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THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SMALL FREIGHT TERMINAL AND FRIEGHT SPUR IT TURNED INTO AN ENGINE HOUSE AND ENGINE STORAGE TRACK

MANY FACTORIES IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE PLENTY OF BROKEN OR REPLACEMENT WINDOWS.  THEY LOOK  LIKE A  MOSSAIC OF DIFFERENT COLOR GLASS AND METAL PANELS.  THOSE ODD WIRES ARE FEEDER WIRES TO THE CATENARY

I ONLY HAVE TWO PCC SEPTA TROLLEYS. I HOPE ONE DAY TO GATHER A FLEET OF THEM  AFTER HEAVY TRACTION TROLLEYS ARE MY SECOND PASSION . I HAVE EXPERIMENTED WITH RED BRICK FOR TROLLEY TRACK INFILL. IN THE FUTURE  I MIGHT USE RED BRICK ON ALL THE TROLLEY TRACKS.

CONGESTION AT THE INTERLOCKING

Catenary was made in sections with Jiggs.  Each catenary section was a 12" long on straight tracks. On curved sections it was made custom to each track conditions Support spans were made from Jiggs for  3,4 & 6 tracks. Insulators are a mixture of wire seed beeds.

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The background picture is a arial shot of Broadstreet Station & Suburban Station in Philadelphia  in the background is 30th street station .