Bath NY Erie Depot 31 March and 1 April 2006 Dear Mr. Dick Honeyman: Sorry for the delay--I was traveling and then sick for a bit. I see on the map where Bath is 10-miles out from Painted Post (almost Corning) NY. Part of the Buffalo and Cohocton Railroad of 1850, and by 1852 the Buffalo, Corning, and New York Railroad. The rails went through Bath between 1852 and 1854 when they reached Batavia, and the road eventually became part of the Buffalo, New York and Erie, and then the Attica and Hornellsville Railroad, and eventually merged into the Erie (Next Station Will Be…Vol XI, page 58). Thanks for sending the photos. The image you labeled "BathErieStation" (north view?) is the same view used on page 66 of Volume XI, Erie Branches from Jersey City, NJ to Rochester, NY, now the copyright of the New Jersey Midland Railroad Historical Society (that succeeded the Railroadians of America. The photographs were taken on 4x5 inch-glass by J. E. Bailey of Meadville, PA, and are at Syracuse (or was it Rochester?) University (I forgot which). This shot at Bath also reveals the 1909 photographer's train in the background. This is Bath's second station built in 1860, the first built in 1852 had burned. This station was "removed" in 1958, as it appears the last passenger train(s) was pulled either in 1947 (September 30) or 1950 (pages 61 and 69, Erie Memories, Ed Crist). A couple more pictures taken at Bath are on page 69 of Erie Memories. Your scan is a bit light, or the one in the book was printed a bit darker. For example, your image barely shows the chimney. The book image shows a base color with darker trim window color. The Next Station Will Be...Vol XI also mentions the branch was being renovated in 1907-08, so there is a good chance that the station got the "light green with dark green" trim in your photos. The "faded" color can be seen on the cover of the Carstens' Publications book "Susquehanna" by Crist and Karuse. The second image of the South side has yet to appear in print as far as I know, and appears to be taken from the corner of the freight house at the same time. Both images show a smaller peak on the rail (west?) side, possibly over the ticket agent's booth. Such items have appeared on other Erie stations. I have been unable to find a front shot of the Bath station in the other five titles I have reviewed—almost as good as trying to find a track side-shot of Erie’s principal passenger station. If you are modeling in HO, then you have a few ways to go, depending on whether you have Bailey's drawings of size and floor plan. The drawings would help scratch building, easier with the plans. For a Shake the Box: For a quick fix, I would recommend an old AHM Snap Ease #15301 Rural Freight & Passenger Station, also sold as International Hobby Corp (IHC) #348-4101 (future reference the “IHC kit”). These were also sold as poly-bag kits, later. I have found these at train shows for about $1-to-$5 each—and pick up any I can find. The IHC kit has the proper doors, windows, and is “selectively compressed.” For example, Bath has 24 boards between the battens on each end, and the model has 18: two less between the windows, and one less outside each window. The number of boards underneath each window is about right. To make it look like Bath, the battens under the bay would need to be smoothed, with wider boards applied as a picture frame below the windows. Also, the entire south side of the Bath station has no windows, so the model’s wall would need to be replaced, probably with a solid piece of: Evergreen scale models Board & Batten 6x12-inch 269-4543 (0.0100” spacing), p950 siding. You might want to replace the two peaked windows on the North side with the similar material. The IHC kit has curved eaves brackets, and the station has them straight. These and the gable end trim could be simulated with other straight pieces of styrene. Also, the chimney would need to be replaced. I have a few such chimney parts from Ertyl kits, but there are several in the Walthers catalog that would work: Metal, SS LTD 650-2033 Tall brick chimney, $3.19 (2), p 1019 Details West 87-126 Brick Victorian Chimney (2) $2.95, p994 (plastic) and Grant Line 300-5057 Brick Chimney (Victorian) (3) $3.00, p996 (plastic) Paint—your original question: for a quick foo-phoo can approach, the Color “ FUSION” “honeydew” (comes in Satin finish) would work for the base light-green color. I have seen these at Walmart, Lowe’s, Ben Franklin and Ace Hardware stores..(As a model paint, maybe CN passenger light green would work.) The doors, door and window trim would be a dark green like of Tamiya Color XF-11 JN Green or (Testors) Model Master #2116 Japanese Army Navy Green (the model-masters was previously paint chip-matched from an Erie station in New York). The recently released Atlas Maywood Station (kit) also has potential because the station width is almost correct width (Maywood is 21 boards wide, while Bath is 24). The chimney, roof, roof eve brackets, and gable trim in the Atlas kit are about correct, and the bay is not far off. Doors and windows would need to be changed, and the baggage door wall might need some modification. I do not have a kit yet to see what else needs to be changed. In either case, a small peaked dormer may be needed if you could find a track-side front image of Bath. If you are scratch building, some of the other items I have seen or used on Erie stations like this include: Windows, 255-80064, eight pane 28x64-inches, package of 8, Micro Engineering, p 1008, Metal, SS LTD 650-2033 Tall brick chimney, $3.19 (2), p 1019 650-2107, SS LTD (metal) roof overhang even (6) 3.19, p 1019 SS LTD 650-2200 Narrow 2-panel 1Lite (2) $2.89 (needs a different (straight) drip cap, rather than peaked, p 1020 Laser Kit-American Model Builders Inc, 152-337 Stand alone pay window, 11.95, p978 (no pictures, see the models under “structures” 152-338 brackets Durango Press 254-62 plastic door with transom (4), $1.65 (proper drip cap) 254-60 Tall 8-pane, double hung windows, (4) $1.95 p985 Detail Associates, 229-7201, 48-inch baggage door with transom, $1.50 Details West 87-126 Brick Victorian Chimney (2) $2.95, p994 Details West 87-138 Large Eave Brackets w Acute angle (8), $2.49 Grant Line 300-5057 Brick Chimney (Victorian) (3) $3.00, p996 Maybe someone else on the list has some ideas on color. I hope the above helped. Howard Haines The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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