Walthers Model Trains

Railroads are vital to the grain industry, and you'll find elevators like this wherever grain is grown, shipped or stored. This American-style building captures the massive look and feel of the prototypes, in a space that fits most layouts. When co mplete, this impressive kit looks great in a small town or as part of a large elevator complex. The kit includes the levator and ''concrete'' silos, along with a headhouse, unloading sheds for trucks and railroad cars, and many
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From the days of steam to the latest AC details, the Backshop remains one of the most important buildings on any railroad. Regular inspections and heavy repairs are carried out inside these cavernous structures. Lots of windows provide plenty of na tural light, while the high ceiling allows clearance for cranes. This detailed model features brick walls, 28 large windows, simulated inspection pits on the baseplate floors and roll-up doors. The kit has a modular design, so
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The long miles can be hard on railroad cars. Rough handling can shift loads, damaging steel bodies. Wooden floors wear out and need to be replaced. Wheel flanges and brake shoes wear down. Exposure to weather and vandalism can ruin a paint job. Soo ner or later, every car winds up at the Car Shops to be repaired, repainted and reading once again for service. Ideal for steam- or diesel-era operations, this building features the longitudinal style used on most prototype
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This tiny building is where Jim fixes everything from stoves to sleds. On your layout or module, Jim's Repair Shop is one of those buildings you can squeeze in anywhere. It's right at home on main street, down near a factory as a guard office, or a long a highway as a small store. This easy-to-build kit has parts molded in appropriate colors and includes realistic
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Provide more storage for the local grain elevator, feed mill or down on the farm with this versatile structure. Typical of wooden buildings found in rural areas, it can also be used alongside small industries and other businesses. The kit features detailed plastic parts to capture the look of wood construction, a rooftop vent and a set of decal signs. Measures 4-1/4 x 2-3/4 x 2-1/4'' 10.6 x 6.8 x
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Geo. Roberts Printing Co. is a booming company that prints everything from the morning edition of the local newspaper to the latest mystery novel. Perfect for adding activity to any industrial setting from the 1920s to the present. Authentic ''bric k curtain'' design, large windows, rooftop water tank and 3-story fire escape give it that American industry feel. A covered loading dock in the rear of the building can be used to ship out or receive
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This handsome industrial building looks great in steam- or diesel-era scenes. The ornate architectural trim is molded in place for easier construction. Over 50 separate windows add to the realism, along with a rooftop water tank, covered loading do ck and other
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A great trackside business in any size city or town, local lumber yards receive all sorts of building materials in box cars and aboard flat cars as well. A great destination for steam- or diesel-era wayfreights, this model builds into a typical ope ration that fits almost any available space. The storage buildings, which protect lumber from the weather, are designed so that you can build one large, covered building, or two free-standing, open sided buildings. There's a small
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Whether set in the days when Shays and Heislers ruled the forests, or served by contemporary diesels and trucks, the Mountain Lumber Company can be the centerpiece of any logging operation. Everything you'll need to start work is included, from the Log Conveyor to the Burner. The Mill Building is enclosed with board and batten siding and covered with a corrugated metal roof. This style is typical of permanent operations or those that ran in areas where the weather could
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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.
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A perfect addition to your layout. The easy-to-build styrene kit includes the main elevator structure, a storage building and scale house, all molded in realistic colors. A variety of decals are included so you can add realistic signs and lettering . Elevator; 4-3/8 x 5-3/8 x 6'' 11 x 13.7 x 15.2cm. Storage Building; 2-3/4 x4-1/4 x 2-1/4'' 7 x 10.5 x
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Back when America moved by horses instead of horsepower, the local feed mill was an important trackside business in towns of every size. Here, all types of grains were ground for animal feed, then bagged for easier handling and storage. They're sti ll going strong in areas where livestock and dairy production requires a constant supply of feed. Others serve suburban customers with pet foods, bird food, lawn and garden supplies and more. This detailed model is complete with
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The Cornerstone N Scale Clarkesville Depot is typical of wooden depots built throughout North America after 1900. Many railroads adopted standard depot designs that they used throughout their systems, and it was not uncommon for railroads to have s everal nearly identical depots along a line. This depot can be built to represent either an eastern or a western style station and will make a great stop for your road's passenger
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The smooth operation of your railroad all rests on ballast. Without ballast your railroad is mud! Railroads have an enormous appetite for crushed rock. A mile of mainline can gobble up thousands of tons. Glacier Gravel Co. will help satisfy your ra ilroads appetite for rock. Glaciers hefty rock crusher is typical of those found at quarries across the continent. Here, hard rock is crushed into 3'' to 6'' chunks and loaded into ballast hoppers for a trip to the dumping site.
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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
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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
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Coal Bunkers; 5-3/8 x 2-1/8 x 4-7/16'' 13.5 x 5.3 x 11.2cm Office/Scalehouse; 2-7/8 x 1-3/4 x 1-3/4'' 7.3 x 4.4 x 4.4cm Oil Tanks 13/16'' 2cm Diameter x 2-3/16'' 5.5cm Tall Pump House; 3/4 x 1 x 13/16'' 1.9 x 1.5 x 2.1cm. Shoehorned alongside mainl ines 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 delivered to your
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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
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Finding oil is hard work - and so is getting it out of the ground. If the oil is thin enough and there's enough underground pressure, it may flow into the well on its own. This may continue for a few hours or a few years, but in time, the pressure drops. Today, nearly 95% of all US oil wells require pumps to stay in production and one of the most common is the walking beam or ''horse head.''. Seen alone or in groups wherever oil is found, this new kit is a great way to
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Say the word steel to even the most casual observer and they picture these towering giants. Looming hundreds of feet into the skyline, their maze of pipes and equipment stands in stark contrast to the lines of newer buildings. Running nonstop, no o ther part of a steel works generates as much rail traffic. Hoppers bring up load after load of iron ore or taconite, coke and limestone. Hot metal cars carry the molten steel to the converters, while slag cars take their loads to
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Glowing with an inner fire of 2200F, a fresh ingot thunders onto the tables and into the rollers. Inside massive mill buildings, ingots are transformed into the beams, pipes, tubes, sheets and hundreds of other steel shapes that are the raw materi als of other industries. Rolling Mills are some of the biggest and most important structures in any steel works, often stretching for a half-mile or more! Similar corrugated steel structures also house continuous casters,
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Grain elevators are one of the most common rail-served businesses. Steel-sided elevators appeared early in the 20th century when corrugated metal siding became an affordable exterior building material. Many older wooden elevators were later resided with metal as it was more weather -resistant and less flammable. You'll still see buildings like the Valley Growers Association along the tracks today. The kit includes a corrugated metal grain elevator with a loading tunnel,
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This curtain-wall building front makes it easy to blend your foreground scenery with your backdrop. Because of its thin profile, its perfect for use on shelf-style layouts or up against your module skyboard. Variety Printing includes the streetside facade plus decals with several business
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From the early years of the 20th century to the present, buildings like this have been a familiar part of big city skylines. Just about any manufacturing operation could be found here over the years. Youll find this building is easy to modify for y our needs too! Optional loading doors, windows or solid brick panels are provided for the ground floor so you can give your model a unique appearance. A modular design makes it easy to combine kits for a larger building, and there
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In many cities, progress has brought change to old industrial districts. Huge curtain-wall buildings that once housed factories and warehouses are being transformed into upscale housing and retail centers. The Bralick Building is patterned after on e such success story. With new, energy-efficient windows and enclosed loading dock, its now ready to host shopkeepers, apartment dwellers or whatever you wish in its renovated interior. Unnecessary windows and loading doors have
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For generations of travelers, Union Station 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 b egan and ended their workday. Where space was limited in larger towns and cities, two or more railroads would often combine their resources to build and operate major terminal stations. Monuments to the power and success of
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Each Section Measures; 6-1/8 x 1-1/4 x 1-3/8'' 15.3 x 3.1 x 3.4cm. From suburban station to busy city terminal, the platform was the first and last stop for every passenger. Tall walkways allowed passengers fast and easy access to and from trains. The hard surface made it easy to wheel baggage and mail carts into place, as well as supplies for the diner or other cars. And since no one liked being too wet or warm, a roof provided some protection from the elements. As an
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Like the real thing, these models put the most building in the least space. These N Scale kits can be used on the edge of your benchwork, along a shelf or modular layout and in dioramas. Once installed, they provide a smooth, realistic transition b etween 3-D foreground scenes and printed or painted backgrounds. Generations of Americans have called brick apartments like these ''home.'' Whether bright and new in the steam-era, run-down on the ''wrong side of the tracks'' in
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* American Prototype. * Holds Engines up to 145 Scale Feet Long. * Modular Design-Easily Expanded to a Full Circle w/#933-3261. * Compact 10 Stall Spacing. * Interior & Exterior Brick Detail. * Fine Window Details. * Floor Inspection Pits. * De Signs Included. The Roundhouse was a hallmark of steam-era railroading, and some of these classics are still used today. No matter the weather, workers could easily inspect and service locos under cover. Size was based on the
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* Matches #933-3260. * Authentic American Prototype. * Holds Engines up to 145 Scale Feet Long. * Compact 10 Stall Spacing. * Fine Window Details. * Floor Inspection Pits. * Decal Signs Included. Though engines started getting bigger early in the 20th century, no one could foresee the monsters that were in regular service by the 1940s. These locos required equally large servicing areas, so some roads simply added and extended a few roundhouse stalls to handle them. This
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