Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Commissary/Freight Transfer Background Building Kit - 933-3173

Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Commissary/Freight Transfer Background Building Kit - 933-3173 adds railroad passenger-service or freight-transfer operations to an HO scale layout while requiring only a narrow strip of space. Designed to fit between a track and backdrop, this thin-profile structure can serve as a railroad commissary supplying dining and sleeping cars or as a freight-transfer facility handling express reefers and boxcars. The finished model measures 12-5/8 x 3-1/4 x 6-1/8" (32 x 8.2 x 15.5cm). Browse the complete Walthers Cornerstone model railroad buildings and structures collection for additional HO scale structures.

Railroad commissaries played an important supporting role at passenger terminals, supplying dining cars and sleepers with food, linens, and other necessities before their next trip. The same style of trackside building can also represent a freight-transfer business where express shipments are moved between railcars and local transportation. This dual-purpose design gives the kit plenty of flexibility for passenger terminals, railroad yards, and industrial districts.

Build an HO Scale Railroad Commissary or Freight Transfer Facility

The Walthers Cornerstone Commissary/Freight Transfer Background Building combines railroad operating possibilities with a space-saving background design:

• Ideal for passenger terminals and railroad yards
• Can model a railroad commissary supplying dining and sleeping cars
• Can also represent a freight-transfer facility serving express reefers and boxcars
• Trackside wall represents a typical three-story curtain-wall factory
• Thin-profile background design is only 3-1/4" deep
• Designed for placement between a track and backdrop
• Loading dock with canopy included
• Modular construction allows multiple kits to be combined into a longer structure
• Can be cut and customized for different layout spaces
• Suitable for steam- and diesel-era layouts
• Decals for several businesses included
• Parts molded in appropriate colors and clear plastic
• Kit includes front and side walls; no rear wall is required for assembly
• Finished size of 12-5/8 x 3-1/4 x 6-1/8" (32 x 8.2 x 15.5cm)

The shallow footprint makes this Cornerstone kit especially useful on shelf layouts, modules, and layouts where space behind the tracks is limited. Position passenger cars alongside the loading dock for commissary service, use express reefers or boxcars for freight-transfer operations, or combine multiple kits to create the appearance of a much larger railroad or industrial facility.

Expand Your Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Railroad Scene

The Commissary/Freight Transfer Background Building pairs naturally with Walthers stations and depots when developing a passenger terminal or railroad service complex. It can also be combined with Walthers Cornerstone railroad structures to add more operational variety around yards, terminals, and trackside facilities.

When used as a freight-transfer business, the structure also fits naturally alongside Walthers Cornerstone factories and warehouses. Browse HO Scale Walthers Cornerstone buildings for additional structures to expand the surrounding railroad, industrial, and urban scene.

For finishing and customizing the Commissary/Freight Transfer building, browse Fusion Scale Hobbies' model railroad and hobby paint for walls, loading docks, windows, and realistic weathering effects, along with model building glue and adhesives for structure assembly and additional modeling projects.