Vern, from Portage Coal and Dock Co. is waiting for Mr. Paoli to unlock the coal door so he can unload that ton of coal.
I have not seen this feature implemented by modelers. Neither have the kit or detail manufactures provided us with this important detail that was part of every building in the coal fuel days. In the event you don't know what I'm talking about, Notice the black steel housing with cover at the base of the ladder. The cover lifts up and a chute (laying on ground) is used to transfer coal from the dump truck into the basement coal bin.
You can see the coal truck at lower left with our #1131 Extra Fine Coal which is appropriate for HO scale stoker coal. These trucks had a small door in the center of the tailgate for metering the coal into the chute.
This set of Downtown Deco building are still being worked on but I wanted to see how the wall sign looked through the camera. Much aging was done to it before I glued on.
The sign says, OLSON WATCH An official watch repair station for the Santa Fe RR.
Every railroad employee had to know the exact railroad time. Watch repair businesses were under contract by the railroads to fix or exchange the faulty time pieces in convenient locations such as this place.
The vines growing on the building is our #8 Green Flock.
