All photos by Val Pistilli
Linden Junction HO scale prototype-based Free-mo module
Reading’s steam tug Ogontz has just maneuvered a carfloat of loaded coal hoppers into the Linden Street Freight Station’s slip. Located in North Camden along the Delaware River, Readings freight station served many of their customers in the area including Campbells Soups and RCA.
A Reading Railroad switcher is aligned to negotiate the sharp curve into the Linden Street Freight Station facility. Reading served local customers outside its gates on Delaware Ave. until the PRSL took over this territory in 1933. Cobblestone streets dominated the area well up to and after the closing of the freight station in 1962. 
Another view of the Ogontz, built by Neafie & Levy 1899, alongside Reading Railroad’s carfloat #17, built in 1928 at New York ShipBuilding Corp. just down river in Camden. The tug is a Frenchman River Model Works kit and the carfloat is a Walthers kit.
New Jersey & Western HO scale freelanced layout (decommissioned in 2022)
The lower level of the NJ&W railroad shows the east end of Raritan Yard and engine servicing facility. The mainline splits the classification yard seen here on the left and the engine servicing area right of the main. Up above in the foreground is the public delivery siding in Bordentown and further down the line in this view is the outskirts of Yardville. All part of Mike Prokop’s New Jersey & Western Railroad.
At the end of the line of the Point Bay Branch in Camden, a lonely Budd car approaches the Point Bay Station. It’s a busy day and looks like there will be standing room only on the outbound trip. This scene was modeled by Mike Prokop and was part of his New Jersey & Western Railroad.
This area of Mike Prokop’s New Jersey & Western railroad was named Coldwater. Looking down on the valley you can see the double tracked mainline of the NJ&W crossing over the Geneese River. This part of Mike’s model railroad met all the criteria to earn the Scenery Certificate in the NMRA Achievement Program.