AL CRATE        Pittsburg & Shawmut RR

SCALE:                HO                                                                

SIZE:                    35' by 20'

PROTOTYPE:     Pittsburg & Shawmut RR                                       

PERIOD:              1965 - 1975

LOCALE:            Kittaning PA to Brookville PA

STYLE:                Multi-level, point to point, with interchanges.

HEIGHT:             40" to 54"                                                     

LENGTH:            200' single track main, plus sidings,

BENCHWORK:  Cross-braced open grid                            

 ROADBED:        Masonite spline and cork.

TRACK:              Code 83 flex.  All switches are hand thrown.

RADIUS:             22" or greater on main                                 

GRADE:               4% branches, 2% main

SCENERY:          Combination of plaster and foam              

BACKDROP:      Painted 1/8 Masonite    

CONTROL:         Onboard Command Control with tethered throttles

COMMENTS:    This layout was written up as part of a feature article in the Tri-County Sunday newspaper on March 16th.  The P&S is a club type layout in a private home basement, designed as a successor to a former club layout in Brookville housed in the Gray Building, which burned, destroying most equipment.  P&S engines are custom painted, and cars represent rolling stock from the 50's till the 70's.

OPERATIONS:  Car cards and a dispatcher control operations, with usually two turns out of Brookville, and three out of Kittaning.  Operators use a small clip board to work their schedule, switching assignment, car cards, and controller.  Crews wait in the crew room for their call.  Communication is by radio with the remote dispatcher.

PICTURES:        http://i80modelrailroads.home.comcast.net/ps/ps.html