Walthers N scale track bumpers - appropriate eras?

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Hi,

I was wondering which era the Walthers Cornerstone track bumpers (part no 933-2605) are appropriate for? My layout features a yard on a class 1 railroad in the mid-1950s, and I was wondering if these would be appropriate for this era/setting?

Thanks in advance,

tbdanny

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I saw and photographed bumpers just about like this when I visaited Mexico City Buenavista Station in 1974. They were on the ends of passenger platform tracks that stub-ended at the station concourse. Maybe I should order some for the passenger station on my “Island Seaport” layout (based on Galveston, Texas) which has stub-end platform tracks.

I can also see them on stub-end tracks at a major freight station, though I don’t have an immediate example in mind.

Somewhat less so for most industrial sidings and yard tracks. I remember some industrial spurs near where I grew up in Houston, that ended in a pile of dirt or a pile of old ties. Most yard tracks on a class 1 railroad in the 1950s should probably be double-ended, though most of we modelers don’t have room to do it.

Just my experience…