Current Layout by Bob Frascella

D&H C420 #404 with the Canton Local takes the siding at Columbia Crossroads, PA. The C420 was built with 3D-printed body components designed by Bob and powered with an American Models drive system. The 3D-printed parts can be found on the Century Models Shapeways store and Bob is preparing an article on building the C420 in S-scale. The layout is proto-freelanced and represents a plausible scenario where the Delaware & Hudson acquired and restored the former Pennsylvania Railroad's Elmira Branch from Williamsport, PA to Elmira, NY as a concession to the Conrail merger. The setting is 1977 and many of the locomotives are still painted for the former railroads now merged into Conrail. This photo appeared on the inside cover of the November 2023 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman magazine in the NASG promotional ad campaign.

(copyright © Bob Frascella; used by permission)

Patch-painted, ex-Lehigh Valley D&H GP38-2 #7324 and D&H C420 #404 lead a southbound manifest train across Sugar Creek on The EMD GP38-2 and the Alco C420 were built from 3D-printed components that used to be available via Bob's Shapeways store, Century Models. The chassis and drive systems consist of American Models trucks and components. A detailed construction article on building the GP38-2 appeared in the December 2018/January 2019 issue of the S Scale Resource magazine. The deck girder bridges were kitbashed using parts from Atlas HO-scale through-girder bridges. The short roadway span is from an S-scale Micro-Engineering deck girder bridge. The backdrop image is an actual photo. The foreground trees were created using common garden plants such as sedum and caspia covered with ground foam and foliage mat. This photo appeared on the inside cover of the January 2023 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman in the NASG promotional ad campaign.

(copyright © Bob Frascella; used by permission)