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Let's see... Your railroad.. let's call it "Choo Choo Lines" has a boxcar sitting empty and not making any money for you. One day your phone rings and a SAWMILL in Woodside wants you to deliver ONE empty Boxcar so they can load wood for a factory in Toytown. After you deliver that boxcar and it is loaded, the phone will ring again asking you to deliver that loaded Boxcar to Toytown for the toy factory. You later are told that toys are now loaded into that boxcar at Toytown and you are asked to deliver those toys to New York City and drop it off at the warehouse there. The warehouse calls you and says they are very pleased with the toys and can you get another load of toys for New York City? Suddenly you find yourself, Choo Choo lines, Sawmill, Factory and Warehouse all partners in delivering toys to the stores in New York City in time for Christmas. That one lonely empty "Choo Choo Lines" boxcar on your layout isnt so lonely and empty is it now? I thought by writing this out in a picture/story form will help. Lee P.S. Other children in other cities learn of this wonderful toy and Demand explodes across North America. Suddenly you need to find other Sawmills, factories, warehouses more boxcars and bigger locomotives (more of them too) etc etc etc. Your small region finds good employment making toys for America, becomes a boom town and now demands Furnature, Food, Mail, Passenger Service, Newspaper, Chemicals (Paints for toys etc) coal or oil for those cold winters and numerous other "stuff" that your railroad is now able to deliver. What a jackpot of revenue and business eh? All for one boxcar load of toys. That sawmill may require other carloads of supplies, sawdust to be shipped out, and possibly lumber to be sent to New York City...(now we are getting into big time railroading eh?) That Toy factory in Toy town may need paints, brushes, supplies, cardboard boxes and "tools" as well as parts (Nails, Screws ball bearings etc) The Warehouse in New York City may get so impressed with your impeccable service and ask you for other things and possibly bigger ticket items to keep New York City's customers happy.
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