For those following along, I did complete the freight house and posted photos in the 2020 Challenge thread. I’m taking a break from populating Alderson PA structures. I’ve been ballasting, installing switch throws, adding drops, working on rolling stock, and creating a load for a gondola. Based on a photo of the Alderson depot area, my partially-completed load of lumber looks like this:

The ad hoc rack is about half done. I’ve interpreted the photo to mean most of the components were the very lumber being transported, plus a dozen 6 by 8” timbers to make up the ramps. The long timbers connecting the two racks are not prototypical but are for convenience in building. They will be hidden. In actuality, I assume, there would have been a row of the lumber being hauled. I saved a little time and wood doing it this way.
Mike

The ad hoc rack is about half done. I’ve interpreted the photo to mean most of the components were the very lumber being transported, plus a dozen 6 by 8” timbers to make up the ramps. The long timbers connecting the two racks are not prototypical but are for convenience in building. They will be hidden. In actuality, I assume, there would have been a row of the lumber being hauled. I saved a little time and wood doing it this way.
Mike
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