Track alone does not explain why a railway is there. An engine house, a water tower and a yard office turn a loop of rail into a place that services locomotives and dispatches trains — and they are the structures that decide how much of your yard throat you can actually build in the space you have.
Walthers Cornerstone carries most of this collection, from the compact 3007 2-Stall Enginehouse to the 2923 130' 2-Stall Diesel Engine House and the 2985 Modern Single-Track Engine House. Pikestuff covers the modern styrene end in N with the 8001 Modern Yard Office (five height options) and the 8007 2-Door Enginehouse. Atlas brings the 2843 N Scale 3-Stall Brick Roundhouse and the 2801 telephone pole set, KATO the 23-300 Long Engine House, and Woodland Scenics the D232 Diesel Fuel Facility and BR5064 Rustic Water Tower.
About seventy per cent of the range is HO and the rest N, with narrow-gauge modellers served by the Durango Press 59 HOn3 D&RGW Water Tank. Most are plastic or wood kits rather than built-ups, so you can kitbash a stall off an engine house or shorten a wall to clear a curve — and small trackside details like the Rix Products 13 HO Switch Stand finish the scene.
See also buildings and structures, HO structures and N structures. Ships from Oakville, Ontario. Contact us for special orders.
