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Posted by Gary Jacobi on Tue Apr 28 12:27:49 1998, in response to HELP! For My model subway-Believe me, it's BIG!,
posted by Jack on Thu Apr 16 18:41:29 1998.
Take it easy on the BIG aspect! As you have already heard from earlier posts, most modelers wind up building Els, usually because they want their modeling skills to be visible. The late,lamented Lionel layout in NYC had a subway station visible through a glass panel set into the fascia of the layout. Since they manufactured no true transit prototypes, I believe they ran one or two of their 4-wheeled trolleys in a small loop with automatic stopping at the visible platform.I hardly remember any more details, because I was less than 10, and quite frankly I found it boring compared to all the action going on on the surface layout.So, what's my point? I would sugest starting construction with a window-viewable subway station with plans to continue as either subway or elevated.If you have already visited Pat Villani's site and seen Frank Gazatka's El dioramas, you can't help being inspired! Rather than a thru subway station, I would be tempted to model a terminal like Main Street, Flushing, with layover tracks beyond the platform, also rendered visible to visitors so they can see models not presently running. The rails can pop up and become Els whenever the change suiits you.
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