09-26-2011, 12:39 PM
Larry;
Metal Coaters of Georgia http://www.metalcoaters.com/ has two facilities on separate, but nearby, industrial spurs in Marietta, GA. Here's a Bing view of the larger of the two structures located on the spur running parallel to I-75: http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=pnwx5c7...orm=LMLTCC.
The more interesting one is located just a short distance away at the end of another spur and is what I'd call model railroad size, as it can only spot one car inside the structure at a time. http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=pnvx5f7...orm=LMLTCC.
In this Google view http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Marietta,+...19&vpsrc=6, you can see two coil cars have been dropped off above the facility and MCG will actually place and pull the cars one at a time with their Trackmobile, which you can see in this street view: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Marietta,+...-0.04&z=20.
Point is, this facility would be a nice model railroad size prototype. As Barry pointed out, a kit-bashed Pikestuff structure would make a very nice stand in for a small facility like this and you wouldn't need to model the gantry crane inside. The building even resembles a Pikestuff kit, including the color. I'd have my locomotive doing the placing and pulling rather than a Trackmobile, although that in itself could be an interesting feature of such a facility. You could, of course, have it hold more than one car at a time if desired.
Another similar, small structure that fabricates steel and could receive coil cars is this one on the Madison Railroad in North Vernon, Indiana: http://maps.google.com/?ll=39.012143,-85...5,,0,-0.18 Only spots one car at a time inside the unloading shed.
Just some potential ideas.
Metal Coaters of Georgia http://www.metalcoaters.com/ has two facilities on separate, but nearby, industrial spurs in Marietta, GA. Here's a Bing view of the larger of the two structures located on the spur running parallel to I-75: http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=pnwx5c7...orm=LMLTCC.
The more interesting one is located just a short distance away at the end of another spur and is what I'd call model railroad size, as it can only spot one car inside the structure at a time. http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=pnvx5f7...orm=LMLTCC.
In this Google view http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Marietta,+...19&vpsrc=6, you can see two coil cars have been dropped off above the facility and MCG will actually place and pull the cars one at a time with their Trackmobile, which you can see in this street view: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Marietta,+...-0.04&z=20.
Point is, this facility would be a nice model railroad size prototype. As Barry pointed out, a kit-bashed Pikestuff structure would make a very nice stand in for a small facility like this and you wouldn't need to model the gantry crane inside. The building even resembles a Pikestuff kit, including the color. I'd have my locomotive doing the placing and pulling rather than a Trackmobile, although that in itself could be an interesting feature of such a facility. You could, of course, have it hold more than one car at a time if desired.
Another similar, small structure that fabricates steel and could receive coil cars is this one on the Madison Railroad in North Vernon, Indiana: http://maps.google.com/?ll=39.012143,-85...5,,0,-0.18 Only spots one car at a time inside the unloading shed.
Just some potential ideas.
Ed
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