05-06-2010, 02:16 PM
Ed
Model Railroad Planning 2010 has an article on corn syrup terminals and suggestions for how to model them. Would definitely relate to the tank car and building in your picture. So if you want to use the 3 cars you have, give it some thought.
In essence the plants making corn syrup take up a large space but the terminal destinations are fairly compact. You can either have visible tanks or put them inside Pikestuff like buildings. The article points out that switching can be complicated as though they all look alike there are different grades of corn syrup, so cars may need to be spotted at different points.
Finally corn syrup traffic has been with us since the 1970's so it would fit your time-frame.
Ken
Model Railroad Planning 2010 has an article on corn syrup terminals and suggestions for how to model them. Would definitely relate to the tank car and building in your picture. So if you want to use the 3 cars you have, give it some thought.
In essence the plants making corn syrup take up a large space but the terminal destinations are fairly compact. You can either have visible tanks or put them inside Pikestuff like buildings. The article points out that switching can be complicated as though they all look alike there are different grades of corn syrup, so cars may need to be spotted at different points.
Finally corn syrup traffic has been with us since the 1970's so it would fit your time-frame.
Ken