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Brakie Wrote:Of the Distilleries was Grandads the largest?
Larry;
The largest distillery served by the F&C was the George T. Stagg Distillery (Schenley) on the two mile spur out of Frankfort. There was a yard inside the distillery grounds that was actually larger than the Frankfort yard with a total of 3 miles of track in that one plant. Old Grand Dad was on a smaller scale, but had an interesting track arrangement. Both of them could be a challenge to switch since you had so many cars that had to be placed in the order the distilleries wanted them. Wasn't unusual to spend as long as 4 or 5 hours switching Schenley and 3 to 4 hours at Grand Dad.

Think I've posted this before, but here's a diagram I made up of the Old Grand Dad plant. Would make for a nice switching layout:    
Mike;
MPB was Pinsly's Montpelier & Barre Railroad.
Ed
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