Walthers Model Trains

For over a century, the gas works was a fixture of American cities and towns. Long before natural gas and electricity were common, these facilities generated ''coal gas'' to power street lamps, home appliances and industrial machinery. The gas was actually a byproduct, made by baking coal to produce coke. Running night and day, a variety of fascinating machinery and structures were needed, along with plenty of rail service and now modeling these facilities is easy, with a
...more about the Walthers Empire Gas Works - Cornerstone Series(R) Plastic Kit -- Coke Retort - Overall 17 x 22 x 14'' 42.5 x 55 x 35cm - HO-Scale

A Trackside Business for Every Era. From tiny town to big city, one of the most common trackside businesses is the small warehouse. Used by companies of every size and kind, they provide a handy place to store and protect merchandise shipped or del ivered by rail. The versatile new Clayton County Lumber features four separate corrugated-metal buildings that are perfect for your steam- or diesel-era railroad. Split them up and use them in several places along your layout, or
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Plastic Kits -- Clayton County Lumber - Set of Four Warehouses - HO-Scale

Here's a unique structure thatll look great in any rural town or village or modern suburb. Businesses like State Line Farm Supply offer implements, repair services and more. During the steam era, many of these businesses received machinery by rail in box cars or on flat cars; the pieces were unloaded at a nearby trackside ramp. In the modern era, as urban areas crept further outward, these buildings found new occupants like auto dealers, mechanics, garden centers and more,
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) -- State Line Farm Supply - HO-Scale

McGraw Oil Company is a Great Addition to Steam- or Diesel-Era Layouts. Businesses like McGraw Oil Company sold heating oil, diesel fuel and gasoline to consumers and dealers. Each had several storage tanks, a rack and piping for unloading tank car s and pumphouses for loading local delivery trucks. This new Cornerstone Series kit is patterned after a typical trackside business and includes two different pumphouses with truck loading booms, four vertical tanks and a
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) -- McGraw Oil Co. - HO-Scale

* All-New Model. * Early 20th Century Design. * Use for Almost any Industry. * Authentic Styling & Trim. * One-Piece Smokestack. * Use with Flour Mill Elevator (#933-2927) Sold
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Prairie Star Milling - Kit -- 8-3/4 x 12-3/4 x 9-3/4'' - HO-Scale

Magic Pan Bakeries; A New Stop for your HO Wayfreight. Commercial bakeries like the prototypes for the new Cornerstone Series. Magic Pan Bakeries are dependent on railroads for raw materials. This new easy-to-build kit is a great, unique industry f or your post-60s railroad. The kit includes a main building with truck loading doors, storage silos and more. At the real plants, flour and sugar arrive in Airslide Covered Hoppers (932-3680 and 3720 Series, sold separately) and
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) -- Magic Pan Bakeries Main Building- 16 x 8 x 3'' Silos- 7-3/4 x 3-1/2 x 8'' - HO-Scale

* All-New Model. * Use with other Engine Service Facility Structures. * Interior Inspection Pits, Platforms & Craneway. * Use with Classic or Modern Power. * Hold Locos up to 17''
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Diesel House -- 9-1/4 x 16-7/8 x 6-1/2'' 23.5 x 42.8 x 16.4cm - HO-Scale

A Modern Warehouse Building for your HO Business Park. The new Cornerstone Series Lakeville Shipping makes it easy to add a bustling modern warehousing and manufacturing park to your layout. It features a block foundation, corrugated-metal siding a nd truck and freight car doors complete with dock seals. One wall section includes windows to simulate a small office. Its ideal for any business park and in combination with the Lauston Shipping and Bud's Trucking Background
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Modern Warehouse w/Trackside Loading Doors -- Lakeville Warehousing - 12 x 19 x 4'' - HO-Scale

Cornerstone Series Open-Air Transload Building Combines Style And Function. By the 1950s many railroads had outgrown freight houses and other facilities constructed in the early 1900s. The Open-Air Transload Building makes it easy for customers to add a typical post-War freight transfer facility near their yard or team track. The kit features a large ''concrete'' loading dock, enclosed staging warehouse and sheltered dock. It's patterned after a Santa Fe prototype and is a
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Kit -- Open-Air Transload Building 5-1/4 x 25 x 3'', Overhang 11-3/4 x 1-1/4'' - HO-Scale

Quonset Huts Still Serve Businesses. * All-New Model * Parts for Original or Brick Storefront Versions * Authentic Design and Details * Unique Addition to any Post-War Business District. Based on an actual structure in Lomira, Wisconsin, which was still in use as a video rental store in late 2005, this detailed model is typical of converted Quonset huts seen coast to coast. Its small size of just 20 x 48 scale feet makes it an ideal structure for a small space, while the
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) -- Southtown Hi-Fi - Original 6-9/16 x 2-3/4 x 1-3/8'' - HO-Scale

* All-New Model. * Santa Fe Prototype. * Great Addition to Southwestern Layouts. * Simulated Stucco Finish. * Tile Roof. * Matching Mission Style Freight House (#933-2921) Available
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Mission-Style Depot - Kit -- 11-5/16 x 6-7/16 x 3-3/4'' - HO-Scale

* All-New Model. * Santa Fe Prototype. * Great Addition to Southwestern Layouts. * Simulated Stucco Finish. * Tile Roof. * Matching Mission-Style Depot (#933-2920) Available
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Mission-Style Freight House - Kit -- 9-1/2 x 6-1/2 x 2-1/2'' - HO-Scale

* Detailed Parts Simulate Timber Construction. * Use with other Engine Service Facility Structures. * Must-Have For Steam-Era
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Wood Coaling Tower - Kit -- 7-1/2 x 6-1/2 x 10-5/8'' 19.5 x 16.5 x 26.9cm - HO-Scale

* All-New Model. * Santa Fe Prototype. * Great Addition to Southwestern Layouts. * Simulated Stucco Finish. * Tile
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Mission-Style Combination Depot w/Freight House - Kit -- 18 x 6-3/8 x 3-3/4'' - HO-Scale

* All-New Model. * Fits Steam- or Diesel-Era. * Authentic Wood Construction. * Unique Trackside Industrial
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Valley Citrus Packers - Kit -- 9-1/8 x 8-3/8 x 4-3/4'' - HO-Scale

* All-New Model. * Detailed Wood Walls. * Unique Large Capacity Building. * Perfect for Any Grain Handling Operation. * Use with Flour Mill Building (#933-2914) Sold
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Flour Mill Elevator -- Prairie Star Elevator 6-3/4 x 6 x 10'' - HO-Scale

The old sayings ''everything old is new again'' and ''one man's trash is another's treasure'' certainly applies to the salvage business. Today, the range of man-made materials being recycled into new products is growing and includes all kinds of me tals, rubber, plastics, paper and more. Combining office and a large work area into one structure, Washington Salvage is typical of the main buildings at many businesses, especially today's materials recycling facilities found in
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) -- Washington Salvage Yard Kit - HO-Scale

*Whitehall, Wisconsin, Prototype *Similar to Small Town Stations Across U.S. *Fits 1900s to Present *Authentic ''Brick'' Exterior *Covered Platforms on Two Sides *Attractive Curved Windows and Gabled
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Whitehall Station - Kit - HO-Scale

*All-New Model *Typical of Bus Stations in Small Cities or Towns *Fits 1940s to Present *Authentic ''Brick'' Exterior *Covered Boarding Area *Colorful Signs Included *Perfect with 1940s PD K103 Intercity Greyhound Bus, 221-32101, available
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Plastic Kit -- Silver Springs Bus Terminal - HO-Scale

* Mix & Match to Model an Entire Operation * Puts Maximum Detail in Minimum Space * Completely New Models * Fits 1970s to Present * Highly Detailed Plastic Parts * Adaptable to Many Other Industries * Complete Instructions. Prototype gravity-fe wet grain into dryer. * Fine ''Corrugated Metal'' Details * ''Steel'' Supports and Crossbraces * Use with Grain Dryer (#933-3128, sold separately) * Safety Cage
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Modern Grain Series Kits -- Surge Bin 1-1/2 x 1-1/2 x 9'' 3.8 x 3.8 x 22.7cm - HO-Scale

* Mix & Match to Model an Entire Operation * Puts Maximum Detail in Minimum Space * Completely New Models * Fits 1970s to Present * Highly Detailed Plastic Parts * Adaptable to Many Other Industries * Complete Instructions. Prototypes, known as egs,'' lift wet and dry grain (a typical operation has two or more, each dedicated to incoming and outbound grain) using an endless bucket conveyor; grain is then gravity-fed to bins through supply piping. * Must-Have for Modern
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Modern Grain Series Kits -- Conveyor (''Leg'') 1-1/2 x 1-1/2 x 15-3/4'' (Max Height) 3.8 x 3.8 x 40cm - HO-Scale

* Mix & Match to Model an Entire Operation * Puts Maximum Detail in Minimum Space * Completely New Models * Fits 1970s to Present * Highly Detailed Plastic Parts * Adaptable to Many Other Industries * Complete Instructions. Prototypes used for er wet or dry grain storage. * Parts for 2 Complete Bins * Fine Corrugated ''Metal'' Details * ''Steel'' Supports and Crossbraces * Safety Cage Ladders * One-Piece
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Modern Grain Series Kits -- Wet/Dry Storage Bins (Parts for 2 Complete Bins) 3-5/8 x 3-5/8 x 12'' - HO-Scale

* Super Details for Conveyor (#933-2936) & Grain Bin (#933-2937) * Near-Scale Railings & Platforms * Fine Handrails & Trusses * Open
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Modern Grain Series Details (Photo-Etched Brass Kit) -- Platforms & Stairways - HO-Scale

* Build One Tall or Two Short Towers * Use with Wet/Dry Grain Bin (#933-2937, sold separately) * Fine Handrails & Trusses * See-Through
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Modern Grain Series Details (Photo-Etched Brass Kit) -- Conveyor Bridge & Support Tower - HO-Scale

* Mix & Match to Model an Entire Operation * Puts Maximum Detail in Minimum Space * Completely New Models * Fits 1970s to Present * Highly Detailed Plastic Parts * Adaptable to Many Other Industries * Complete Instructions. Prototypes house gra ifting & distribution augers located at the top of storage silos. * Includes 8 Silos * Truck Dock w/Overhead Doors * Safety Railings * Separate Windows & Doors * Rooftop
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Modern Grain Series Kits -- Head House w/Silos 9-1/2 x 5 x 11'' 24.1 x 12.7 x 27.9cm - HO-Scale

All-New Structures to Complement Your Hiawatha Collection. * Designed Especially for Walthers Hiawatha (932-9200-Series). * Illustrated Instructions. * Detailed Plastic Parts. * Use on Any Layout. * Easy to Build. * Two Complete Kits. * Sized to fi t Most Layouts. * Used from 1887 to 1965. * Inspired by Milwaukee's Everett Street Station. * Limited-Run Model. Station Measures; 25-5/32 x 8-13/32 x 22'' 63.8 x 21.3 x 55.8cm Shed; 22-3/8 x 11-9/16 x 6-1/4'' 56.8 x 29.3 x 15.8cm
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Hiawatha Accessory Structures -- Limited-Run Milwaukee-Style Station & Train Shed Kits - HO-Scale

All-New Structures to Complement Your Hiawatha Collection. * Designed Especially for Walthers Hiawatha (932-9200-Series). * Illustrated Instructions. * Detailed Plastic Parts. * Use on Any Layout. * Easy to
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Hiawatha Accessory Structures -- Gateman's Tower (Elevated 8-Sided Crossing Shanty) - HO-Scale

All-New Structures to Complement Your Hiawatha Collection. * Designed Especially for Walthers Hiawatha (932-9200-Series). * Illustrated Instructions. * Detailed Plastic Parts. * Use on Any Layout. * Easy to Build. * Classic American Design. * Used at Many Big City Stations. * Easily Combine Kits for a Larger Facility. Shed; 22-3/8 x 11-9/16 x 6-1/4'' 56.8 x 29.3 x 15.8cm Shed Track Centers; 2-3/4'', 2'', 2-3/4, 2'', 2-3/4'' 6.9, 5, 6.9, 5
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Hiawatha Accessory Structures -- Train Shed - 22-3/8 x 11-9/16 x 6-1/4'' 56.8 x 29.3 x 15.8cm - HO-Scale

* Neat Addition to Yard & Terminal Scenes * American Prototype * Fits early 1900s to Present * Detailed Brick Work * Stone Trim * Use as Bank, Police Station, or City Hall too! * Decal Signs. Railroad YMCAs were a home away from home for many r oad workers. They were part of the Young Men's Christian Association, an international organization that promoted the spiritual and mental improvement of young, working men. Railroads financed or constructed these facilities as
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Kits -- Railroad YMCA Bunkhouse 6-9/16 x 7-11/16 x 4-1/2'' 24.3 x 19.5 x 11.4cm - HO-Scale

All-New Structures to Complement Your Hiawatha Collection. * Designed Especially for Walthers Hiawatha (932-9200-Series). * Illustrated Instructions. * Detailed Plastic Parts. * Use on Any Layout. * Easy to
...more about the Walthers Cornerstone Series(R) Hiawatha Accessory Structures -- Freight Office - Use w/#2954, Sold Separately (8-13/16 x 9'' x 6-1/8'') - HO-Scale