Add: Ice plants, Railroad Express Agency, and pickle factories -- All 3 industries required specialized freight cars.
Don't forget milk trains picking up the milk cans in the country from a farmer's pick-up truck + simple platform to a centralized processing facility.
Perhaps a refurbished train station will add "abandoned structure" contrast.
Conemaugh Road & Traction circa 1956
Jamis Do you have a time period in mind? That might make a difference as some businesses used railroads in the past and no longer do so.
Do you have a time period in mind? That might make a difference as some businesses used railroads in the past and no longer do so.
I mean in general. anytime, any country, any railroad or railway
any time period.
Do you have a time period in mind? That might make a difference as some businesses used railroads in the past and no longer do so. Here's my list of rail served businesses that I am considering or have seen. MR has a series of newstand books out on line side industries and how to model them. I think there are four or five now.
1. Grain Elevators
2. Seed packaging for agriculture.
3. Feed Mills for livestock.
4. Oil dealers and refiners.
5. Coal dealers.
6. Furniture manufacturers.
7. Meat distribution warehouse.
8. Wholesale grocery warehouse.
9. Building contractor supply yard.
10. Junk yard or metal reclamation facility.
11. Less Than Carload (LCL) transfer facility.
12. Wholesale hardware distribution warehouse.
13. Electrical supply warehouse.
14. Brewery.
15. Foundry or iron works.
16. Paper products manufacturer.
17. Corn syrup distribution facility. Not mine, but it was featured in MRP not too long ago.
Jim - Preserving the history of the NKP Cloverleaf first subdivision.
LMD Manning Could you consider powder cement plant an industry? Not the construction mobile plant, but the ones in factories who uses boxcars?
Could you consider powder cement plant an industry? Not the construction mobile plant, but the ones in factories who uses boxcars?
-Morgan
The following are the only companies i could think of that uses the railroad. I could only think of the following:
-Lumberyards
-steel mills
-power plants
-truck-train terminal buildings
If I'm missing any, please add on.
Note: All eras and locations are acceptable. This is for pure conversation. If anyone gain any ideas congratulations and if you do not, then, oh well. This is for pure talk.