INDUSTRIES REVISED AGAIN

After operating the railroad with the way it was revised it just working out by having Box Corp. Of America in Hanover. To many cars needed to be switched into the right order and its on a grade which caused a lot of derailments pushing cars up grade into BCA or Hanover siding. I moved BCA back to Pulaski and moved Roll Form to Hanover. This should be the last of moving industries around on the layout. HOPEFULLY!!

BOX CORPORATION OF AMERICA

ROLL FORM, INC.

I once again change the track plan in what I'm gonna call Track Plan 5.0 to show the revisions I've made. I also made changes to the East Yard in Moscow and the holding tracks for Imperial Canin in Homer. You can get a up close detailed version of Track Plan 5.0 by clicking on the the MSCR Track Plan in the right hand column. 

TRACK PLAN 5.0

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.

INDUSTRIES

Wow! It has been a long time since I posted something new. I've haven't really had time due to my J..O..B. I'm glad that I got rid of my website and went to this blog, money saved! Over the past few weekends I did manage to build some cardboard and plastic mock ups of the industries that will be featured on the layout.

Imperial Canin or Imperial Brewing

Homer will have two industries which I haven't really made up my on what they are going to be. The first industry could be a brewery called Imperial Brewing or a pet food manufacturer called Imperial Canin. They both use similar kinds of cars, covered hoppers, corn syrup tank cars and insulated boxcars. If I go with the pet food manufacturer, it would be based on the Kibbles N Bits Plant in Lawrence, KS. The only one that I found that uses corn syrup. Yuengling Brewing in Tampa, FL., would be the inspiration behind my choice for a brewery.

Ameri Metal Containers or AmeriCoil Steel

The second industry in Homer could be satellite industry to Imperial Canin called Ameri Metal Containers, a can manufacturer that would receive steel coils. My second choice is Americoil Steel, a coil processor which takes steel coils and slit them down to smaller sizes. I leaning towards the coil processor because they can be large or small industries that could be easily modeled. Delaco Kasle in Woodhaven, MI., and and D'Coil Steel in Sheffield Village, OH., are what I consider small facilities. 

Pulaski will have two rail served industries, Great Lakes Ammonia, a anhydrous ammonia dealer, and Temple-Inland, a corrugated box manufacturer.

Great Lakes Ammonia

I got the ideal for Great Lakes Ammonia from Jack Hill's post on the Atlas Forum, Another EZ to model, prototype industry. After doing some research on this industry, I found out that Tanner Industries owns this facility and many others like it. Here is the birds eye view of the facility near Tamaqua, PA., and the one near me in Inkster, MI.

Temple-Inland Dock

Temple-Inland is based on the plant in Biglerville, PA.. The plant receives linerboard and corrugating medium in boxcars and pressureaide covered hoppers of corn starch at the warehouse and ships out boxcars of scrap card board from the dock. 

Temple-Inland Warehouse

If you want some great information on how the Temple Inland plant in Biglerville, Pa., operates, check out Jack Hill's Blog, Welcome To The New Castle Industrial Railroad, where he explains it in detail.

Chlor Pak

There is only one industry in Hanover, Chlor Pak, a bleach packaging plant. This neat little industry will receive covered hoppers of plastic pellets to make plastic bottles and tank cars of chlorine to make the bleach. Also, it will ship out bottles of bleach in boxcars. This industry is based on a facility in Michigan City, In., owned by On-Line Packaging.

Wolverine Cement & Moscow Team Track

Moscow is home to Wolverine Cement, a cement distributor, and a team track. 

MSCR Engine Service Facility

The engine service facility for the MSCR is also located in Moscow