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[quote user="jammin.madrid"]I am planning on building an HO scale steel plant.  I heard that these plants require materials such as coke and some other material...  I think limestone if I am not mistaken.  And I understand that companies would bring in the coke and the other material via rail system.  My first question is what are the materials that the plant would need coke and what else?  The other is if I should model another scene for coke (and the other material) mining?  Or could I have a dock scene in which the materials are being brought in from "overseas" or down (up) the river?  Thanks for any help that you can give me. [/quote] A dock scene would be very acceptable for a steel mill. A lot of steel mills are located near rivers or The Great Lakes and have raw materials such as coal or iron ore brought to them by barge or ship traffic. Coal is  converted into coke in coke ovens so this could serve as a destination for unit coal trains on your layout. As for modeling a coal mine it's very hard to include both coal mines and coal consuming industries such as power plants or steel mills on a layout and have enough space between them to make it seem like a credible journey.
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