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I have a sand tower for the Matthews freight yard, but no sand drying house. Since most everybody uses the Walthers kit, I decided to do something a little different. I used the Con-Car "Cambridge City Iron Works" kit and modified / bashed it a little. I made it one story instead of two, used a different flat roof (without skylights) and used a exhaust stack from a roundhouse for the drying oven. I also took a different track on the exterior sand bin, which is constructed from timber on the Walther's kit. I made individual Styrofoam blocks, painted them concrete gray, and stacked them much like is used at asphalt and concrete plants. I used real sand sifted through a stocking for the sand bin.
I have a sand tower for the Matthews freight yard, but no sand drying house. Since most everybody uses the Walthers kit, I decided to do something a little different. I used the Con-Car "Cambridge City Iron Works" kit and modified / bashed it a little. I made it one story instead of two, used a different flat roof (without skylights) and used a exhaust stack from a roundhouse for the drying oven. I also took a different track on the exterior sand bin, which is constructed from timber on the Walther's kit. I made individual Styrofoam blocks, painted them concrete gray, and stacked them much like is used at asphalt and concrete plants. I used real sand sifted through a stocking for the sand bin.
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