Walthers Cornerstone
Cornerstone Series(R) Wood Coaling Tower - Kit
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7-1/2 x 6-1/2 x 10-5/8" 19.5 x 16.5 x 26.9cm
Walthers Part # 933-2922, p. 433 Walthers 2010 HO Scale Reference
HO scale, $54.98, currently in stock at Walthers
This product is on-sale today for $41.98
* Detailed Parts Simulate Timber Construction
* Use with other Engine Service Facility Structures
* Must-Have For Steam-Era Layouts
No. 76 is running late today and its engineer, Floyd, is trying to make up
time. Fireman Charley is working nonstop, heaving shovel after shovel of
coal into the firebox to keep the 2-6-2 Prairie traveling at 60 mph over
the Kansas plains. Just outside of Lawrence they roll to a stop to refill
the nearly empty tender. As soon as Floyd jockeys the locomotive into
position, Charley climbs up and grabs the dangling chain and a fresh load
of coal tumbles down the chute into the tender. Echoing off the steel
chamber, it sounds like a stampeding herd of the buffalo once common on the
plains. When the tender is full, another yank on the chain sends the chute
back up to its resting place, ready for the next hungry locomotive. Floyd
releases a burst of steam and the engine chugs up the track to take on
water and sand. The rest stop is short and soon No. 76 is back on track and
back on time.
Coaling stations are a necessity for any steam-era layout. This wood tower
is ideal for a branch line terminal, junction or station scene. The
detailed parts simulate timber construction. Place it in the vicinity of a
roundhouse, turntable, water tank and sand tower and you'll have a complete
engine servicing facility for your railroad.
Servicing track centers are 2-1/2" 6.4cm
Hoist track is 3-1/2" 8.9cm from centerline of track under the tower.
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