Master Flyer Creations - SR-500 - Structure, Railroad, Dock - Railroad Structures

Specific Item Information: When a shipper needs to receive or ship a product but doesn’t have a siding of their own, the universal team track is used. Able to load boxcars and flatcars, this loading dock is ideal for a detailed scene with boxes, crates, oil drums, or even equipment like tractors, cars, or earth movers. Whatever fits, it ships! This model is based off a prototype that was located in Auburn, WA on the Northern Pacific Railway. Wood ties formed the sides with the dock filled with dirt and rock before concrete was poured to form the top.

This model features hidden tab and slot construction with a movable ramp you can place around the dock, or even on the end to allow two tracks to line up on each long side if you wish. Dock can serve up to two 50′ long cars.

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.

From Wikipedia