Hershey Chocolate Works

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I think we should.

Couldn't agree more - MM's thread got derailed - Sorry MM. Let's re-rail it.

Here's my take on boxcars..Even though I like boxcars I think I would not use them so I can have more unloading areas along the backdrop for covered hoppers and tank cars.

IMHO about 36" along the backdrop should suffice for a major industry with several spots.

Box cars could add yet another car type to spot, but these days, most of the cocoa beans would be shipped in covered hoppers. I know I posted a thread about it some time back, but the Blommer Chocolates plant in Union City, CA would make for a nice one to model and one that I've considered as the basis for my a chocolates plant on my layout: https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=...4&t=k&z=19 In the Google (and also Bing) aerial views you can see the covered hoppers of cocoa beans and tank cars spotted on the siding and the structure would fit nicely as a backdrop or low relief structure. Lots of interesting detail on and near the structure too and it doesn't take a lot of space. It's just one of several prototypes upon which a person could base such an industry.

It's interesting to note that just to the west of the Blommer facility, is the American Licorice Company plant that also receives tank cars and covered hoppers: http://maps.google.com/?ll=37.604041,-12...3&t=k&z=18 Nothing like having that industry on your layout that no one else is modeling (so far)