By Bruce Petty
The old water tank and pump house at the east end of the Sun Valley Siding are a left over from steam locomotive days. Joe with his dog are out inspecting the switch points before the local arrives from Burbank Junction.
Modeling Note: A new line of HO and N scale, Southern Pacific structure Kits are now made by Showcase Miniatures. This SP Common Standard Pump House is the first of a series of Southern Pacific prototypes. If you would like more details about this model or their other fine kits, visit the Showcase Miniatures website.
I’ve built a number of Southern Pacific track side structures. A Common Standard Water Pump House, Section Foreman’s House, Linemans Tool House and Track Workers House. I use Evergreen Scale Models styrene for building construction.
I built up several of these “SP type”, four unit section houses. Each living space was 10×20 foot space. Each unit had a kitchen and sleeping area of the same size of 10×10 feet.
