Light Industry & Land Works

 

Engine Type: Steam & Diesel

Model Gauge: HO, N

Era: 1940’s to Current

Type of Service: Freight

 

Description:

This section includes modern light industry such as small factories and automobile and tire plant, concrete factory, UPS type distribution center and a furniture company.   The other part of this section is devoted to land use endeavors such as logging and lumber processing, quarry activity and marble and brick production.

 

Major Sections:

Logging

Lumber processing

Coal processing

Quarry and quarry extraction

Stone cutting and sales

Manufacturing – auto, tires and engine refurbishing

Delivery service

STATISTICAL DATA FOR SECTION

Section Name:

LIGHT INDUSTRY AND LAND WORKS

 

 

 

Major Engine Road Names:

Sante Fe, Illinois Central, Rock Island, Southern, Smokey Mountain,

Great Northern, Midwest Quarry & Mining, Union Pacific, Erie, Lehigh,

Southern Pacific, Greenbrier, Boise Cascade, Burlington Northern,

Burlington Northern & Sante Fe, Milwaukee

 

 

 

Track Length:

HO Gauge

Equiv.

N Gauge

Equiv.

Total Feet

Miles

Total Feet

Miles

381

6.28

131

3.97

Engines:

HO Gauge

N Gauge

Locomotive

Count

Locomotive

Count

Type

Single

Double

Triple

Type

Single

Double

Triple

Diesel

8

4

 

Diesel

2

6

 

Steam

6

6

 

Steam

 

 

 

Electric

 

 

 

Electric

 

 

 

Trolley

 

 

 

Trolley

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

Total

14

10

0

Total

2

6

0

Rolling Stock:

HO Gauge

N Gauge

Car Type

Count

Car Type

Count

Passenger

 

Passenger

 

Freight

144

Freight

93

Other

 

Other

 

Total

144

Total

93

Running Trains Breakdown:

HO Gauge

N Gauge

Type of railroad Line

Count

Type of railroad Line

Count

Mainline with single train

6

Mainlines with single train

6

Mainline + paired trains

3

Mainline + paired trains

2

Independent Sidings

 

12

Independent Sidings

 

Total

 

 

21

Total

 

 

8

Other:

HO Gauge

N Gauge

Item

Count

Item

Count

Switch Track

 

16

Switch Track

 

 

Tunnel Portals

 

6

Tunnel Portals

 

4