04-06-2013, 08:06 PM
MM wrote:OTH, any modern layout is just a big box with doors and the same kind of cars lined up in a row.
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Actually that's not exactly true..A plastic company can receive covered hoppers of plastic pellets,tank cars loaded with plasticizer and boxcars for loading.. A scrap rubber reclaim company can receive boxcars of scrap rubber,tank cars of specialized oil and empty hopper cars for loading rubber pellets.A lumber yard can receive boxcars of roofing,siding,lumber,sinks,doors,tile and other home improvement items plus bulkhead flat cars of lumber and centerbeams.Bakeries can rececive covered hoppers,tankcars and few boxcars.
The list of single car shippers and receivers is endless..
As I mention before there's far more to modern railroads then most modelers think or been led to believe by so called "experts"..
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Actually that's not exactly true..A plastic company can receive covered hoppers of plastic pellets,tank cars loaded with plasticizer and boxcars for loading.. A scrap rubber reclaim company can receive boxcars of scrap rubber,tank cars of specialized oil and empty hopper cars for loading rubber pellets.A lumber yard can receive boxcars of roofing,siding,lumber,sinks,doors,tile and other home improvement items plus bulkhead flat cars of lumber and centerbeams.Bakeries can rececive covered hoppers,tankcars and few boxcars.
The list of single car shippers and receivers is endless..
As I mention before there's far more to modern railroads then most modelers think or been led to believe by so called "experts"..
Larry
Engineman
Summerset Ry
Make Safety your first thought, Not your last! Safety First!
Engineman
Summerset Ry
Make Safety your first thought, Not your last! Safety First!