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I've ordered a crossing shanty kit for my N-scale layout (CNW prototype - found it advertised in the latest "Northwestern Lines" magazine). Even though my railroad is set more in the mid-70's to mid-80's (but I have rolling stock and locomotive power from later periods too - I like it so that's what's important) it was just too good to pass-up. I'm planning on positioning it in my North Iowa sub-division, in a rural setting where a dirt road crosses my Cedar River Branch. There is a depot located just west of the crossing, and the crossing is marked only by crossbucks (no lights or gates). Now, I have seen photos and some railroad video (film) footage of railroad crossing shanties located near depots, but all that I can remember is they were in more metropolitan areas where there was a lot of road traffic. Would locating a crossing shanty along, say, a county road, be something a railroad might've done back when such structures were still in use?
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