Tom Gaus
The Plum Creek Railroad is an HO scale 11' x 12' "L" shape layout with a 2.8 scale mile single track
mainline from North Bessemer to Saltsburg and a branch line from Delmont to Murrysville and Jeannette.
It's a mock short line railroad set in 1968, which interchanges with the PRR, B&LE, URR & TCR.
The original layout scenery is about 100% complete and there's a branch line addition that has the track
completed and the industries started but no scenery.
The layout has survived a move from Penn Hills to Plum, where it was cut into seven pieces and moved in the
back of a pickup truck to its new home.
For more about the PCR, see its web page at
www.plumcreekrailroad.com
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View of the Jenny Mine in Delmont
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West end of the White Valley industrial area
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Hump Industries in White Valley
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Evans cheese factory in White Valley
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The layout is a two level dogbone, with staging on the lower level and industries and scenery on the top.
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Gus Grump and Pickins McCready discuss business
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The PCR mainline passes Die Craft, a local industry in Dunningtown along the headwaters of the Turtle Creek
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An eastbound Pennsy freight CA10 passes the Thompson Farm House in Dunningtown
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The PCR branchline behind the mine facilities in Delmont
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The lumber supply in Slickville
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Export Station
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Mobile Gas in Slickville
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The lumber supply in Slickville
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Hump Industries in White Valley
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Jenny's Mine in Delmont
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B&LE #453 glides into Slickville
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Company houses in Murrysville
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Life in Murrysville has never a dull moment
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Pennsy freight climbs the hill into Export
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Export yard with the industries behind
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Freight Distribution Corp. loading dock
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Freight Distribution Corp. in Export
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Freight Distribution Corp. truck terminal
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Layout view from Murrysville
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Another aerial view of the layout from Murrysville
