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The coal yard/lumber yard combination you remember was quite common in small to medium sized towns at least through the 1950's. By then coal had pretty much become obsolete as a form of home heating fuel. I model in HO, but I think all of the kits I used are available in N. I have built a similar combination dealer using the Walthers "O.L. King & Sons" Coal yard as a starting point. The brick building with covered truck scale better represents a little larger company. I added an Atlas Lumber Yard for the lumber storage portion of the business. I recently replaced the coal bins that came with the "O.L. King" kit with the coal silos from the Walthers "Golden Flame" fuel company, since I liked the more impressive silo setup, and provides a better coal unloading facility for my location. Your mention of sand and gravel just may inspire me to retain the old coal bins for sand and gravel! The "Goldenflame" office/scale would be good for a smaller business. As far as plans for the layout of this operation, you have a lot of flexibility depending on size and shape of the available area. If possible, you may want separate tracks for coal and lumber to be unloaded (I have to make do with one track, so any coal cars have to be "pulled" in order to bring in a lumber car). If possible, you want to keep the lumber as far as possible away from the coal area to help keep the lumber as clean as possible. An office building large enough to house a retail hardware/builder's supply would also be a plus. Also, the entire business should probably be fenced in. Hope this helps. Ron H.
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