Thanks Greg! 
It took me a while to figure it out.......If we look at a close up of the door, you can see that the rollers are connected to the door with swivels. The center of the door would pull out and the right and left ends would then roll towards each other, essentially folding the door in half. It could then be rolled off to one side or the other. The track actually curves around the front of the building (I couldn't do this because my storefront windows are too high to allow that)
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The wooden piece at the bottom, that looks like a guide for a sliding door is really there to keep the center tight to the building when not opened. It could be spun out of the way to open the door.
I knew the door folded in some way (at the bottom it looks like three sections but the top looks like two, or many multiple sections). Kurt felt that it folded in half, and that is the way I believe it worked. One thing is for sure......it is an interesting door!
P5se Camelback Wrote:You know, Steve, I looked for a long time at that original vintage photo of Mr. Rose's fine little store. Indeed it seems that he was doing his darnedest to be all things to all people. But there was one thing that I, as a "how things work" kind of guy, came back to study over and over ...
... and now I look at it again on your model, and it looks just like the prototype building ... it's ...
... That "freight door!"
I can't for the life of me figure out where that door can go except right where it is! The overhead track is barely longer than the door. How on earth does that door open wide enough for anything wider than a year's worth of Model Railroader issues to pass through?
Now, Mr. Rose's side door aside, you are doing a fine job on this building ... I never expected anything less!
It took me a while to figure it out.......If we look at a close up of the door, you can see that the rollers are connected to the door with swivels. The center of the door would pull out and the right and left ends would then roll towards each other, essentially folding the door in half. It could then be rolled off to one side or the other. The track actually curves around the front of the building (I couldn't do this because my storefront windows are too high to allow that)
The wooden piece at the bottom, that looks like a guide for a sliding door is really there to keep the center tight to the building when not opened. It could be spun out of the way to open the door.
I knew the door folded in some way (at the bottom it looks like three sections but the top looks like two, or many multiple sections). Kurt felt that it folded in half, and that is the way I believe it worked. One thing is for sure......it is an interesting door!
Steve