07-13-2011, 07:36 PM
Hi Ric,
Thanks for the compliments.
My first layout, years ago, had a bunch of small industries that would receive various cars. Most of them were too small to really justify any rail shipment and switching ended up being more problem solving then fun. So I started thinking what type of industry could actually receive a variety of cars, to keep things interesting, and also be fun to model and operate. That’s how I arrived at a bakery.
Even though this will be a fictional layout, I want everything to be plausible, so there will be a story behind everything that happens on the layout. For instance, after Bing mapping your bakery in Corpus Christi, Texas and seeing all the trailers, my idea…ah, err, I mean the management’s idea…of using a yard tractor to move the trailers around makes a lot of sense. It looks like there might even be one or two on the HEB property.
Thanks for mentioning the bakery to me and for everyone else who wants to see it…
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Mark
Thanks for the compliments.
My first layout, years ago, had a bunch of small industries that would receive various cars. Most of them were too small to really justify any rail shipment and switching ended up being more problem solving then fun. So I started thinking what type of industry could actually receive a variety of cars, to keep things interesting, and also be fun to model and operate. That’s how I arrived at a bakery.
Even though this will be a fictional layout, I want everything to be plausible, so there will be a story behind everything that happens on the layout. For instance, after Bing mapping your bakery in Corpus Christi, Texas and seeing all the trailers, my idea…ah, err, I mean the management’s idea…of using a yard tractor to move the trailers around makes a lot of sense. It looks like there might even be one or two on the HEB property.
Thanks for mentioning the bakery to me and for everyone else who wants to see it…
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Mark