You might have an "industry of the week" to stimulate discussion. Invite comments pertaining to the type of carloads in and out, frequency of traffic,...
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Jon Cure
jcure@...
Apr 1, 2000 3:56 pm
I don't know Jack. We may just be victims of the success of lists in general. There are just so many of em. I'm defiantly hanging out if something comes up. ...
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csxt4290@...
Apr 1, 2000 7:56 pm
I joined the list because I was to understand that there would be discussions on "realistic" operations on layouts. I am a member of a HO scale club here in ...
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csxt4290@...
Apr 1, 2000 8:01 pm
Also, that is one heck of a list name to type in to post things from one's email box. "Ry-ops-industrialSIG" maybe start a list called "ModelRRops" or...
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George Downer
gdowner@...
Apr 1, 2000 11:18 pm
I'd be interested to hear what industries you have. Our club has a large layout and we need ideas for industries on an expansion area we're working on. George...
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dhusman
dhusman@...
Apr 2, 2000 1:50 pm
... ==================== The OpsSig has a separate site that is shared with the Layout Design Sig. They very frequently discuss train orders, signals, etc. ...
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csxt4290@...
Apr 2, 2000 8:59 pm
George, For starters, go to the link and look at the pic, the odd shaped brick structure is the Ford Plant mainly AutoParts boxcars. There is the Co-OP grain...
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Mark Cowles
cowles@...
Apr 3, 2000 3:42 am
One industry that I find usefull is a car repair shop. I can send to itthe cars that I've acquired but for which I don't have an industry to ship them to....
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Dcrammer@...
Apr 3, 2000 4:05 am
In a message dated 4/2/00 8:45:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time, cowles@... writes: << One industry that I find usefull is a car repair shop. I can send to ...
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PBowers
57era@...
Apr 3, 2000 8:38 pm
Hello All, Some important news! Onelist and eGroups Sites were merged over weekend! Some have known for quite a while that Onelist and eGroups were merging. ...
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George Downer
gdowner@...
Apr 3, 2000 8:58 pm
Steve, Thanks for the list. We need ideas. Our club completed a new section of mainline (we now have 16 scale miles from one end to the other!) and will be ...
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dhusman
dhusman@...
Apr 4, 2000 3:15 am
... ========================= If you want a greater car mix, put in a pier with a crane on it. Uses flats and gons with open top loads. Want to run that...
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George Downer
gdowner@...
Apr 4, 2000 3:40 pm
Dave, you have some good ideas. This is a long narrow area (3' X 23') and we've filled it with the three industries (Navy base, intermodal facility & coal...
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csxt4290@...
Apr 4, 2000 5:20 pm
George, No prob. Sounds nice! One Ind. I had on my layout was "Plasticware" Loaded hoppers (plastic pellet) in and Loaded Boxcars (finished product) out. I did...
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George Downer
gdowner@...
Apr 4, 2000 9:51 pm
RailTek, are they located in New Castle, PA? I have a picture of them doing some prototype 0-5-0 switching, three guys pushing a covered hopper because ...
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jfmurphy
jfmurphy@...
Apr 4, 2000 10:20 pm
Just FYI for those not familiar with this listing, below is a link to the Operations Sig where you can download an industrial database of over 6,200 actual...
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csxt4290@...
Apr 5, 2000 9:17 pm
I never heard of an actual company called RailTek, I just made it up one day, and did it. ll they do (on the layout anyway) is restore various things for...
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Jon Cure
jcure@...
Apr 5, 2000 10:32 pm
There is a shortline holding company out of Texas called RailTex. Owns about 18 short lines all over the country. But they for the most part reatin their...
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dhusman
dhusman@...
Apr 6, 2000 2:35 am
... ==================== Wanna drive 'em nuts? Make it an auto unloading facility (inbound loads, outbound empties). On the car cards for the inbound auto...
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George Downer
gdowner@...
Apr 6, 2000 2:49 am
Wouldn't they all be facing the same way? I assume all the cars would all be loaded at the Chevy plant from the same end. Or would the train be made up of...
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dhusman
dhusman@...
Apr 6, 2000 2:31 pm
... made ... ================== But how many dealers just sell one model of Chevy? Most auto ramps handle a variety of bi-levels and tri-levels from different ...
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Paul/Celine Kossart
kozys@...
Apr 7, 2000 3:26 am
... Get a NextCard Visa, in 30 seconds! 1. Fill in the brief application 2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds 3. Get rates as low as 2.9% Intro or...
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Dennis Rockwell
dennis@...
Apr 7, 2000 1:20 pm
... Railroads carried autos in boxcars (often with end doors) in the '50s. A simple platform models this nicely; perhaps a period-specific changeable...
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BillJewett@...
Apr 10, 2000 3:46 pm
Hi Steve McMullen -- You mentioned a number of industries on your club layout in Akron. Operations SIG is compiling a list of industries throughout North...
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Benjamin Pennington
benpenn@...
Apr 11, 2000 9:14 pm
Hi Bill: Will you please send me the database for the NC region? Thanks....
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csxt4290@...
Apr 12, 2000 1:11 am
Bill, First I am a member of the club, it is not "my" layout (I didnt start the club:) The layout is just getting into the operating sessins, and smoe of the...
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Paul/Celine Kossart
kozys@...
Apr 12, 2000 3:30 am
Hi all, I am in the process of designing the layout in my basement (CB&Q, fictional branchline, circa 1969) and want to have a large appliance manufacturer ...
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Jon Cure
jcure@...
Apr 12, 2000 4:19 am
Paul the (i believe) Frigidare plant in Evansville Indiana is just one huge building. Kind like the Long building in Walthers papermill. Maybe start with that...
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Chris McKinnon
chrism@...
Apr 12, 2000 8:35 am
... Freon is a gas that liquifies under a small amount of pressure (like ammonia) so it would be shipped in a tanker. Smaller quantities would move in...
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christian bell
bellcxb@...
Apr 12, 2000 8:09 pm
... *Coil and/or sheet steel ... Outbound loads would be appliances, of course, in boxcars and hi-cubes, and ... Newton Iowa on the Iowa Interstate mail former...
