Way station model

This is a railroad way station which is a small station along the railway between cities.  I named it North Station in memory of my late friend Gordon North.  It is mostly scratch built except the fence, the trash can,  the RPO stand and of course the figures and luggage.  

The model is on a plastic base which is carved to simulate cement sections.  To the left of the door is a mostly black time table.  

The RPO stand at the left has a mail bag that a railway post office car on a passenger train can easily grab as it slowly goes by.  I modified the RPO stand slightly and added the words U S Mail using a commercial dry transfer.  A friend of mine gave me one of those old RPO bags years ago as the postal service was getting rid of them.  I have it hanging on a wall in my basement.  The RPO ended many years ago.   I actually got to see the inside of one of those RPO cars at a railway museum. It had a row of mail bags hanging in the center of the car with town name labels on them and some sorting desks along the walls.  

And now to decide what to build next.  

Kerosene supply shop model

 This model goes with the kerosene truck model I just built.  This shop has a kerosene tank to provide kerosene to buyers.  The kerosene is placed in metal barrels many of which are inside the shop.  Kerosene is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid derived from petroleum and was initially developed in the late 1800s. One end of the structure is the office and the major portion is the kerosene tank and barrel shop  storage area.  Some areas of the US require kerosene barrels to be painted blue.  

Above is the office end of the structure.  The office has a kerosene powered heater with a vent on the roof.  

Above is the shop end where you can see the kerosene tank at the right side of the door.  There is a kerosine input connector on the outside above the tank where the kerosene is added to the tank.  

Above you can see some of the items inside the shop including barrels, a work bench. a dolley to carry the barrels and a door to the office.  

Above is a photo of the kerosene truck next to the shop.

Now to decide what to build next.