Name: Pennsylvania RR New York Division
Layout designer: Andy Rubbo
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 26 x 37 feet
Prototype: PRR electrified main line between Philadelphia and New York City
Locale: New Jersey
Period: summer 1967
Style: double-deck around-the-walls
Mainline run: 300 feet
Minimum radius: 40″ (exposed track), 28″ in staging
Minimum turnout: no. 8
Maximum grade: 1.5 percent in helix, 5 percent momentum grade in burrowing junction at Rahway
Originally appeared in the Great Model Railroads 2013.
Incredibly authentic. Brings back memories. Excellent!!!
The bleat of a distant GG1's horn then a blurred rush with the smell of ozone followed by a settling trail of dust — The Pennsylvania Railroad under wire lives! This model railroad is the nearest experience to being able to watch the electrics streak across northern New Jersey flat land.
Thank you, Mr. Rubbo for bringing her back to life.