Kit #1N – F. Wyneken Drayage (N)

Description

KIT #1N INFORMATION:

4 structures:  main building, main dock, separate dock and outbuilding

N scale

Laser cut walls for accuracy

Top quality stripwood for all trim and bracing

Footprint sizes:  Main Building is 6 1/2″ x 3″ overall (6 1/2″ x 2″ not including the covered drive through); Main Dock next to the Main Building is 3 3/4″ x 1 5/8″;  Separate Dock is 6″ x 1 1/4″; and Outbuilding is 2 1/2″ x 1 5/8″

Over 40 detail items included as shown; does not include vehicles, people or freight cars

Buildings include:  6 windows, 3 baggage doors with windows, 3 baggage doors without windows, 3 doors, stairs, walls, trim, roofing, bracing for walls, main sign

Docks include laser cut floor and supports

Well-written and thorough instructions and templates; many pictures included in the instructions

Numerous website pictures and an instructional video to assist in building the kit

Unparalleled customer support – I am a cottage business and you will receive a personal response

KIT #1N HISTORY:

The “history” behind this kit begins in the late 1800s. The word spread quickly in the small town where Wyneken lived that the railroad would be coming through their little burg! Not to miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Wyneken discovered where the tracks would be laid, and he bought some land close to the right of way.

Once the tracks were laid, Wyneken put up a small building to transport goods for people. It was called “drayage” in those days. Business went well and he added on another room to the building with a small loading dock. Back then, it was all horse and wagon, and LOTS of manual labor.

As the town grew, so did Wyneken’s business. The next addition was a dock area to help manage all the freight. Sometimes it wouldn’t even be in his possession more than an hour, the people came so fast to get their goods when the train rolled in. He also had to build a small shed for explosives and oil  products, separate from the main building, just in case . . .

After the turn of the century, when Wyneken’s sons took over, the mode of transport turned to trucks. Business was so good the boys built a separate loading dock to handle the materials that wouldn’t mind getting a little weather on them.

Today, there is still business, but it isn’t growing like it did in the past. Longer distance trucking is starting to make a dent in the drayage business.  The building is a little neglected, but still quite serviceable. Perhaps a new industry or two will open up in the community and bring some new freight through the Wyneken business.

Kit includes everything needed to build the structures shown, including detail castings.  It does not include scenery, figures, vehicles, freight cars, glue, paint, trackwork and benchwork.

Note: The design and production of this product is the intellectual property of The TrainMaster, LLC.  Any attempt to commercially copy and/or reproduce this product in any way will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of all applicable laws.