Matching Freight Cars to Industries
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:56 pm
I am building a a five board module for a location known as Dillon, a fictitious location in Texas. I have designed it to have as many industry car spots as possible. Trackplan here:
trackplan by mikearnold, on Flickr
The car spots are by siding:
A - three car spots at a fruit packing warehouse plus a fourth for a loading dock, including end loading;
B - yard lead with a team track and scrap yard at the end - one spot for team gtrackj and two spots in scrap yard;
C - paint manufacturing or vegetable oils canning warehouse - two spots;
D - warehouse witnh flour spots - industry/industries to be determined;
E - lumber yard with two roads each taking minimum two cars each, one for woodcip loading, the other for loading lumber loads - all sit in front of a low relief lumber mill shed that hides a lead for siding D but alos doubles as off scene location for log loads in and other industries on an industrial park.
All the Kalmbach Lineside Industries books seem to concentrate on older eras so suggestions for modern era that I model are scarce. What freight cars would you match to the above industries and what suggestions do you have for siding D in a modern time frame?
Many thanks
Mike Arnold
trackplan by mikearnold, on Flickr
The car spots are by siding:
A - three car spots at a fruit packing warehouse plus a fourth for a loading dock, including end loading;
B - yard lead with a team track and scrap yard at the end - one spot for team gtrackj and two spots in scrap yard;
C - paint manufacturing or vegetable oils canning warehouse - two spots;
D - warehouse witnh flour spots - industry/industries to be determined;
E - lumber yard with two roads each taking minimum two cars each, one for woodcip loading, the other for loading lumber loads - all sit in front of a low relief lumber mill shed that hides a lead for siding D but alos doubles as off scene location for log loads in and other industries on an industrial park.
All the Kalmbach Lineside Industries books seem to concentrate on older eras so suggestions for modern era that I model are scarce. What freight cars would you match to the above industries and what suggestions do you have for siding D in a modern time frame?
Many thanks
Mike Arnold