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CSX Philadelphia
Subdivision
HO scale (1:87.1)
Layout size: 42 x 56 feet
Scale of plan:^5 ⁄ 32 " = 1'-0", 24" grid
Numbered arrows indicate photo locations
Illustration by Mike Minatelli and Rick Johnson
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Stairs
Brandywine
River
East Penn Ry.
Interstate 95
SEPTA trolley crossing Darby
58th
Street
Schuykill
River
Boone
Tunnel
Chester
Bids
East
Feltonville
Helix (Up to
Baltimore, down
to staging)
Vine
Street
General Electric
distribution
Crew lounge
Dispatcher’s
office
Helix up
East Aiken
CSX East
Side Yard
MD Materials
Appalachian
Railcar Services
West Singerly
East
Singerly
Cargill
84 Lumber
NEWARK Wilmington& Western
interchange Landenberg Junction
General
Motors
plant
CSX Wilsmere Yard
Elsmere
Junction
Market
Street
Branch
B
A
West
Feltonville
Twin Oaks auto
unloading facility
CCA Grief Brothers
Furnace Furnace Lower level (45")
Perryville
Cold Storage
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A blank slate
Before cutting the first piece of bench-
work, I had the basement finished with
carpeting and a drop ceiling. While that
work was being completed, I drew the
track plan on paper and had my friend
Mike Minatelli convert it to CAD. This
proved helpful, as I could see how things
looked before I started building. Having
operated on several model railroads,
I knew what I liked and didn’t like. My
goal was to have an operations-oriented
model railroad that re-created the Philly
Sub as closely as possible.
Through railfanning, I became
friends with CSX employees who worked