Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Brick Freight Office Kit - 933-2953

Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Brick Freight Office Kit 933-2953 recreates the administrative headquarters of a traditional railroad freight terminal. Based on a prototype that once stood on Fowler Street near Milwaukee's railroad depot, this detailed HO scale plastic structure kit features realistic brick construction, an exterior staircase, and authentic Milwaukee Road printed signs.

The completed building measures 8-13/16 x 9 x 6-1/8 inches (22.4 x 22.9 x 15.6 cm). Its classic American railroad architecture makes it suitable for steam-era, transitional-era, diesel-era, and later layouts featuring historic railroad facilities.

Designed to complement the Walthers Cornerstone Brick Freight House Kit 933-2954, sold separately, the Brick Freight Office provides the administrative side of railroad freight operations. It can also represent a railroad yard office, industrial administration building, or commercial shipping office.

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Brick Freight Office Kit Features and Dimensions

• Authentic Milwaukee prototype: Inspired by a railroad freight office formerly located on Fowler Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
• Traditional brick construction: Recreates the appearance of classic North American railroad administrative buildings.
• Exterior staircase: Adds distinctive architectural detail to the finished structure.
• Milwaukee Road printed signs: Included for creating an authentic railroad office scene.
• Versatile railroad applications: Suitable for freight terminals, railroad yards, and industrial facilities.
• Companion freight house: Designed to complement Brick Freight House Kit 933-2954, sold separately.
• Customizable appearance: Modelers can substitute their own signs for other railroads or businesses.
• Detailed plastic components: Molded in appropriate colors with illustrated assembly instructions.

Completed dimensions: 8-13/16 x 9 x 6-1/8 inches (22.4 x 22.9 x 15.6 cm).

Scale: HO Scale, 1:87.

Prototype inspiration: Milwaukee Road freight office, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Suggested modeling periods: 1900s to the present.

Product type: Railroad freight office plastic structure kit.

Manufacturer item number: 933-2953.

Recreate a Historic Railroad Freight Office

Railroad freight offices were important administrative centers where employees managed shipments, billing, customer accounts, and transportation records.

Businesses without private railroad sidings relied on public freight terminals to ship and receive merchandise. Freight office clerks coordinated these shipments, while workers at the neighboring freight house handled the physical transfer of goods between railroad cars and delivery vehicles.

The Walthers Cornerstone Brick Freight Office recreates this important part of railroad operations with a distinctive brick building based on an actual Milwaukee prototype.

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Pair with the Brick Freight House Kit 933-2954

The Brick Freight Office is an excellent companion to the Walthers Cornerstone Brick Freight House Kit 933-2954, sold separately.

The freight house represents the building where merchandise was loaded, unloaded, sorted, and transferred between railroad cars and trucks. The freight office represents the administrative building where railroad employees handled the associated paperwork and customer arrangements.

Position the two structures beside a freight siding to create a convincing railroad shipping terminal. Add separately purchased boxcars, delivery trucks, workers, and freight-handling accessories to complete the scene.

Model Milwaukee Road or Other Railroad Operations

The kit includes authentic Milwaukee Road printed signs, making it particularly suitable for modelers recreating railroad facilities in Wisconsin or elsewhere along the Milwaukee Road system.

However, its traditional architecture is not limited to one railroad. Modelers can use alternate signs to represent other North American railroads, regional shipping companies, or independent industrial businesses.

For a steam-era railroad, place the office near a busy freight yard or passenger depot. For a diesel-era layout, it can represent an established railroad building that remains in active use.

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Use the Building as an Industrial or Yard Office

Beyond freight terminal applications, the Brick Freight Office can serve as an administrative building within a larger industrial facility.

Position it near a manufacturing plant, warehouse, or railroad maintenance yard to represent the offices where employees coordinate deliveries, inventory, equipment assignments, and other business activities.

For a railroad yard, the building can represent a company materials office or administrative headquarters. For an industrial district, it can become the office of a distribution company or manufacturing business.

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Plan, Paint, and Detail the Freight Office

The completed structure measures 8-13/16 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 6-1/8 inches high. Its footprint works well beside industrial streets, railroad yards, and freight terminal buildings.

Finish the brick exterior in suitable masonry colors and apply subtle weathering around the windows, staircase, and roof to represent years of railroad service.

Separately purchased railroad employees, automobiles, delivery trucks, signs, and street details can help create an active office scene.

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Assembly and Finishing Supplies

The Brick Freight Office is an unassembled HO scale plastic structure kit with detailed parts molded in appropriate colors and illustrated assembly instructions.

Carefully test-fit the walls, roof, staircase, and other components before permanent assembly. For finishing supplies, explore model railroad paint and model building glue and adhesives. Use products compatible with styrene plastic.

Important: This product is an unassembled HO scale Brick Freight Office Kit. It includes the plastic building components, exterior staircase, and Milwaukee Road printed signs. The completed structure measures 8-13/16 x 9 x 6-1/8 inches (22.4 x 22.9 x 15.6 cm). Brick Freight House 933-2954, railroad track, locomotives, freight cars, vehicles, figures, paints, adhesives, and additional scenery are sold separately.

The Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Brick Freight Office Kit 933-2953 provides an authentic railroad administrative building for HO scale layouts. With its Milwaukee-inspired design, realistic brick construction, exterior staircase, and railroad signs, this versatile structure is an excellent addition to freight terminals, railroad yards, and industrial districts.