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How To Build a Model Railroad Plans for a passenger shelter

Plans for a passenger shelter

By Angela Cotey | February 1, 2018

| Last updated on January 12, 2021


This pair of trackside structures were originally built for an interurban line

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The prototypes for the passenger shelters in these plans originally served the Rochester & Eastern Rapid Transit Ry. This interurban line ran from Rochester, N.Y., to Geneva, N.Y. Models of these compact trackside structures would also work well as flagstop stations on a model railroad. Click on the link to download a PDF of the prototype drawings.

3 thoughts on “Plans for a passenger shelter”

  1. This shelter is located at the New York Museum of Transportation just outside of Rochester, NY 6393 East River Rd. Check nymtmuseum.org for more museum information.

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  2. There are a couple of dimensions missing from the plan: Wall height and/or roof height, and roof perimeter dimension. Or am I missing something?

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  3. Great article about rural shelters. The R&E placed brightly painted shelters at every road crossing, where folks could take the local to the city or into town.

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