for model railroading enthusiasts
Greetings. I'm John Ciccarelli and I hope that you will find something useful or of interest on our great hobby of model railroading. My own specialty is the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE) railroad.
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I am not a train collector. Yes I accumulate model trains, but I do not collect for the sake of collecting. I acquire pieces that have personal interest to me. Mostly the roads that served the Youngstown, Ohio area: The Erie/Erie Lackawanna, The New York Central, the B&O, the Pennsy and the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie [...]
The Erie Terminal Building is located in Youngstown, Ohio on Commerce Street between Hazel and Phelps. It served as the passenger terminal as well as division offices along with offices of several bussinesses and professionals. As a child I would wait on the platform at the back of the building for the train to take [...]
The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE) railroad was a regional road that operated just 1/10 of one percent of the nations rails but carried over one percent of the tonnage. This amazing feat earned it the nick name of “The Little Giant”. The history of the P&LE is very colorful from its early independent days [...]
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I am a member of the “Good Enough” school of modeling. Buy this I mean that when I model a scene or structure or piece of equipment, be it locomotive or rolling stock, I am out to recreate the look and/or feel of the prototype. Some in our hobby are what I call “rivet counters”. [...]