Pennsylvania Railroad HO Layout with stunning catenary

[21navyseabee]

the elizabeth 'arch' section is quite possible the best ive ever seen. i used to live a block away and see this every day

[NgaiOlaudah]

Andy's work belongs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC! This layout is a shrine, Crazyman, to your friend and our modeling icon, Andy Rubbo! This is still the greatest Pennsy layout I have EVER seen! If I caught the Broadway Limited at Trenton for DC, I stepped out of my past and into Andy's layout! Thanks, again...

[newsgodaz]

theb Elizabeth scenes are world class! nice job!

[crazyman762]

I have not checked this clip in about a year. I had no idea it has been viewed over 6000 times! (:->) Thanks for checking it out.

Andy uses .010 wire for the trolley wire making it very in scale VERY fragile as well. With the spring tension of out of the box HO pantographs it deflects the catenary. If Andy went for full contact disaster would happen eventually & rip down years of painstaking catenary work. The no pantograph contact does not detract from seeing the otherwise amazing layout.

[Flatbedkw]

@crazyman762 It's an awesome representation, even with the pantographs down. I wonder if the spring pressure of the pantographs could be changed to run with them raised, but either way, this is an amazing layout.

[pvsantos999]

Why aren't the pantographs raised? The catenary looks very good but it's useless if it's not functional.

[TomedysTrains]

This is AMAZING! It looks just like the Northeast Corridor from New York to Philadelphia in the 1960s.

[NgaiOlaudah]

ANDY IS THE GREATEST HO LAYOUT MODEL RAILROAD BUILDER AND MAKER I HAVE EVER SEEN! AND I USED TO GET MODEL RAILROADER WHEN I WAS A KID...Just look at the catenary! This was the corridor between NY and DC!!!! I am 64 years old and I have never seen anything any where like Rubbo's rails! PLEASE GIVE HIM MY BEST! NGAI O - AKA Arthur Napier Burghardt I hear the rocker brother Rod Stewart has an incredible NYCentral line running north out of his Grand Central! But Andy's work here is the greatest...

[alvinhochun]

No raised pantographs?

[b111791]

Absolutely beautiful! This is one of those layouts that crosses the threshold of model trains into time travel.

[rodmanb294]

Awesome layout.!! Any my favorite Trains! Does Andy share his track plan? love to see more of the layout!

Have Sony # CCD HD Camcorder if he'd like some HDVideo of his work.. Fee of course... Check out my work here on you tube..search Rodmanb294

[NgaiOlaudah]

Andy Rubbo is a genius. This takes me back! I am a native of Baltimore and lived in Manhattan. I remember the old Penn Station and loved it...Tnank God they haven't razed Grand Central. I am an old fan of Pennsy, NY Central and the B&O railroads! This layout is so beautiful that it is almost indescribably BEAUTIFUL...THANKS, ARTHUR BURGHARDT "NgaiO" PS...did Andy build the catenary from scratch?

[CORKYANDERSON]

G's always look better witthn erected pans! Nice work!

[atlanticrr]

The recent edition of Model Railroader (June 2001) has a photo of this laypout in the section called "Trackside photos." Would love to see this railroad in MR, or RMC or in Allen Keller's "Great Model Railroad" dvd series. This is something I aspire to when I build my own HO model railroad (except I'll be modeling 1938 - 58 part of NJ, even Trenton's station, going to NYC)-though Andy is modeling the era I remember the most clear,

[atlanticrr]

Incredible. Photos show the pantographs up-I assume they run that way now. Blown away by the depiction of Elizabeth, NJ (w/ the CNJ in the background). Love the NE corridor. Wanting to model Trenton, NJ station & "environs." What's the size of the layout? Track plan? Why isn't something like this in Model Railroader or Railroad Model Craftsman?

[ocalicreek]

Ditto to the comment below...fantastic overhead...but why aren't the pantographs up?!?

[edgarhillstation]

Awesome. I can only dream to make that. Thank you. I have HO trains for over 30 years. And I am unable to run them because of where I live. I have alot of Pennsylvania engines. Your post has made me very happy. Thank you again. Keep the past alive.

[OceanRailroader]

I have home built Pennsyvinia catenary on my train set too

[EMDSD14R]

very cool layout...so far this is the second vid besides mine of an E44 tht i've seen....very cool..its so quiet it could be an Alco model products unit but Alpha models could have made it aswell...do u know who made the E44?...very cool vid!!

[jbphotog712]

this looks so real!

[02081912Frabas]

Very nice video. Hoping for a update of the magnificent stuff. regards.

[ekapus]

It's not even right how awesome this is. Let's see MORE MORE MORE!

[ac0catenary]

Awesome catenary .. But why arent the Pantograghs up !

[cab4]

Metuchen? my grand parents live up there, and NEC is my favorite modeling subject. Maybe i'll bump into him one day.

[njtcoastline]

WOW