Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale McGraw Oil Company Kit - 933-2913

Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale McGraw Oil Company Kit - 933-2913 creates a complete trackside petroleum dealership for an HO scale town, city, or industrial district. Businesses of this type received heating oil, gasoline, and diesel fuel in railroad tank cars, stored the products on-site, and transferred them to local delivery trucks. Suitable for layouts from the 1930s through the 1970s, the facility as shown measures 6-1/2 x 8-7/8 x 5" (16.5 x 22.5 x 12.7cm). Browse the complete Walthers Cornerstone model railroad buildings and structures collection for additional HO scale projects.

Local oil dealers became important railroad customers as petroleum products replaced coal for residential heating and highway transportation expanded. Tank cars delivered bulk fuel to a siding, where pumps and pipes moved it into storage tanks. Delivery trucks were then filled at the pumphouse and dispatched to homes, farms, filling stations, and commercial customers throughout the surrounding area.

Build an HO Scale Trackside Oil Dealership

The Walthers Cornerstone McGraw Oil Company includes the principal structures and transfer equipment needed to model a rail- and truck-served petroleum business:

• HO scale trackside oil-dealer kit
• Based on petroleum businesses found in small towns and larger cities
• Suitable for layouts from the 1930s through the 1970s
• Appropriate for steam-, transition-, and diesel-era scenes
• Represents a dealer handling heating oil, diesel fuel, and gasoline
• Four vertical steel storage tanks
• Retention berm surrounds the tank-storage area
• Tank-car unloading rack with detailed piping
• Two different pumphouse structures
• Truck-loading booms included
• Realistic brick office and pumphouse construction
• Separate components can be arranged to fit the available layout space
• Decal signs for several different business names
• Parts molded in appropriate colors
• Overall arrangement as shown measures 6-1/2 x 8-7/8 x 5" (16.5 x 22.5 x 12.7cm)
• Storage-tank area measures 6-1/2 x 6-1/2 x 5" (16.5 x 16.5 x 12.7cm)
• Pumphouse area measures 2-3/8 x 5-1/2 x 3" (6 x 14 x 7.6cm)

The tank-car unloading rack creates a practical destination for railroad switching. Loaded tank cars can be spotted beside the piping system and replaced with empties after unloading. The business can receive several petroleum products, allowing different tank cars to arrive as part of local freights serving the surrounding community.

On the road side of the property, delivery trucks can be positioned beneath the loading booms before departing for local customers. Workers, hoses, barrels, signs, office staff, and parked vehicles can be added to establish daily activity. Fencing, gates, warning placards, and service roads can further define the fuel-handling property.

Because the buildings, tanks, and unloading equipment are separate, the facility can be adapted to different layout footprints. Arrange the components along a narrow siding, place the office near a street entrance, or spread the tanks and pumphouses across a larger industrial parcel. The included alternative business signs also allow the complex to represent a dealer other than McGraw Oil Company.

Expand Your Walthers Cornerstone Petroleum District

McGraw Oil Company fits naturally with Walthers Cornerstone industrial structures when developing a fuel distributor, refinery district, or mixed trackside business area. Nearby warehouses and production facilities from Walthers Cornerstone factories and warehouses can provide additional railroad customers.

Additional buildings for the siding or surrounding railroad can be selected from Walthers Cornerstone trackside structures. Piping, utility components, signs, and smaller scenic elements are available in Walthers Cornerstone accessories and details.

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