Suggestions on Wabash Style Depot HO

Bronze Key Models used to sell a built-up , unpainted resin model, and later a resin kit for a Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific (Wabash predecessor) station. I don't think it's made any more. I think that it may have been the only HO piece BKM offered, as the rest of its line was O scale traction.

I came across one of them at a hobby shop in Columbus, Ohio a few years back, but that's the only place I ever saw one.

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You may have to scratch build, or at least kit-bash. Have you looked at

I have a link for a Wabash Railroad Historical Society that might also interest you:

I do miss the dopplered sound of crossing bells . . .

: Check out the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society's : restoration of NKP Berkshire #765: : :

Thanks much for the memories and the referral to 765 Steve. I grew up in Ft. Wayne and recall seeing 765 rusting away in that small park. Sure is good to see how well they are rebuilding her now.

Dave

I have a web site with over 230 Missouri Railroad Depot photographs in it. When I photographed them, I tried to do it in a way that would help modelers.

If your >I am thinking about doing a layout based on a town in Missouri and would

My e-mail address is real. Feel free to use it. I know how to delete spam.

My Great Grandmother worked for the Wabash as a cook for about 40 years from the 1920's until sometime in the 1960's. She had many interesting tales of her travels on the trains. I think of her often when I am working on my trainset. Yesterday after a long search I finally found a dining car. Now my set is complete:)! My grandmother managed to save some interesting memorabilia, but for me the most interesting was the caboose lights. I think the Bluebirds were some of the more attractive locomotive paint schemes of all, I also like the blue trainsets that the Wabash had, of course the family connection is the most important.

Dave

The book "Wabash" by Donald Heimburger has a chapter on Wabash stations with small photos of 42 different depots. Several (Edon OH, Effingham IL, Fairmount IL, Pattonsburg MO, etc) seem vary similar to the Standard C&O #3 Small Station laser kit (MD-9-010) now offered by the C&OHS at

What sort of card: heavy weights? I'd be interested in anyone's list of good cars for a steam-era Bluebird set. Do you have one of those nice Bluebird drumheads on the observation car? If steam, does your set include a locomotive?

I have an NKP Adlake lantern from Pop Caple, missing the lens (one, 5.25", color unknown - I'd guess red), converted from kerosene to electric, embossed with "NYC&StL [Ry Co? something like that - it's out in the garage]", has the slot on the back for hanging on a bracket.

Do you mean the steam Bluebirds? Have you found a good match for that blue?

I purchased the IHC 4-6-2 Pacific Bluebird several years ago, it was not easy to find. I had seen one in a store in Detroit several years ago, after a long search and it turned out to be broken so I did not buy it. But I did get the Rivarossi / AHM B Set of cars some years ago, and the A set just this last week(I could always find parts of the set but not the whole one). So I spent this morning converting the couplers from the ###### stock ones to Kadee 505's. I kind of wish I could find an HO scale P-1 4-6-4, but I am happy just having the 4-6-2.

As for availability, I believe the IHC 4-6-2 is not yet out of production, however the Rivarossi cars may be out of production as they are no longer available on many of the websites I have looked at.

Dave