Your work history and your RR

[simon1966]

My work history has no impact on my layout at all. My wife's family history does however. I have modeled the mine in which her grandfather was killed. I have also modeled an animal feed mill owned by a friends family.

[Anonymous]

My job in no way reflects my modeling. I just have an image in my head that I'm trying to capture in my layout. I can see old dirty buildings, heavy manufacturing industry, and somewhere in the bowels of a large eastern city. The year would be somewhere around 1955 to 1965.

[tomwatkins]

My work history doesn't play a part in what I model. I spent my career in the automotive industry. Where I live certainly does. I live in the southern Blue Ridge mountains in NE Georgia, and model the Southern and L&N in western North Carolina.
Have Fun,
Tom Watkins

[cwclark]

I plan on modeling a refinery, sawmill, container yard, and limestone quarry..All of these industries are in my immediate area, except for the limestone quarry which I remember as a kid from the RR tracks behind my house ...I work in the refinery business and my wife works as a longshoreman for the port of Houston so yes..a lot of the layout pertains to my wife and my occupation...Chuck[:D]

[DonaldAgne]

I don't have any industries on my layout. I modeled a mountain resort and small village and included lots of places I like to go (ski resorts, Japanese inns) and things I like to do (camping, fishing, motorcycling, hiking, skiing, karaoke).

[Anonymous]

Strickly fiction with some scenes that were from the train set up from my childhood.

[krump]

Correctional Facilities and all the significant business and residences that I recall.

Shawn-118 - where in BC Canada are you?, what Mill do you speak of?

cheers,
Krump

[Anonymous]

Lets see I have a Fire Station (I am a fire fighter) a Police Station ( I was a cop) a flour mill ( my dad works at one) a machine shop (father in law works there). I quess my work history and my family all play a part in my railroad. I did this as kind of a living history for my son, when he gets older he will have something to relate to each of his family members.

[Fergmiester]

The RR that I'm building is based on the geography of where I'm modelling. Saying that because of my work assosciation with the sea there will definitavely be a seaport.

[rexhea]

I tend to model industries that I am familiar with either by work association or with those that I can easily get first hand information on. However, the final selection I choose depends on the flow of raw product to finished product and if it will fit in my overall operation. i.e., coal to coke to steel, timber to lumber to sales, oil production to refining to sales.

REX

[Javern]

none for me, strictly childhood memories and living next to rr tracks

[shawn-118]

How does your work history affect the type's of industry that you have on your RR, or are going to have on your RR? I have a sawmill, plup mill and OSB plant. Now I'm planing to add a fiber shipping area and maybe a lumber loading terminal. If space allowes I'm hoping to add a contianer loading terminal also. I've worked as a Longshoreman for 3 years and for the last 8 years I've worked in a sawmill in B.C. Canada.