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[quote user="fieryturbo"]"There are so many possibilities for modeling transload centers that it's impossible to list potential models and arrangements."  What is that supposed to mean? [/quote] Exactly what it says.  There are thousands of prototype examples that have existed and some that still do exist. They cannot possibly list every single example (the book would not be portable, and it would cost to much to print).  So you get a generic article on the subject.  Team tracks are the simplest of industries.  Literaly all you need for a team track is a short spur or 2 (long enough for 1 or 2 cars) on level ground and open space on one side of the track or both for the car to be unloaded.  They tell you right in the words that you can load/unload nearly anything from a teamtrack. Go to satellite view at the following cooridinates:   <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8414418,-86.9996626,151m/data=!3m1!1e3">https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8414418,-86.9996626,151m/data=!3m1!1e3</a> There you will find an INRD (Indiana Railroad) reload center (modern version of team track), this one handles lumber for a local lumberyard in Odon, Indiana. [quote user="fieryturbo"]The book itself *looks* good with lots of color photos of random things, which don't really give any additional insight into the subject.[/quote] Every photo in the transloading chapter showed a different example (some more than one in the same photo) of comodities that are/were transported by rail.  Some of them even tell you how the products were transfered from road to rail or vice versa.  Im not really sure what you are looking for here.  If you have specific questions you might try asking them here in the forums.  [quote user="fieryturbo"]I hope the other 3 are better.[/quote] The other 3 Industries along the tracks books contain about the same level of info as the cement plant chapter.  If you are looking for specific data about a specific named industry (ie SD Warren Paper Co, Westbrook, ME), you will not find it in these books.   John Armstrongs book that was recommended to you is a great rescource for learning how to plan a model railroad.  It does not contain specific track plans for you to copy, rather how to design a railroad that will operate reliably (not putting in S curves, separation between parallel tracks, passing sidings, yards and engine terminals etc). The late Andy Sperandeo also wrote an excellent book called The Model Railroaders Guide to Freight Yards.  It specifically talks about how to design a freight yard for model railroad operations.
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