Mirrored Palmetto

[Brakie]

Let us look deeper and see what we see shall we?

A fine example of a building way to small for a centerbeam flatcar or any modern car is the Atlas lumber company building..It would look unrealistic. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/150-650">http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/150-650</a><!-- m -->

Looking deeper we can see a 40' boxcar would look at home at that lumber company.

So,we should match the industry to the era we model.

Now let's take a peek at the Pikestuff Tri Star Industries.. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/541-20">http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/541-20</a><!-- m -->

By the time we factor in the production area, rest room(s) lunch room and the shipping/receiving area we can see a loaded 50' boxcar would flood the receiving dock.

What to do?

Here we should add a storage tank for unloading a tank car of say plasticizer or covered hopper of plastic pellets and now we have a fully believable rail served industry.
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Non Rail served industries.
A fun building that adds a touch of down home Americana since you see these in just about every city and town.

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No,not a newspaper but, a small machine or welding shop that specializes in repair work or custom work for small industries and the public.
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I once used this building for a forklift repair company at a club I was a member of: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/541-4">http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/541-4</a><!-- m -->

I completed the scene by adding forklifts parked behind the building thus,Zimmers Forklift Repairs was born.