Shredded Wheat factory

[Charles Smiley]

This is the last big structure to fill a vacant area in my industrial Oakland area. Lots to do to finish the building and integrate it into the layout. So this is the first look at the thing. The mirror behind the silos helps exaggerate the length.

It borrows some ideas from the real Oakland Nabisco Shredded Wheat plant and some ideas from the nearby old Albers cereal and feed plant. It's all made from artist's Illustration board and lots of Grandt Line windows. The space sign is a mix of two Blair Line laser cut signs blended together.

[Rico]

Very nice Charles!
What type of cars service this plant, besides the obvious hoppers that is...

[Old 97]

It's all made from artist's Illustration board and lots of Grandt Line windows.

Impressive Sir!!

[Unfettered]

Very nice!!!

[straight-track]

I would think boxcars to bring in packaging supplies (cardboard boxes etc ) and to haul away finished products. In addition to trucks that is ! Very nice work !

[Charles Smiley]

Yes. I plan to run just boxcars in and out. Until around the late 50s grain was delivered in boxcars with the doorways boarded up partway. Covered hoppers came after my timeframe of the mid to late 50s.

And boxed goods in clean boxcars for loads out. I might "bring in" the raw wheat on a track out of view -- on the other side of the factory -- and just put a real siding in for finished goods out. The area is cramped tight up against a scene divider. On the other side is a large hill with a rock and gravel siding and the mainline popping out of a nearby tunnel.

The main purpose of this Nabisco plant is to hide the main tracks coming into the city of Oakland's industrial area. The tall silos really make that job easier. Visually it all works pretty well so far.

[GenSet]

Really neat, would like to see your track plan.

[Motley]

Great work on that!

And I love shredded wheat!

[Charles Smiley]

I added a building that allows boxcars to unload grain and a "leg" that lifts incomming grain to the metal storage bins in front of the concrete silos.

The tracks that support the facility are finished and ballasted.