This is my first post in quite awhile. The links take you to two photos of my first scratch-built (not kit-bashed) structure. Built of styrene and attempting to model the coal shed of one of the local businesses in Lansdale, Pa in the 1950's which I am attempting to model. Lansdale was a Reading Railroad town about 25 miles north of Philadelphia and my boyhood hoime. https://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?media/img_0907.134623/full https://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?media/img_0914.134624/full Mark
Wow, Mark -- you're off to an excellent start! Keep the photos coming. It's satisfying to build something that's not produced and is perfectly suited for your railroad. I'm an anthracite roads fan too and scratchbuilt this N Scale breaker. It was weathered by a late (and very talented) friend. I have no railroad currently, but am making slow progress toward a new one.
Very nice scratchbuilding project. Get ‘er done so we can see the finished product. Weathering can make a model come to life.
Thanks all. Doubt I'll tackle anything like your coal breaker, Hardcoaler. Above is a 1950's distant view of the coal shed, which also doubled as a shed for other materials. Here, in a much earlier photo is the front of the shed where you can see doors and windows as well as the area that goes back to the coal dump area. No idea what they stored behind the doors, but there was a lot of room there. That front wall is between 8 and 9 feet high. This is an aerial view from my time period. The clapboard office has been replaced by a brick one. The entire coal shed is about 84 feet long. I don't have that much room, so mine is half that size. As you can see cars could be delivered to the far side of the shed for unloading. The photo catches one car actively being unloaded with lumber. The front section of the shed (with the larger roof) still remains. The tracks are all gone, but the lumberyard is still holding on.
