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Gary, For what ever industries you are thinking of, think of what products they make. What does it take to make these products? ie 3M makes post-notes (boxcars OUT), which require paper (boxcar IN) and glue (tanker or gondola IN). This will help you determine what materials need to come in and go out. Also are there any other facilities requirements? For instance, will this factory have steam -fired boiler that means coal (hopper IN)? In fact, I seem to recall that 3M makes almost anything (www.3m.com has a very big list). When I planned my railroad I found it helpful to try to imagine as many things as possible for industries and then pared them down to those that were neat to model, those with neat payloads and then those that I did need for a given industry. For instance, if you need glue for 3M, does that mean you need a glue factory? Or perhaps a chemical factory? Neal
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