Pola Buildings

John,
If you aren't opposed to eBay, create a search for "Pola", with daily email alerts (for when they get listed).
It may take some time, but ya never know what shows up...

I found the sawmill at Nicholas Smith Trains.

I found the coal tower at Mesa models, Inc.

I think I have found the other two as well.

Everything is coming up roses!

John

There are award winning, economical, wood (like the prototypes) structures available at www.gardentexture.com including ore tipples, lumber mill and related structures, engine houses, switchman towers, sand and water facilities urban structures and dozens of others; or ask the many mls members who have been customers since the company started 17 years ago.

Those Gardentexture buildings are beautiful. But I've been reluctant to spend the hundreds of dollars for one of the big kits knowing you have to keep up the maintenance on wood structures. My home is done with cedar siding, but I haven't had time in the last year to power wash and stain it. If you don't do it every several years the wood doesn't look so nice after a while.

Three year ago I put up a 60' plastic railroad for my then two year old. Then I bought a bunch of those decorative birdhouse buildings. Without any additional weatherproofing, many of them didn't last the summer. A handful have held together structurally, so I put them in a corner under the bushes and call it the "shantytown"

I have three kits still in boxes from the Town Line series. I think they must have came out back in the 80's. These are all made of wood, so I will plan to build them in the next few months to see how it works out.

Paul