09-24-2015, 04:43 PM
Hi all,
Thanks for the really helpful advice, as well as the links FCIN, much appreciated. That has given me a lot of material to go on. I think I have enough to work with now. I plan on having a two track spur, each holding 4 cars. One track will be an unloading spur (four different grades, one at each spot), the other will be a holding track. That should give some decent operational capacity while also being realistic (and not overwhelming the scene). Nearby, I will have a low-relief structure indicating the rear of the industry receiving the corn syrup. I plan to base this structure on the building next to the corn syrup spur seen here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://goo.gl/maps/fdyu7C8uqFC2">https://goo.gl/maps/fdyu7C8uqFC2</a><!-- m --> (kindly provided by FCIN, thank you again for providing that, very inspirational. I especially like the road cutting across at the end of the spur).
Considering I have a 4 foot by 18" space to work with (plus off-layout fiddle-yard) a corn syrup facility offers some real operational potential in a fairly small space, and can be modelled prototypically without too much artistic license or compression needed (most of the facility being off-layout!)
Thanks for the really helpful advice, as well as the links FCIN, much appreciated. That has given me a lot of material to go on. I think I have enough to work with now. I plan on having a two track spur, each holding 4 cars. One track will be an unloading spur (four different grades, one at each spot), the other will be a holding track. That should give some decent operational capacity while also being realistic (and not overwhelming the scene). Nearby, I will have a low-relief structure indicating the rear of the industry receiving the corn syrup. I plan to base this structure on the building next to the corn syrup spur seen here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://goo.gl/maps/fdyu7C8uqFC2">https://goo.gl/maps/fdyu7C8uqFC2</a><!-- m --> (kindly provided by FCIN, thank you again for providing that, very inspirational. I especially like the road cutting across at the end of the spur).
Considering I have a 4 foot by 18" space to work with (plus off-layout fiddle-yard) a corn syrup facility offers some real operational potential in a fairly small space, and can be modelled prototypically without too much artistic license or compression needed (most of the facility being off-layout!)