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@dickryker wrote:
Since the Bagnell Branch is being “imagineered” to 1979, you might want to consider adding new industries that developed between 1955 and 1979. A likely choice would be frozen poultry, similar to the Tyson plant in Searcy, AR. Such a plant at, say, Russelville would create a need for the branch’s existence and the continued RI interchange at Eldon. ART reefers could be sent to Jeff City for cleaning and delivery to the on-line plant. Then you would have a need for several 70 ton ART cars
This would be a nice addition and I like adding the mechanical reefers to the mix. I have several buildings in Russellville that can easily be taken off the layout. I just need to design a structure that will fit between the highway and house track that resembles a poultry plant. The feed mills are pretty much ‘planted’ in the landscape and can’t be moved.
