Dumb Luck!

All, I made a few happy discoveries over the week end and no one around here cares so I thought I'd tell you guys about it. While building my version of the Texas Midland out in my shed I was without information on several things that I decided to build so I could move forward and took a guess at what they might look like. One was the bridge over the Trinity River and another was the tank and station at Rosser. I built a CV Pratt truss for the bridge because it would have been common at the turn of the century. Secondly I have a fairly large water tank mostly built that I planned to use at Terrell that had a yard, engine facilities and a round house. I planned to build a smaller tank for Rosser. I also laid out plans and rounded up materials for a brick station/freight house at Rosser that would fit my layout having no idea what was at Rosser so long ago. Well at long last I found a picture of the bridge. A Pratt truss just like the CV kit. Ok no big deal. Those were a dime a dozen back then. Then I found a picture of the station and tank at Rosser. The station is about the same size as planned, it was brick, it was also a combined freight house and sat between tracks just like it would be on the layout. All I have to do is change are the windows, roof pitch along with a few other details but won't need to buy any additional materials. The water tank at Rosser sits right next to the station and is a dead ringer for the tank I have under construction that was going to be used at Terrell. One pleasant discovery is great.........but three.......... and all on the same day? Dumb luck. Bruce