The modular part of my layout is based on the Canton, OH freight house.
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NKP Freight House in Canton, OH (HO scale)
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Operations on the Freight House are relatively simple. Load the "House" with 32 - 4o ft boxcars first. (I'm trying to determine if there was a "pattern" for placement of cars for the LCL business done here.) After the "House" is loaded and "blue flagged", then the rest of the customers would be serviced. Team tracks will allow for a wide variety of customers. ( I have the list of team track customers served by the railroad.) There is a produce warehouse that receives 2-4 reefer loads per day from the PRR around 4 PM. Smaller customers ( traffic wise ) were a NaBisCo warehouse, moving & storage warehouse, a foundry that produces clay molding machinery (think brick works), and a safe manufacturer.
Canton yard, which was adjacent to the spur, received cars via transfer from a larger yard (Gambrinus - 3 miles away) or direct inbound interchange with the PRR. As far as I have found to date, no mainline trains stopped in Canton to drop or pick up cars. This makes the modeling "easier" since I can run transfers (called "Pullers") to and from staging to Canton yard as needed.
I hope adding this picture helps put all this text into context -
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Thanks Steve for your comment! I happened to find a different picture of the area in the lobby of a customer in that area. I was "smitten" by the details and knew it was what I should model. There are 3 class 1 railroads in this picture. Pennsy, Baltimore and Ohio, and the Nickel Plate Road. You can see a low resolution picture below:
You may only view thumbnails in this gallery. This gallery has 1 photos.1 PhotoLast edited by TimMoran; 05-15-2021, 05:17 PM. Reason: Adding information regarding the content on the full sized image
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Good morning all,
This drawing shows how the Freight House spur fits into the "rest of the layout". The green grid squares are 5 ft x 5 ft.
Transfers feed Canton yard from the staging at the top of the plan. The industries between staging and the yard get serviced by either of the Freight House jobs ( AM and PM ). The yard switcher builds cuts for the various industries on the Freight House spur and the "House" job delivers and pulls accordingly.
The trackage that extends down from the interchange is controlled by the B&O. There were 2 loads of cars interchanged with the NKP on a daily basis plus an occasional service to the on line scrap dealer at Luntz.
Thanks for looking. Please share your thoughts and comments!
Tim Moran
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Since most ( all?) of my structures for this railroad are distinctive, I needed to try my hand at scratchbuilding. Cardstock and photo-realistic textures were an easy way for me to see if I could make something that would pass as "real". Near the interchange with the NKP and Baltimore and Ohio was a small lumber sales office called Tombaugh Lumber. All I had to work with was a Sanborn map diagram:
And an aerial view:
With fear and trembling, I started to cobble together a replica. This is what I came up with:
It doesn't win any prizes, however, it did bolster my confidence enough to continue trying more buildings. For now, this is workable place holder on the permanent part of my layout.
Thanks for looking!
Tim MoranLast edited by TimMoran; 05-15-2021, 05:10 PM. Reason: Trying to get the pictures to load with the text
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Do you know anything about the history of that building? It has such a unique roofline and structure.
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Craig - When I looked at the Sanborn maps of the site, a pattern of "add-ons" was noticeable and not too unusual for the time period. When I showed the pictures to a friend that railfanned in the area in the 70's, he said he remembered the building and my model "looked a lot like it".
Not bad for only having a overhead aerial shot and Sanborn maps, IMHO.
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Not bad at all. And I thought I had a hard time using tax assessor drawings plus a ton of photos.
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Originally posted by TimMoran View PostPlease look again and see if there are now 3 images showing in the post above?The Little Rock Line Blog
Rule #1 of model railroading.
It's probably responsible for the greatest number of shoddy layouts because no one feels compelled to improve themselves. Meh, good enough...
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