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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Like many in this hobby, I got my start at a young age with a circle of track and a little train. In my case it was an American Flyer. My love of real trains came as the result of riding the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie between Youngstown, Ohio and Pittsburgh to visit [...]
Even with the explosion of products now available in O gauge, every once in a while I’ll run across a prototype photo of a piece of rolling stock that I would like to add to my collection but just isn’t made. That is when I do a custom job. I might purchase a similar piece or use [...]
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 [...]
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”. [...]