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photos by Richard Schumacher except where noted, for personal use only

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Vintage Product Advertising Signs

You can download and print these "metal" signs for your building exteriors. Click on the thumbnail below to load the larger, more detailed, version. Save the larger version and print it on your color printer in the appropriate size for your model. These are photographs of actual, naturally weathered, advertising signs.

Vintage advertising metal sign, Coca-Cola (fountain service)
Coca-Cola Fountain Service
weathered metal sign, 222KB
Vintage advertising metal sign, Motorola Radio
Motorola Radio Service
weathered metal sign, 161KB
Vintage advertising metal sign, Purina (checkerboard)
Purina Checkerboard
weathered metal sign, 155KB
Vintage advertising metal sign, AT&T Local and Long Distance
AT&T Phone, metal sign, 123KB
Jack Canavera collection
Vintage advertising metal sign, Assoiated Telephone Co. Ltd.
Associated Telephone, metal sign, 99KB
Jack Canavera collection
Vintage advertising metal sign, Bell System
Bell System, metal sign, 94KB
Jack Canavera collection
Vintage advertising metal sign, Mobil Oil (Gargoyle)
Mobiloil Gargoyle
weathered metal sign, 190KB
Coca-Cola sign, painted on brick wall
Coca-Cola Sign, painted on brick, 124KB
Photo by Rick Lake

 

Vintage advertising metal sign, Western Union
Western Union, metal sign, 93KB
Jack Canavera collection
Vintage advertising stained glass sign, Jackson (JAX) Brewing
Jackson Brewing Co.
stained glass panel, 254KB

 

Industrial and Warehouse Buildings

Link to new page with three new buildings sized for HO and N

You can download and print these building exteriors for your layout backdrop. Click on the thumbnail below to load the larger, more detailed, version. Save the larger version and print it on your color printer in the appropriate size for your model.

Model Railroad Background Photo of a New Orleans Warehouse
New Orleans Cotton Warehouse, 380KB
Model Railroad Background Photo of an Arkansas Paper Mill
Arkansas Modern Paper Mill, 133KB
Red warehouse, model railroad background structure to print
Memphis Red Warehouse, 128KB
Feed and Seed Store, model railroad background structure
Ponchatula Feed & Seed, 192KB
Dixie Machine Welding, model railroad background structure
Dixie Machine Welding, 117KB

 

Building Interiors

Every restaurant and diner needs an interior. These classic prototypes from New Orleans and Memphis will quickly provide that "missing" interior behind your model's large front windows. Click on the thumbnail below to load the larger, more detailed, version. Save the larger version and print it on your color printer in the appropriate size for your model.

New Orleans Restaurant, model railroad structure interior
Restaurant Interior, 176KB
New Orleans
Memphis Diner, model railroad structure interior
Diner Interior, 118KB
Memphis
Memphis Central Station stairway to lower concourse
Lower Concourse, 127KB
Memphis Central Station
Workshop interior, model train building interior
Workshop interior, 354KB
Glencoe, MO
Workshop interior, model train building interior
Workshop interior, 268KB
Glencoe, MO
New Orleans storefront window, model railroad building exterior element
Storefront Windows, 193KB
New Orleans

These four warehouse interiors use HO scale boxes, barrels and crates to provide a multi-colored, multi-textured interior.

Building Interior #1 (227kb)
Interior 1, 227kb
Building Interior #2 (220kb)
Interior 2, 220kb

 

Building Interior #3 (231kb)
Interior 3, 231kb
Building Interior #4 (241kb)
Interior 4, 241kb

 

Background and City Skylines

Click on the thumbnail below to load the larger, more detailed, version. Save the larger version and print it on your color printer in the appropriate size for your scene.

Memphis City Skyline 1, photo to print as scenic backdrop for a model railroad layout
Memphis City Skyline One, 176KB
Memphis City Skyline 2, photo to print as scenic backdrop for a model railroad layout
Memphis City Skyline Two, 211KB

 

Riverfront Backgrounds

The Domino Sugar Plant is one of the largest in the world. Both the refinery and Domino Sugar are downstream from New Orleans. These make perfect backgrounds of the scene "across the river" if the back edge of your benchwork represents a riverfront or dock. Photos were taken from the deck of the Nachetz riverboat.

Photo of Domino Sugar Plant at New Orleans, suitable for a model railroad background
Domino Sugar Plant, New Orleans
Photo of Large Refinery at New Orleans, suitable for a model railroad background
Large Oil Refinery, New Orleans

 

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