Locomotive sandhouse - 1
19thCentury
LocomotiveSandHouse
–DavidKarkoski
Model Photos by the author
I
am currently constructing a shelf-type layout depicting
the late 19th century.My plan is tomodel, inHO scale,
a freelance version of theMineral Range Railroad. I am
planning to populate this railroadwith structures taken from
a variety ofWisconsin andUpperMichigan prototypes.
Typically a small engine facilitywas present at some point
along these branches. These facilitieswere simple opera-
tions that re-purposed obsolete equipment. For example,
theDuluth, South Shore andAtlantic used a retired box-
car as a locomotive sand house atMichigamme,Michigan.
MRH-Apr2014
