Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Trackside Oil Dealer with Storage Tanks Kit - 933-4059

Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Trackside Oil Dealer with Storage Tanks Kit - 933-4059 adds a classic railroad-served petroleum business to HO scale layouts from the 1920s to the present. Based on small oil dealers once commonly found along North American railroad lines, this versatile Cornerstone kit models a facility where petroleum products arrive in tank cars for transfer to on-site storage tanks and local distribution. Its narrow design makes it especially useful along tracks, in small towns, industrial districts, and on shelf layouts. Explore the complete Walthers Cornerstone model railroad buildings and structures collection for additional HO scale industries and trackside structures.

As oil became increasingly important for heating, industrial, and automotive use beginning in the 1920s, local dealers became familiar railroad customers. Tank cars delivered petroleum products to storage facilities, while barrels and other packaged products could arrive by boxcar. Local delivery trucks then distributed products to homes, businesses, and other customers, giving this compact industry plenty of potential for both railroad and highway activity.

Build an HO Scale Trackside Oil Dealer

The Walthers Cornerstone Trackside Oil Dealer with Storage Tanks includes multiple structures and details that can be arranged to fit the available space on your layout:

• HO scale Trackside Oil Dealer with Storage Tanks plastic structure kit
• Walthers Cornerstone product number 933-4059
• Based on North American trackside oil dealers beginning in the 1920s
• Suitable for small-town and city scenes from the 1920s to the present
• Narrow design fits easily between or alongside railroad tracks
• Ideal for shelf layouts and space-saving industrial scenes
• Five storage tanks with rooftop walkways
• Includes piping and additional oil-handling details
• Separate corrugated storage warehouse with loading dock
• Separate corrugated office building with stairs
• Pump house and truck-loading facility
• Individual structures can be arranged to fit available layout space
• Printed signs included
• Parts molded in five colors and clear plastic
• Small Shed with Loading Dock: 5-1/2 x 4-1/2 x 3-9/16" (13.9 x 11.4 x 9cm)
• Office with Stairs: 4 x 4-1/2 x 3" (10.1 x 11.4 x 7.6cm)
• Tank Row: 9-7/8 x 2 x 4-1/4" (25 x 5 x 10.7cm)
• Pump House/Truck Loader: 2-3/16 x 2 x 1-3/4" (5.5 x 5 x 4.4cm)

The Trackside Oil Dealer creates a natural destination for tank cars while adding another source of freight traffic to an HO scale railroad. Position the storage tanks beside a siding for petroleum deliveries, use the warehouse for boxcar shipments of packaged products, and place the pump house where local delivery trucks can be loaded. Because the structures are separate, the facility can be arranged as a compact trackside business or spread across a larger industrial property.

Expand Your Walthers Cornerstone Trackside Industry

The Trackside Oil Dealer works naturally with Walthers Cornerstone industrial structures when building a railroad-served commercial or industrial district. Its compact footprint also makes it a strong companion for Walthers Cornerstone trackside structures in areas where buildings need to fit close to the railroad.

Combine 933-4059 with other HO Scale Walthers Cornerstone buildings to create a larger small-town or industrial scene. Additional piping, utility equipment, fencing, signs, and other finishing touches can be added with Walthers Cornerstone accessories and details.

For assembling, painting, and weathering the Trackside Oil Dealer, browse Fusion Scale Hobbies' model railroad and hobby paint for storage tanks, corrugated buildings, piping, rust, dirt, and weathering effects, along with model building glue and adhesives for structure and detail assembly.