The house where I grew up, in Massachusetts, had a trap door in the kitchen to get down cellar. My father dug out more so he could put in an outside bulkhead door to get a coal furnace in. It looked just like the one on the Cabin Creek structure. Still looks the same today. Ed Kozlowsky Sanford, Maine www.SScale.org
>________________________________ > From: "Bill & Diane, B.T.S. " <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 12:37 PM >Subject: Re: {S-Scale List}old structures/new structures > > > > > >On 3/12/2012 12:21 PM, Bob Werre wrote: >Bill, I'm glad you mentioned that 'cause the Monon kits have been gone for a >long time. I have 5-6 of your kits on the layout, but not those you mention. >> >>The outside-downward stairways in my neck of the woods were always open, so were filled with junk that ended up down there and the bottom, of course, got wet. So the covered version makes a lot of sense. Also coal would often be delivered down a chute through a normally covered man hole or through a removed window, so you could use that Leigh Valley scissor coal delivery truck! >> >> >Two of our Second Street houses (#07700 & 07701) have basements, but not external stairs.... like my sister's house in Elmira NY. > >#07701 112 Second Street has the coal chute access door on the side of the foundation. > >Take care >Bill > >-- == Scale Model Railroad Products == == Manufacturer - Retailer - Importer == Bill and Diane Wade B.T.S. RR 1 Box 141A Belington, WV 26250 Phone: 304-823-3729 FAX: 304-823-2901 http://www.btsrr.com We wish you Fair Winds and Following Seas. > > >
