your depot

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id love to see yours? tring to pic mine out , thanks

ray

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Ray, I guess I’ll bite first. I have two: (Click pictures to enlarge)

Alexander Scale Model NYC Freight Depot

Inside view of Freight Depot

Walthers Golden Valley Freight House

I like them both. The NYC Freight Depot is a 40-50 year old craftsman kit, which I put together earlier this year. I still have a few things to finish up on it - e.g. add exterior lighting. The sliding door(s), wood flooring, and inside trim work were my own additions to the kit.

Tom

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Wow Tom i like that first one !

Is that kit still available ?

Here’s my scratch built version of the Thurmond Depot

Selectively compressed

A C&O Historical Society Photo of the real thing

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Forgot to add their was a good thread with lots of photos last month

See

http://www.trains.com/TRC/CS/forums/795908/ShowPost.aspx

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Terry,

First off, nice scratch-built job on the C & O depot. I like it! [tup]

Yes, that particular depot is still available - although no longer in production. (FYI: Tomar Industries recently bought the Alexander Scale Model (ASM) dies and has begun to re-release a few of the kits.) The windows in your depot look an awful lot like ASM windows. Are they metal?

I’ve seen the original kits on eBay for $15-20. I’ve enjoyed “adding to” the kits to make them unique but believable. Believe it or not, the original NYC prototype is STILL standing in Caledonia, MI - although it’s primarily used for storage now.

Tom

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Here’s a passenger waiting shelter at East Mifflin on my N scale Pennsylvania RR:

It’s made by PA Heritage Models. I added a brick platform.

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Thanks Tom

Yes the windows are metal And i can’t seem to find any more

My LHS only carries plastic

I’ll be checking Ebay I’d like to find a kit like that to replace the Warthers Built up

I’m using now in the town of New Hope

I figure i can paint it Grey and white to give it a C&O look

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Here’s my main line station:

It’s a Life Like Main Line Station kit (unfortunately no-longer in production), I extended the platforms on. It still needs some signs, and I’m going to add some railings to the platforms.

Here’s my branch line station:

This one is the Atlas kit, without the dormers. Since the branch is a PRR line, I’m thinking about repainting the station into Pennsy colors.

Nick

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Terry,

Check into the Alexander Scale Model windows on the Tomar web site:

http://www.tomarindustries.com/asm.htm

They should still be metal but I would e-mail Tomar just to double-check. They have quite a variety of parts for scratch-building structures.

Tom

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Heres mine. It not the best picture of it. I has a fully detailed interior and it also lit.