10-28-2015, 11:10 AM
There was an article on the Tate & Lyle corn syrup transload facility in the 2010 Model Railroad Planning special issue. It's a neat article because it explains how the facility is its own switching job with crews having to place the tank cars in specific spots because of the different grades of corn syrup. They have to use different hoses for each grade to avoid cross contamination.
A transload facility would allow for different materials to be handled on the same or different tracks. Some facilities are in freight yards or former freight yards.
The vest pocket railroads that were in New York City were only connected to the rest of the world by car float, but you could just have a direct interchange. These vest pocket railroads handled everything from coal to fuel to perishables to flour to general merchandise and had all sorts of equipment for transloading such as cranes, storage silos, tanks, warehouses, and open air storage.
The Grafton & Upton Railroad as well as the New York & Greenwood Lake Railroad are examples of railroads serving transload facilities.
A transload facility would allow for different materials to be handled on the same or different tracks. Some facilities are in freight yards or former freight yards.
The vest pocket railroads that were in New York City were only connected to the rest of the world by car float, but you could just have a direct interchange. These vest pocket railroads handled everything from coal to fuel to perishables to flour to general merchandise and had all sorts of equipment for transloading such as cranes, storage silos, tanks, warehouses, and open air storage.
The Grafton & Upton Railroad as well as the New York & Greenwood Lake Railroad are examples of railroads serving transload facilities.
Mike Kieran
Port Able Lines
" If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be " - Yogi Berra.
Port Able Lines
" If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be " - Yogi Berra.