Flash, two is pretty much it for the Frito-Lay hopper capacity. I don't know yet what they get, or how often. As you can see from the picture, UP uses the siding to "rest" their locos, and there is always some action in that little part of that particular industrial park. I will keep my eyes open and let you know. I went up close to read the writing on the hoppers in hopes of finding out what they carry. My only guess would be something like corn meal for corn chips. Could it be potatoes? In the old days potatoes were carried in reefers, but could they use hoppers nowadays? Question for the board: what could I use for those various sizes of cylindrical vessels Frito-Lay uses? Rett, great idea on that car repair shop kitbash!! Alan, I have several more pictures of fenced off industries. One interests me in particular. I don't know what one would call it - for lack of a better term I call it a metal or steel yard, as in lumber yeard, only they deal with various metals instead of lumber. I uploaded 4 pictures into my album. Here are the two most revealing ones (note the lumber yard immediately behind it, complete with centerbeam car): William
I don't have any information, but the Goodyear tire plant here in Topeka has rail service in and out of the plant. This would make another great industry. Those huge earthmover tires look good in a gondola. Thanks Larry for the info on Frito-Lay plant.
This is an aerial photo of the industry I have been modeling for the last decade. This shot was taken about 1948 and I am modeling 1951 so it is pretty close to what I am shooting for. This shot is on my module looking from the other direction from the prototype photo. The tracks for crossing here can be seen in the photo stretching out to the horizon in the upper left. [ December 05, 2005, 09:34 PM: Message edited by: r_i_straw ]
The nuclear weapons complex provides a wealth of industrial opportunities, from small machine shops to huge separation plants and reactors. Unfortunately, most of the images, even historical, have been pulled from public sites due to 9/11. Here's how I modeled a uranium processing plant on the old layout, within a loop: I'm also building a larger-scale plutoniumn processing reactor/plant on the new layout. I'll see if I can find the pics. The defense/aerospace complex drove a lot of the nation's economy for many decades. Yet the facilities, while large, are easy to model, and somewhat unique. Pete
Alan, I had the loop, and originally planned to disguise it with a mountain. Then I remembered that Los Alamos (and many other facilities elsewhere) were purposefully built in canyons. In case something disastrous happened, the canyons would contain an explosion (or whatever). Here's a broader pic: The bottom is a kitbashed Woodland Scenics building, but the rest is scratchbuilt to fit the canyon walls. I especially enjoyed building the elevator/stairway and microwave tower. This was on the old layout--and I'm searching for a location on the new one. Pete
An interesting industry to model, if you have the space, would be this new transfer station at the CN MacMillan Yards in Concord, Ontario (just north of Toronto): http://www.metrocanlogistics.com/WhatsNew/Mega_Center_Concord/Concord_mega_center.htm It is designed to serve the Forest Product Industry and has 84 truck doors (200 trailer parking spots) and 5 indoor rail sidings (53 car capacity per siding). The facility is 640,000 sq. ft. and operates 24/7. According to their information, they guarantee that cars will be spotted within 8 hours of arrival at facility. Mind you, at that size, it would certainly take up a reasonable amount of real estate, even in N Scale...
