Following historic photos, some vegetation found its way among the tracks and empty spaces surround the station. I tried to capture this appearance by using static grass. It's a mix of 3 colors, including straw yellow, greyish green and a Noch spring mix. In few area, grass was applied in two or three layers to add depth and variation.
While grass isn't a overwhelming presence on the layout, it does help to throw some randomness in that sea of dirt and concrete. I'm not sure if I'll add weeds and larger plants because old pictures mainly show very short grass here and there.
There should be another entrance along E 150th right by the freight house and a crossing over the track leading to the house.
ReplyDeleteMakes a lot of sense. I always thought the freight house was isolated in such way driving trucks there would have been a nightmare. Do you have pictures or maps of that area? I never found any information there. I'm desesperately need info about the freight house north side too.
DeleteI have lost a lot of my info due to computer crash, but you can clearly see the gate in the fence (somewhere). Here is 1954:
ReplyDeletehttps://picasaweb.google.com/ErieChris333/Misc#6295163963459323282
https://picasaweb.google.com/ErieChris333/Misc#6295163961328846962
How I modeled it in N scale:
https://picasaweb.google.com/ErieChris333/HarlemStation#5648063136948193970
Thanks Chris! Now I see it... I'll have a lot of fun tweaking the scenery there! The last picture of your album show Erie 19. Could it be the freight shed in the background?
DeleteVery neat N scale layout. The handlaid turnouts probably helped a lot!