The following is taken from the website http://spikesys.com/EBT/Tour/muehouse.html:

Quote:This two stall enginehouse was built sometime in the 1910's and replaced a two stall frame building at or near the same location. It is constructed of contoured block and has a frame roof. It replaced a two stall frame enginehouse at the same location. It is similar in construction to the Robertsdale Station, the RI&C Offices and the Robertsdale Company Post Office. Two locomotives, usually standard gauge, were stationed here to handle switching jobs in the yard and interchange with the PRR. One was usually being overhauled or serviced while the other handled switching duties. The enginehouse was also able to accomodate narrow gauge locomotives.

The east stall is standard three rail track while there is a half draw at the approach to the west stall allowing four rail track with the narrow gauge centerline the same as the standard gauge centerline (a full draw would transfer the extra rail from one side of the track to the other.) The building is equipped with pits under both tracks and a transverse drop pit like the Rockhill Locomotive Shop, but not a transverse jack.

The last two standard gauge 0-6-0 switchers, #3 and #6, stood in the enginehouse in their respective stalls. #6 occupied the west stall while #3 occupied the east one. In 1975, #6 was sold to the Whitewater Valley Railroad in Indiana. The roof on the building deteriorated badly by the 1980's and the elements began to damage #3. A grant from America's Industrial Heritage Project provided money to secure the building and replace the roof in January 1993. At that time the building was also secured against vandals with locks and more esthesia window coverings. #3 is still inside today.

The Mount Union Connecting Railroad cleared and rehabilitated both leads to the enginehouse as well as the enginehouse itself to store their switcher in #6's stall. The building has been provided with water and power service and the wood doors and gables have been painted in an appropriate, if bright, color scheme in 2000

Also attached are pics of the enginehouse that I will be working from. All of them are taken from the same site.

Nice choice for a project. Now get started!

I'll check Rainey's book and see if there are any dimensions in there. I'm sure the Timber Transfer (or somewhere) has published plans before; do you have them?

Michael

I don't have the dimensions, but I think that, using some logic and information on Baldwin 0-6-0s, I can get a rough estimate. I say Baldwin 0-6-0s because EBT #3 and EBT #6 are/were both Baldwin 0-6-0s. I would think that if you find the length of the switcher, and find the width of the switcher, double the width, and find the height of the switcher, the rough dimensions of the walls would be there.

I can probably get the exact dimensions of the enginehouse by calling my family lawyer. He owns a diesel switcher stored in #6's stall. It operates as the Mt. Union Connecting Railroad Co.

I'll give him a call here in a bit, and get back to you guys on dimensions.

Alright guys. Still don't have a height yet, but I have length and width.

the mount union enginehouse is about 37x70feet.

Alright guys. Still don't have a height yet, but I have length and width.

the mount union enginehouse is about 37x70 feet.

looks like standard brick which is 2and 1/4 X 3and 3/4 X 8 inches and app 1/2 inch for each motor line .
jim

The enginehouse is actually a concrete/stone block structure. It's a lot like the RI&C structures in Robertsdale, PA(which are very interesting to see), and the Robertsdale Station. It mentions that above. Trying to figure out how much materials I need.

sorry thunb nails looked like brick to me my however the photo of the locomotive sitting on the track, the gauge will give you a standard to get the height in that photo atleast.
jim

On the tracks in the pics above are the Mount Union Connecting RR Co.'s hi-rail truck, on the left, and EBT 3rd #3 on the right.

Both are standard gauge.

I didn't see anything in Rainey on the subject, but it sounds like you've got the essential stuff.

Unfortunately, the MR Index is now offline. There are some discussions about a replacement, but in the meantime, there is no way of searching the model magazines to find which issue may have had the plans.

Michael

As far as I know, there were no articles on building it in MR. There may have been, but I don't think so.

Back in 1990s, RMC ran a series of articles by Lee Rainey on the EBT in the Iron Age

I find it interesting that at this late date, this far into the valuable "build time" provided to construct an entry or entries, by whatever method and with whatever materials, so much time and effort is spent here on talk and very little evidence of any structure building is apparent. I am reminded of a story ...

I had a high school drafting class where I regularly finished my assignments much quicker than the rest of my class. I spent my extra time doing some of the old Bill Cosby comedy routines (like Noah and the Ark, etc.) The instructor was running a class in the woodshop, a class in the drafting studio and a class in the metal shop, all at the same time. There were knee walls with big glass panels on them between the classes so he could see all three classes no matter where he was. He noticed what was happening in the drafting class and passed through the room, dropping a folded piece of paper on my board. When I opened it, it read, "Empty cans make the most noise!"

I would put up pictures but I have none just yet. I am waitingon materials. I have to try and figure out how much I need, and order it tomorrow night.

As respectfully requested there ...

... respectfully submitted here ...

RRManiac Wrote: ... don't have my siding yet due to a lack of dimensions. I still have absolutely no idea how tall it is or anything. ...

There is a door in the side of the building, which is visible quite clearly in at least one photo. The A.I.A. Architectural Standard for a standard door is 3'-0" x 6'-8". The size of a concrete block is also a known dimension ... 8" x 16" ... you could count the blocks.

Once you identify any known dimension in a photograph, "scaling" sizes is not necessarily easy, but hardly an impossible task.

There is also the matter of a "Photographic Measuring Stick" for when you can visit a structure to take photos in person. It makes determining dimensions a whole lot easier. I suppose I shall have to photograph the one I made and post a "How-To" on the Railroad Photographer's Page.