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I have looked at several plans / drawings for models of the Como Roundhouse. My question, they all show the service pits as being wider than the track, that is the track is supported on elevated rails going over the service pits, is this correct for the Como Roundhouse. Most narrow gauge pictures and models I've seen show a pit between the rails but not on the outside of the rails.

I've attached a link to the no longer available Firebox Models PDF file that show what I'm talking about. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Russ

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Good morning Russ,
I found a phone number for Prancing Pony Sales in Wister, Oklahoma. My failing memory does not let me recall the name of the owner at this moment, but the phone number is 1-918-655-3374.
I hope this will help you out and that I can get to Wister and see his layout.
Prancing Pony is an antique store, where has room for and Sn3 layout and his wife is building a HO layout.
Al
The owner of Prancing Pony Sales is Tim Schreiner; I received an email from Tim in September stating he is now longer in the model train business (I don't know about his antique store). This has been (is) a very difficult time for small businesses. I don't know the status of his layout. The photos of it looked impressive. I'm sorry to see him leave the business and I wished him well in whatever endeavor he was going to pursue.

Paul
I received a great interior shot from another forum. The sender is actually part of the Como restoration group and had the pix. Cool!

So the answer is, the pit only went as far as the rails and not beyond (in the specific case of the Como Roundhouse).

Thanks for all of your suggestions I'm glad I got an answer. This is part of the current 20x40 ON30 layout project. We are not doing an exact Como Roundhouse but I was curious to find the answer. The layout is 1940 Chama to Antonito with a little artistic license of Colorado thrown in for fun. Russ

I'm still kickin, and modeling C&S in On3. Been away for quite awhile. Now I'm living in Arizona again. The question regarding the pits; the rails were supported by timbers running the length of the rail, and the pits were in between the rails. The pits were quite shallow as well only about 30 inches deep. I actually helped clean out one of the pits many years ago, the pits are actually stone lined as well. 

 

 

I asked some questions on here about a Como roundhouse kit some time ago, or maybe it was of the kit seller, since I like stone structures and Colo. NG, but would have had to make major modifications to the kit, for larger standard gauge  locomotives. I was told that enginehouse only accepted fairly small locomotives.  I only viewed and photographed the prototype from the road, which was across a large, open field, as I remember, so did not see the interior.  (wasn't sure if I'd be trespassing) I hope to build a larger stone engine house, probably not a roundhouse, due to space.  I have built a freelance model of the dual stone water towers south

of there that stood at Gunnison.  One D,SP,&P "expert" swore they never existed, but

the photos do.

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