A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....

[HONDO74]

Newport & Sherman's Valley RR Depot at Newport, PA

A unique station. Don't recall seeing any with a second floor balcony. Would have been fun to sit up there and watch the trains go by

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Maybe the stationmaster lived up there on that second floor.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

A unique station. Don't recall seeing any with a second floor balcony. Would have been fun to sit up there and watch the trains go by

Yes, I wish I could find a little more info on this one - might be a good view up on the balcony, but I'm not sure siting there when steam passed by would be entirely pleasant.

[rex desilets]

Looks to me that the railroad main was on the other side of the station; the tracks we see may have been freight house, or something.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Looks to me that the railroad main was on the other side of the station; the tracks we see may have been freight house, or something.

It may be that the other side was the PRR tracks...... Somewhere I believe that I have the book, "Bells & Whistles in Old Perry", and I will have to refresh my memory of the train lines that ran in that valley over the Timmons from my location in PA

[rogruth]

Rufus made a comment earlier concerning kits.
I would be interested in kits for O 3 rail if the price would be less than what RTR is today.
There could be shake the box as well as craftsman types. Two rail kits could sell to 3 R
hobbyists but I don't think any effort is being made to do so. I remember in Model
Railroader and Model Craftsman magazines of the 1940s and 1950s many adds would
mention the availability of scale or tin plate parts. In the early 1950s I did build a few
cars and used Lionel trucks. I had something my friends did not.

[Roy]

They could've just as easily sold the mogul train sets with On3 track.

Maybe so, bu t think that they would not have reached anywhere as wise an audience and market that they did by side-stepping the On3 label.

You'd have to be pretty knowledgeable about model railroading to have any sense of On3. Disney sells HO sets, and many think they have to buy the Disney-brand HO track for them. As long as whoever is selling RTR On3 sets also sells extra On3 track, people will be happy.

[HONDO74]

[Roy]

Rufus made a comment earlier concerning kits.
I would be interested in kits for O 3 rail if the price would be less than what RTR is today.
There could be shake the box as well as craftsman types. Two rail kits could sell to 3 R
hobbyists but I don't think any effort is being made to do so. I remember in Model
Railroader and Model Craftsman magazines of the 1940s and 1950s many adds would
mention the availability of scale or tin plate parts. In the early 1950s I did build a few
cars and used Lionel trucks. I had something my friends did not.

What kind of cars would you buy kits of? Passenger, freight, MoW? Or, are you more interested in locomotives or trolleys?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Where did you find this photo? Looks a little damaged at teh top, but still in good shape given the age.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Rufus made a comment earlier concerning kits.
I would be interested in kits for O 3 rail if the price would be less than what RTR is today.
There could be shake the box as well as craftsman types. Two rail kits could sell to 3 R
hobbyists but I don't think any effort is being made to do so. I remember in Model
Railroader and Model Craftsman magazines of the 1940s and 1950s many adds would
mention the availability of scale or tin plate parts. In the early 1950s I did build a few
cars and used Lionel trucks. I had something my friends did not.

Price for a scale RTR car today is what?

Kit costs........new ones or older ones already on the secondary market - just need maybe an upgrade in detail parts and your participation

And, then you have something that has a bit of you in it.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Rufus made a comment earlier concerning kits.
I would be interested in kits for O 3 rail if the price would be less than what RTR is today.
There could be shake the box as well as craftsman types. Two rail kits could sell to 3 R
hobbyists but I don't think any effort is being made to do so. I remember in Model
Railroader and Model Craftsman magazines of the 1940s and 1950s many adds would
mention the availability of scale or tin plate parts. In the early 1950s I did build a few
cars and used Lionel trucks. I had something my friends did not.

Price for a scale RTR car today is what?

Kit costs........new ones or older ones already on the secondary market - just need maybe an upgrade in detail parts and your participation

And, then you have something that has a bit of you in it.

For me, that is absolutely key to crafting something successful. And successful means, to me, having a statement from oneself in the finished work, as well as the viewer being abled to read his own and/or your message in it. Little stories here and there, and perhaps, infused throughout.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Rufus made a comment earlier concerning kits.
I would be interested in kits for O 3 rail if the price would be less than what RTR is today.
There could be shake the box as well as craftsman types. Two rail kits could sell to 3 R
hobbyists but I don't think any effort is being made to do so. I remember in Model
Railroader and Model Craftsman magazines of the 1940s and 1950s many adds would
mention the availability of scale or tin plate parts. In the early 1950s I did build a few
cars and used Lionel trucks. I had something my friends did not.

Price for a scale RTR car today is what?

Kit costs........new ones or older ones already on the secondary market - just need maybe an upgrade in detail parts and your participation

And, then you have something that has a bit of you in it.

For me, that is absolutely key to crafting something successful. And successful means, to me, having a statement from oneself in the finished work, as well as the viewer being abled to read his own and/or your message in it. Little stories here and there, and perhaps, infused throughout.

Unfortunately I at times suffer from separation anxiety when time comes to sell off some items. I will see how that works at Strasburg this year as I am filling tubs at an accelerated rate having reassessed inventory and measured the storage/train ratio and found it exceeding an acceptable range.

[HONDO74]

Where did you find this photo? Looks a little damaged at teh top, but still in good shape given the age.

Newport & Sherman's Valley RR Depot at Newport, PA (Google Search)
https://www.google.com/search?q=Newport ... 13&bih=605

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https://www.pinterest.com/pin/825636544156119563/

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Where did you find this photo? Looks a little damaged at teh top, but still in good shape given the age.

Newport & Sherman's Valley RR Depot at Newport, PA (Google Search)
https://www.google.com/search?q=Newport ... 13&bih=605

Explore Photo Search, Historical Photos, and more!
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/825636544156119563/

Thanks! I searched from a different direction but managed to find a site that had info on PA stations and depots broken down by county. Sometimes you can find photos like this one for sale at something less than insane. One in my office is of the Liberty Bell on tour in 1898 stopping in the Greencastle center square on a display on a flat car.