Raw sandwas stored and dried in this building prior to be-
ing loaded into the locomotive sand box. This seemed like a
good structure formy facility.
I needed a plan for a boxcar that would be considered an
obsolete car in the 1890s. I searchedGoogle Books and lo-
cated a copy of the 1888 "Car Builders Cyclopedia of Ameri-
can Practice." Figure 27 is an elevation drawing of a 28' box-
car described as an “old style” car and is the source for the
dimensions used in constructing thismodel.
During thewriting of this article it was announced that Pol-
lyScale paint would no longer be produced. Youmay need to
find an appropriate substitute if you do not have the Light
Freight Car Red I used.
