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[quote user="Late4Dinner"] I'm thinking about a layout set in 1940 in a fictitious mid-sized town in the Mid-Atlantic region. Steam, point to point, L-shaped, about 10' x 10', with a 18-24" inch width. I don't have any locomotives or rolling stock that has to be used. My plan is to have one major industry. There will be other industries, but I'd like one that serves as the focal spot and sees the most action. Although it doesn't have to be, I am picturing it as the town's major employer. The scenery and buildings are my primary interest, but I would like to have some operational options as well. I'm searching for an industry that would have mutiple spots that require specific spotting. I've been reading how corn syrup tank cars have to be spotted at specific locations based on syrup grade. Is there a time appropriate equivalent? Something to make it a little more challenging when switching. I don't have a problem paying for books, if you have any recommendations that would be applicable to my chosen era. Tom <div style="clear:both;"> </div> [/quote] Tom, I would suggest looking up the Winston-Salem Southbound over on Model Railroader Video Plus.  Its a mid-atlantic layout with lots of good small industries.  They even did an article in Model Railroad Planning a couple years back on expanding the original layout into an L shaped switching layout.
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