How To Build a Model Railroad Bath & Hammondsport RR enginehouse plans

Bath & Hammondsport RR enginehouse plans

By Angela Cotey | April 23, 2012

| Last updated on January 12, 2021


An online extra from the June 2012 Model Railroader

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MRR-C0612_A enginehouse

This enginehouse would fit on many model railroads set in the modern era

The prototype structure is found along the Bath & Hammondsport Rail Corp., a shortline subsidiary of the Livonia, Avon & Lakeville RR, operates on the former Erie Lackawanna line between Wayland and Painted Post, N.Y. In addition, it also serves customers along the former Bath & Hammondsport line between that company’s namesake cities.

In the June 2012 issue of Model Railroader, Harold Russell drafted the plans for this engine house. C

15 thoughts on “Bath & Hammondsport RR enginehouse plans

  1. This is quite the useful idea since it is totally scaleable to whatever scale and available space.

    Thanx for it.

  2. These plans could be easily printed on cardstock and used as a template or quickly glued together as an economical addition to any layout. Thanks!

  3. Like that its scalable for length – perfect for my N layout and also very good for a diorama. Late 50s this 'variety' was used in a few locations in central/southern Alberta – using Butler corrugated machinery sheds adapted to r.r. use. This is a keeper, and thanks for providing same.

  4. Great Find! Just what I needed for my layout and something that appears easy to build from scratch. With the conversion chart we can take it to local Copy Center and make any sixe full scale plans.

  5. Well, my original plan was to build this for my BD&O RR which is centered in Wyoming and Utah. But it ended up inspiring me to kitbash an original "JR Tool Company" building into a single engine maintenance facility for the MNSF HQ in the fictional town of Davis, WY. As usual, Model Railroader inspires!

  6. Thanks for posting the conversion rate chart for HO along with the other layout gauges. Big help.

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