Wheeling & Lake Erie Depot at Warrenton, Ohio

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I don’t know how many modelers there are here of the “old” Wheeling & Lake Erie, the Nickel Plate or the upper Ohio Valley area in general but I grew up about two miles from Warrenton where the Wheeling met the Ohio River then turned south towards Martins Ferry, Ohio, and its namesake, Wheeling, West Virginia. So I decided to build a model of the station for my “Eastern Division” of the NKP.

If you are interested in following along, you are more than welcome to visit my blog at: http://thecourier.typepad.com/alongtherightofway/ There’s nothing being promoted, nothing being sold or anything like that, just a step-by-step (almost) process on how I’m building the model. I’m on the fourth installment but you can easily check the archives for the previous three.

Here’s where we are so far…

So stop by and take a look if you are so inclined. Happy scratchbuilding.

dlm

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That’s looking great!! Good luck with the roof, but I don’t think it’s going to be all that difficult and your ‘poor mans chopper’ will be great at those long straight cuts.

I really like the scenery on those N-scale trains with the O-scale figures on them[swg]. My wife saw a segment of “How It’s Made” with a small live steamer and she really wants one. Thats a good thing. The bad thing is she wants an Allegheny.

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DLM You have got to get to Pittsbugh and see the Wheeling-Lake Erie yard in Green Tree, you can see it from the parkway.

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Looks like it’s coming along well Dan-don’t forget to model the rowboat the agent was supplied with when the Ohio River flooded! [:D]

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In case you may be interested, I’ve completed the series of blog posts covering the Wheeling & Lake Erie depot at Warrenton, Ohio. There are eight segments/installments in all; the final one is located at:

http://thecourier.typepad.com/alongtherightofway/

I hope you enjoy the series and I would appreciate some feedback on the finished project.

Thank you!

dlm

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I like it! It’s different from the normal stations one normally sees. I thought the roof looked gloss black but it might be an illusion of the grey wash and the flash. About the only thing that “I” think looks out of place is the chimney, the color in particular seems to look almost neon.

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It certainly looks nice. With your permission I would like to use your drawings to create the same in O scale. Also wondering if you have any additional information about the W&LE or the Wheeling Bridge and Terminal in eastern Ohio, other than what is available in “The Nickle Plate Story”, or Vol II of the “Wheeling and Lake Erie” (Corns). I was born in Martins Ferry, and still remember Rayland’s Favorite Son, Bill Mazeroski, and his famous home run in the 1960 World Series.

Kevin