WAL-4048 Walthers Cornerstone Kit Piggyback Ramps HO Scale

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WAL-4048933-4048Walthers Cornerstone Kit HO ScalePiggyback RampsDimensions: Finished models measure: Office: 4.4 x 6.3cm Wood Platform: 13.9 x 5cm Wood Ramp: 6 x 5cm Crane: 15 x 5cm Narrow Concrete Ramp: 14.2 x 3.6cm Wide Concrete Ramp: 14.2 x 9.2 Small Concrete Ramp 8.2 x 3.1cm Piggyback Ramps like those in this easy-to-build Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale kit are used across the continent for loading and unloading trailers and other vehicles from flatcars. From the 1950s into the 1980s piggyback trailers were driven onto flatcars at yards and terminals. While this “circus-style” loading has since fallen out of favor for trailer loading, many loading ramps are still in place for special loads. They are also found at team tracks where cargo was lifted with a gantry crane. The Piggyback Ramps kit includes four ramps including a wood platform-ramp combination, a small clerk’s office, overhead crane and a power pole.Molded in three colors and clear plasticBuilds typical 1950s-1960s era trailer loading-unloading facilityRealistic detail for freight yards and terminalsUse with WalthersMainline(R) piggyback flatcars (sold separately)Single and double-wide Circus-style trailer rampsConcrete and wood trackside loading RampsTerminal office buildingOverhead gantry craneWood fence and power poleDecal signs