The Flour, Feed & Ore Storage Warehouse
There were two large warehouses at Placerville. Both have been gone for over 20 years. The warehouse to the north of the depot held feed and flour on the northwestern end of the building and the smaller addition to the southeast was used to warehouse ore. These are referred to as Warehouse A and Warehouse B on Page 271 of the RGS Story, Volume 1 (Don Abbott drawing, Sundance Publishing). There is also a set of plans, without dimensions, on Page 280 (Mike Blazek) in the same volume. It should be noted the plans and the limited number of photographs available don't always match up. Obviously, the building changed over the years. Regardless, I studied the plans, the pictures and built the core for my best guess version of Warehouse A/B using Evergreen styrene. The overall length of the building is 19" or about 102 scale feet.
The sides and roof were covered by an overlay of Evergreen Styrene corrugated metal siding/roofing material. 2"x12" scale lumber, stained with Silverwood, was used below the siding and for the loading dock.
In keeping with my intent to mount most if not all of my structures on a 1" pink foam base, here is the base for Warehouse A/B. The foundation is 3/16" square strip wood glued to the base. The cork roadbed in the foreground is for the double ended house track/siding that ran behind the depot. The other section of roadbed is for the single ended spur that serviced the warehouse.
Color seemed to be another variable. Again based upon the limited amount of information available, I chose to paint the structure oxide red with Rust-Oleum 2X Ultra Color purchased from my local Ace Hardware.
In the previous post, the Fast Tracks "Tie Jig for Sn3 Mainline - Slightly Misaligned" was used for the mainline in front of the Placerville Depot. That jig was also used for the siding/house track that ran behind the depot. For the spur servicing Warehouse A/B the Fast Tracks "Tie Jig for Sn3 Branch Line - Moderately Misaligned" was used.
Both sets of ties were stained with Silverwood and then the ties on the warehouse spur were aged with a very light wash of Floquil Earth. The ballast is a blend of High Ball Cinders and screened paving sand from Home Depot. A little ground foam finished off the mini-scene. More details and rail will be added when the warehouse is set into the module.
The RGS Warehouse
The RGS Warehouse was located behind and to the southeast of the Placerville Depot. This warehouse is referred to as Warehouse C in the Don Abbott drawing in Volume 1 of the RGS Story. Warehouse C didn't have it's own spur; it was located along the siding/house track that ran behind the depot. My best guess model is 16" long or about 85 scale feet. I built this structure, using the same methods as outlined above with a full length loading dock. At some point after 1940 most of the dock was gone and all that remained were short sections of crumbling remnants. Apparently, around 1940, all or portions of Warehouse C was leased to General Petroleum.
And here are all three structures arranged how they will be placed on the layout. Warehouse C has been placed on a new larger piece of pink foam. It still lacks ballast, ground cover and warehouse doors. Both warehouses still need weathering. The depth here is about 20" leaving about 10" for Front Street and a few building flats placed against to the backdrop.
As always, your comments, suggestions & questions are welcome
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