Re: (erielack) Trackside at Marathon Depot

["Bill K." <pontiac_@_dreamscape.com>]

Having been one of the show vendors on Saturday, I can attest to the
*entire* stucture being concrete, and looking to have been cast as such, for
the four main outer walls anyhow.  The floor is concrete as well, though
there is apparently a basement below (perhaps only on the passenger waiting
room end of the building?)

Oddly, the "bay" window is on the back side - between the johns - probably
the prettiest window in the buiding.  The doors in the freight end open in
an unusual manner - they're split across in the middle only and use a chain
and counterweight manual operated lift which pulls the middle of the door
in, folding it in half, as it's raised from the floor.

They did a nice job with it, though given the construction it's probably
cheaper to fix it and use it than to tear it down (!) -


Bill K.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Schuyler G Larrabee" <sgl2_@_ix.netcom.com>
To: "Joshua K. Blay" <joshua_@_joshuakblay.com>; <erielack@lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 11:51 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) Trackside at Marathon Depot


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joshua K. Blay" <joshua_@_joshuakblay.com>
>
> > Exterior work of
> > the depot includes the stucco-like walls
>
> Stucco?  Aren't they concrete?  DL&W >loved< concrete.
>
> SGL
>

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