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What would an early Railroad Shop look like? Scenery and structures
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Prolific poster 1,660 posts IrishRover Prolific poster 1,660 posts
IrishRover

What would a railroad shop from the 1880's look like?  I'm talking about the shops that rebuild and overhaul steam locomotives, not the roundhouses that do running repairs.  I'm contemplating an older shop, still in use, either in the 1920's or modern--I'm still torn on what I'll be doing for my layout.  (I'm contemplating a layout that can, in part, be used for either era with relatively little redressing.)
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CM Auditor Regular poster 349 posts
CM Auditor

Early Shop In Colorado

Near the round house the Colorado Midland in the early days had separate stone buildings housing the Machine Shop, Oil Shop, Boiler shop, Boiler (where the boilers were retubed),  Room (power) and Paint shop.

CM Auditor

Tom VanWormer

Monument CO

Colorado City Yard Limits 1895
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Brian Clogg Regular poster 277 posts
Brian Clogg

shops

There is the old CP/SP shops in Sacramento.

Brian Clogg

British Columbia Railway

Squamish Subdivision

http://www.CWRailway.ca
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highway70 Regular poster 172 posts
highway70

A book that would help

Western Scale Models Book: The Sierra Railroad Shop at Jamestown, California - A small facility suitable for a model railroad.  Dates from 1897 or later, however:

http://www.westernscalemodels.com/machinery/SierraRRBook.htm

 

Google Books : A book on railroad shops published in 1904 - free download - very large facilities:

http://books.google.com/books?id=wW45AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=railroad+machine-shop&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2-PGUOyQHqao2gW2vYCQAw&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=railroad%20machine-shop&f=false
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