12-22-2008, 02:59 PM
In my thread on Lima...in the Photography section...I included a little bit on the Lima Locomotive Works...which has me thinking...
What interesting shippers (real shippers) do you know of, but have never seen modeled?
Lima seems pretty cool to me...an army tank plant, a refinery, and a Steam locomotive builder all in close proximity. Both the Locomotive Works and Refinery were accessed directly from the Nickel Plate's yards.
I've never seen an army tank plant modeled...numerous materials in...and army tanks on flat cars out! Awesome.
Steam Locomotive (or diesel) builder...material in...many steam locomotives out. How else can one justify having Southern Pacific 2-8-8-4s and 4-8-4s, C&O 2-6-6-6s, NKP 4-6-4s, shays, and (insert other famous steam here) on your layout...without modeling such a railroad? I personally think a string of 2-8-0s is a pretty cool freight train. Modeling ALCO would allow 15 of Monogram's 4-6-4 & 4-8-8-4 kits to be a freight train! So cool.
A car builder would also be a cool industry...but I'd prefer a locomotive manufacturer...especially since we modelers tend to have an unprototypically high locomotive-car ratio.
What other undermodeled industries can you think of?
What interesting shippers (real shippers) do you know of, but have never seen modeled?
Lima seems pretty cool to me...an army tank plant, a refinery, and a Steam locomotive builder all in close proximity. Both the Locomotive Works and Refinery were accessed directly from the Nickel Plate's yards.
I've never seen an army tank plant modeled...numerous materials in...and army tanks on flat cars out! Awesome.
Steam Locomotive (or diesel) builder...material in...many steam locomotives out. How else can one justify having Southern Pacific 2-8-8-4s and 4-8-4s, C&O 2-6-6-6s, NKP 4-6-4s, shays, and (insert other famous steam here) on your layout...without modeling such a railroad? I personally think a string of 2-8-0s is a pretty cool freight train. Modeling ALCO would allow 15 of Monogram's 4-6-4 & 4-8-8-4 kits to be a freight train! So cool.
A car builder would also be a cool industry...but I'd prefer a locomotive manufacturer...especially since we modelers tend to have an unprototypically high locomotive-car ratio.
What other undermodeled industries can you think of?
Michael
My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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