9 is still big for N, but I'm sure there was very little selective compression involved. The waterfront terminal at St. George, Staten Island owned by the B&O is also a great place with many modeling possibilities.