07-28-2010, 09:16 PM
franckcombe Wrote:Hi,
I'm a French railroad modeler. I would like to model the port of palm beach (fl) at ho scale. I discover this small harbor with interesting railroad operation with the book of Lance Mindheim. I will built it in modular section. It's an interesting harbor because it's very compact (for an harbor of course !) 30 feet long for 20 inches wide. It's perfect for a switching game.The traffic is various (oil, intermodal, container, concrete, sugar, box, wood, ...).
I find few photos on internet (the official site of the harbor of pal beach, train forum, ...). I find a lot of aerial view from bing.
I would like to know if anyone in this forum has photos on palm beach port to share with me ? I know the best way is to take a flight to miami and take photos but from france it's quite expensive.
Here an aerial view of the harbor for those who are interested in.
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You may want to procede South to Lake Mabel at Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale). We have left from here on several cruises and the port itself is bustling with several types of ship traffic. There is also an extremely large tank farm located at this location and while several of the tracks have been removed, their foot print still exists. There is a power plant at the same location along with numerous containers storage locations.
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