Freelance 2013-2 (MAW)

[fwwrmodeler]

Who says you can't have elevators in a city setting?

This one is practically in the downtown district of Ft. Worth, TX:
https://www.google.com/maps?q=32.760798,...1&t=h&z=19

There are at least 3 more within a few miles and about 10 miles to the north are some of the largest in the U.S.

This is the Purina Mill in FT Worth, that the FWWR serves using the UP main line just past Peach Yard just before going into FT Worth Grand Central Station. If I ever did a real large layout that I was able to incorporate this mill into it would be real cool. The industry has the main line go between the main lines. The silos are on one side and the mill is on the other side. Lots of switching, the Peach Yard is just North of it. Ive spent couple of hours down there on day just watching the FWWR switch cars. The Mill uses a tractor with a coupler attached to the bucket to switch cars for the Elevator and the mill also. It has, I think 6 different spurs for box, tank and grain cars . Pretty cool to watch the FWWR thread the rails at this industry while staying out of the way of the UP main line.