Stein's Minneapolis Warehouse district 1957 (HO)

[steinjr]

I really enjoyed seeing those historic photos, Stein. However, on closer inspection of the photo below, it appears to be scrap metal that's being transloaded. Looks like an opportunity to squeeze in another industry. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Oooh, man - that was pretty evil of you!

Yeah, I have been pondering this area all day. And I have realized that what is most important to me is not the barge terminal warehouse. I have warehouses all over the layout.

What is important to me about the barge terminal is to get a destination for flatcars, gondolas and tank cars, plus a chance to model some different barges (that can be swapped out according to what kind of load I want to load or unload there).

Plus I would very much like to get a RR crane down there somewhere. Looking at the prototype photos again, the shed covering the grain chute also is pretty modelgenic, and Minneapolis was after all a major center for grain traffic (mostly in boxcars back then).

How about if I do something like this ?



I will have to lay it out on the layout and check clearances to see if it could work.

Smile,
Stein