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Sandhouse (was Riverton Stockyard

 

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I suspect Brother Karnes misremembered (since he is even older than I, that should not surprise); the only sandhouse kit done by a group of which I am aware was the [original] Norfolk Southern prototype by the Potomac Valley group.? I could be wrong, of course--as noted at my age I have a lot of memories to keep track of.??
Ed Loizeaux offered a well-assembled one a few months ago, and I waited too long to grab another well-assembled kit at the 2023 NASG¡ªsomeone else beat me to it; I did pick up a kit (perhaps at the Boxboro NASG), but it is not a shake-the-box.

Jace Kahn


From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Bob Werre <bob@...>
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2024 9:53 PM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [S-Scale] Riverton Stockyard
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Dick,

Ernie worked in a brake shop.? I had thoughts of that might be the reason he got cancer---those asbestos brake shoe dust can be a problem.? I was shooting Jess Bennett's layout when I thought about seeing Ernie.? However Jess indicated that he was so sick he was pretty much in-active. I didn't know if he would appreciate my visit. or be an unwelcome element!

Bob Werre

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Brother Werre is correct.? Ernie Horr, who owned the stockyard facility, lived in Spokane.? He was a friend of mine; my wife Ilze and I visited him and his wivfe in 1987 or thereabouts.? As I recall, Mrs. Horr,?a hairdresser, had fun with her surname.? Oddly, I do not remember what Ernie did for a living...

Ernie was a hirailer.? All track was code 172, but he used John Bortz's converted Kadee HO couplers.? The name of his railroad was The Tinplate Road. He was a member of the Spokane Valley S Gauge Railroaders.? The group actually developed and marketed a sandhouse structure kit that's seen on a lot of S layouts.

Ernie named nearly all of his industries after friends of his -- including me.? I emulated his practice on my layout, where you would have found Lee M. Johnson Medical Supplies, D. R. Thompson Icing facility, Jaxon Arms apartments, R. Nulton Auto Rebuild, Gilbert M. Hulin Balls and Bats, Loizeaux's Liquors, L & M Sokol Palliatives, etc.

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Dick Karnes, MMR


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