08-25-2011, 03:09 PM
If the locomotive used on this layout is owned by one of the industries served by this layout, they might have a maintenance facility on site. If the locomotive is owned by the railroad and left in position to work these industries, they would probably just park it on a vacant spur or siding after the work was finished. The last time I was up there, probably 10 years ago, the BNSF had a Gp30 parked in a small yard next to the Victorville Amtrak Station. I presume that the crew that worked the local industries would show up at the job site, fire up the locomotive, and go to work on the local switching, and then park the locomotive when they were finished.