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Lakeville Modern-Style Warehouse -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-2917, p. 170 Walthers 2020 HO Scale Reference
HO scale
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The Walthers Cornerstone Lakeville Modern-Style Warehouse brings a general-use warehouse to your 1960s and later industrial parks. Based on a structure with a concrete-block foundation and corrugated metal superstructure, buildings like this can be found across the continent. This kit is a welcome addition to any industrial park. Use it as a destination for boxcars and trucks as well as for light manufacturing. This kit includes multiple truck doors, a railcar door for cars to be unloaded inside and a wall section with windows to simulate a small office.

Open Air Transload Building -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-2918
HO scale
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By the 1950s many railroads had outgrown freight houses and other facilities constructed in the early 1900s. The move to larger trucks for final cargo delivery also dictated a purpose-built transload. The kit features a large concrete loading dock, enclosed staging warehouse and sheltered dock. It's patterned after a Santa Fe prototype but is similar to others used across the continent and is a great destination for boxcars and flatcars. It's a natural for detailing with pallets, drums, sacks and forklifts (sold separately) and makes a great stop for way freights and switchers if you're into prototype operations.

Wood Coaling Tower -- Kit - 7-1/2 x 6-1/2 x 10-5/8" 19.1 x 16.5 x 27cm
Walthers Part # 933-2922
HO scale
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Based on a typical two-track design, the Walthers Cornerstone Wood Coaling Tower will be a focal point in any engine terminal. Towers like this were built in yards at servicing facilities as well as along the mainlines and branchlines to refuel engines on the road. A hopper unloading shed sits along one side for receiving coal. Like the prototype, it can serve two tracks at once, making it an ideal choice for maximizing service in minimum space.

Walthers Part # 933-2923
HO scale

 
Keep your HO diesel fleet ready for the road with the Cornerstone 130' Brick Diesel House. Typical of purpose-built facilities that began appearing in the 1930s and are still used today. 

Washington Salvage Yard -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-2928
HO scale
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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 many communities. And, this combination of brick office and steel garage structure has been common since the 1960s, so your model could also serve as a county or city highway department garage, bus barn for a local mass transit authority, construction company offices, a railroad maintenance vehicle garage, truck or farm equipment dealership or any one of hundreds of similar businesses.

Whitehall Station -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-2932
HO scale

The (Whitehall) depot served travelers until 1949, but remained an active freight agency until 1963. The City of Whitehall purchased the depot in 2003 and restored it as a small museum. The structure remains in its original location along the former GB&W mainline, in 2006 owned by Canadian National. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Grain Surge Bin -- Kit - 1-1/2 x 1-1/2 x 9" 3.8 x 3.8 x 22.7cm
Walthers Part # 933-2935
HO scale
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The Walthers Cornerstone Grain Surge Bin is an ideal addition to any diesel-era grain elevator or feed mill scene. Above the surge bin, the funnel-shaped distribution head of the grain conveyor routes grain into the proper pipe, sending it cascading into storage bins, surge bin, covered hopper or grain truck. The surge bin regulates the flow of grain into the grain dryer. The surge bin is a necessary part of any grain handling operation and will add realism to your scene.

NOTE: Photo shows model with the Walthers Cornerstone Grain Dryer 933-3128 (directly underneath the Surge Bin) and Grain Bin 933-3123, both sold separately.

Wet-Dry Grain Storage Bin 2-Pack -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-2937
HO scale
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Cornerstone Wet-Dry Grain Storage Bins are signature structures for modern grain-handling scenes. This HO structure kit includes parts for two tall, corrugated-metal structures, perfect for a small facility or as part of a larger complex. If your post-1960s railroad hauls grain, these grain storage bins will look great at any elevator.

Platform and Stairways (Photo-Etched) -- Kit

Walthers Part # 933-2939
HO scale

Upgrade your modern HO Scale industries with the Walthers Cornerstone Platforms and Stairways set of photo-etched brass walkways and work platforms. Designed for easy construction, simply cut, fold and glue.

Conveyor Bridge and Support Tower (Photo-Etched) -- Kit

Walthers Part # 933-2940
HO scale

The Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Conveyor Bridge and Support Tower add realistic detail for any modern grain-handling operation. Also great for adding detailing at other Cornerstone HO Scale industrial buildings requiring open-air walkways and conveyor supports, this detail kit consists of highly detailed photo-etched brass parts with near-scale thickness.

Modern Grain Head House w/Silos -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-2942
HO scale
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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 it's ideal for loading covered hoppers, boxcars and trucks in your favorite era.

Elevated Crossing Tower pkg(2)
Walthers Part # 933-2945
HO scale

Protect HO highways in busy cities with this detailed Cornerstone kit! Ideal for steam- or diesel-era grade crossings, the model is based on the Milwaukee Road's distinctive two-story octagonal towers that protected each end of the Everett Street station complex, as well as other locations, and similar structures could be found on other railroads. 

Milwaukee Everett Street Station and Train Shed
Walthers Part # 933-2946
HO scale

These incredibly detailed Cornerstone structure kits are sure to be a focal point of passenger operations on your HO layout. The limited-edition set is based on the iconic Milwaukee Road Everett Street Station and its massive train shed that served generations of travelers in the railroad's hometown from 1886 to 1964. The set includes the detailed station and its signature clock tower, along with parts for two train shed sections, both typical of the ornate stations once found in the heart of many cities. 

Kit - Build as Single- or Double-Track

Walthers Part # 933-2948
HO scale

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This Walthers Cornerstone Through Plate-Girder Bridge kit is based on one of the most common North American railroad bridge designs. It's part of the Cornerstone Engineered Bridge System and is designed to be compatible with system abutments and bridge piers. Plate-girder bridges are typically used to cross short distances between 30 and 90' 9.1 to 30.4m.

Brick Freight Office -- Kit 
Walthers Part # 933-2953
HO scale
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The Walthers Cornerstone Brick Freight Office is where businesses and small industries that didn't 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.

Brick Freight House -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-2954
HO scale
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The freight house was where the action took place and the adjacent 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 a structure that stood on Fowler Street, just south of Milwaukee's hometown depot. Its classic American design is similar to buildings in many other cities making it ideal for use in any shipping terminal. On your layout the Freight House can also be used as part of a larger industry or in a railroad yard to handle company materials. Special end walls in the Freight House allow you to easily combine kits to create a longer facility serving more cars.

Support Trusses for Guywires and Piping (Photo-etched) -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-2955
HO scale

Customize a wide range of industries using overhead pipes to move dry, bulk materials with the Cornerstone Support Trusses. The prototypes are seen at grain elevators and similar facilities, and are used to keep supply pipes from bending under load.

Cage Ladders and Safety Cages (Photo-etched) -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-2956
HO scale

Add realistic detail to a wide range of HO structures with the Cornerstone Caged Ladders and Safety Cages kit.

Kit - 10-1/8 x 5-3/4 x 6-3/16" 35.7 x 14.6 x 16cm
Walthers Part # 933-2967
HO scale
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Whether used for a large industrial complex or near a rail terminal the Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Engineering Office is an ideal addition to trackside scenes from the early 1900s into the 1970s and beyond.

Railroad Shop -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-2970
HO scale
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The prototypes for the Cornerstone Railroad Shop were built for the needs of steam locos, but were easily upgraded to handle diesels in later years. Based on our earlier Backshop kit and sharing many architectural elements, this detailed structure kit is larger to handle almost any motive power. Used by itself, the Railroad Shop building is perfect for all kinds of heavy industries that require overhead crane space and a large working floor.

Pennsylvania Railroad Block & Interlocking Station -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-2982
HO scale
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The Pennsylvania Railroad was noted for its unique structures and the Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale PRR Block and Interlocking Station captures the family look of the railroad's buildings to a tee. On the Pennsy brick towers were used along the line at busy junctions, interlockings and other block stations. Inside operators shepherded trains through complex trackwork by lining signals and turnouts. These towers were used on railroads affiliated with the Pennsy, successors Penn Central and Amtrak and are extremely similar to towers on other railroads. A few have been preserved by historical groups in the modern era.

Santa Fe Interlocking Tower -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-2983
HO scale
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The Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Santa Fe Interlocking Tower makes adding authentic ATSF structures to your railroad easier than ever. Used in many locations along the railroad, this stucco texture tower will look great at any junction or yard along your Santa Fe-themed layout set in the steam or classic-diesel era. Although based on a standard ATSF building, this tower is typical of those seen along other railroads as well.

Train Shed with Clear Roof -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-2984
HO scale, Retail: $99.98
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This easy-to-build model is based on the Milwaukee Road's structure in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but several other railroads used train sheds that were extremely similar, so it will look at home on any steam or streamliner-era layout. This kit features a translucent roof molded in clear plastic so you can see what's under the canopy or you can paint it to leave skylight panels as used on several station sheds.

Kit - 11 x 4-1/4 x 4-1/4" 27.9 x 10.7 x 10.7cm

Walthers Part # 933-2985
HO scale

Service your motive power in style with the Modern Single-Track Engine House kit from Cornerstone! Typical of prefab metal buildings adapted to the needs of railroads large and small, the finished model is typical of service and inspection facilities used by short lines, industrial roads and supporting operations on large railroads too.

Modern Double-Track Engine House -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-2986
HO scale

Modernize your busy engine service facilities quickly and easily with the Modern Double-Track Engine House kit from Cornerstone! Perfect as the shop for a shjort line or industrial road, similar buildings can be found at major engine facilities providing a variety of support services

Interstate Fuel & Oil -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-3006
HO scale
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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.

Kit - 12-3/4 x 7 x 5-1/4" 31.8 x 17.5 x 13.1cm - Holds Locos To 11-5/8" 29cm
Walthers Part # 933-3007
HO scale
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The Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale 2-Stall Engine House kit is patterned after brick locomotive sheds constructed in the steam-era and still used for diesels. Perfect for short lines, branch lines or interurban railroads, this engine house adds authenticity to any small servicing scene. Inside, inspections and light repairs are completed on all types of locos and cars. This kit is detailed with movable doors, oil drums, separate windows and a pillar crane. Parts are included to extend one track through the engine house. Engines or cars up to 11-5/8" long can be stored inside.

Kit - 20-1/2 x 6-1/4" 52 x 15.8cm
Walthers Part # 933-3009
HO scale
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The Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Water Street Freight Terminal is an ideal addition to trackside scenes from the early 1900s into the 1970s and beyond. Freight terminals were essential to railroads, handling less-than-carload lot (lcl) shipments. Loads arrived in boxcars or reefers and were transferred to trucks for local delivery. Each railroad serving a community had its own terminal, usually near the main passenger station or classification yard. In the modern era these structures have been repurposed into everything from trucking terminals to restaurants. 

Kit - 7-3/8 x 7-1/4" 18.7 x 18.4cm
Walthers Part # 933-3010
HO scale
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The Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Brook Hill Farm Dairy is a three-story brick-and-stucco factory building that has plenty of uses on any steam or diesel-era layout. Featuring loading docks for railroad and truck shipments this classic building also includes colorful sign decals and milk cans for added dock detailing. 

Central Gas & Supply -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-3011
HO scale
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The HO Scale Walthers Cornerstone Central Gas and Supply kit is a great trackside business for every 1960s and later layout. Propane distribution facilities are common throughout the country, receiving bulk shipments by rail and truck. The gas is easily converted into a liquid, which is then stored in insulated, cylindrical tanks. Commonly used for home and industrial heating, propane is also widely used as fuel for taxis, trucks and buses.

Kit - 10-5/8 x 10-1/4 x 6-3/4" 27 x 26 x 17.1cm
Walthers Part # 933-3014
HO scale
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Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Reliable Warehouse and Storage is a great factory or warehouse that's 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.

Kit - 10 x 10 x 6" 25.4 x 25.4 x 15.2cm
Walthers Part # 933-3016
HO scale
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Performing everything from painting to complete rebuilds, the prototypes for the Walthers Cornerstone Allied Rail Rebuilders kit captures the realism of these large buildings in a size that works on most layouts.

New River Mining Company -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-3017
HO scale
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Based on a trackside coal tipple for loading hoppers or gondolas, this easy-to-build kit features realistic corrugated metal construction, steel supports and separate ladders and stairways. New River is set up to load hoppers on three tracks, and if you're modeling a mine that loads coal trucks for short hauls you can choose to replace a track with a road. The New River Mining Co. also includes a conveyor with supports that can be run underground into the mine or distant mine head.

Golden Valley Canning Company -- Kit - Main Building: 10-1/2 x 8"; Boiler House: 4-3/4 x 3"
Walthers Part # 933-3018
HO scale
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The Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Golden Valley Canning Company is based on typical canning plants that play a big part in putting food on the table each and every day. Canned and frozen foods move in bulk from regional canning operations to cities around the country, where they're transported to local stores for sale. Canneries can be found in small towns and larger cities, producing everything from fruit and vegetables to meats, jellies and sauces.

Medusa Cement Company -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-3019
HO scale
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Cement distribution plants such as Medusa Cement are vital to the construction industry, providing the bulk cement used to make concrete. This Walthers Cornerstone kit makes a great addition to an industrial district or along a waterfront (the location of the prototype this kit is based on). With eight tall storage silos, conveyor tower and rail car unloading shed this structure looks impressively large but is sized to fit most layouts. Other details include separate roll-up doors for truck loading, plus separate rooftop piping, railing and dust collectors.

RJ Frost Ice & Storage -- Kit - 11 x 11" 28 x 28cm
Walthers Part # 933-3020
HO scale
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Next time you're 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.

Northern Light and Power Powerhouse -- Kit - 12-3/4 x 6-1/2 x 7" 31.8 x 16.2 x 17.5cm
Walthers Part # 933-3021
HO scale
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Generate revenue for your steam or diesel-era railroad with the Walthers Cornerstone Northern Light and Power powerhouse. This detailed, easy-to-build model is similar to power generating stations operated by utility companies, private industries and institutions, as well as streetcar or interurban lines.

ADM(R) Concrete Grain Elevator -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-3022
HO scale
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Grain traffic touches almost every corner of the North American rail network - from the vast cornfields, wheat fields and ethanol plants of the midwest to busy waterfront export terminals, feed mills, food processors and elevators in large cities. Long trains of covered hoppers moving grain and ethanol byproducts such as DDG have become an important part of the railroad landscape. Grain traffic should touch your model railroad too! This detailed kit includes an elevator, eight storage silos, dust bins, head house and sheds for rail and trucks. Full-color ADM logos and billboard sign decal are included.

Kit - 8-1/2 x 12-1/2" 21.6 x 31.8cm
Walthers Part # 933-3025
HO scale
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Substations are used to lower the current of high voltage before routing it to residential and commercial customers and can be found near generating stations, at large industries like steel mills and paper mills and as stand-alone facilities.

Kit - 8 x 11 x 10-3/8" 20.3 x 28 x 26.4cm
Walthers Part # 933-3026
HO scale
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Flour mills have changed dramatically since the water-powered mills of the 1800s. The Walthers Cornerstone Red Wing Milling Co. captures the look and feel of contemporary mills in a size that fits most layouts. 1950s and later mills produce enormous quantities of flour and other milled grains. They once received grain in boxcars and have since moved to covered hoppers. Outbound flour and meal moves out in Airslide(R) and similar covered hoppers as well as in bulk hopper trucks. 

Merchant's Row I -- Kit - 11 x 5 x 4" 27.9 x 12.7 x 10.2cm
Walthers Part # 933-3028
HO scale
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The easy-to-build Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Merchant's Row I kit brings together five different stores in one structure at a dynamite price. Often just a few blocks away from the railroad tracks, the business district is one of the most important parts of any small town or big city.

Kit - 10 x 5" 25.4 x 12.7cm
Walthers Part # 933-3029
HO scale
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The easy-to-build Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Merchant's Row II kit brings together three different stores in one structure. Often just a few blocks away from the railroad tracks, the business district is one of the most important parts of any small town or big city. This unique kit combines three storefronts into one space-saving structure that fits on almost any HO Scale layout. Add your personal touch to Merchant's Row I with paint and the supplied full-color decals to create a one-of-a-kind model for your steam or diesel-era scene.

White Tower Restaurant -- Kit - 4-5/8 x 3 x 2-7/8" 11.8 x 7.6 x 7.3cm
Walthers Part # 933-3030
HO scale
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The Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale White Tower Restaurant is patterned after one of the first fast food chains in America. Restaurants like this sprang up from coast to coast serving up sizzling freshly grilled burgers.
 

Kit - 10-1/8 x 5-15/16 x 5-1/2" 25.7 x 15 x 13.9cm
Walthers Part # 933-3031
HO scale
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Whether used along small-town main Street or deep in the heart of a big city's downtown, the Walthers Cornerstone Bailey Savings and Loan is an ideal addition to scenes set in the 1900s into the present. Housing dozens of employees working behind the scenes, the bank remains one of the most important (and the most common) buildings.
 

Kit - Elevator: 8-7/8 x 7-1/4 x 10" 23 x 18 x 25cm
Walthers Part # 933-3036
HO scale
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Rural elevators like the Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Farmers Cooperative Rural Grain Elevator were somehow more than just a trackside industry. The elevator 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, some of these older buildings are still active today as stand-alone facilities or as part of larger grain complexes that sometimes include several near-identical elevators. With its colorful signs and period styling, this wooden elevator is perfect for your layout and your favorite era from the 1800s to present day.

Kit - 8-1/2 x 11-13/16" 21.6 x 30cm
Walthers Part # 933-3038
HO scale
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The depot was a magical place. At train time, everything stopped as local folks went down to watch the varnish come in. The old depot may be gone, but the magic is still there! Today, shiny Amtrak streamliners glide by, and in many areas, daily commuter trains make up much of the trackside action. These modern trains require modern facilities and bringing your layout up-to-date is easy with this kit. It's based on a design first used in the late 1970s, which was adapted for use in several Amtrak-served communities.

Car Shop -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-3040
HO scale
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The prototypes for railroad buildings like the Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Car Shop evolved into long, specialized structures dedicated to freight or passenger car repairs. Several tracks ran the entire length of the building so cars could be moved quickly between workstations handling trucks, brakes, interiors and other appliances. Perfect for servicing any kind of equipment, this kit features a modular design so several can be combined to build a larger building, and it's a natural for modeling all kinds of heavy industries.

Original Item Box: good condition

*Photos are online stock photos 

Three Stall Roundhouse -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-3041
HO scale
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The Walthers Cornerstone Three-Stall Roundhouse kit is as essential to railroading as track and locomotives. Many brick roundhouses still serve today housing engines between assignments and providing a place where light repairs and inspections can be done in all kinds of weather. Adding one to your engine terminal is a snap with this North American style kit. It holds engines up to 13" long, typical of the power found on most lines. Stalls are spaced on 10-degree angle, requiring less approach trackage. With its modular design, the basic 3-stall kit can be enlarged up to a full circle to meet the needs of your railroads.

Kit - Tower & Shed: 4-1/8 x 6-3/8 x 11" 10.5 x 16.2 x 27.9cm
Walthers Part # 933-3042
HO scale
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When steam ruled the rails, the prototypes for the Walthers Cornerstone Concrete Coaling Tower were familiar sights at every engine terminal. Some also stood alone on main lines, ready to service passing trains that might require refueling along the way. While early designs were made of wood, later models were made of fire-proof concrete. Hoppers of coal would be spotted for unloading above a covered dump pit. Lifting machinery hauled he coal to the top, where it was stored in the bin. Gravity and positionable chutes took over, delivering a steady stream of coal into waiting tenders below. 

Steel Water Tank -- Kit - 3-1/4 x 3 x 7" 11.3 x 7.5 x 17.5 cm
Walthers Part # 933-3043
HO scale
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Add detail to your steam locomotive servicing facility with the Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Steel Water Tank. A must-have for any steam-era layout, equipment like this could be found in terminals large and small.

Kit - 11-7/8 x 10-5/8 x 8-7/8" 23.5 x 29.5 x 22.5cm
Walthers Part # 933-3044
HO scale
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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. It's big enough to look right, small enough to fit and packed with realism. 

Kit - 9 x 9-3/8 x 8" 22.9 x 23.8 x 20.3cm
Walthers Part # 933-3045
HO scale
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Found in many cities, the prototypes for steel fabricators like the Walthers Cornerstone Vulcan Manufacturing Co. generate lots of business for the local railroads. Raw materials arrive from the steel mills, and some finished pieces are also delivered by rail. Others are shipped by a fleet of trucks.

Kit - 12-3/4 x 7-1/2 x 9" 31.6 x 19.3 x 22.9cm
Walthers Part # 933-3046
HO scale
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The Walthers Cornerstone George Roberts Printing Company kit is typical of concrete curtain-wall industrial buildings found in commercial and manufacturing districts in cities across the continent. Geo. Roberts Printing fits on any layout from the 1920s to the present. Large windows, a hallmark of this architectural style, provide plenty of natural illumination and made this type of building a popular choice for all types of industries. 

Kit - 9 x 7" 22.9 x 17.8cm
Walthers Part # 933-3047
HO scale

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Huge stockyards, covering several acres, could be found in big cities, and packing plants needed pens to hold livestock. With its modular design, this kit builds everything from a small town loading stock pen to a big city stockyard. The kit includes detailed parts for two realistic pens with loading chutes aligned to the doors on coupled 40' stock cars, plus a lean-to for shelter or feeding.

Kit - 16-3/8 x 7-1/8 x 5-15/16" 40.9 x 17.8 x 13.2cm
Walthers Part # 933-3048
HO scale
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With its tall stature and period styling, the Cornerstone Champion Packing Plant is right at home from 1900 to the present day. Based on a prototype at Waterloo, Iowa, it's perfect for adding action and operation to your railroad. The multi-story building has an elevated cattle chute, attached office, power plant, rooftop details and colorful decals.

Icehouse and Platform -- Kit - 18-1/2 x 6-1/4" 46.9 x 15.8cm
Walthers Part # 933-3049
HO scale
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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.

Walton and Sons Lumber Company -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-3057
HO scale
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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. There's a small office to handle the paperwork, which can also be placed along a busy street and used as a store and showroom.

Kit - Mill: 6 x 8" 15.2 x 20.3cm; Shed: 6 x 9" 15.2 x 22.9cm
Walthers Part # 933-3059
HO scale
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The Walthers Cornerstone Planing Mill and Shed are perfect for adding to 1900s and later sawmill operations. This set of structures, designed as accessories for the Mountain Lumber Co. Saw Mill (933-3058, sold separately) as well as other industries that use or work with lumber such as furniture factories. Inside this busy operation, rough-cut timbers are run through planners and emerge as standard sized lumber. The finished model makes a neat addition to any setting and fits in virtually any modeling era.

Kit - 9-3/8 x 11 x 10-1/4" 23.8 x 27.9 x 26cm
Walthers Part # 933-3062
HO scale
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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.

Kit - Pier: 12-5/8 x 5-3/4 x 1-1/2"; Crane: 4 x 4 x 9-1/8"
Walthers Part # 933-3067
HO scale
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Essential to any waterfront scene, the Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Pier and Traveling Crane is sure to be a focal point of activity on your layout. Here, ships unload and take on cargo with the aid of a traveling crane which traverses the length of the pier. A siding on the pier allows switchers to spot freight cars next to the ship for convenient loading. The rails are embedded into the surface so that trucks, forklifts and other vehicles can also use the pier.

Kit - 8-1/2 x 8-1/2 x 8-5/8" 21.2 x 21.2 x 21.6cm (Height Above Water)
Walthers Part # 933-3068
HO scale
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Based on where railroads transferred freight cars onto barges the Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Carfloat Apron is where all the rail-marine action takes place. The Carfloat Apron structure consists of a moving apron (similar to a bridge) that can be locked to the float. This keeps the tracks aligned during switching and allows the barge and the apron to move up and down with the tides. Counterweights and lifting machinery are housed in the towers at the end of the apron.

Kit - 6-3/4 x 15-3/8 x 10" 17.1 x 39.1 x 25.4cm
Walthers Part # 933-3069
HO scale

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At the Walthers Cornerstone Front Street Warehouse big old wooden trackside doors creak as they're opened. Workers slide open the doors of a boxcar and get to work unloading its contents into the brick building. Tucked into the cramped quarters of the waterfront industrial district, the Front Street Warehouse is the kind of venerable brick building that every layout needs in its older industrial areas. 

Kit - 33-1/2 x 3 x 11" 83.7 x 7.5 x 27.5cm
Walthers Part # 933-3070
HO scale
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The Walthers Cornerstone Operating Single-Track Railroad Bascule Bridge is based on one of the most popular designs with railroad engineers. There's always plenty of action wherever railways meet waterways. Here, you can often find lift bridges, designed to move up to provide clearance for passing ships. Hinged at one end, the bascule design opens like a jacknife. It requires less space, has fewer moving parts and can be partially opened to clear vessels of any size. It can also be raised and lowered quickly, making it the ideal choice for busy rail lines.

Kit - 5 x 1-7/8 x 4" 12.7 x 4.8 x 10.2cm
Walthers Part # 933-3071
HO scale
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The Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Interlocking Tower kit is based on one of the most important buildings alongside any railroad. Interlocking towers controlled signals and switches at sidings, junctions, drawbridges, yards and station terminals. In use from the early 1900s until computers took over in the 1980s, a few are still standing.

Kit - 4 x 6 x 2-1/16" 10 x 15 x 5.8cm
Walthers Part # 933-3072
HO scale
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A Curbside Classic for Post-1930s Layouts

Not too long ago, prototypes for the Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Al's Victory Service Gas Station could be found at every busy city intersection and along most major highways. Premium was 25 cents a gallon, maps were free and restrooms were clean. There was a mechanic on duty who could fix anything. And Al always wore a spotless uniform when he came out to pump your gas, check the oil and wash the windows. Introduced in the late 1930s, box-style stations like Al's this sprang up from coast to coast and remained a standard well into the 1950s.

Kit - 9-3/4 x 14-1/8 x 10-1/2" 24.3 x 35.3 x 26.2cm
Walthers Part # 933-3085
HO scale
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The Walthers Cornerstone Black Gold Asphalt Hot Mix Plant will be at the receiving end of many construction projects on your layout. Requiring a steady supply of raw materials in bulk (a good paving crew can lay up to 3,000 tons of asphalt in a single shift), your hot mix plant will provide plenty of car-loadings on your modern HO Scale railroad. 
 

Blue Star Ready Mix -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-3086
HO scale
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Blue Star Ready Mix will be a great customer for your contemporary HO railroad. Its tall profile captures the look of the real thing without overwhelming other structures and scenery. The easy-to-build kit is complete with an elevated control room/office, along with realistic piping, materials elevator, dust collector and ladder details.

Goldenflame Fuel Co. -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-3087
HO scale

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The prototypes for coal and oil dealers like the Walthers Cornerstone Goldenflame Fuel Co. were well known to everyone in town. Shoehorned alongside mainlines and sidings, these businesses sold coal for home heating by the bagful or the ton and delivered to your house. Commercial accounts like small factories and stores were also serviced. As oil furnaces became common, many dealers expanded their line to include home heating oil too. Whether in a big city scene or a quiet country town, this kit looks great next to the tracks of your HO Scale railroad.

Walthers Part # 933-3089
HO scale
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The Walthers Cornerstone Western Coal Flood Loader puts big action in a small space on your railroad. With today's "just in time" coal delivery, meeting customer schedules demands equipment that's up to the job. Based on large-silo coal loaders, flood loaders like this are now used in both eastern and western coalfields. Essentially storage silos that hold tons of coal for quickly loading unit train gondolas and hoppers, these large structures are fed by conveyor systems from mines and coal processors or washers that can be miles away - perfect for adding a large industrial shipper along your railroad without modeling the huge associated mine shaft or pit - it's implied it's somewhere off the layout!

Walthers Part # 933-3090

HO scale

 
The kit includes a brick mill building with a loading dock and canopy, and a two-story wooden storage building. Parts come molded in appropriate colors and decals are included.
 

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Kit - 19-1/8 x 11-7/8 x 3-7/8" 47.8 x 29.7 x 9.7cm
Walthers Part # 933-3091
HO scale

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Modernize your industrial park with the Walthers Cornerstone Peterson Tool Specialties kit. With its steel and concrete construction, it can be used for almost any type of manufacturing operations. Sized to fit most layouts, the modular design makes it easy to construct a larger building by combining kits. Since today's industries depend on trucks and rail service, the kit includes doors and equipment for various types of loading docks. Large doorways for railroad cars make for interesting switching and can be adapted to hide an opening in your backdrop, or to model loads-in, empties out operations. 

Greatland Sugar Refining -- Kit
Walthers Part # 933-3092
HO scale

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From the 1900s to the 1980s, the prototypes for facilities like the Walthers Cornerstone Greatland Sugar Refining could be found on railroads large and small. All through the day and night, a steady parade of gondolas, ancient hoppers, ore jennies, even a stock car or two rumbled into the yards. Seldom used branches and sidings groaned under the weight of cars piled high with sugar beets of another campaign (harvest). All across the line, extras rushed the crop to the refinery where the beets were processed into refined sugar. Sugar mills were among the most interesting - and busiest - of all the industries found alongside railroads. 

Kit - 13-1/8 x 6-1/8 x 6-3/8" 32.8 x 15.5 x 15.9cm
Walthers Part # 933-3095
HO scale
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For many Americans, first came the big decision of what to buy from the mail-order catalog. Then there was the trip down to the depot to drop your letter into the slot on the side of the Railway Post Office. A few weeks later, you'd get a message that your package had arrived via Railway Express at the depot, or if you lived in a bigger city, it would come right to your door in a big green truck. From tiny hamlets to bustling cities, nothing would brighten your day faster than to receive a package from the REA.
 

Walthers Part # 933-3096

HO scale

 
The kit includes the main elevator, plus a wood storage bin and wooden office, all with realistic wall textures. Separate doors and windows add to the realism, along with colorful decals for several grain companies. If your steam or diesel-era railroad hauls grain then you need the Valley Growers Association grain elevator along your line.
 

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