Downtown Orlando, Fl

[Paulman]

I did find by chance an interesting area downtown Orland. It is the blocks north of Silver Meteor Drive. In two blocks are three tracks running parallel between "shoe box buildings" with a lot of load and unloading docks. The tracks extend more to the left (west) with more industry.

Do we have someone from Orlando in the forum who might comment on the kind of industry and may be add some detail photos?

Google Link
http://maps.google.de/maps?hl=de&ie=UTF8...6&t=h&z=18

This is the result of an initial drive-through to get a better lay of the land. As you can see the photo selections are a bit random, but this is a good start. Hope it helps!

Here's the map the photos are keyed to (click to embiggen):


And here are the photos:

01) I liked what Lance Mindheim did with a similar industry on his layout ("February 6, 2010: Pallet Trucks", here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.lancemindheim.com/progress_photos.htm">http://www.lancemindheim.com/progress_photos.htm</a><!-- m -->), so I bagged it for future use.


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03) You'll notice a bit of garbage and a lot of weeds, but these sidings aren't too trashy. Either this industrial park is a bit off the beaten path for the nighttime crowd, or owners clean up their areas regularly.


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06) Quite a contrast between this photo and the next; taken from the same spot!


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10) Just beyond the bend in the distance is the site for the Appliance Direct photo I posted above.


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