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Pottstown Station - need info 10 years 3 months ago #2678

Epaine
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Hi All,
I am modeling the Pottstown station (now a bank) using photoshop on my backdrop. The trackside portion (passenger concourses, wire and poles, etc>) will actually be modeled. My target date is 1975/75. When were the roofs removed from the passenger platform (the steel superstructure still exists today). How much of the wiring and distinctive poles with multiple crossbars existed then? Anybody have any mid '70's photos? Thanks in advance, Earl

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Pottstown Station - need info 10 years 2 months ago #2680

JoannaBill OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 422 Thank you received: 63	I have a shot of a westbound passing the station in 1975-1976. I'll need to scan and then I will post.
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Pottstown Station - need info 10 years 2 months ago #2681

t1nut OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 323 Thank you received: 55	Earl; passenger service ended in 1981. I would assume the platform roofs were in place until then. Butch Curll
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Pottstown Station - need info 10 years 2 months ago #2682

Rob OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 393 Thank you received: 57	Here are 4 photos I shot on 30 DEC 1982.
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Pottstown Station - need info 10 years 2 months ago #2687

WindsorSpring OFFLINE Engineer Posts: 94 Thank you received: 8	How do the dimensions of Pottstown station compare with Reading Franklin Street? Their layout is very similar with a tall, central hall between two single-story additions. I do see from the photo that Pottstown has a tall addition at one end that Franklin Street does not have. George
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Pottstown Station - need info 10 years 2 months ago #2690

rdg-barry OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 378 Thank you received: 44	Earl... I have done a model of Pottstown station out of DPM modules and it came out not too bad. Used Central Valley girders for the line poles. I will post some pictures in a few days. I also have some interior pictures. I sent a disposable camera to the Bank manager to take pictures for me, as my model is "open" and shows the interior.
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