Shasta Pacific outdoor railroad

[Barney]

Very Nice in fact exceptional !!
Barney

[Ray Dunakin]

Awesome video! Is the caboose scratchbuilt, kit, or something else?

[NORCALLOGGER]

Thanks guys,
Ray the caboose is from a Don Winter's "scratchkit", if anyone is familiar with his kits they will understand the term. Of course I modified it some and added a full interior.

[Les Tindall]

Great video, the sunlight filtering through the trees along with superb models - brill.
Les

[NORCALLOGGER]

Can't believe it has been a year since I last posted anything to this thread. I have been busy on the railroad and will try to include a couple of pictures.


The Fields Hotel, scratch built from 1/4 inch PVC board, Styrene and wood. I used commercial window frames and roof shingles.


Let's see how these pictures come out.

[NORCALLOGGER]

Well that's interesting. My original pictures are crystal clear but end up looking fuzzy when inserted to the posting, but if you click to enlarge they appear much clearer.

Anyway

If you ever lived in Northern or Central California between the 1920's and the 1960's you may remember a grocery store chain called PURITY STORES, The store chain is long gone now but some of their unique quonset hut style buildings still exist but have been repurposed.

I decided I needed one for my new town of Fields Landing so this is what I ended up with. The design had to be slightly modified to fit the space available but hopefully it looks close to the prototype.

An interesting side note; as I was researching this company I learned that in the 1920's one of the major stockholders in the Purity Stores was a man named Cummins who also owned a diesel engine building business that was really struggling to make it.
He came up with the idea of installing his engines in the Purity delivery trucks and as they say the rest is history.

[finescalerr]

Anyone following this thread MUST enlarge the images. Most satisfactory. No wonder it took you a year to get back to us. Thank you for posting those inspirational photos. -- Russ

[Ray Dunakin]

Great work!

Where did you get the payphone?

[NORCALLOGGER]

Hi Ray, thanks.
The Pay Phone was scratch built that's why no closeup pictures

[Ray Dunakin]

Well it sure looks good in the long shots.