Dave: Depending on the industry, some have their own scales on their property. This is the way it was on the Keokuk Junction. All the rules about scales and their accuracy apply
Bob Nicholson ___________________________________________________ --- In [email protected], "ctxmf74" <ctxm@...> wrote: > > Hi all, still working on my new layout plan. I've re-drawn it to simplify > the track plan and eliminate some switches as was suggested by group input > and now I'm trying to pick some plausible industries for the spurs and > develop an operating scenario. I've looked at some bing aerial photos to get > ideas for industries and found some very interesting possibilities, one > especially surprising was an industry that takes a couple of coil cars at a > time into their building for unloading. Also found a scrap iron dealer that > has a 4 wheel diesel critter moving gondolas around. > One thing I'm thinking about is the use of a scale on a shortline. Does > anyone know when a car would be required to be weighed and how it would be > accomplished on a shortline? Would the shortline need a scale on property or > could the interchanging class one railroad weigh the cars somewhere down the > line? Anyone familiar with this? ...Dave Branum > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
