Monroe Models - 9202 - Structure, Building, Railroad, Freight House - Railroad Structures - Smith Lake Freight House

Specific Item Information: The freight house is a very important part of every railroad as it is the point where the railroad can load and unload goods to businesses and individuals. This freight house has box car height doors on the front and street level doors in the back. Some of these structures were also used as coal storage sheds.

At one time every town had one of these small freight houses. The kit includes precision tab and slot wood walls, simulated "peel and stick" tar paper roofing, white metal detail parts, water slide decals, vintage signs and a laser cut wood loading dock with ramp.

Included are one laser cut wood structure kit with speedy, easy, solid, tab and slot design. 10 white metal detail castings, one decal sheet with door numbers and vintage advertising signs.

2-15/16”L x 1-13/16”W x 1-3/16”H

Model Information: All components are precision laser cut with peel and stick windows, doors, and trim for simple painting and construction. The kits are made of laser cut basswood, micro plywood, fiber board, plastic parts, plus cast chimneys (where appropriate).

Road Name History: Railroad structures include but are not limited to stations, depots, yard offices, interlocking towers and tanks. A train station, railway station, railroad station, or depot is a railway facility where trains regularly stop to load or unload passengers or freight.

It generally consists of at least one track-side platform and a station building (depot) providing such ancillary services as ticket sales and waiting rooms. If a station is on a single-track line, it often has a passing loop to facilitate traffic movements. The smallest stations are most often referred to as "stops" or, in some parts of the world, as "halts" (flag stops). Stations may be at ground level, underground, or elevated. Connections may be available to intersecting rail lines or other transport modes such as buses, trams or other rapid transit systems.

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Brand/Importer Information: Monroe Models was founded in 1994. Originally the produced detail parts, but starting in 2002, they started their own line of model kits. They produce kits of bridges and structures. They produce N Sclae, Z Scale, and HO Scale products. Monroe Models was founded by Bruce Monroe. he has been a life long model maker and more importantly, model railroad builder. After graduating from Bemidji State University with a degree in Industrial Technology with emphasis areas in Model Building, Manufacturing Management, and Industrial Design, he embarked in a career of model making and design.