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We are going to model a coal power plant receiving unit trains being unloaded by a rotary coal dumper (I spent 4 days building that from scratch based on pictures and plans iI found on the web). I plan to have the hauling line (BNSF) bring them in and drop them at a siding, then our railroad will either grab them or hop on their power and bring them into the dumper track, since i don't have room for even 40+ cars they will be brought in as cuts of 10-15 and the extras will be placed on a parallel track from switching out. I think this is how the power plant in our area did it before they did a balloon track. I think you will find that if you are doing it a certian way, there will be a prototype railroad that is doing the same thing. Real Estate isn't cheap for the real guys, let alone us model railroaders :)
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