On the Reno Branch, storage is at a premium. One industry leases a siding to hold their cars till they can be cycled through their spur for unloading. The unloading takes three cars maximum but at any given time they have 6-10 cars waiting to be unloaded. So off in the middle of the branch there is a siding with cars for no apparent reason. Having given this some thought, I figured this could be a perfect way to display some cars and have a reason to have them on the layout. An industry that takes them but not necessarily on the layout.
For operation, the cars come from the yard and are placed on the track. As the customer needs them, the ones that have been on the siding the longest get taken to the customer. As they are emptied, they go back to the yard to be placed on a train to get reloaded. Kind of a three step process. Takes up time for the operator to place the excess cars in the leased storage track the then to pull the oldest product to deliver to the unloading track. Also on the layout, a short double ended spur wouldn't take up that much room width wise and no associated industry need be modeled. Perfect for a shelf layout or thin area next to an isle.
Cheers,
Greg
For operation, the cars come from the yard and are placed on the track. As the customer needs them, the ones that have been on the siding the longest get taken to the customer. As they are emptied, they go back to the yard to be placed on a train to get reloaded. Kind of a three step process. Takes up time for the operator to place the excess cars in the leased storage track the then to pull the oldest product to deliver to the unloading track. Also on the layout, a short double ended spur wouldn't take up that much room width wise and no associated industry need be modeled. Perfect for a shelf layout or thin area next to an isle.
Cheers,
Greg