INDUSTRIES REVISED

I finally made up my mind on what industries will be on  my Michigan South Central layout. I moved a few of them around to take advantage of space and the numerous of siding I have on the track plan. This caused a revision in Track Plan 3.0 which I thought was my last.

MSCR TRACK PLAN 4.0

You can view an up close and detailed version by clicking on the MSCR Track Plan in the right column.

HOMER TEAM TRACK

I still wasn't happy with the short siding that was still at the edge of the layout in Homer on Track Plan 3.0 so I turn it inward and moved the team track  from Moscow to here.

IMPERIAL CANIN

I chosed  the dog food plant over the brewery because of the volume of inbound traffic into it.

GREAT LAKES PLYWOOD

I went in a completely different direction and away from a steel processor to a plywood distributor base on Inland Plywood's facility in Pontiac, Mi. It would make Pikestuff proud because the type of buildings being used. I got the idea from a posting under Industries Along The Rails in my favorite forum now, Big Blue.

U.S. AMMONIA

At Pulaski, I kept the ammonia distributor but changed the name to U.S. Ammonia.

ROLL FORM, INC

The big change was the replacement of Temple Inland with an automotive parts supplier called Roll Form. This industry is base on a company called Shape Corporation in Grand Haven, Mi., that makes bumper beams. Shape doesn't have direct rail service but ships its product by rail in 60' Hi Cube Boxcars through a warehouse company in Grand Haven call Bay Logistics, which in its own right would be a nice industry to model because it also receives a lot of boxcars of newsprint. I found this tread on another forum, Railroad Fan, that gave me the idea to model this industry. My version of this industry is rail served and will be receiving coil cars of steel on the first track and shipping bumpers in 60' Hi Cube Boxcars on the second track.

BOX CORP. OF AMERICA

I moved Temple Inland to Hanover and gave it a new name, Box Corporation Of America. By moving it here I will be able to use the short double ended siding to hold cars until needed by the plant, just like the prototype does in Biglerville, Pa.

NULINE PACKAGING

The bleach packaging plant that was in Hanover is now in Moscow with a new name, NuLine Packaging. I went away from the one track arrangement of the prototype and added a second track for shipping boxcars of bleach.

I'm basically happy with the choices I've made for the industries and the track arrangement on the layout, now it's time to get rid of the cardboard mock ups and build them in plastic.