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copyright © Alan Balma; used by permission.
PRR #9175, an NW2, in the fall of 1956, crosses a lake with cars to be interchanged with the NYC in Canandaigua, NY. The NW2 and the freight cars are from S-Helper Service. The house is a B.T.S. "110 Second Street" kit. The girder bridge is a 90-foot Walthers HO-scale kit and sits on Pre-Size Model Specialties abutments. The background trees are all Scenic Express Super-Trees, and the foreground trees are made from Woodland Scenics armatures with Super-Tree material affixed. The water is art resin topped with Woodland Scenics Water Ripples.
An interesting side note on the NW2; S-Helper Service is to be commended for their accuracy in producing this model, in that the Pennsylvania Railroad only had one Tuscan-colored NW2 and it was road number 9175.
Alan's photo appears on the inside cover of the April 2026 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman magazine in the NASG promotional ad campaign.
As a bonus, Alan provided us with updated photos, so be sure to take a look at his layout in the "Layouts" section of this web site (second link below).
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