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Agricultural vs Industrial: A new controversy?

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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by SandyR Tangarine Jack is right; the fact that our railroads are outdoors in a garden setting really skews the bias toward agriculture. Indoors is another matter, where buildings don't have to be weatherproof and also may well be the whole focus of the scenery. I like the tourist line idea, too, and have considered that for my garden line. There's a third way to look at it: a railfan's railroad, where you just sit and watch the train(s) go by. That's my approach. And I change out my buildings from time to time to vary the scene a bit. I change locos and cars too, from session to session. It's whatever I feel like enjoying on any particular day! SandyR [/quote] Sandy, Yours is "pure" large scale railroading, I would have to make that comment. We sometimes get lost, quite willingly and with great joy, in the details, fantasy and fiction. But to run trains for the shear joy of it is to be commended as "pure." My old, now dismantled, N scale line was mostly industrial save for a grain elevator. I've seen some HO refineries that were museum quality pieces. Does anyone know how I might build a rerefinery (pipeworks and all) that will last outdoors? What could I use for scale pipes, distilation towers and and other rigging? Being that my line is from TEXAS, I would like to reflect the oil industry. Long trains of oil tanker cars (ooohh...that Bachmann Texaco and some of those LGB and Aristo multidomed tank cars) pulled by steam locomotive. Capt Carrales
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