whats your main industry

[Yourchoicebub]

I like to throw in a little of all industries. I have a couple coal mines, a meat processing plant, concrete plant, shipping etc. keeping it interesting will draw more excitement.

[trailrider]

Originally Posted by Iron Horseman

I too expect a steel mill to be my main industry. The Minnequa CF&I plant in Pueblo Colorado specifically. I also have no illusions of doing anything in true scale as it would consume my entire layout space 90x60, but reduce each function to a track or two. I believe the real CF&I had 4 blast furnace towers so if I could get one in and just have a background with the others in the back ground would work. As a child I remember watching the carts of ore going up the "ramp" on the side and dumping the ore in. I want to animate that on my layout.

From the Bessemer Historical Society archives:

What was there versus what is still there depends on the era you are modelling. CF&I still has electric arc furnaces for re-melting scrap. I believe it is now owned by a RUSSIAN outfit! You can check with Wikipedia for history. Because of the presence of asbestos in many of the older buildings, they have not been torn down.

[RBMNfan]

None, I model a current railroad. Okay a team track for unloading containers is my number one industry. I have one in every town like most shortlines do. My number two industry is interchange.


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[Rorysm]

Originally Posted by Espeefan

Citrus packing

I'd love to see that. I would like to do something agricultural in my layout so that would be perfect!

[35tac]

Propane, general freight fowarding and agregate.

[scroggin]

At the moment I just have a coal mine and port. Im Planning a larger layout with a small steelmill a cement works and a gasworks to provide more destinations for the coal. as well as a log yard, lumbermill, meat processer, cannery and dairy factory. Will be modeling New Zealand sceanery and eventually NZR trains

[Y3a]

Coal. Coal. Coal.

[bnsf971]

Originally Posted by Y3a

Coal. Coal. Coal.

Ditto. Ditto. Ditto.
Black diamonds are king. Two coal mines, one barge loading facility, and 200 hoppers. There is a team teack at the station for the occasional box or flatcar.