I'm modelng near Roanoke VA in the early 1990s and have a small yard. One side has an engine platform and the other side has an open space w/ a double stub-ended track. What are good structures to use for the space? Putting a RIP makese little sense because they are often one track. Any suggestions?
TIA!
~Lee
The safe and obvious, but boring solution would be a pre-fab Bulter building (think Pikestuff 'metal' buidlings) w/ 2 Engine-Size roll-up doors, used as an enclosed maintainance shed*. Think Roanoke is too far north (i.e. crappy winter weather) to get away with a semi-open 'Pole' Building, although that could look really cool w/ many detail parts (hmm, most images on the web of Pole Buildings come up with enclosed wooden siding buildings - well, those look reasonable too.
I've spent too much time on British Modeling sites - these types of buildings are known as Traction Maintenance Depots (TMD) in the UK, and are apparently everywhere, or at least wherever engines are serviced. The UKians like to go nuts detailing their model interiors.
If it is just a yard to store RR cars or to classify/assemble trains in, some of the ideas below wouldn't really apply. If you wnat it to be a "working yard", they might.
SOme Yard shanty's and sheds here and there for storage of "things and schtuff" would be good to include somewhere. A yard tower also, if you haven't had it in mind.
Also a yard office.
I, to, would include some engine servicing facilities buildings... modern steel buildings would be pass-through stalls for light maintenance and servicing.
Then there is the engine servicing structures, like sand towers/hoses and and fuel pumps/hoses, or what not.
At least that is what is available for structures here with the two yards that are near me.
Not sure what you would find in a Roanoke yard, but maybe if you do a google search to find out where yards are near there, then Google Earth them, you might find out what they include...I am sure not much has really changed in the years since 1990's, but I could be wrong.
Just my thoughts and ideas and observations.
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