We Are Considering a Model And
We Need Your Thoughts
We are considering two potential MCRR depots to be offered as our next NYCSHS structure model and we need your help in deciding which one to offer.
The first kit that we are proposing would be a MCRR station produced in HO-scale by The N-Scale Architect who produced our NYC LS&MS Lines West brick and stone depot kit a couple of years ago. It will be a wood laser cut kit. The kits would be un-assembled and would be painted by the modeler.
The kit will be based on the depot that still exists at West Branch, Michigan on Michigan Central’s Bay City to Mackinaw City line now operated by the Lake States Railway. The prototype depot is a combination depot with separate sections for passenger waiting room, operator’s office complete with bay window and baggage section.
The depot is constructed of wood and features board and baton siding with a gabled roof and is trimmed with Victorian era accents.
Other Michigan Central depots of the same style were located at Decatur, Eden, Francisco, Irving, Jones, Roscommon, Sherwood, Vandalia and West Branch, Michigan; Chrisman and South Bend, Indiana; as well as Buxton, Chippawa, LaSallette, Mull, Oil City, Stevensville and Victoria Park, Ontario Canada.
These depots were located along the Buffalo to Chicago via Detroit Mainline as well as the Fort Erie, Grand Rapids, Mackinaw, Michigan Air Line, Niagara, Oil City, Saginaw and St Joseph Branches.
The second option would be this MCRR station produced in HO-scale by The N-Scale Architect who produced our NYC LS&MS Lines West brick and stone depot kit a couple of years ago. It will be a wood laser cut kit. The kits would be un-assembled and would be built and painted by the modeler.
The kit will be based on the depot that still exists at Derby (Stevensville), Michigan on Michigan Central’s St Joseph Branch which ran between South Bend, Indiana and St Joseph, Michigan. The prototype depot is a combination depot with separate sections for passenger waiting room, operator’s office complete with bay window and baggage section. The depot is constructed of wood and features shiplap siding with a hip roof. There were many examples of this style of depot spread across the Michigan Central and Canada Southern Railways.
While there were many different sizes of this style of depot as well as door and window arrangements, they all shared the same design elements. However two common variations occurred on these depots. The first variation was the siding. Some depots were entirely sided with shiplap siding from foundation to the soffit; other depots had a piece of horizontal trim that encircled the depot at the top of the windows. Vertical tongue and groove siding was then installed between this trim and the roof’s soffits. The second variation was a ground levelor raised baggage section. The raised baggage sections allowed parcels to be slid directly from the raised floor to a cart and to the train with out even lifting. Depots with raised floors have a baggage room door with no windows, while low floored baggage rooms have a transom windows above the baggage door. It is hoped that the kit will include these options to allow the modeler to customize the kit allowing for four different versions of the kit to be built without kitbashing.
Other Michigan Central depots of the same style were located at Auburn, Bach, Baroda, Chester, Derby, Eckford, Glendora, Glenwood, Midland, Munger, Rives Junction, Thomas, Utica, Vanderbilt and Wahjamega Michigan as well as Charing Cross, Hagersville, Iona and St Davids Ontario, Canada.
These Michigan Central depots were located along the Buffalo to Chicago via Detroit Mainline as well as the Bay City, Caro, Grand Rapids, Mackinaw, Midland, Moscow, Niagara, Saginaw and St Joseph Branches.
A minimum of fifty (50) reservations is needed
to make either of these kits a reality.
We will only produce one of these two
as our next offering. Help us decide
which one to offer.
Will it be the West Branch, MI Depot??
or the
Derby Depot, Stevensville, MI Depot??
Cast Your Vote
Click Here to download the form
to email in and tell us how may of
each you would be interested in
purchasing.
Download the form, fill it in and email it
To Seth Lakin at:
salakin@nycshs.org
AMB HO-Scale NYC Caboose Kits
(Tongue & Groove – Lot 732) (Lot 732 Pacemaker)
The Lot 732 caboose was built on the steel fish belly frames of 1910 era 36’ boxcars in 1944. The 50 cabooses in the Lot were numbered 20100-20149. While they look like a standard 19000 series caboose they are longer with a distinctive steel C channel along the bottom of the body. In 1946, five cabooses were rebuilt with plywood sides, different brake equipment and were painted gray and crimson for Pacemaker service.
These NYCSHS exclusive HO-scale kits are laser cut and are a joy to build. They are less trucks but (Westerfields Models has the correct trucks). Offered here in the store at: http://www.nycshs.net/American-Model-Builders-Laser-Kits-HO-Scale_c_76.html . The kits come with the decals for the appropriate kit.
Non-members price is $64.95. NYCSHS Members Price $51.96 and that is 20% off MSRP for members. Shipping is extra and Ohio residents pay 8% Ohio sales tax.
http://www.nycshs.net/American-Model-Builders-Laser-Kits-HO-Scale_c_76.html
AMB N-Scale NYCS 19000 Wood Caboose Kit
Features: 100% laser-cut components with custom laser-scribed Birch plywood side, end walls, and cupola; Tab & Slot carbody construction; Peel & Stick window, door, and trim assembly; laser-cut underframe, end platforms, ladders, end railing, hand grabs, window glazing, truss rods, and brake wheels; cast resin platform steps and brake gear; plastic smokejack; custom decals by Tichy Train Group; and fully illustrated instructions that provide information on painting and decaling the assembled model. In addition, the N scale kit provides for optional details too such as square or rounded body corner posts; side windows that can be modeled open or closed; two different styles of roofwalks; and cupola end window variation. No trucks or couplers included.
Non-members price is $37.95. NYCSHS Members Price $30.36 and that is 20% off MSRP for members. Shipping extra and Ohio residents must pay 8% Ohio sales tax.
http://www.nycshs.net/American-Model-Builders_c_165.html
NYC Lines East Brick Manual Towers HO- and N-Scale
We asked The N-Scale Architect to produce this limited run Society exclusive tower kit for us and he has come through. The kits are available in HO- and N- scale. Both of these kits have been produced with considerable technical support from the NYCSHS Modelers Committee and we are sure they are prototypically correct.
They are being produced now and are available in the Collinwood Shop.
HO- Scale M.R.S.P. $87.50 NYCSHS Member Price $70.00
N-Scale M.R.S.P. $69.95 NYCSHS Member Price $52.46
Shipping is extra and Ohio residents add 8% Ohio
sales tax.
Click here to order.
Chatham Boston & Albany (NYC) SS65 Tower Kit
Available in both N- & HO-Scale
Located right across the B&A main from the B&A depot. But it is a B&A tower, not a Harlem Division tower. Harlem trackage ended just to the right, before the switch. Harlem ETTs, refer to SS 65, but with the parenthetical comment, “(B&A).
N-Scale – MSRP or Non-members Price $59.95 NYCSHS Members Price: $44.96 and that is 25% off MSRP.
HO-Scale – MSRP or Non-members Price $79.95 NYCSHS Members Price: $59.96 and that is 25% off MSRP.
Shipping is extra and Ohio residents must pay 8% Ohio sales tax.
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HO-Scale USRA 46′ Mill Gondola
(NYC or PMK&Y/P&LE)
Westerfield Models Resin Kit
PLEASE SEE OUR CONTAINERS FOR GONDOLAS IN OUR STORE.
Gondolas – Non-members price is $37.00. NYCSHS Members Price $33.00.
Containers – Long Container – Non-members price is $25.00. NYCSHS Members Price $22.50.
Single Container – Non-members price is $8. NYCSHS Members Price $7.20.
Shipping is extra and Ohio residents must pay 8% Ohio sales tax.
Click Here for Collinwood Shop to Buy Today
Order Now!!
Ready to Ship.
Westerfields HO-Scale Stock Cars
Original
NYC (Single Deck, DS Ends,) CCC&StL or MC (Single Deck SS Ends,)
Modern
NYC (Single Deck, DS Ends) NYC or NELX (Single Deck, SS Ends)
Gothic
NYC (Single Deck, DS Ends) NYC (Single Deck, SS Ends)
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Decals included, but do not include trucks or couplers. |
Non-members price is $37.00. NYCSHS Members Price $33.00.
Click Here to Order Now!!
Ready to Ship.
Shipping is extra and Ohio residents must pay 8% Ohio sales tax.
You can have these built, painted and decaled for you by SPR Backshops for an additional charge. Click here to have them built.
NYC 19000 Plywood Side Caboose Kit (HO-Scale)
These kits are not of the same model of caboose that we have commissioned to be delivered next year as ready to run models of the tongue and grove versions of this caboose. However, we decided to take advantage of these kits and offer the plywood version as an exclusive NYCSHS model. These kits of the plywood cabooses are only offered through the NYCSHS and not available elsewhere. Our initial order of these is limited to only 50 kits so you need to order today so as not to miss out on these beautiful model kits.
The MSRP for these kits is $59.95 but are offered to NYCSHS members for 20% off at $47.96 plus shipping and handling costs. Ohio residents must pay 8% Ohio Sales tax.
