Kanamodels - HO Scale - Canadian Pacific Freight House (SKU 436-1057)
This kit is of the standard 30' deep freight shed. They were used in smaller communities usually near the passenger station. larger cities had similar designed buildings but much large, both in length and depth. They were the backbone of the very profitable LCL (Less Than Carload Lot) business. As trucks took over LCL freight the freight houses were demolished, but may still stand often being used for other purposes. The model is 80 scale feet long and 40 scale feet wide so requires about 12" x 5" of space with a track set back of about 3/4" . Pictured is the front of the building. and the back is similar but the doors have bumpers for truck loading. Walls are laser cut Mt. Albert wood as is the colour coded stripwood .Cast windows doors and concrete base are included. The footprint is 11.5" x 5.5" .