Southern Pacific Switching Layout

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Sigh, i just spent a while breaking it down, and then you post this! I'd almost just go on the gauge chat and answer questions in real time.

Its OK though, Except for Shelter systems (which as i understand it, did not last long and didn't get much traffic) and Insulation Industries (that's not on the ZTS chart), I can give you an accurate picture of the other industry's traffic.

Not that i'm a super big fan of Exact Rail, but they sell most of the model's you'll need.

Gallo Whine- Alcohol distributor

Gallo Whine handles large PC&F 60 foot "beer" boxcars. these are special insulated types built for this service. These cars are ALWAYS BNSF in origin, and may be still in ATSF (the dulled modern type paint) or BN paint schemes. I've never ever seen any other type of boxcar or railroad on this siding, and i looked through a lot of photos, and have been watching this train for years.

Eel River Models and ExactRail both make models of these boxcars. The Eel River models were kits that were just a little more complex than a Blue box kit. However, Eel River Models is long gone, and for the price difference, the Exact Rail is probably worth it (once you pay shipping on an Eel River kit, you're getting close to the cost of an Exact Rail boxcar that could be had right at the hobby shop RTR and super detailed). The one downside to the Exact Rail is that they too only offer things in short runs (I'm mad that i missed an opportunity for a BN beer car). Might want to grab these cars fast.

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Roosevelt Paper- Printing company

This company also gets ALL sorts of boxcars. There is nearly always a Hi-cube boxcar of some kind there, if not a few. The most Frequent Road names of Hi-cube boxcar are McCloud River, NOKL, AOK, Rail Box, and Wisconsin Central.

There are many generic 50' Boxcars as well. In particular, Wisconsin Central boxcars are ALWAYS there, as are Pan Am and predecessors ( Maine East Central, Springfield Terminal, Guilford, Central Vermont, Boston & Maine). CSX and NS boxcars also show up. many NS boxcars are still in Southern Railway paint, complete with SOU reporting marks.

Fairly common are waffle Sides boxcars from CSX, NS (and again, Southern Railway decorated waffle sides not uncommon). They aren't always in the consist, but they are there more often then not.

You can't go wrong with any of these cars, i've seen them all exactly as the models appear on the line-

waffles

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hi cubes

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generic boxcars

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Shelter Systems

Shelter systems built housing trusses. I don't know much about it, this place didn't last long. I'm told it recieved 50' boxcars occasionally. i do not know if house parts were shipped in or out, though I suspect it may have been involved with local development buildings.

Its tracks now are the location of the Hainesport Industrial Railroad's Trash area.

HIRR Trash Loading Facility

Construction debris and municipal waste are packed into trash gondola and containers and shipped out.

A gondola like this except with HIRR reporting marks would look exactly like what they run on the line these days.

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Gondolas like this are not uncommon-

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Take your pick of trash flats and containers. Not as common as the gondolas, but around. There are also articulated container cars, but those containers are small compared to these.

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That covers the Hainesport Industrial park and Roosevelt paper. Atlantic Wood isn't in the park, but it would get 60' bulk head flats, which would have to be kitbashed from Details West Log Bunks. Center beam flats also common.