"old west train station in 20-28mm" Topic

I am looking for a small setup (a ticket office and a platform say) I not really interested in stuff for railway modellers as their buildings are generally expensive and the wrong scale

Don't forget the water tower.

You could do worse than the Sarissa Precision one link

And the Water tower… link

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I would Suggest Guardian hobbies out of TX. They are a 3d model on Etsy. I bought their train and now the station and track. Clear prints and fast service.

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"Don't forget the water tower."

And the girls swimming it in, with their petticoats draped over the side of the tower.

Dennis,

I wonder how many of us are left that get that reference.

As a follow up. "I keep watching it because one of these times that train is going to be late"!

Dennis,
I thought that was the sexiest scene when I was young.

Don't forget the water tower.

And the wood/coal supply.

As an example:

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Nick;

I thought the Billie Jo's were generally the most attractive, but none were hard on the eyes.

As for those who will or won't get the reference; many of the younger members snd our overseas friends likely don't. Although still available in reruns, it's been off the air for more than 50 years. Now, thanks to the Col., I'll have to start watching it again in case the train ever is late.

For those that haven't gotten it, it's the old TV show, "Petticoat Junction", that us elders have been reminiscing on.

And that's Uncle Joe, he's a movin' kinda' slow at the Juntion. "Pettycoat Junction".

Ah, the Hooterville Cannonball……..

Or as Lisa Douglas would say…."Hootersville".

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Great – now I have the theme song stuck in my head.

Thanks guys, I found the Sarissa refs after I posted, and they are quick here in the UK. I sure don't remember Petticoat Junction but it probably never made it across the pond (although it'll be available now I reckon).

Background in case anyone is interested: Laughing Joe Taskerson (not recorded in the history books) is leading a cavalry raid on White Sulfur Springs, time 1863. There are various Union forces around the town and more might arrive, especially if the Rebs are slow to cut the telegraph.

I find there are a surprising number of good figures in 28mm for this underplayed aspect of the ACW.

Dennis,
Agreed

I was going to expound on the rail roads of the West and the related infrastructure.

But now that I see you are talking about a particular location, and in the East.

Turns out the White Sulfur Springs is a rather well known item.

But first about US trains, not only would each company have their own passenger depot, but more often then not a separate freight station. In the East, the former were built as grandiose as possible, and the latter as cheap as possible.

So White Sulfur Springs:
Not too visible, but rather massive brick building:

Detail of structure of very typical freight station:
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A second brick passenger depot:
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Now these photos are of more modern structure than 1860s.
The rail roads were very profitable, so replaced stations often. But gives you some idea.

This Google search might also provide some added insight.
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Just for the record, I was thinking of The Train Robbers--and, if memory does not fail, The Professionals.

As long as we're showing then and now pictures……

And maybe it's time to check EBAY…..

Vocabulary problem, ocollens: In the United States, "the West" is a moving target. For the AWI, the western parts of Virginia--there was no "West Virginia" as such--would have qualified. Anywhere in the Appalachians would have, really.

By the ACW "the West" means at least west of the Appalachians, and commonly refers to the Trans-Mississippi West. After the ACW, "the West" commonly began when you crossed the Mississippi headed toward the sunset. Ask for an "old west train station" and you get something John Wayne might take.

Today? Probably further west still. My son, daughter in law and grandchildren live in Lincoln, Nebraska, and I don't think they feel themselves to be westerners. Probably about where farming gives way to grazing headed West, with all Texas included just for being Texas.

The defining factor is "railroad station". The first railroad in the US being the Baltimore and Ohio in 1827. The Overland Route was constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected council Bluffs Iowa to Oakland California.

Factoring in "Old West" along with "railroad station" and the historical chronology of railroad development, the only real variable is the architecture and building materials of the station, thus any of the options discussed here would work. All that is left is the subjectivity of personal taste, financial limitations, and imagination.