Free Plans of Monon’s Erecting and Machine Shops

Model Railroads Need Maintenance Facilities

A great prototype erecting & machine shop for your model railroad layout

Free Model Railroad Plans Monongahela Erecting Machine Car Shops — The Monongahela Railroad Erecting Shops

Roundhouses for locomotive maintenance are common on steam-era model railroad layouts, but much of the heavy rebuilding work was actually done in a separate erecting shop, which usually had a machine shop attached or very close nearby for fabricating the many replacement parts needed by a steam locomotive.

The Monongahela Railroad erecting shop at Brownsville, Pennsylvania is a great example of such a shop that could be built on a model railroad layout. With the large window areas, the Monon erecting and machine shops would be great for a model with detailed interiors. Placed close to the front of a model railroad layout and provided with interior lighting, the model would be an impressive focal point on any model pike.

Free Plan of a Western Maryland Railroad Deck Plate Girder Bridge

Western Maryland Railroad Bridge No. 1276

A great bridge to scratch-build for your model railroad layout

Free Model Railroad Plan bridge plate girder, western Maryland — Western Maryland Railroad Sideling Hill Crossing,
a great bridge for your model railroad layout

Bridge No. 1276, the Sideling Hill Creek Crossing is small by comparison with some of the other bridges on the Western Maryland Railroad’s Cumberland division, but that small size makes it perfect for inclusion on a model railroad.

The structure is a 145′-long bridge consisting of two deck plate girder spans carrying a single track on a slight curve, nearly 50′ above the creek bed.

Completed from these free plans to prototype specifications, it would be a center of interest on a portion of a model railroad layout near the viewer. If intended for a spot nearer the background, much of the interior bracing could be eliminated and it would still be a great scale bridge for your model railroad layout.

Free Plan of A.T.S.F. Hardeman Pass Depot

Free model railroad plan A.T.S.F. depot Hardeman Pass — A.T.S.F. depot at Hardeman Pass, Texas

Looking for a passenger depot for your model railroad that has lots of Southwest flavor? Check out our plans for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad passenger depot at Hardeman Pass, Texas.

Originally built for the The Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad in 1909, it became headquarters for A.T.S.F. San Angelo operations when the entire line was absorbed into the A.T.S.F. system in 1929. It was abandoned when passenger service ended in 1965.