Philadelphia Terminal Division, Pennsylvania RR

Pete is duplicating a short but extremely busy part of the Pennsy in his basement. His PRR is in an urban environment, with four track main line running point to point, major junctions, passenger stations, and several yards where local freights are assembled. 60% of the traffic is passenger trains, including long distance and commuter traffic, plus through freights and local freight. You'll see passenger trains serving Florida, the South and Transcontinental routes. Many trains are powered by electric locomotives.

Operations attempt full fidelity to the prototype, running the same trains as the 1948 schedule. Job assignments include Philadelphia and Ford Shore tower operators, road crews, yard crews (usually two or three people), and a "runner" shuttling cars between yards.

There are a lot of structures to be built for such a big layout, and Pete has recently completed the North Philly station platforms and a massive freight house.

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Layout Owner

Pete Forbes

Location

West Chester Township, OH

Scale

HO

Layout Size

50 ft x 30 ft

Mainline Size

222 ft

Era

September 1948

Crew Complement

11 - 13

Completion

Track: 95%
Scenery: 15%
Electrical: 80%

Control System

NCE - Radio

Communications System

Phones and FRS radios

Dispatching Method

True to PRR practices, movements are controlled by tower operators working to a schedule

Car Forwarding

Car Cards/Waybills

Pets

None