The category for the Bring and Brag contest was Structures: Railroad / Commercial. There were five excellent entries offered, the winners were as follows:

1st place went to Steve Ross for his entry of Eidenau Station. He describes his model this way: “Eidenau is north of Pittsburgh where the B&O P&W Subdivision split with the mainline going to New Castle and the branch to Butler. The model was inspired by these photos of Eidenau Station on the Pennsylvania Railroad Stations Past & Present website (by Dan West). I had one of the Telegraph Office kits from Portland Locomotive Works that the Division was selling as fundraisers. It didn't quite work for the non-RR office I was planning, so I bought a second kit to extend the waiting room section and model the Eidenau building. The station names were made on a laser printer. The MU telegraph code in the windows are dry transfers. The snow guard on the roof was scratchbuilt from scale 2x8's. The outside lamp is a Tichy part. I'm still searching for an appropriate brick chimney for the 1950s look.

2nd place went to Tom Catalano for his entry of an N-scale farm diorama. He used a train show find of a Kibri Marburger Milking Barn which he disassembled, repainted, reassembled and added details. Additionally, on the diorama there was a Country Barn by American Model Builders. It was well assembled and painted and weathered. All of the additional details added to the appeal of the diorama.

3rd place went to Rick Montgomery for his entry of the Paramount Theater. This model was a Walthers Rivoli Theater kit. He painted and weathered the building with model paints and powders. He added a Miller Electronics “Paramount” sign and marquee. He edited the sign on his computer to show it hosting Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.

Two additional entries were submitted for the March contest Structures.

George Pandelios brought a color photograph of the Weirton Steel open hearth furnace that he modeled.

Frank Benders brought a water tower.

This page is copied from the Keystone Flyer, Bring‘n’Brag article by Susan Werner.