Continuing the series on CMR kits, I’ll title this one with a question since it’s somewhat of a stretch to say that the Custom Model Railroads Gas & Electric Co. N scale kit is definitely based on the prototype I’ve found.
I’m taking a guess that the Gas & Electric Kit is a modified version of the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company building in down town Baltimore. The main difference between the kit and the prototype is that the kit is triangular while the prototype is rectangular.
So, how am I making this leap?
Well, first, I’ve spent quite a bit of time looking at various Gas and Electric company buildings. Not a single one looks architecturally similar to the CMR version. But thus far CMR kit I’ve found have been based in St. Paul and Baltimore so I decided to spend a little more time looking in those areas specifically. Since CMR is based in Maryland, it’s entirely reasonable to assume they would be doing research in the city closest to them.
I came across the Baltimore Gas and Electric and while there is quite a bit of creative license, I would say this is the closest Gas and Electric company building to what CMR has produced. Of course, it’s entirely possible that this is an original design or that the kit is based on a structure that’s not actually a Gas and Electric building (in which case, I wasn’t looking for the right thing).
Anyway…here is the photo. You be the judge.
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