HO Walton & Sons Lumber Company - Kit

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The Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Walton and Sons Lumber Company is a great trackside business in any size city or town. Local lumber yards receive all sorts of building materials in boxcars and aboard flatcars. A great destination for steam- or diesel-era wayfreights, this model builds into a typical operation 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. Theres a small office to handle the paperwork, which can also be placed along a busy street and used as a store and showroom. Lots of colorful sign decals for Walton and Sons Lumber Company and other business names brighten up the operation, and complete instructions make for fast and fun construction. Walton and Sons Lumber is one of many Cornerstone HO Scale industry kits.

Realistic wood-textured plastic walls
Build as a single enclosed building or two open-sided bins
Decal signs
Molded in appropriate colors

Finished Walton and Sons structures measure:
Main Storage Building (Closed Structure): 9 x 9 x 4-1/2inch (22.5 x 22.5 x 11.2cm)
Office: 3 x 4-1/2 x 2-1/2inch (7.5 x 11.2 x 6.2cm) HO Coal Flood Loader - Kit

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The Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Coal Flood Loader kit is based on a hopper car loading structure in use since the 1970s. The energy crunch of the early 70s and the move toward improved air quality left coal-fired power plants and other industries in need of clean-burning, low sulfur coal. Vast deposits were available in the western US, but getting coal to customers was a big logistical problem. Several ideas were suggested, but in the end, railroads became the primary means of transport. Coal soon represented a considerable part of the traffic on many lines. As a cost-cutting measure, some large power companies adopted the just in time approach to buying coal. This means trains had to deliver on time, as only a small stockpile was maintained, and in essence, the unit trains became a rolling conveyor belt. In order to meet these tough schedules, a new generation of cars and motive power were introduced, and the methods of loading coal on the trains also changed. The Flood Loader is served by a network of conveyors, these large buildings are essentially storage bins, which load entire trains on the move. After coal has been washed, crushed to size and graded, its delivered from these facilities to the flood loader, which can be quite some distance away, via conveyor belt. In operation, a unit train enters the loader at walking speed, about 4 mph. Loading begins when the first car rolls under the chute, a job handled by detectors and computers. In a matter of minutes the car is filled to capacity and loading begins on the next. Some loaders also use their computers to briefly stop the flow between cars, producing a down hill slope to the load. Others run continuously, and a wheel loader is used to reclaim the spilled coal. As the last car clears, the loader stops automatically and begins refilling for the next train. Now fully loaded, the unit train passes over a weigh-in-motion scale, to verify the actual amount of coal being shipped to the customer. Seen in both eastern and western coalfields, the Coal Flood Loader is a great way to add variety to coal operations on your line. Since the actual mine and processing operations are often miles away, this flood loader and conveyor can be placed trackside to imply the presence of a bigger mine located off your layout.

The Coal Flood Loader is one of many Cornerstone HO Scale industry kits.

Realistic corrugated metal textured plastic walls
Arrange conveyor to fit available space on your layout
Decal signs
Molded in appropriate colors

As shown the Coal Flood Loader measures: 4 x 6 x 11inch (10.2 x 15.2 x 27.9cm) HO Icehouse and Platform - Kit

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The Walthers Cornerstone Icehouse and Icing Platform brings back the heady days of railroading when fast freights forwarded meat and produce to market in ice-cooled reefers. From the 1880s to the 1970s, ice-cooled reefers were a fixture of railroading. Solid trains raced across country with their perishable loads riding in long strings of refrigerator cars. Supplying ice for the cars in transit was a huge industry. Railroads built ice houses and platforms, like this kit, about every 250-300 miles. Here, entire trains could be serviced and on the move in minutes. This complete kit includes a detailed icehouse, based on a prototype in Antigo, Wisconsin, plus a modular icing platform, from a Pacific Fruit Express design. Lots of add-on details, including an optional platform roof (used in warm areas to shade ice and slow melting), roof vents and 24 ice blocks are included. The plastic parts are molded in color for easy assembly and complete instructions are provided.

The Icehouse and Icing Platform is just one of a wide variety of Cornerstone food industry structures.

Prototypical wooden icehouse
Found along railroads from the 1800s to the 1970s
Icing platform serves
24 ice blocks
Molded in appropriate colors

Completed model w/Platform: 18-1/2 x 6-1/4inch (46.9 x 15.8cm)
Icehouse: 4-3/4 x 10-3/4 x 5inch (12 x 27.3 x 12.7cm) 16-3/8 x 7-1/8 x 5-15/16 inches - 40.9 x 17.8 x 13.2cm.

With its colorful signs and period styling, this HO Scale structure is right at home from 1900 to the present day. Based on a prototype at Waterloo, Iowa, it is perfect for adding action and operation to your railroad. The multi-story building has an elevated cattle chute, attached office, power plant, roof-top details, colorful decals -- everything you need, including four dressed beef for the loading dock. HO Hardwood Furniture Company - Kit

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At the Walthers Cornerstone Hardwood Furniture Company boxcar doors slide open. Ramps clang into place from the loading dock. Strong backs bend to their task as the first crates are carried out of the warehouse and into the car. Tucked into the cramped quarters of the industrial district, the Hardwood Furniture Company is the kind of industry that every layout needs. Its big enough to look right, small enough to fit and packed with realism. Check out the authentic architectural trim molded on each wall or the over 50 separate windows! Theres a covered loading dock for boxcars and roll-up doors for trucks. Up on the roof, a water tank, elevator house and chimney are included to detail this important area. Complete instructions and colorful signs round out the kit. Plus, modelers who desire to make the Hardwood Furniture Company a larger building will find its easy to expand with some minor kitbashing.

Realistic concrete walls
Recessed loading dock and tunnel on the first floor
Signs for several businesses
Molded in appropriate colors
Easy-to-build plastic kit HO RJ Frost Ice & Storage - Kit

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Next time youre in the grocery store, look at the incredible variety of fresh and frozen foods available. Most of them were grown and processed in another area, then shipped to facilities like the prototypes of Walthers Cornerstone RJ Frost Ice and Storage. Along they way, they spent some of their rail and truck journey in a cold storage plant. These buildings are commonly found in agricultural areas where foods are readied for shipment, and in large cities where the food is stored for pickup by local customers. This kit captures the look and feel of a large cold storage warehouse in a size that fits most layouts. The kit includes concrete walls, truck and railcar docks with canopies and a large rooftop cooling tower. Itll look great along your railroads industrial trackage or in small towns where multiple packing houses process perishables for shipment. As shown RJ Frost Ice and Storage measures: 11 x 11inch (28 x 28cm.)

RJ Frost Ice & Storage is just one of a wide variety of Cornerstone HO Scale industrial buildings.

Realistic concrete construction
Truck and railcar loading docks with canopies
Fits steam or diesel era
Great origin or destination for reefers and insulated boxcars
Realistic decals
Easy-to-build plastic kit HO Reliable Warehouse & Storage - Kit

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Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Reliable Warehouse and Storage is a great factory or warehouse thats easily placed on any layout. The growth of railroads in the late 19th century attracted new industries to the right-of-way. Businesses located close to the tracks, often on odd-shaped lots. These structures are still common. The triangular shape is ideal for corners or between a mainline and spur. A roof-top water tower, stairway, chimney and loading dock are all included. Great for steam-era and transition-era scenes, many structures like Reliable Warehouse and Storage still stand today. Reliable Warehouse and Storage a wonderful addition layout scenes among other Cornerstone HO Scale industry kits.

Realistic brickwork
Rooftop water tank
Triangular footprint - great for wedge between mainline turnout and spur!
Decal signs for several businesses
Molded in appropriate colors

Reliable Warehouse and Storage measures: 10-5/8 x 10-1/4 x 6-3/4inch (27 x 26 x 17.1cm) HO Brick Freight Office - Kit

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The Walthers Cornerstone Brick Freight Office is where businesses and small industries that didnt have their own sidings arranged for rail service. Many off-line shippers relied on the railroad to move their goods from trains to trucks for delivery to stores and warehouses. The freight office served as the -brains- of the operation, housing an army of clerks who kept track of paperwork and billing. This kit is based on structure that stood on Fowler Street, just south of Milwaukees hometown depot. Its companion Freight House next door handled cargo transfers between boxcars and delivery trucks. Their classic American design is similar to buildings in many other cities making both models ideal for use in any city terminal. On your layout they can also be used as part of a larger industry or in a railroad yard to handle company materials. Authentic Milwaukee Road signs are included in the Freight Office kit, but you can easily add your own signs for other railroads or shippers. The easy-to-build Brick Freight Office has detailed plastic parts molded in appropriate colors and comes with illustrated instructions. The finished structure as shown measures: 8-13/16 x 9 x 6-1/8inch (22.4 x 22.9 15.6cm.)

The Brick Freight Office is one of a wide variety of Cornerstone HO railroad buildings.

Prototypical brick construction
Found at railroad and industrial facilities from the 1900s to the present
Outside staircase
Realistic Milwaukee Road printed signs
Molded in appropriate colors

This detailed structure is a wonderful addition to any Milwaukee or Milwaukee Road themed collection. HO Modern Grain Head House w/Silos Kit

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The Cornerstone Modern Grain Head House with Silos is patterned after the most identifiable structure in many grain-handling complexes. This detailed HO structure kit includes the roof-mounted head house, a simulated conveyor and eight silos, a truck receiving dock with loading doors and rooftop vent details. A great addition to any grain complex its ideal for loading covered hoppers, boxcars and trucks in your favorite era.

The Modern Grain Head House is just one of a wide variety of Cornerstone grain-related structures and cars.

Typical design used across North America
Used with all types of grain
Eight silos and headhouse
At home on the prairies or in urban or waterfront scenes
Molded in appropriate colors
Easy-to-build plastic kit Clayton County Lumber - Kit (set of four warehouses)
Building 1: 4 x 4-1/2 x 3 inches - 10 x 11.2 x 7.5cm Building 2: 9 x 4-1/4 x 3-1/2 inches - 22.5 x 10.6 x 8.7cm Building 3: 5-3/4 x 3-1/4 x 2-5/8 inches - 14.3 x 8.1 x 6.5cm Building 4: 5-3/4 x 3-3/8 x 3-1/2 inches - 14.3 x 8.4 x 8.7cm HO Metal Multi-Purpose Coupler Height Gauge

A must have tool for gauging correct coupler height, trip pin, and permanent uncoupler heights for achieving trouble free coupler performance.

Four tools in one!
1. Provides instant visual reference of proper coupler height.
2. Accurately measures proper trip pin height above rail.
3. Built-in track gauge. (N.M.R.A. Standard)
4. Movable dowel tests Kadee Magne-Matic Uncoupler height and registers the needed adjustments.

NOTE: The #205 gauge is not insulated and ONLY should be used on a nonpowered track or track with the electrical power completely switched off. Add a sunflower field to your pike with this set. Includes 60 sunflowers and base. HO Standards Gauge

Designed and developed by the NMRA (National Model Railroad Association) Engineering committee, this pocket sized gauge enables you to check all important dimensions on your track and rolling stock as follows:
Gauge of track and turnouts
Flangeway depth and -check gauge-
Clearance
Height of loading platform

If cars do not run correctly, this gauge will help you pinpoint the trouble. Complete instructions come with each gauge HO & N Scale Operating Ground Throw - Sprung 0.165 inch Travel w/Selectable End Fittings (5)

Sprung ground throws are designed to be connected directly to the turnout taking advantage of the internal stainless steel springs. Sprung ground throws are designed to be connected directly to the turnout taking advantage of the internal stainless steel springs. A shim to raise the stand to tie level and five different end fittings to connect to most turnouts are provided: hook end for Atlas, blade for Roco, hole for PECO, small round pin for Micro Engineering and round pin for Shinohara and others. These decoders are built to eliminate annoying motor hum and buzz at slow speeds.

This HO sized decoder is designed to fit Locomotives with a 8 pin socket such as:
Kato RS2/RSC2 and C44-9, SD40-2, SD45, Stewart VO-1000, Intermountain F7, Atlas U23B and U30B,U33C, U36C, C30-7, U23B, GP40,AEM-7, GP7, Bachmann Spectrum Steam, locomotives, LifeLike FA1, ER Models Sharknose, Fp7, in HO Scale. The easiest installation possible, just plug it in! 1.3 Amp rating (2 Amp peak). Six function outputs and Silent RunningTM too! Size: 0.80inch x 0.65inch x 0.110inch. HO Track-Bed - 24ft Continuous Roll

Track-Bed Roll offers a smooth application. It deadens sound, requires no pre-soaking like cork, remains flexible and will not dry out or become brittle! Aligns well with cork or Homasote applications.

Install easily with Foam Tack Glue (PN: 1444). Pin in place with Foam Nails (PN: 1432).

1 roll/pkg - 3/16 inch depth x 1-3/4 inches wide x 24 feet long HO Background Building Kit - Armstrong Electric Motors

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The Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Armstrong Electric Motors Background Building is a great way to add an industry to your layout between your rearmost tracks and your backdrop. Like many big city buildings, this factory has a covered concrete freight car loading dock. Install a spur and add more operating fun to the small space between your layout and background scene. Great by itself or as a part of an entire complex along your background. Armstrong Electric Motors is one of many Cornerstone HO Scale industry kits.

Trackside wall of typical three-story curtain-wall factory
Thin-profile background building - use against your background scene
Large multi-pane windows and boxcar loading dock
Easily cut and customized
Great for steam or diesel-era layouts
Molded in appropriate colors and clear plastic

Armstrong Electric Motors can be built in one of three different sizes:
16-5/8 x 1-1/2 x 6-5/8inch (42.2 x 3.8 x 16.8cm),
11 x 1-1/2 x 6-5/8inch (27.9 x 3.8 x 16.8cm) or
5-3/8 x 1-1/2 x 6-5/8inch (13.6 x 3.8 x 16.8cm) N Scale Glacier Gravel Co. - Kit

The finished model measures:
5-5/8 x 6-5/8 x 6-1/8 inches (14.3 x 16.8 x 15.6cm)

Add aggregate traffic to your layout with this rugged trackside structure. The Walthers Cornerstone Glacier Gravel Co. is a model of a stone crusher-washer with equipment for loading rail cars or trucks. 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 railroads appetite for rock. This easy-to-build kit looks great as part of a stone quarry operation, in a mine, or as part of a slag recovery operation down the track from the steel mill buildings. Detailed parts capture the look of concrete and steel construction. The kit features corrugated construction on a heavy poured concrete foundation/loading tunnel. Conveyors to a truck dump and feeder from the quarry complete the facility. Rock crushers similar to this have been in use since the 1940s, so Glacier Gravel Co. will fit perfectly into transition and modern era layouts. The main building can accommodate two tracks inside and includes a detailed loading bin. Glacier Gravel Co. also includes decal signs and complete instructions.

- Easy-to-build plastic kit
- Use as a stand-alone rock crusher and loader or as part of a larger quarry or mine
- Fits 1940s and later modeling eras
- Two loading tracks
- Molded in appropriate colors
- Decal signs included
The rural elevator was more than just a trackside industry. It was the center of many rural communities. And in some places it WAS the community. Handling grain from local farms and selling it to distant markets, these older buildings are still active today. With its colorful signs and period styling, this HO Scale elevator is perfect for your layout and your favorite era, from the 1800s to present day. The kit includes the main elevator, plus a storage building and a scale house, all with realistic wood walls. Separate doors and windows add to the realism, along with colorful decals for several grain companies.

Realistic wood construction
Includes elevator, scale house and trackside storage building
Use with other Walthers Cornerstone grain handling structures
Easy-to-build plastic kit
Molded in appropriate colors


The Farmers Cooperative Rural Grain Elevator measures:
Elevator: 8-7/8 x 7-1/4 x 10in 23 x 18 x 25cm
Shed: 7 x 4-1/2in 18 x 11cm
HO Glacier Gravel Company - Kit

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Add aggregate traffic to your layout with this rugged trackside structure. The HO Scale Walthers Cornerstone Glacier Gravel Co. is a model of a stone crusher-washer with equipment for loading rail cars or trucks. 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 railroads appetite for rock.

This easy-to-build kit looks great as part of a stone quarry operation, alongside mines like the New River Mining Co. 933-3017 and Coal Flood Loader 933-3051, in a mine, or as part of a slag recovery operation down the track from the steel mill buildings. Matching conveyor sections 933-3149 are available separately for customizing your Glacier Gravel operation as needed. Detailed parts capture the look of concrete and steel construction. The kit features corrugated construction on a heavy poured concrete foundation/loading tunnel. Conveyors to a truck dump and feeder from the quarry complete the facility. Rock crushers similar to this have been in use since the 1940s, so Glacier Gravel Co. will fit perfectly into transition and modern era layouts. The main building can accommodate two tracks inside and includes a detailed loading bin. Glacier Gravel Co. also includes decal signs and complete instructions. Glacier Gravel Co. is just one of a wide variety of Cornerstone industrial buildings.

Easy-to-build plastic kit
Use as a stand-alone rock crusher and loader or as part of a larger quarry or mine
Fits 1940s and later modeling eras
Handle hoppers, gondolas or trucks on up to three loading pockets
Molded in appropriate colors
Decal signs for several businesses

As shown Glacier Gravel Co. measures: 9-3/8 x 11 x 10-1/4inch (23.8 x 27.9 x 26cm) HO Interstate Fuel & Oil - Kit

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The prototypes for bulk oil distributors like the Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Interstate Fuel and Oil have long been important for every railroad. At home in cities and towns, dealerships like this distribute fuel oil, gasoline and other products locally. This structure kit includes horizontal and vertical storage tanks, above-ground piping, pump house with header stand to unload tank cars, truck loading rack and corrugated metal office. Like the prototypes, the various pieces on Interstate Fuel and Oil can be arranged to fit available space. A gas pump, oil drums and other details are also provided. Interstate Fuel and Oil is one of many Cornerstone HO Scale industry kits.

Realistic corrugated metal textured plastic walls
Arrange to fit available space on your layout
Decal signs
Molded in appropriate colors

The structures in the Interstate Fuel and Oil kit measure:
Loading Rack: 7 x 5-3/4inch (17.7 x 14.6cm)
Office: 5-3/4 x 4-1/2inch (14.6 x 11.4cm)
Pump House: 1-1/2 x 1-1/4inch (3.8 x 3.1cm )
Upright Tanks: 4 x 2inch (10 x 5cm)