track side scenes

"produce stand"

 

produce stand between the tracks not practical

 

there are lots of junk collections that would fit in this space.  try modeltechstudios

A freight transfer shed with a deck at the level of the boxcar floors.

 

 

Andrew

 

Hi Gerry,

 

Here's a great switch tower to put between your tracks

 

KORBER 927 SWITCH TOWER

Fort Pitt High-railer Time Saver modules.

 

Falconservice, Can you post a picture of a transfer shed,also is there a kit for this ,or would i have to scratch build it ? 

        

       High ALEX,Good to hear from you,i like your suggestion,iam going to order one tomorrow, thanks for your help.

 

    Mike CT, You have given me more ideas than i have room for,i will print out your response & i will probably use several of you're ideas they look really good,i wish i was as creative as you & Alex are, this is just another great example of how much help is available here on the forum.

The Korber switch tower mentioned.

Carpenter's shack. Forum member MWB (Martin) supplied this kit. Parts are BTS, and Crow River.  The water stand pipe is MTH.  Small office and Lumber Yard is Walther, now an Atlas offering.

Additional between track structures. 
Front structure and small tar paper roof shed is BTS, Elliot and Sons Supply.  Rear structure complex is BTS Cabin Creek Coal Tipple.  Between track structure is the Coal Tipple power plant. Also supplied is a small storage building. Outhouse is also BTS.

Most of the detail parts pictured are BTS

Depends a lot on the look you are going after.......

A scale layout your limited to grass, weeds, gravel, mileposts and RR signs (yard limit etc)

More traditional 'toy' layout.....anything goes!!!! But I do not like things like a produce stand between two mainlines.....or things like cattle grazing between two busy lines!

Things like an elevated watchtower, small fuel or tool shed, telephone and/or radio cabinet.

These things work on any layout......because the look right......toy or scale.

Stacks of used or new ties and rail.....even piles of spilled coal or sand.

Just look at real photos to get ideas.

 

Here is a few thing I have a long the track .

 

Guy

Gerry,

 

Like Mike CT and Wigville posted above here's a Hobo campsite/junkyard/trailer park scene

 

 

Alex, I ordered the switch tower tonight, rather than waiting till tomorrow ,what kind of paint could i use on the tower ?   Thanks , Jerry.

 

Mike CT,  Where can i get the buildings in your pictures?,are they kits or scratch bilt?

Most of the Time Saver module belongs to  Matt I.   I have an email into him for direction on the pieces of that module.  I marked some of the piece on my layout, all are kits.

 

I'm with those that recommended a switch tower. There are several choices available as well as one the has a 2" base made by Harry Heike.

Great scenes.

These scenes are very motivational.

 

Art

I would suggest, if you are not necessarily decided on having a building featured on such a site, perhaps, a forestry harvesting vignette would be enjoyable to craft and intriguing for guests to your layout to discover. I crafted these, which occupy a large variety of shapes and sizes of footprints. Here's a representative example to offer you an idea of what can be done. These can fit right along the edge of a layout or be placed interior to the landscape, IMO. Such a logging "block" can cover vast areas, too, complete with logging dirt road(s) leading up to and into the vista.

 

To learn what each machine's task was, I went to a John Deere dealership (along Rt.11 Uptate NY,) and learned how a log harvest progressed and how each machine affected the forest-scape while "in-action."

 

Then, I went into a woods as it was being harvested, near Cortland, NY, and studied what the forest floor looked like, too, in,amongst, and around the trees and stumps as the loggers progressed at their task.

 

I found these projects to be extremely enjoyable and satisfying; you may find that to be the case, too.

FrankM

Frank - I love those scenes, very nicely done.

 

Art

Moonson,A forestry scene is another good idea,it will be hard to pick which ones to do,where did you get the equipment from? 

You might want to squeeze in a sand drying and storage facility. What comes to mind is something along the lines of what Campbell Scale Models used to make back in the 50's and 60's for the HO crowd. This is a long and narrow model that would fit between tracks and have a good reason for existing.

Some wild thoughts for between the tracks.....family burial plot (small cemetery), murder investigation scene with plenty of police cars outside the tracks, oil derick, stones from Stonehenge (keep the mystery alive), entrance to a gold mine pit (fenced off).....

 

Train order building.

Here are my sources, through the years, for scale (1/43-48) John Deere logging equipment (sophisticated, accurate toys/models sold in a store-front for the real-life equipment:

• Cazenovia Equipment Co., 3892 US.Rt.11, Cortland, NY (607-756-5693).
• Cazenovia ... 1653 Rt. 11, Kirkwood, NY 13795 (607-775-2066).
• Cazenovia...2393 Rt. 11, Lafayette, NY 13084 (315-677-9328).

FrankM.

P.S. If you are going to the upcoming TCA Meet @ York, PA, in a few days, I have some of the machinery in my inventory and would bring some for you to see, if you wished; however, the scenes are no longer available, having sold-out long ago.

Thank you for saying so, Art. I sure liked doing them and learning about logging from the John Deere folks ahead of time so I could be authentic as possible in my efforts.

FrankM

I wish someone would make more trackside boxes to put next to crossing gates and signals. I brought some old Lionel trainmaster powerhouses and took the innerds out and use the housing for trackside boxes. I wished that I could get some Atlas O Signal boxes without the innerds in them to use for trackside boxes.......Rogerw.

Carl, where did you purchase your trackside buildings from??...........Roger

Carl, Please email me with cost of buildings. My email is in my profile...............Rogerw.

Small trackside structures:

In my hometown the modest A&Y Ry had two 8x12 frame buildings with weatherboarding siding and gable roof. One was the "Oil House" and one the "Tool House"[the Tool House survived and today is used as an outbuilding in the former Section Foreman's son's back yard]. It was always located close by the Dual Motorcar Shed which housed the Motorcar and work trailer.

 

The two little 8x12 buildings housed engine lubricant/oils, grease for rolling stock friction surfaces, turnouts, etc, and stored hand tools-shovels, picks, spike hammers, spikes, tie plates, crowbars, etc.

 

Alongside the siding was a stock unloading ramp where a local horse and cow trader [and Veterinarian] received animals from the west. There was no holding pen at the ramp which made unloading and herding the four-legged types interesting.

 

Also the little 30x50 Depot had a two-hole outhouse, with entrance lattice screen covering the female side, located just across the tracks in a wooded area.

 

There were always rails and ties stored in track space between the 26 car siding and the main. The siding had small 16x30 "warehouses"; one for feed and seed and one for fertlizer, bagged concrete, mortar mix and the like. The warehouses were located between the siding and U.S. Hwy 220 with barely room between track and road to load/unload trucks.

A local General store leased both warehouses from the Railway.

 

The A&Y passenger service ended in June 1938 and December 31,1949 the Southern Ry bought and retired the A&Y bonds and folded it into the parent company. 

 

A&Y #542 Consolidation is the only surviving piece of A&Y equipment. It is cosmetically restored[a former movie star] and stored at Spencer Shops.

That suggestion of yours reminded me of a project I completed a couple years ago.

 

Gerald, Might such a mining vignette be worth considering, too, for such a spot?

FrankM

Moonson, Thanks for all the pictures,it gives me a lot to pick from there are a lot of good ideas that have been suggested & i am saving these responses so i can pick which ones will work in the spaces i have available, & thanks to all forum members for there suggestions.

Moonson

EXCEPTIONAL !!!!!

 

Gerald

get the magazines and visit layouts. your possibilities are endless. Enjoy the journey