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dknelson, No one is laughing. I am thinking the very same, but was too manly to actually post that here. It did put a smile on my day to see that some one actually mentioned childrens books. I remember surreptiously using those at the library. I will contribute a bit about Alcohol. Specifically Segrams and some brands of whiskey and brandy. There is a Segrams outfit in the Baltimore area that actually recieved alcohol by ship via pipeline from the dock several times a month. This is then through a very strict and thorough process turned into different bottles of whiskeys, brandys etc. Which is then shipped out on trucks and box cars. I have also seen ships with cement, cotton, and other commodities being offloaded in bulk via crane or pipe to the various industries that use these to (words, many words) further process for finished product. Also I looked into the elevators and othr bulk industries and discovered that these are for export. They have a yard just for them and it is packed with grain, corn, salt, wheat, flour etc etc. I think a Port is a wonderful anchor to a layout. I will also try to connect the port with the interior mountain areas for coal, gravel lumber (from logs etc) on one side and use another connection for agricultural products and some commodities from the west. Hope fully there will be enough for each of the 3 rr lines to do on my layout. Lee
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