5. Tracy McKibben built this beauti-
ful two-story depot based on plans
of the Lawler, MN depot built by the
SOO Line.
He adapted the station for
his DM&RI Hill City Subdivision. The
HO scale shelf layout is based on an
alternate history for the DM&RI. The
road has expanded beyond being an
ore carrier, and services Hill City in
1920 as a general purpose railroad.
Tracy scratchbuilt the depot and
detailed it inside and out. The exte-
rior was sheathed board by board.
The double-hung windows are
scratchbuilt, and the shingles were
cut from paper using a special pair of
craft scissors. To see more of Tracy's
work, visit his blog at
and click on “depot.”
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6. The crew of the 28 didn't know what to make of the tender
attached to their locomotive.
It has a hole in the top, no coal, and no
hatch to add water, in addition to being white. The roundhouse fore-
man said it would work just fine. So, with some grumbling, and being
laughed at by another crew, they began preparing for their day's work.
Ken Rickman is building a series of tenders for his locomotives and
posted this “in progress” shot. To see more of his work, go to his blog
.
MRH-Nov 2013
