Two variations on the Weekly Engine House Herald

As I read through old issues of Railroad Model Craftsman I often see variations on Revell's  Operating Engine House kit. The one shown in the leftmost image I found particularly interesting. The picture is a snippet from a larger image in the article, Longhorn & Soptail RR, by Richard Appel in the July '64 issue. He's ingeniously converted the original 2-stall to a 3-stall version by removing the material within the sidewall arches and using the building sideways. It's for quite small engines of course, but it's nevertheless an interesting variation. When I saw this I thought that by using a similar approach a trolley carbarn could be made by arranging 2 Weekly Herald kits end-to-end, removing wall material under the 4 arches nearest the back end, and using the forward 2 sections as an office and passenger waiting area.

The Flowers And More variation on the Weekly Herald was brought to my attention by Martin. It's for sale on eBay and you can see more photos there. The sign on the building's large false front facade is striking, and a great use of all that wall real estate.