Description

Based on a typical two-track design, the Walthers Cornerstone Wood  Coaling Tower will be a focal point in any engine terminal. Towers like  this were built in yards at servicing facilities as well as along the  mainlines and branchlines to refuel engines on the road. This  easy-to-build plastic model features a realistic coal bunker plus  detailed chutes and mechanisms. A hopper unloading shed sits along one  side for receiving coal. Like the prototype, it can serve two tracks at  once, making it an ideal choice for maximizing service in minimum space. Place it in the vicinity of a roundhouse or engine shed, turntable,  water tank and sand tower and you ll have a complete engine servicing  facility for your railroad. The Wood Coaling Tower could still be  standing in a late-steam or early-diesel era scene, a reminder of how  things used to be. 

See the selection of Cornerstone railroad maintenance structures here.