04-15-2010, 07:55 AM
Yes, those are cranes.
You didn't mention what geographical area you want to model. If you model the Mississippi River area, tug boats pushing barges might be more prototypical. I have seen a lot of pics of barges on the Mississippi loaded with things like coal or other bulk loaded stuff, but I haven't seen any pics with containers or trucks or trailers. Logic suggests to me that there should be quite a bit of traffic up and down the river to New Orleans for shipment overseas, or from overseas into New Orleans to be transhipped up the river. You would not need to model an entire port. You could make the river your aisle, and model just one small terminal.
There may be others on the board who are much more familiar with river traffic on the Mississippi than I am who could be of more help to you.
You didn't mention what geographical area you want to model. If you model the Mississippi River area, tug boats pushing barges might be more prototypical. I have seen a lot of pics of barges on the Mississippi loaded with things like coal or other bulk loaded stuff, but I haven't seen any pics with containers or trucks or trailers. Logic suggests to me that there should be quite a bit of traffic up and down the river to New Orleans for shipment overseas, or from overseas into New Orleans to be transhipped up the river. You would not need to model an entire port. You could make the river your aisle, and model just one small terminal.
There may be others on the board who are much more familiar with river traffic on the Mississippi than I am who could be of more help to you.