Edit post

Edit your reply below.

Post Body
Enter your post below.
I used to work for a concrete outfit and also have hauled portland cement in the mid-atlantic area... I'll add these tidbits... I believe you need Rock, Flyash, Sand, chemical (Additives) water and bags of Fiber. A theoratical concrete plant will take carloads of rock and sand and a tank car of chemicals , bagged fiber can be brought in by boxcar. With my experience, we had ships bring in cement which was moved to silo by pressure air in pipes then loaded into air pressure tanker trucks (Or covered hoppers) and shipped to the concrete plant. Fly ash comes from coal fired plants. Grace of Baltimore shipped chemicals by semi truck and a good concrete plant will use several different tanks which was filled at least weekly. Bagged fiber came from fiber plastic (Sorta) and was added to concrete by the mixer driver during charging for greater resistance to cracking. If you wanted to model a Cement plant, look at "Capitol" in MArtinsburg WVa. I believed they take material and literally ground it up in huge tubes full of ball bearings and fired it to a powder form. Rail service can be as simple as a string of covered hoppers unloading into a silo or two which unloads into tanker trucks. Or as complicated as you wish. Remeber that trucks are a part of the process. The History Channel's "Hoover Dam" will fill your head all about concrete. I believe they built a railroad just to haul the materials to the job site. The lime stone quarry can be used to ship (erf..) lime to a roof shingle plant they need those all the time in making roofing shingles. I hope this helps. Lee
Tags (Optional)
Tags are keywords that get attached to your post. They are used to categorize your submission and make it easier to search for. To add tags to your post type a tag into the box below and click the "Add Tag" button.
Add Tag

Update Reply

Subscriber & Member Login

Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more!

Model Railroader Newsletter See all

Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter and get model railroad news in your inbox!

Subscriber & Member Login

Edit post

Post Body

Tags (Optional)

Subscriber & Member Login

Users Online

Search the Community