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Budd Railcar The Junction PA Interlocking Tower Exchange sidings
Mirror Left Hand U-turn Ernie's Diner Right Hand U-turn
Panoramas Fiddle Yard Track plan Before the changes
It has been decided to extend all the layouts in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad layout group (see above) by
four foot by adding a third scenic and fiddle yard board. Pratrea is the first of the four layouts to be extended.
The main changes to Pratrea has been the Junction and a run round loop on the branch.
Hopefully this will lead to much more fluid and interesting operation.
Budd Railcar
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The Junction
The junction now has an interlocking tower PA Tower inspired by the much photographed NA Tower
(see http://position-light.blogspot.com/2014/05/photos-na-tower.html et al) in Martinsburg, WV.
Enthusiasts call single story interlocking towers interlocking huts but term is not used by railroads.
PA is the abbreviation for Pratrea. Please note the radio aerial. Interlocking towers are US signal boxes.
Exchange sidings
Mirror used to make look as if there's a train behind the back scene
Left Hand U-turn
Ernie's Diner
Right Hand U-turn
Panoramas
Fiddle Yard
I don't normally photo the fiddle yard, however, I feel the new fiddle yard, especially
the throat (the first photo) is sufficiently interesting to make it worth the photographing.
Before the changes
