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Piko Sonneberg Loco Shed Door Dimensions

General Discussion
#1

I am thinking about using the Piko Sonneberg Loco Shed #62001. I have the Bachmann 2-Truck Shay, Climax and Heisler locos and I realized that they are 1:20.3 and the Piko shed is an unspecified “G-Scale”. I have been able to locate the exterior dimensions of 20.7 X 27.8 X 14.6" but have not found the dimensions of the door openings.

Does anyone have their width height and the space between the two doors? Will the locos fit? My main concern is their width since I’m guessing that I can always raise the building on a new foundation to gain any needed height.

Thanks for any assistance you can provide.

#2

I was re-reading Randy Stone’s build log titled Piko Sonneberg Loco Shed and found most of the dimensions I was looking for:

Overall width at roof: 19 3/4 inch
Overall width at the base: 18 3/4 inch
Overall length at base: 27 7/8 inch for base kit with three sections
Overall length at base: 36 3/4 inch including extension kit to make the building four sections long
Base to top of roof: 13 inch not including the exhaust stacks.
Locomotive door openings: 6 5/8 inch side to side and 7 inch top of rail to top of the door in the center of the opening

Thanks to Randy for such a complete thread and for taking the time to document it. I guess I missed it the first time

#3

Glad you found your answer. Are the door openings big enough for your locos?

#4

Joe:

It looks like I will need to add a bit of foundation to get the needed height for the tallest of my engines, the 2-Truck Shay. It measures 8-7/8" from the top of my roadbed (bottom of the ties) to the top of the stack. The track is from SVRR, code 250 aluminum. This engine is also the longest of the three at 22-7/8" coupler to coupler, I use body mounted Kadee 1908s in the L&P coupler box so the 3 section base kit should be fine.

Now to find a spare $200!