Jerry's layout begins in the urban industrial landscape of Philadelphia. This section of the layout was completed first, and was featured in Great Model Railroads 2003, as well as Railmodel Journal.
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A view toward the opposite end of the industrial district, again showing the vertical dimension to Jerry's structure modeling, along with a variety of angles that add the impression of depth to the scene.
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The Philadelphia Refrigeration building and Produce terminal are built from cardboard and styrene working from photos of the prototypes. Here again we see examples of the height of some of Jerry's buildings, along with the subtle variety in brick colors and weathering effects.
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The Produce Terminal in the center is built from styrene, as is the triangular building at right. Jerry used Tichy and Grandt Line door and window castings, which are his parts of choice unless the project requires something to be scratchbuilt. Take note of the roof details on these two buildings.
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Pulling back a bit, this view provides some perspective on how realistically Jerry has modeled the urban scene - buildings close upon each other, oddly-shaped buildings constructed to fit oddly-shaped pieces of real estate, and through it all, the tracks of the Reading.
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Tony's Bar is built from cardboard and covered with Model Hobbies brick paper, following a Model Railroad article from the 1950s. The building at right rear is from DPM and represents the outdoor markets/small grocery stores that were common in urban areas during the era being modeled. In fact, this scene has some resemblance to the buildings along the Main Line along 7th Street in downtown Reading.
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This 4-storty tenement building is scratchbuilt from cardboard, with Grandt Line railings and steps, following an old Railroad Model Craftsman article. There are some interesting details here - the red brick showing through the peeling paint, the wash hanging on the roof, the basement door, all combine to add to the realism.
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The Reading Company Freight Station in Philadelphia is freelanced, but clearly is inspired by Reading practice. It is constructed from styrene. This photo also shows more of Jerry's detailed utility poles.
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This freelanced Reading Company Freight Office is situated next to the Freight Station and is also constructed from styrene. Wonder what's in the small attic...
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The Reading section gang headquarters near the refinery is scratchbuilt from
styrene following plans that appeared in a 1983 issue of Model Railroader. Note
the small details - oil drums, stacks of ties, rails, etc. that provide action
and realism for this vignette.
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A variety of Reading Company operations paperwork, such as train orders, clearance forms, etc. that will help you operate your Reading layout in a prototypical manner.
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Downloadable reference documents on the various classes of Reading Company Freight and Passenger rolling stock.