getloose Wrote:Mike, I like your idea of that being a drill track over sand, makes for better operation. And your point regarding what the silos could store is a though of mine as well.

FCIN Wrote:Both of Mike's plans have interesting potential, but I should point out that if this facility is manufacturing cement, it is produced from limestone and clay quarried at the facility and the silos are for storing the finished product; to be shipped either in bulk or bagged. They don't receive sand and gravel as you might at a concrete batching plant and I don't think that fly ash is a byproduct of the process. Look around at the Google aerial view I linked to in the previous post.

Since this is a single industry switching layout - that would mean you only need the covered hoppers and box cars and thus you'd have more room to work and one less car type and track to try and squeeze in on the layout. I'd probably go with a version of the lower plan, as it requires fewer switches and doesn't look so filled with track.

Brakie Wrote:

getloose Wrote:Mike, I like your idea of that being a drill track over sand, makes for better operation. And your point regarding what the silos could store is a though of mine as well.

You still will need to see saw the inbounds with the outbounds since you really won't have that much headroom..The secrete will be not to "wabash" the cars like in the top plan.

Mike Kieran Wrote:Sorry Larry, I forgot to remove the other cars.