Wisconsin - Board manufacturer

[sailormatlac]

However in our HO world we tend to use industries that would be best truck served because the industry is far to small and looks like a 53' trailer would over whelm their receiving dock yet,we spot a 40 or 50 foot boxcar at their way to small dock or we spot a 54' covered hopper at a silo to small to hold the load.

Well said... I had exactly the same thought a few months ago when I was looking at my oil dealer.

@Barry: sad truth... I know two folks who recently started running a short line. They are always trying to expand their client base which isn't easy at all... and they have to fight city councils that want to get rid of the rail and ask ridiculous measures. No wonder the big railroads got out of there decades ago.

When I analyzed my prototype for my layout, it was so obvious the rail-service decayed: were there was over 20 clients in the 50s, only about 10 remained in the 70s. Nowadays, only 2 survive. Not enough to bother making a layout out of it!

Matt