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Industries in the mountains served by rail would include Timber processing plants(champion near missoula Montana is an example) Iron Mining(Butte Montana is a large iron ore center second only to Northern Minnesota i believe in the lower 48) Coal Mining (mostly in Wyoming and more in the foothills but those are some big foothills) Quarries(found in various locations) Wood Pellet Plants(big industry out in montana and Idaho with Large shipments of hoppers and smaller palletized Bagged shipments being sent out of state) Meat processing plants,Stock Yards( a centralized location for moving livestock from Montana would be absolutly Huge) Coming into the area from out of State: Machinery-Industrial logging and mining equipment and also Farming equipment Fuel Oil and LP Building Materials such as sheetrock,roofing,steel panels,steel beams,Cement Stock equipment-Including feeders and watering tanks etc Automobiles & related-Trucks-Semi trucks,Tires for cars and Lg mining trucks and logging vehicles.(ever see a tire of an electrahaul Mining truck?I can stand inside the rim with room to spare) Well if you scratchbuild all of this i think its enough to keep you busy for a few years!! ;o)
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