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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by jawnt For what it's worth --- up until the 60s or later, most ginned cotton was baled, sent to a cotton compress ('nother bidness) where the bales were busted and re-formed in much denser bales, then shipped to cotton warehouses waiting sale to end manufacturing (carpet, fabric, etc. mills). For a good example of cotton warehousing do a terraserver search on Taylor, Texas and look at the ariel photos of the south side of the rail yards of the UP RR, formerly MP RR, formerly IGN RR. Taylor has been a focal point of cotton business in Central Texas for many years. John T. [/quote] John, Yeah, there are lots of things I could model in the cotton process. I thought I'd just limit it to a gin, and ship the cotton bales by rail to another town for the other processing. I just want the layout to have a small rural town look to it. I'm familiar with Taylor, TX. I haven't been there since I was in high school when we played them in football & basketball. I hear they are trying to revitalize their downtown area.
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