West Linncott walk-about

Here a westward view from the High line shows the new Tri_State Baking plant on the left.  This is a replacement kit-bash of Walther's Red Wing milling for the strucure I was going to use mentioned in the previous link story.  Also, on the right is the West Linncott water tower andPurity Foods.

A view eastward from above the west end has the SOFCO plant on the left and the Spectrum Paint Company on the right.

Down on the street crossing we see some fellows at the SOFCO plant unloading some materials on the truck dock.  The "High Line" is in the background:

Across the tracks from SOFCO is the Spectrum Paint Plant.  This a kit-bash of a number of old AHM/IHC kits:

The Merchants Shipping And Storage building is a prety much stock Walthers kit with a different dock on the back, a different foundation, and a very tedious brick treatment:

Just east of the Merchant's building is Cook County Oil, a Pure Oil distributer.  This was bashed from a Walthers Interstate Oil Co. kit of my late Father's.  A different roof treatment inspired by Tony Thompson:

http://modelingthesp.blogspot.com/2017/01/modifying-interstate-oil-part-4.html

and some different tanks from Plastruct give this ubiquitous structure a different appearence:

Another view of the oil company with Purity Food and Tri_State Baking in the distance:

Purity Foods is built over it's siding and receives meat reefers and packaging supplies by rail, and ships finished processed meats and food products:

A look down the track toward Tri_State Baking.  CY&P Baldwin VO 1000 #10 is working there, so we don't want to get in the way.  Boxcars of packaging, bagged sugar and flour, tanks of vegetable oil, and now AirSlide deliveries of flour are made here:

A quick shot of #10 pulling by:

This has been a fun tour, time to head out after a look around of this industrious area.

I'm diggin' it!

Thanks for the extended tour

I am STILL liking this module Bob. Switching has endless possibilities, and is interesting. I really like your brickwork, especially the Merchants building. This is a fitting tribute to Linn Westcott...and I bet he is smiling at your fantastic effort.

Michael

Thanks Paul and Michael...

for your kind words.  Lots of enjoyable time can be spent on an urban industrial layout.  Operating is of course exciting, but also are the construction of structures and pondering situations for the best fit.  I want to tackle the Central District next.  This was saved pretty much intact during the "big change."  There are a couple empty lots to fill and just a litttle track there to do.

Dig it!

I like the building sizes as well as the modeling. The "tunnel" of industries looks great and very inspiring.

Nice wordplay

Nice module, I especially like the "Linn Westcott" reference. I'm looking forward to seeing more.

West Linncott

Do you have a track plan?

Bob that is fantastic

Bob that is fantastic modeling. Very nicely done. It captures the feel of many towns I have been through when industries populated the cities and towns along the Ohio River and its tributaries. That is back in the days where most things in our lives had made in America stamped on them, It has been a long time since seeing that was common place. Thanks for sharing your layout and talent with the rest of us.

Awesomesauce

Great job kitbashing!  I'm just starting to dabble in that area and it really is fun. 

Jeff

Thanks to all

Here is a sketch of the track layout:

The two very far right turnouts should be 6Rs.

Jeff, it is so much fun to imagine and effect changes to stock structures so they don't look like you've seen them everywhere.  It takes time, but worth it.  The Model Railroader articles by the late Art Curren collected into a Kalmbach book,"Kitbashing HO Model Railroad Structures" were my real initial inspiration to do this kind of stuff.  There is a newer book "How To Kitbash Structures" by Tony Koester that is easier available too.

Rob, it's why I like modeling in that great era.  I live in a smaller city.  There was one area along a two block stretch that had a paper mill, two wood products plants and a baking company all rail served in 50s - 60s when I was a kid.  Several hundred people working there.  Now just the paper mill still  operates, although a company is now using one of the wood products buildings still standing.  One can do a lot of modeling in a small area and be realistic instead of the contemporay scene where everything is so spread out.

Love industrial switching

Excellent "big industry" look, Bob. I'm always looking for ideas to get away from the look of "right out of the Walther's catalog" look for my industrial scenes.

Can you please tell me more about the "stepped" front of the Sofco plant, and the brick section of Spectrum Paint by the water tower? I assume those are kitbashed kits, but I'd really appreciate if you can go into the 'nuts and bolts' of how you created them.

Thanks in advance,

Ralph

Big Industry

Hi Ralph,

I got my inspiration for the SOFCO plant from this post by Elvin Howland, "Ferroequineologist":

https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/west-linncott-open-for-business-12206353

The structure was built from Design Preservation Miniatures modular components.  The "stepped" effect was made from blank wall sections cut to the desired height. A pitched roof and clerestory ventilator was then added. The backs of the resulting facade were then covered with brick paper.

The Spectrum Paint Company was kit-bashed from AHM/IHC kits, cutting various wall sections to what I wanted.  If you mean the Purity Food plant by the elevated water tower, that is again DPM wall modules with the brick section, I think you mean, made from Plastruct "brick" sheet as the size needed couldn't be had from the DPM modules.

I hope this helps.

Thank you, Bob!

Indeed, thanks for the details on the construction of those buildings! Now that you mention it, I remember that thread.

Ralph

Bob that is the same reason I

Bob that is the same reason I wanted to model what I do location and time. Small town 9 mile terminal railway, 13 steel mills or related industries, coal mines, 3 glass plants, a tile plant, tobacco factory (Mail Pouch) 3 freight stations, can factory, grocery suppliers, meat packing, and more. Every few blocks another major employer, nearly all gone now.

To see prosperity return would be great.

Urban feel

Very well done. I like the industries are big enough to give the feel of a city scene. From the track plan looks like a little bit of thought is required before you make you switch moves.

Tom

Yes , one has to plan a step

Yes , one has to plan a step or two ahead, but it wasn't planned to become  a switching puzzle. I intend on having trains of a number of cars that won't plug up the tracks.  For instance, the baking company could potentially receive 3 or at most 4 cars, most days only one or two or at times none will be dropped.  One has also to provide track space for empties and loads going back. It will be fun!

Linn Westcott

I have to echo the nice things said about Linn Westcott.  I had the pleasure of meeting him several times in  Milwaukee, WI.

Most Excellent

Love what you have been able to do with kits and modular parts from DPM. And like others have said, it should be fun to operate too.

Jack