Railroad

The M&SW structures are and will be mostly scratch built using photographs, Frisco standard practices, and Sanborn insurance maps as reference material. Check this page for new photos. Railroad structures to be constructed are listed by town below:

Snyder

• Brick Passenger and Freight Station with Harvey House Restaurant served both the Western and Southwestern Divisions at the interchange.
• Signal Department Supply House
• Water Tank 50,000 Gallons
• Fuel Oil Tank, elevated
• Machine Department Shop
• Sand House and Bin
• Scales and House
• Cotton Platform
• Section House

Manitou:

• Frisco Number 2 Combination Station
• Tool and Hand car shed
• Cotton Platform

Frederick:

• Frisco Number 3 Combination Station modified with larger freight section
• Hand car shed
• Section House
• Bunk House
• Water Tank, 25,000 gallon
• Unloading Dock

Industries

Snyder

• Farmers Cooperative Association Grain Elevator
• Coal Storage
• Walker Lumber Company
• Farmers Cooperative Association Fertilizer Tank
• Food Products

Manitou

• Rabon Grain Elevator
• Coal Storage
• Hardware and Paint
• LCL

Frederick

• Frederick Cotton Oil Mill
• Williams and Fry Cotton Gin
• Calvert and Abercrombie Grain Elevator
• Cameron Lumber
• Cities Service, Continental Oil, Shell Oil , Magnolia Oil distribution facilities
• Coal Storage
• Cotton Storage and Distribution
• Stockyards

Non-Railroad Structures

Non-revenue structures include water towers, power distribution, family housing, movie theater, parks, cemetery, and county fair grounds.

Crew quarters were the first structures on the layout, after all, who is going to do all the construction of scenery?
You won't see much indoor plumbing on this layout!
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