September 2019 75A discarded couch sitting trackside
seems to invite railroadmen to take a
break, but there’s no rest for the crew
of New York & Atlantic Ry. no. 261 as
they pull a short freight out of Atlantic
Avenue Yard. Marc Pitanza of Old
Bridge, N.J., photographed the scene on
his HO scale NY&A layout. The
apartment buildings in the background
are Pola models; the Electro-Motive
Division GP38-2 is from Athearn.
It’s busy on the factory floor as Erie
Lackawanna no. 1039 works industry
sidings outside. Lou Showers of
Washington, Ind., customized the
Walthers background structure kit by
adding 2 inches of depth, filling the
floors with worker figures and
equipment, and illuminating it with
light-emitting diodes. The Alco RS-3 is
an Atlas model.