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Country: | Posts: 973 BikerDad Posted - 03/16/2005 :  19:20:44   Flour mills, feed lots, breweries, ethanol plants, corn syrup producers, ports, animal feed factories, possibly seed processors. It came to pass... Country: | Posts: 973 BMcElhoe Posted - 03/16/2005 :  19:22:49     Our club layout requires a regular shuttle service of covered hoppers between the grain elevator to the brewery. My decision is maybe and that's final! Bruce Knoxville Area Model Railroaders, Inc. http://www.knoxmodelrailroaders.com/ Country: USA | Posts: 83 BMcElhoe Posted - 03/16/2005 :  19:22:49     Our club layout requires a regular shuttle service of covered hoppers between the grain elevator to the brewery. My decision is maybe and that's final! Bruce Knoxville Area Model Railroaders, Inc. http://www.knoxmodelrailroaders.com/ Country: USA | Posts: 83 Robbman Posted - 03/16/2005 :  19:31:25     Limestone plant. Crushed limestone is shipped in 4740 and 4750 covered hoppers... www.krunk.org/ns-nrv www.mark4design.com www.blmamodels.com Country: USA | Posts: 2322 Robbman Posted - 03/16/2005 :  19:31:25     Limestone plant. Crushed limestone is shipped in 4740 and 4750 covered hoppers... www.krunk.org/ns-nrv www.mark4design.com www.blmamodels.com Country: USA | Posts: 2322 trmwf Posted - 03/16/2005 :  20:41:11   How about a railcar to barge transfer facility and how about a little used outpost yard or siding for storage during other than harvest/peak shipment times. Mike Country: | Posts: 1785 trmwf Posted - 03/16/2005 :  20:41:11   How about a railcar to barge transfer facility and how about a little used outpost yard or siding for storage during other than harvest/peak shipment times. Mike Country: | Posts: 1785 leighant Posted - 03/16/2005 :  21:47:15     You said "grain hopper" and that sort of restricts it to grain, right? But covered hopper is somewhat broader. Flour is frequently carried in covered hoppers but in Airslide (tm) covered hoppers that are different from "grain hoppers". Plastic pellets are shipped in covered hoppers from chemical plants to extrusion and casting plants that make things out of plastic. Portland cement is carried in covered hoppers. Usually 2-bay hoppers will hold all the weight you want to put on the rails. Carbon black is carried in covered hoppers, although a slightly different design than the common models. I am planning to finish a kitbash of one someday. Will require custom decals. Santa Vaca & Santa Fe Rwy. Holy Cow! Country: USA | Posts: 672 leighant Posted - 03/16/2005 :  21:47:15     You said "grain hopper" and that sort of restricts it to grain, right? But covered hopper is somewhat broader. Flour is frequently carried in covered hoppers but in Airslide (tm) covered hoppers that are different from "grain hoppers". Plastic pellets are shipped in covered hoppers from chemical plants to extrusion and casting plants that make things out of plastic. Portland cement is carried in covered hoppers. Usually 2-bay hoppers will hold all the weight you want to put on the rails. Carbon black is carried in covered hoppers, although a slightly different design than the common models. I am planning to finish a kitbash of one someday. Will require custom decals. Santa Vaca & Santa Fe Rwy. Holy Cow! Country: USA | Posts: 672 sp_train_77 Posted - 03/16/2005 :  21:49:58     quote: Originally posted by BikerDad possibly seed processors. Good observation! i used to drive past a seed factory in Collinston, Utah, that was on the UP main line between Ogden and Pocatello, Idaho. The building was a moderate size, perhaps 200 feet long, and always had one to five covered hoppers at the back loading doors. "Sacramento" Bruce Conklin If guns cause crime then pencils cause misspelled words! Country: USA | Posts: 627 sp_train_77 Posted - 03/16/2005 :  21:49:58     quote: Originally posted by BikerDad possibly seed processors. Good observation! i used to drive past a seed factory in Collinston, Utah, that was on the UP main line between Ogden and Pocatello, Idaho. The building was a moderate size, perhaps 200 feet long, and always had one to five covered hoppers at the back loading doors. "Sacramento" Bruce Conklin If guns cause crime then pencils cause misspelled words! Country: USA | Posts: 627 leighant Posted - 03/16/2005 :  21:58:40     I forget the big place you see HUGE quantities of grain hoppers-- the export elevator at a port. Grain is often received from farmers at "country elevators" in farming area and shipped in market season to move in shipload to world markets. Some big export elevators unload 120 hoppers a day or more. Construction article for export grain elevator for MR&T layout Model Railroader Nov86 p.78 "Malt tower beside a harbor". Proto pix, plan. Model RailroaderJuly 1973 p.56 export elevator I modeled w dowels on a 2’x 4’ “quick layout” for kids more "finished" model of export elevator head house on a club layout. Silos from PVC pipe were added alongside headhouse to finish. Santa Vaca & Santa Fe Rwy. Holy Cow! Country: USA | Posts: 672 leighant Posted - 03/16/2005 :  21:58:40     I forget the big place you see HUGE quantities of grain hoppers-- the export elevator at a port. Grain is often received from farmers at "country elevators" in farming area and shipped in market season to move in shipload to world markets. Some big export elevators unload 120 hoppers a day or more. Construction article for export grain elevator for MR&T layout Model Railroader Nov86 p.78 "Malt tower beside a harbor". Proto pix, plan. Model RailroaderJuly 1973 p.56 export elevator I modeled w dowels on a 2’x 4’ “quick layout” for kids more "finished" model of export elevator head house on a club layout. Silos from PVC pipe were added alongside headhouse to finish. Santa Vaca & Santa Fe Rwy. Holy Cow! Country: USA | Posts: 672 caboosejumper Posted - 03/16/2005 :  23:01:35     gain hoppers haul ever thing, I seen sand cement (in 2 bay hoppers), flower, sugar, starch, soybeans,all kind of animal feed, fertilizer, and industial chemicals, they haul what ever someone can get in them. http://home.mchsi.com/~hinzpj3/ Country: USA | Posts: 1394 Page: 1 2 3 of 3 Topic    New Topic |   Topic Locked |   Printer Friendly Next Page Jump To: Select Forum Administrative Forums       News Forum       Administrative Forum Atlas Model Railroad Forums       N Scale Model Railroad Forum       HO Scale Model Railroad Forum       O Scale Model Railroad Forum DCC Forums       DCC Forum  -------------------- Home Active Topics Frequently Asked Questions Member Information Search Page Atlas Model Railroad Co. © 2000-05 Atlas Models
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