HO Scale Structures

The Cornerstone Series Silver Springs Terminal is based on the streamlined structures that were built across the continent beginning in the late 30s. The clean lines of streamlined designs were applied to everything from light switch plates to vacuum...

The Cornerstone Series Silver Springs Terminal is based on the streamlined structures that were built across the continent beginning in the late 30s. The clean lines of streamlined designs were applied to everything from light switch plates to vacuum...

The old sayings "everything old is new again" and "one man's trash is another's treasure" certainly applies to salvage businesses like the Walthers Cornerstone Washington Salvage Yard. Today, the range of man-made materials being recycled into new...

Based on a typical two-track design, the Walthers Cornerstone Wood Coaling Tower will be a focal point in any engine terminal. Towers like this were built in yards at servicing facilities as well as along the mainlines and branchlines to refuel engines...

The Walthers Cornerstone Mission-Style Freight House is based on a standard Santa Fe design used across the railroad. From passenger train names to stations, the Santa Fe led the pack in selling the American southwest as a vacation destination. To carry...

The Walthers Cornerstone Mission-Style Depot is based on a standard Santa Fe design used across the railroad. Santa Fe led the pack in selling the American southwest as a vacation destination, and part of their overall program included redoing many...

The Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Open-Air Transload Building makes it easy for customers to add a typical post-War freight transfer facility near their yard or team track. By the 1950s many railroads had outgrown freight houses and other facilities...

The Walthers Cornerstone Lakeville Modern-Style Warehouse brings a general-use warehouse to your 1960s and later industrial parks. Based on a structure with a concrete-block foundation and corrugated metal superstructure, buildings like this can be found...

This Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Diesel House model is patterned after structures used by railroads across the continent. At many yards, the diesel house is a hotbed of activity. Arriving locomotives are run through the structure where mechanics check...

Bakeries are dependent on railroads for raw materials and the Walthers Cornerstone Magic Pan Commercial Bakery is no exception. This easy-to-build plastic kit is a great, unique industry for your post-1960s HO Scale railroad. The kit includes a main...

Businesses like McGraw Oil Company sold heating oil, diesel fuel and gasoline to consumers and dealers. Each had several storage tanks, a rack and piping for unloading tank cars and pumphouses for loading local delivery trucks. This Cornerstone Series...

The prototypes for Walthers Cornerstone State Line Farm Supply offer farm implements, repair services and more. During the steam era, many of these businesses received machinery by rail in boxcars or on flatcars; the pieces were usually unloaded at a...

The Walthers Cornerstone Clayton County Lumber is a model of one of the most common trackside businesses. From tiny town to big city, small trackside warehouses are used by companies of every size and kind because they provide a handy place to store and...

Back when an order for "sinkers and suds" brought you donuts and coffee, gleaming stainless steel restaurants like the Walthers Cornerstone Miss Bettie's Diner sprang up from coast to coast. Resembling railroad dining cars, these structures became...

Back when coal gas was popular for home heating and lighting, the prototypes for the Walthers Cornerstone Gas Storage Tank were the signature structure of any gas works. These massive storage tanks often dominated the city skyline. These black giants...

Back when coal gas was popular for home heating and lighting, the prototypes for the Walthers Cornerstone Gas Storage Tank were the signature structure of any gas works. These massive storage tanks often dominated the city skyline. These black giants...

The Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale City Station harks back to the time when the depot was an indicator of a community's success. Railroads built large, elaborate stations at more important towns that generated a lot of freight and passenger business for...

Based on an Ogle design, the Walthers Cornerstone Modern Coaling Tower will be a focal point in any engine terminal. As larger engines entered service, many railroads found their older coaling towers couldn't handle the increased demand. By the 1920s,...

The Walthers Cornerstone 3-Stall Modern Roundhouse Addition enlarges the hallmark of steam-era railroading on your HO layout - the 3-Stall Modern Roundhouse. If you model the diesel era you'll also find this kit to be a centerpiece of your servicing...

The Walthers Cornerstone 3-Stall Modern Roundhouse Addition enlarges the hallmark of steam-era railroading on your HO layout - the 3-Stall Modern Roundhouse. If you model the diesel era you'll also find this kit to be a centerpiece of your servicing...