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Central New York Large Scale Railway Society
Model Prototype Buildings Workshop Roger Caiazza
January 21, 2012
Goals of the Workshop
o Prototype Models
Model the look and feel of something specific
Create a railroad that belongs to the landscape
o Demonstrate several scratch-building techniques
Styrene
Wood core with plastic veneer
Wood
D&H Worcester, NY station - wood with plastic veneer roof, Grandt Line windows and doors
Prototype Models
o Considerations
Era – What time period do you want to model
Locale – What location are you interested in
Scope - How serious do you want to be – can you accept inconsistencies
Scale – Are you interested in a specific scale?
o Leatherstocking Line Garden Railroad
Era - circa 1915
Locale – Upstate New York – branch lines
Scope: What do I mean by the look and feel of a 1915 branch line?
Railroads were primary mode of transport
No big industries
Local freight: Coal, milk, farm supplies, small manufacturing and express
Scale – Multiple scales are used
NYO&W Milk Station Plans in December 1981 Model Railroader and Leatherstocking
Line milk station: wood (mostly craft sticks)
Developing the Prototype
o Plan
Purpose of buildings
Decoration
Rationale for running trains
What buildings do you want to include
Railroad structures – water tank, station, freight house, etc.
Shippers – coal yard, creamery, feed and grain, etc.
Other – houses, stores, barns, etc.
o Research
Book Descriptions
Railroad operations
Economic history of railroads
Local history of towns
Photographs
Types of structures
Structures that we might be able to model
Key features in the structures that enhance the prototypical “feel”
Station track diagrams
Specific layout for structure and railroad
RR magazine articles
If you are really lucky somebody did the research for you already
Chichester station
Flag stop on the Ulster and Delaware
narrow gauge
o Wanted to have a 1:20.3 station and
try styrene construction techniques
Worked off photograph
o General features
o Estimated dimensions
o Scale ruler was useful
Styrene construction
o Material is easy to work
o Not appropriate to leave
outside – far too flimsy
o It is easy to transport
Ulster & Delaware Chichester Station – Styrene with Precision Product plastic roof
Cobleskill Coal Landmark Delaware & Hudson Structure
o Favorite railroad
o Familiar with building
o Useful for operations
Model railroad magazine plans
o How closely do you want to follow the plans?
Outdoors considerations
Size
Features to capture look of prototype
o Basic shape is a box
o Reinforcing strips around box
o Signs
Conveyor
Staircase
Wooden Painted Box – Cannot leave outside
Cut box shapes and paint
Paint shadows of boards
Make a decal for the signs
Styrene windows, doors, stairs and walkway
Roofing is GAF Weather Guard
Conveyor is wood
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D&H Cobleskill Coal - Wood, styrene and GAF Weather Guard roofing material
O&W creamery
Operations
o Milk was a very important commodity for Upstate NY railroads and farmers (my ancestors)
o Leatherstocking Line runs milk train so this was a necessary building for the layout
The primary reference for this structure was “The NYO&W Railway and the Dairy Industry in Central New
York State: Milk Cans Mixed Trains and Motor Cars” by Robert Mohowski
o Book had illustrations of creameries and
building diagrams
o Adapted diagrams for structure
Wood with precision products plastic veneer
o Long lead time – necessary to get enough
windows
o This building could stay outside all summer
o All exposed wood is covered with plastic
o Included a foundation
O&W Creamery Luan plywood base covered with Precision Products plastic veneer, insulation foam board foundation, and GAF Weather Guard roofing material on roof
Diagram of Eaton Creamery from The NYO&W Railway and the Dairy Industry in Central New York State: Milk Cans Mixed
Trains and Motor Cars by Robert Mohowski, Published by Garrigues House Publishers, Laurys Station, PA, 1995.
Eaton Creamery under construction, O&W Society Collection from The NYO&W Railway and the Dairy Industry in Central New
York State: Milk Cans Mixed Trains and Motor Cars by Robert Mohowski, Published by Garrigues House Publishers, Laurys
Station, PA, 1995
