I’m working on a G scale round house. I was wondering if I could get some of you r opinions? First some history to set the mood: The era is some place between the 40’s and 50’s, The DAV&P is local short line that ran 90 miles with 3 major junctions and many sidings along the way. I’m only modeling a short 30 miles of the line from Dunkirk NY to Falconer NY. Dunkirk was the home of operations for the DAV&P. Her round house and yard and other facilities where here in Dunkirk. The DAV&P is a small short line with a small budget. She ran steam during this time period. My question is, What kind machines / tools and other neat stuff would have been found in the round hose? Below are some current pics of the round house as it is today. Its still under construction, so please bar with the mess a bit. The cement flour was just finished a few days ago.
This thread was voted one of the best ever on Trainboard...and rightly so. It has a lot of roundhouse details: A Roundhouse for Pueblo Thank you again, John Widmar!
Work benches and cabinets for all kinds of things. Ladders and/or scaffolding. Spare parts (some outside). Metal working tools and machinery. Maybe a forge in the corner. One interesting detail I always liked is a length of heavy chain to throw between the wheels in case a loco developed a "leaky throttle" over night and decided to go for a little stroll... Some roundhouses had their own machine shop in an annex off the side or back. Some also had a stationary boiler to provide steam/power to locos that had dropped their fire before coming into the house. The interior in all the shots I have seen show the walls painted white (or whitewashed) above about 6 feet for better light. Below six feet was usually somewhat dark due to grime, etc. Don't forget the exhaust hoods in the roof... Andrew
