Model Trains

Paper mills are some of the busiest spots along the railroads that serve them. Tons of raw materials arrive in specialized cars including woodchip gons and pulpwood flats, along with a variety of chemicals and slurries that are shipped in tank cars . Finished products are also shipped by rail, typically in special service box cars. The Superior Paper kit comes with two complete buildings to begin operations, which could also be used to model a variety of other industries.
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Superior Paper Mill Complex (Two Buildings) -- Main Building- 11-1/2 x 21 x 9-1/4'' Kraft Mill- 12 x 8 x 17'' - HO-Scale

Still a very important trackside business in areas where livestock and dairy production require a constant supply of feed, this detailed model is complete with authentic ''wooden'' drop siding, a large dust collector, rail and truck unloading docks and colorful
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Sunrise Feed Mill -- 4 x 15-1/8 x 7-3/4'' 10 x 37.8 x 19.3cm - HO-Scale

Add new traffic to your layout with this rugged trackside structure. Glacier Gravel Co. is a unique design, simulating a stone crusher/washer with equipment for loading rail cars or trucks. It looks great as part of a stone quarry, alongside the Ne w River Mining Co. (933-3017) and Coal Flood Loader (933-3051) in a mine, or as part of a slag recovery operation down from the steel mill buildings of The Works. Lots of detailed parts capture the look of concrete and steel
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Glacier Gravel Company -- 9-3/8 x 11 x 10-1/4'' - HO-Scale

In the early 20th century, successful merchants and speculators constructed commercial buildings like this in many parts of the Untied States. The ground floor was usually occupied by small businesses who used the large windows to display their war es. The upper floors might be sub-let as professional offices, a club meeting hall or converted to apartments. They can still be found on Main Street in small towns and big cities. Based on a prototype from eastern Ohio, this
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Merchants Row III -- 6-1/4 x 7-3/4 x 4-3/4'' - HO-Scale

Getting iron ore from the mines to the furnace has always been a huge job. As the furnaces grew, so too did their appetites, requiring loading facilities that were up to the task. Many steel companies and railroads erected these big loading docks a t Great Lakes ports to keep the iron ore (and later taconite) moving down to the steel centers. Often stretching for hundreds of feet, these engineering masterpieces were first made of wood and later of concrete and steel. Through
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Ore Dock -- 48-1/2'' (121.2cm) Long, 5'' (12.5cm) Wide, Modular Design - HO-Scale

Among the first industries constructed alongside waterfront areas were warehouses. These buildings made it possible to store cargo coming ashore from ships until enough wagons, freight cars or trucks could be made available. They could also hold ou tbound freight until a ship arrived. Brick rapidly became the building material of choice in the 1800s, to provide a sturdy, fire-resistant building. Large windows let in plenty of natural light and skylights were also added to
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Front Street Warehouse -- 6-3/4 x 15-3/8 x 10'' 16.8 x 38.4 x 25cm - HO-Scale

There's always plenty of action wherever railways meet waterways. Here, you can often find lift bridges, designed to move up to provide clearance for passing ships. One of the most popular designs with railroad engineers is the Bascule Bridge. Hing ed at one end, the design opens like a jacknife. It requires less space, has fewer moving parts and can be partially opened to clear vessels of any size. It can also be raised and lowered quickly, making it the ideal choice for
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Bascule Bridge -- 33-1/2 x 3 x 11'' 83.7 x 7.5 x 27.5 cm - HO-Scale

Not too long ago, stations like Al's could be found at every busy city intersection and along most major highways. Premium was 25 cents a gallon, maps were free, restrooms were clean. There was a mechanic on duty who could fix anything. And Al alwa ys wore a spotless uniform when he came out to pump your gas, check the oil and wash the windows. Introduced in the late 1930s, box style stations like this sprang up from coast to coast and remained a standard well into the
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Al's Victory Service Station -- 4 x 6 x 2-1/16'' 10 x 15 x 5.8cm - HO-Scale

For thousands of years, humans have shaped stone into a variety of building materials. For many decades, much of it has come from operations like this. The stone is quarried from nearby deposits then hauled to cutting operations for sizing. Inside, huge powered saws, water-cooled to reduce dust and friction, cut blocks to the required size. Large blocks may serve as a base for monuments and small blocks as tombstones. Slabs are used as floors or exterior treatments. The
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Midstate Marble Products -- Main Bldg- 10-1/2 x 5-1/2 x 4-1/2'' 26.2 x 13.7 x 11.2cm - HO-Scale

Derived from crude oil, plastics are first formed into tiny pellets which become the raw materials for everything from soda bottles to model railroad equipment. Lightweight and easily handled by pneumatic systems, the pellets are shipped in bulk by train and stored on-site in vertical storage tanks. Large air compressors power these facilities, which feature a number of delivery pipes and control valves. And now, modeling one of these modern industries is a snap with this
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Plastic Pellet Transfer -- 20 x 4 x 8-1/4'' 50 x 10 x 21cm - HO-Scale

From the Pacific Northwest, from Canada, from the southern states, colorful freight cars arrive daily with loads of lumber. The fragrant smell of fresh-cut wood is everywhere as crews begin unloading. At the office, contractors and builders take de livery of lumber and other materials. Trucks groan out on to the street, working through the gears as they move loads to area building projects. As the local lumber yard evolved into a building materials center, the operation grew
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Mills Brothers Lumber Wholesaler - HO-Scale

Time is money they say, not just for big business, but for small ones too. Keeping the freight moving is a tough job. It takes planning and timing to make sure loads arrive on schedule and empties are ready when new loads need to move. And that's w here the freight forwarders come in. Coordinating shipments to and from local customers, these busy facilities consolidate smaller loads into big ones. They contract with the railroads and truckers to keep them moving on time and
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Lakeside Shipping - Structure Kit Only -- 12-13/16 x 9 x 4-1/8'' 30.8 x 22.8 x 10.5cm - HO-Scale

By the late 1990s, some 93% - about 3-1/2 million miles - of American highways were built with asphalt. The paving work starts at hot mix plants, like Black Gold, where fine aggregates (sand or gravel) are mixed with a binder made from bituminous, an oil by-product. This mixture is heated to 250 to 375 Fahrenheit; too hot and structurally weakening carbon particles form, too cold and it won't compact correctly. (This is why road repairs/building are done in warmer
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Black Gold Asphalt (Hot Mix Plant) - Kit -- 9-3/4 x 14-1/8 x 10-1/2'' 24.3 x 35.3 x 26.2cm - HO-Scale

Chances are your concrete basement or layout room started out at a plant just like this! Concrete is one of the oldest building materials, dating back to 500 BC. Today, it is the most frequently used construction material, combining low-cost, durab ility and strength with extreme versatility. It can be molded to almost any shape so it's used to build everything from roads and buildings, to birdbaths and railroad ties!. Although concrete used to be mixed at the job site,
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Blue Star Ready Mix (Concrete Batch Plant) -- 7-3/4 x 8-1/8 x 11-3/4'' 19.3 x 20.3 x 29.3cm - HO-Scale

Scalehouse/Office; 4-3/4 x 2-7/8 x 2-1/8'' 11.8 x 7.1 x 5.3cm. Storage Bins; 8-7/8 x 3-1/2 x 7-3/8'' 22.1 x 8.7 x 10.9cm. Oil Tanks (2); 1-5/16'' Diameter x 3-5/8'' 3.3cm Diameter x 9.2cm. Pump House; 1-1/4 x 1 x 1-3/8'' 3.2 x 2.5 x 3.5cm. Shoehorn ed alongside mainlines and sidings, the local fuel dealer was well known to everyone in town. Coal for home heating, as well as commercial accounts like small factories and stores, could by bought by the bag-full or the ton and
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Kit - Goldenflame Fuel Co. - Standard Version - HO-Scale

Broad rivers, busy harbor entrances - now your HO Scale railroad can cross them in style when install this Double Track Swing Bridge on the right-of-way. Based on prototypes in use from the 1900s to the present, this model has sufficient clearance for use with virtually any loco or cars, as well as modern double-stack equipment. The model is designed to be turned 90 degrees by hand in a single direction, like the prototypes. A final drive gear and micro switches are
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Double Track Swing Bridge - Kit -- 27 x 6-3/8 x 7-9/16'' 69 x 16.2 x 19.3cm - HO-Scale

Put big action in a small space with this exciting new industry on your railroad. With today's ''just in time'' coal delivery, meeting customer schedules demands equipment that's up to the job. Now in use in both eastern and western coal fields, th ese big buildings are essentially storage silos that hold tons of coal for reloading unit trains. Since the actual mine and processing operations are often miles away, this building and conveyor can be placed trackside, to imply
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Western Coal Flood Loader -- 32 x 4-1/2 x 16 81.3 x 11.4 x 40.6cm - Conveyor Sections - 7-1/16'' 18cm Each - HO-Scale

Gambrel-roofed brick feed mills like Columbia Feeds were once common all across the continent. Every year, their canopied loading docks saw thousands of feed sacks loaded into customers wagons and trucks. Bulk grain arrived in box cars at trackside doors and bagged feed for distant markets was loaded. Because of the need for additional storage, owners often constructed storage buildings that conformed to the curvature of their siding or size and angle of their property. The
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series (R) Columbia Feed Mill -- Mill Building Measures- 7-1/2 x 5-5/8 x 5-1/2'' 19.1 x 14.3 x 14cm - HO-Scale

Modernize your industrial park with this impressive building. With its steel and concrete construction, it can be used for almost any type of manufacturing operations. Sized to fit most layouts, the modular design makes it easy to construct a large r building by combining kits. Since today's industries depend on trucks and rail service, the kit includes doors and equipment for various types of loading docks. Large doorways for railroad cars make for interesting switching and
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Peterson Tool Specialties -- 19-1/8 x 11-7/8 x 3-7/8'' 47.8 x 29.7 x 9.7cm - HO-Scale

Processing Plant; 9-1/8 x 6 x 7-1/2'' 22.8 x 15 x 18.7cm. Warehouse; 8-3/4 x 3-1/2 x 4-1/2'' 21.8 x 8.7 x 11.2. Boilerhouse; 4-1/2 x 2-3/4 x 2-3/8'' 11.2 x 6.8 x 5.9cm. All through the day and night, a steady parade of gondolas, ancient hoppers, or e jennies, even a stock car or two rumble in to the yards. Seldom used branches and sidings groan under the weight of cars piled high with sugar beets as another campaign begins. All across the line, extras are rushing the crop to
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Greatland Sugar Refining -- Includes Mill Building, Warehouse, Boilerhouse & Smokestack - HO-Scale

American Prototype - All-New Tooling. Ornate Cut-Stone Wall Detail. Realistic Architectural Trim . Detailed Roof with Skylights & Vents. Ornate Columns, Canopies & Nonworking Clock Included. Colorful Decals. For generations of travelers, Un ion was the magical gateway to and from the world. Here is where the journeys of the finest trains on the line started and ended. Where travelers rushed to make their connections. And thousands of commuters began and ended their
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Union Station -- 19-3/4 x 8-1/4 x 7'' 49.3 x 20.6 x 17.5cm - HO-Scale

First came the big decision of what to buy from the mail-order catalog. Then there was the trip down to the depot to drop your letter into the slot on the side of the Railway Post Office. A few weeks later, you'd get a message that your package had arrived via Railway Express at the depot, or if you lived in a bigger city, it would come right to your door in a big green truck. From tiny hamlets to bustling cities, nothing would brighten your day faster than to receive a
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Railway Express Agency (REA) Transfer Building -- 13-1/8 x 4-1/2 x 6-3/8'' 32.8 x 11.2 x 15.9cm - HO-Scale

Among the most common rail-served businesses, metal-covered grain elevators like Valley Growers Association first appeared early in the 20th century when corrugated metal siding became a popular exterior building material. More durable than their w ooden counterparts, many sprang up as older wooden elevators were replaced or sheathed with metal siding. The new Valley Growers Association kit includes a corrugated metal grain elevator with a loading tunnel, ramps and
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series (R) Valley Growers Association Steel Grain Elevator - HO-Scale

From the early years of the 20th century to the present day, buildings like these have been a familiar part of big city skylines. Just about any kind of manufacturing operation could be found here over the years, and in recent times, some have been remodeled into upscale apartments, shops and offices to revitalize downtown areas. You'll find this building is easy to modify for your needs too! Optional loading doors, windows or solid brick panels are provided for the ground
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) American Hardware Supply -- 13-3/4 x 9 x 11-3/8'' 34.4 x 22.5 x 28.4cm - HO-Scale

Cement is one of the most popular of all building materials. Modern cement is made in special plants consisting of several buildings, each handling a step in the manufacturing process. Various raw materials arrive by rail and are kept under cover i n the material storage building. Next, a conveyor moves these materials to the kiln building, where they are mixed in measured amounts. They are then fed into a rotary kiln, where heat starts a series of chemical reactions, and
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Valley Cement (Plastic Kit) - HO-Scale

In real estate, three qualities are critically important; location, location and location. In many cities, progress has brought change to old industrial districts. Huge curtain-wall factory buildings that once housed bustling factories and warehous es are being transformed into upscale housing and retail centers. The Bralick Building is patterned after one such success story. With its new, energy-efficient windows and a newly enclosed loading dock, the structure is ready to
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Plastic Kits - The Bralick Building -- 11-7/8 x 10-5/8 x 10-3/8'' 29.6 x 26.5 x 25.9cm - HO-Scale

This electric pole set insludes 24 easy-to assemble power poles, transformers, insulators, non-illuminated street lights and realistic
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Electric Utility Pole Set - HO-Scale

Move all outside material with the overhead cranes electromagnet, which has a capacity of 25 tons. The traveling crane features a covered motor housing that can be positioned, operator's cab, and non-working
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Overhead Traveling Crane - Kit -- 12-3/16 x 8-5/8'' 31 x 21.9cm - HO-Scale

This detailed kit simulates a typical tank car loading platform which serves two tracks. Complete with piping, nozzles, platforms and stairway, safety sign decals, nonworking light fixtures and more. Illustration shows two kits combined to build a longer
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Oil Loading Platform - Kit -- 7 x 13/16'' - HO-Scale

Includes overhead supports, angles and other fixtures. Modular design allows for many possible configurations to fit your refinery
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Refinery Piping Kit - HO-Scale