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I also wanted to add a few more tidbits about coils.. The cars designed for coil business was made by Evans and introduced in the mid 60's I wanted to assist those who are contemplating modeling coil facilities. In Louisville Ky there is a Maytag Plant that makes Washer and Dryers as well as other appliances. They eat coils by the mile. These coils come from a facility 2 hours away on what I believe was the "Ohio" River. There is a large covered barge that is placed full of coils stacked onto each other, fresh from a Steel Mill up (or down) river. A large crane on rails reached out over water and moved these into a storage area. I think I counted some 80 coils on the barge and twice that number in the building. For those who are modeling a complete brewey, the coils moved from central ky to a Anhauser Busch plant in Williamburg Va 3 at a time (Aluminum) per truck. Consider they need about roughly 40 coils a day on a 24/7 3 shifts span... There were large stamp machines driven by computer that would eat the sheet from the coil (About 11 miles im told. I have to see it to believe it..) stampimg out about 190 complete cans (Caps, sides etc) every 2 seconds. There were about 6 of these being fed coils all day as the Midatlantic population literally drinks up the brew as it is being made. That is all I have on coils for now. I hope this information is of value to who ever wants to use coils on a layout but not necessarily model a huge Steel Mill. Lee
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