Hi all, thank you again for the advise; it gave me a lot to think about. I decided to 'get my feet wet' with a smaller project before trying the actual station. For this, I chose a standard PRR passenger shelter. Different variations were found throughout the system, however the basics of the structure remained relatively constant. The plans that the PRR used for station shelters are found here. While I used the dimensions for the sides, I chose to elongate the structure to emulate the ones found in the Philadelphia area such as at Morton and Berwyn. The 'Haverford' keystone station signs are applied with double sided tape so that when I do model Haverford station, I can change the name of this station to a different stop. I'm not sure if this will be the permanent base for the shelter so it is not glued down yet, once I pick a permanent base, I will add the support post that go from the ground to the horizontal beam.
Since this will be going on my temporary Christmas layout, I put in Christmas posters from the 1920s and 1930s. Of special note is the poster advertising PRR's discounted Holiday train service in the fourth picture. The other ads have familial meanings; the Sunkist orange ad is for the stories of my grandparents who would get oranges as a treat in their stocking during the Great Depression, the Fuller Brush ad is for my mom's cousin who sold Fuller Brush, and the Mickey Mouse is for my Grandmother who loved the original cartoons from the 30s and 40s. I'm going to use Dept. 56 fresh fallen snow to winterize the scene later on.
The last shot is on my 'quarantine floor layout' (gotta have something to keep me entertained) with MTH Strasburg coaches. Poor lighting necessitated the flash which does not do justice to the beauty of the coaches.
