MODELING: Soo Line Depot (revised 4-30-2024)

Depots are a landmark of railroad’s presence in a community.  In many communities they speak to the history of a important form of transportation in a country.

One such temple of transportation was an unusual structure located in Junction City, Wisconsin.  The Soo Line ran their trains past the depot for many years.

Time has taken a toll on the venerable structure.  Robert Leners took a bunch of pictures while the depot was still around.  I have used three of the pictures.

Our old friend, Robert Leners, has built another classic midwestern depot.  This time he picked the Soo Line Junction City.   Robert used his traditional approach of styrene as the primary construction material.  He has mastered the technique of large structures built from styrene.  The Soo used a cream and oxide red for the paint scheme on their depots.

I found this map online showing Junction City with the Soo and Milwaukee Road crossing at the depot.

I want to thank Robert for sharing his latest work with this blog.

Gene Deimling

2 thoughts on “MODELING: Soo Line Depot (revised 4-30-2024)

  1. Gene thank you for sharing Robert’s excellent work. The station with the complex wall and roof structure demonstrates his craftsmanship and neat clean work. Please pass on our compliments to him. Again, thank you for sharing outstanding quality models in 1/48 scale.

    Lee Gustafson

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