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HenrikSweden1
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I have a small n scale layout. Running trains of the Erie Lackawanna in the 1960s and the early 1970s mainly in the state of Pennsylvania. Love the colorful railroads of this period, with tons of steel and coal being transported by rail. A very small replika of the famous Starucca viaduct joins the two parts of the layout. Digital running with Digitrax.
erie lackawanna railroad in n scale slideshow no sound
This is a short slideshow, no sound, with photos of my Erie Lackawanna railroad layout in n scale. Your will find some photos of other railroads in the same area, Pennsylvania, during the period from late 1960s up till the arrival of Conrail. The layout is build round the walls in a spare bedroom.
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N scale - the Erie lackawanna layout
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My n scale layout in a spare bedroom of the Erie Lackawanna RR , in Sweden.
The Erie Lackawanna in n scale
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Model railroad in n scale, Erie lackawanna in Pennsylvania, 1960 to mid1970s.
Great pics from your beautiful layout - thanks for sharing!
thanks !
Great layout, beautiful landscape and nice trains - subscribed. I always enjoy when someone is doing N scale, it seems to be mainly H0 these days on YT. I recently started a tiny switching layout in N scale - let's see how this goes.
thanks ! glad you liked it. well there are some guys here who are in n scale and do a lot of videos. I switched to n scale to run longer trains and i am happy i did. So good luck with your new layout !
What an excellent layout. I love the way you captured the look of heavy forested hills, and the weathering on your track is lovely. Well done!
thanks ! glad you liked it, yes some paint on that peco code 80 track does make them look much smaller.
I just found you channel I love your layout it's absolutely beautiful it's the kind of model rail road I will be building I live in Pennsylvania in the rail road town of Enola I grew up around the Enola Yard I'm just getting in to N scale and im always looking for inspiration and guidance I'm in the planning stages I finally have the time and a nice space to do it I would like to lean towards a switching layout I you have done a very nice job on your layout I just love it
thanks a lot ! glad you liked it. Wow Enola yard , that must have been inspiring. You could build a small version and have it as a shadow yard for your trains. N really gives you the chance to build large in a small space. Good luck with your new layout !
Just fantastic what a great use of space and the rolling green scenery looks awesome. Pleasure to just watch.
thanks ! glad you liked it !
Good job! Especially love the viaduct!
Very nice!! What radius are you using for the curves? I’m packing up my HO trains and going N scale. My son has an around the room shelf layout in his room. I’m trying to get an idea of radiuses for Nscale. I’ve always been HO until now.
Erie Lackawanna, one of the best paint schemes out there. Grew up with the EL living in NJ when I was a kid. Always liked it, nice job on ur short layout...
thanks ! yes i love that scheme.
Nice work 👍
thanks a lot ! glad you liked my layout
Cngrats on your hard work. Fabulous trains, scenery and details! A masterpiece.
Wow super nice layout. I want to get into british N-scale (or I guess then it´s N-guage lol). But for now both time and space (and money) is limited.
Thanks ! yes we all have limited space and money, but N scale is small though lol...
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Pro quality video. Nice camera angles, rich, warm colors. Exactly like the EL - the motive power they used and the lush, mountain scenery.
thanks ! glad you liked it.
Scenery matches the type EL travelled through. They ran F7s all the way through the early 70s until they wore out.
Nice video sir
thanks !
That is a beautifully done layout! Your scenery is very realistic! The viaduct scene is very impressive!
thanks ! glad you liked it.
Beautiful! N scale brings large views in small spaces.
thanks ! yes that is the main reason to why i chose n gauge. And i can run longer trains than i used to in HO gauge.
Impressive Henrik!
thanks !
Great layout of one of my 3 most favorite Eastern United States railroads. If I were living in Northeastern Pennsylvania, I would model the Erie Lackawanna, Lehigh Valley where 7 members of my family worked for and the Delaware & Hudson and it would focus around the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area where I have seen freight trains of my 3 favorite Eastern U.S. railroads.
thanks ! yes these are also my favorite railroads. I have some pictures of me running The Lehigh valleys big alcos if you check out my slideshow. Nowadays i even, from time to time, run some conrail trains, from the early black and blue years. Had i the space i would also include some of the bethlehem area and allentown's big yard.
Beautiful layout! Well done! I also like the colors of the 1970s freight cars
thanks ! glad you liked it. Yes it sure is rewarding to model the 70s, and there were no grafitti yet.
this layout has some beautiful scenes in such a small space! WELL DONE!
thanks !
Grew up in the general area. looks amazing
It’s a really nice layout also a lot of detail with it I liked it
A very nice video and layout. I have plans to expand my own HO scale layout, though I don't believe mine will be quite as large as this.
thanks ! glad you liked it and good luck with your project. Now my layout isn't that big. I have built it in a small spare bedroom around the walls.
@@HenrikSweden1 You're quite welcome, and thank you for your kind words :). From the plans I've made, my own layout won't exactly be massive, either (probably 10 x 6 2/3"), but I think it will be manageable and fun to operate.
It's as good as N scale can get, but it looks fake because N scale looks fake. Proportions are wrong.
I'm very impressed with all the details on this layout. What materials did you use to create the trees and bushes? Love to hear from you. Greetings Jef
thanks ! i mainly used woodland scenics plastic stems, there are several kits with only stems, that i covered with Heikis flor. I used the stems in Ho scale to get bigger trees. The second method was the traditional way where i twinned metal thread into stems and branches. Also covered with Heikis Flor. Used contact adhesive and acrylic paint. I like how the trees got very transparent. You could also use woodlands clump material. Heikis flor is great also for bushes and smaller under vegetation. glad you liked it.
@@HenrikSweden1 Thanks for your reply, its appreciated.
Beautiful slideshow
WOW That is an absolutely stunning model railroad. Growing up in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania I feel as if I am looking at the real thing. Your attention to detail, the backdrop, the way everything flows naturally and your clever use of scenery to hide is just amazing!!! Im hoping there are more vidoes.
thank you ! I am so glad you liked it. This region sure is the perfekt scene for lots and lots of the trains. There is a slide show too and eventually there will be an update with a new video too.
Very nice!
They make a movie film emulator for your phone if you wanted to make something like this again.
Beautiful layout. Nice job.
thanks ! glad you liked it.
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Great diorama! Even The Delaware River Viaduct... nice job. Can't really beat 'N' gauge.
thanks ! yes N scale is great and grand !
I grew up in Scranton. One of my Dad’s best friends was Robert Downing. He was a manager at Erie Lackawanna, and later Conrail. I’ve been in the Scranton Station before it was a hotel and have visited the new museum dozens of times at Steam Town. My dream is to model the yard there along Lackawanna Avenue where my family’s business, Matthews Brothers Wholesale Drug Store resided for over 150 years! The Starrucca Viaduct is one of my favorites. Strong rail heritage. I’d love to model under ground lines below the yard showing the mining below. Amazing history there. Gorgeous layout! Congrats.
Thanks for sharing. You sure have a great story to tell. Wish i someday will be able to visit Scranton and steam town. Glad you liked my video.
I really Like this RR, It doesn't look like your first build that's for sure! I wanted to share a great book for anyone who wants to build a model RR. If you have a basement one bedroom, or a single car garage or just an empty wall in an apartment you can start to build your "dream" RR. I am working on 2 separate RRs. The N scale one is from a book by Robert Schleicher called the best of model railroading magazines track plans. Using his advice I built an HO scale plan In N scale. Completely modular 16' x 5 ft 4 " On The mainlines It has almost 30 inch radius, It easily handles 50 or 60 car trains with a DPU. I built my HO RR Using his modular technique also, Winding around my basement with 3 ft aisles. The Idea is you can move the RR if you want. So you don't have to wait to start building. I started with one 4 x 2 module and tried to get my wife interested, no luck there. But I did build a pretty neat 24 x 30 ft RR in the basement. He explains In the book how to build master modules so you can turn and hide trains. My favorite master module is The Angelica Yard. I am working on a version of his plan for that. Using # 8 crossovers , trains cruise right through. Just remember if you want to model modern stuff(89') use big radius .I just want to recommend This book!!
Thanks ! glad you liked it. This is my 4th layout but the first in N scale. I got tired of the short trains in Ho scale, that i could run i my spare bedroom, so i decided to try the smaller n scale. And the trains i could run sure got longer. Double track and dogbone. I am going to try to find your book. Sounds very interesting and so does your layouts.
I always loved the Erie Lackawanna colors. Very nice work....!
me too, that is the main reason why i chose to run the EL. Thanks for watching !
Wow what a beautiful train track, very realistic.👌👌👌 I myself am also building a train track in N scale, greetings from the Netherlands
thanks ! i still use Pecos code 80, although code 55 is around, but i think with some paint and weathering it looks good. Ballast is from Woodlands scenics and that is the fine grain.
Wow what a beautiful train track, very realistic. greetings from the Netherlands
thanks for watching ! glad you liked it.
Very nicely done...
thanks ! glad you liked it.
One question: where does the track go, that goes around the mountain by 6:06?
thanks for watching. the track plan is a dogbone so it goes around the mountain , coming from the lower up around the mountain and over the same track, on the steel bridges.
I also think it was very successful and gave me some ideas. Thank you very much!
Amazing!!!!
thanks ! glad you liked it !
This is a really nice layout! I got a few ideas for my small layout in this I'm about to build in my small trailer. Thanks for sharing. 👍
thanks ! glad you liked it and good luck with your new layout !
I want to build the line between Binghamton and Suffern, NY in Trainz on a merged DEM route I have. That was the ex-Erie line. Now, it's NYS&W, NS, NJT and Metro-North. Freight only west of Port Jervis, NY. Trainz is a simulator on computer made by N3V formerly Auran of Australia. There is a lot of North American content for it. They keep making newer versions every few years. Eventually I want the route to go to Hoboken, NJ.
Incredible layout,
Stunning layout. It looks bigger than it actually is (just my impression). I hope you find a way to extend the layout where you have dead ends. I tale this as an inspiration for my office layout that is more or less a modern era around the room ca. 1ft wide 2 mainline. The idea is to add some industries along the line.
an amazing display and modeling! well done! one of the best i have seen! thank you
Amazing layout of my favorite RR! Beautiful job on the scenery: really captured the feel of eastern PA/NY and surrounding areas. I can tell you spent much time collecting rolling stock appropriate to the time and location. Great eye for detail, sir. Bravo!
Absolutely beautiful layout Henrik!! I'm a long time HO scale EL modeler, nothing against N scale lol , but I'm so impressed with your N scale efforts capturing the EL. I grew up along the EL main line in Orange County, NY during the late 60's & up until C rail (thumbs down to crappy rail). I have all those track side memories imprinted in my mind and finally carrying that into my new layout. Building a number of modules along the NY division from SF tower in Suffern, NY/ Hillburn yards (Mahwah Ford assembly plant) up to NJ interlocking tower. Following the Ramapo River & Valley that the main went thru some of the best scenery in NY State. Thanks for sharing!! Please up date when you can. - Alex
thanks ! glad you liked it. Well about ten years ago i switched from Ho to N scale in order to get more space and be able to run longer trains. The old Ho layout was built with some scenes from Hoboken and N J. I would love to build a new layout and include a very compressed Hoboken station and some rail ferry action. Maybe in the future. I wish you a happy easter ! Henrik
Awesome layout 👌
thanks ! glad you liked it !❤