We have been pretty busy this Fall/Winter developing the new town of Fields Landing on the railroad and was hoping the subject of this years MIK build would fit in somewhere. With the announcement of the “line side industry” as the subject I thought I was in trouble as most all the real estate in the new town was/is spoken for and there was only one available siding.
There is one little triangle area way down at the end of the siding that was available, but what kind of an industry would fit in there and be half way practical? I Googled “Small rail side industries” trying to come up with an idea that might work. A small fuel facility popped up and after thinking about it and considering some twists that could be put on it I headed for the junk/parts boxes.
A very bad screen shot of “sorta” what I have in mind only with a twist.
I made a rough cardboard templet of the area available and placed some cutouts of the structures that I want to fit in the area.
After rooting through all the possibly usable parts and pieces this is what I have came up with so far, Oh, and a piece of cement board out in the barn for the base. Looking like I might have to spends some money this year.
The twist will be adding a small “gas station” to the facility, the truck will need to be repainted and lettered for Texaco, not sure that will fall within the time limits of the Challenge though.
Napkin drawing to follow.
