Laserkit(R) Southern Pacific Combination Type 23 Depot -- Building Measures- 20 x 6-1/4 x 6'' 50.8 x 15.8 x 15.2cm - O-Scale (amo450) American Model Builders Model Train Building O/027 Scale

Between 1877 and 1894, the Southern Pacific Railroad developed a series of 26 standard depot plans. Of these designs, the One Story Combination Depot Number 23 was used as the basis for over 30 station structures. Built between the years of 1896 and 1918, examples of the Type 23 could be found in both California and Oregon. Although not as numerous as its two-story cousin, the Type 22 with its upstairs living area, the one-story building featured a passenger waiting room, operator's office, agent's quarters, separate express room, and freight room.
Our O scale rendering of this classic 80 foot long x 25 foot wide Southern Pacific design follows the company's 1911 revised plans. As modeled, the building has a 42 foot freight room with a 60 foot long x 33 foot wide freight dock on the freight end. Photos of depots built to this plan show a multitude of variations from building to building in the number and placement of windows and doors, as well as the style of doors. This later version of the Type 23, for example, is denoted by its two adjacent windows on the end wall of the waiting room. Earlier built Type 23 depots utilized three windows spaced across the end. While we have modeled the dock and house track location at the front of the building with a right hand bay window, many had the house track located on the back side of the building too.
This LASERKIT features 100% laser-cut parts with Tab & Slotted wall and roof construction, pre-milled siding, Peel & Stick windows, doors, and trims, Peel & Stick 3-Tab style shingle strips, white metal smoke jacks, interior floor and wall partitions, exposed rafter tails, properly shaped roof brackets, and a separate wood loading dock with both stairs and ramp access. The assembled structure itself measures 20 inches long x 6.25 inches wide x 6 inches tall. With the addition of the dock, the facility stretches almost 30 inches in length.