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Agricultural vs Industrial: A new controversy?

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I would have to say a bit of both. <br /> My present layout takes place in a rural setting in a good sized town in Montana. You might want to say it is a urban setting, but the tallest building is the grain elevator next to the water tower. The best way to go is to have a bit of both AND have both raw materials and finished products pickk up and manufacturing plants on a layout, ie. picking up grain at one stop and delivering it to a food processing plant or brewery. Another example is picking up iron ore at one stop and delivering it to a steel mill. Or timber and delivering it to a lumber mill, etc. That would be a good goal to have when planning a good productive layout. My future Layout may incorperate a large town, perhaps Havre MT with more city building and a LARGE 4 track heavy desiel repair shop and maybe a large industrial complex such as a steel mill or a large lumber mill, etc. I think right now what I have for industrys is : a grain elevator, ballast facility, food processing plant(small), a couple freight houses, an oil depot, another oil depot in the future(have the siding, but need the building and tanks), a small dry goods storage, a farm live stock pick up, a frieght car shop(2 track) and a med. size passenger station(remember, people count to as a shipping commadity). I also have a coal tower which needs replenishing from now to then too [:p] Oh yeah, a co-op building for seed, tools and such too. I also have a siding for another plant in the branchline to fill. So there's something else. Not too bad for a layout that's only 14x 23 feet and a small yard to boot as well as a good sized town in the middle of it [;)][:)][^]
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