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My background flat of the P&LE Locomotive Shop at McKees Rocks, PA is almost done.
It was created using the OpenSCAD 3D program and took about 35 hours to 3D print
all of the pieces.

OpenSCAD program:  https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2312384

Prototype photo:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwdavidson/4880853220

I had to compress it lengthwise from 17 sections to 7 sections and I had to
abbreviate the railroad name.
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I learned from a member of the NYC Historical Society that the round newly painted
bricks on each end of the prototype originally had a "New York Central System" logo.
The P&LE was a wholly owned subsidiary of the NYC.

That logo was removed when the P&LE was given its independence as the
NYC and Pennsy were merged to form the Penn Central.

In my alternate universe, the P&LE put their logo on the shops as the P&LE ran
independently until 1992.

Next I need to glue all of the 3D printed parts together and try to find decals
for the big letters of the name.

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I've glued the pieces together on a piece of MDF and mounted it on my layout.

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In front of the building is my fleet of P&LE diesel engines. All MTH (SW-1500, 2x GP-7, GP38-2, and U28B) .

The name right now is letters printed on paper and attached to the building using double-sided tape. It follows the contour of the layers of brick. Someday (famous last words) I hope to spray paint the white on the bricks and use large decal letters. This font is close to the font used on the prototype but does not match exactly. I'll have to try to find out what font the P&LE used (maybe an NYC font?).

I didn't mention earlier but the glass block windows were printed using white PLA. They could be backlit.

The P&LE logo is available for 3D printing on Thingiverse:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2468652

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