Fulton, IL Industries

   Fulton, IL on the UPRR Geneva Subdivision has a couple of indutries served by the railroad; the Agri-Bunge facility and Fulton CO-OP.  The Agri-Bunge facility is loosely based on the actual prototype in Fulton while the CO-OP is free lanced.  I looked for a second prototype in Fulton, but Agri-Bunge was the only one I could find in Fulton that was served by rail.  I still plan to add some chutes to the CO-OP grain bins and remove/replace "Goodyear" from the Agri-Bunge building.  I pretty much used available kits and re-used buildings from the Rochelle Sub.  The propane tanks and "Goodyear" building are scratch built while the silos, grain bins, elevator, and CO-OP buildings are kits.

Here the prototype Agri-Bunge

More Static Grass

   I decided to spruce up the mainline with some more static grass.  This time I used Woodland Scenics static grass flock medium green and harvest gold.  Some areas I used medium green, other area harvest gold and in still other areas a blend of the two colors.  This static grass is s bit longer than what I have used previously.

Warehouse Photo Background

Got tired of looking at the blank blue backdrop behind the warehouse parking lot so I decided to add some photos.  I took a few photos I had shot from the Proviso area and printed them out in color on 8"X11.5" paper.  After taping the photos together, I laminated them and cut them out. Finally, I glued them to the background.

Non Railroad Indutries Near the Yard

Took a couple of detailed pictures of the non railroad industries installed last week.  The loading dock in the first building needs some work still.

Yard Tower / Industries Video

Here's a video of trains running past the latest two layout projects.

Clinton Small Industrial Area

   Just east of the two large warehouses next to the Proviso/Clinton yard was a area that needed additional businesses that would be near a railroad right of way, but not necessarily with rail service.   Rather than scratch build actual prototypes from the Clinton area, I just threw some buildings from my previous layout, the Rochelle Sub, in the area to see how they fit.  Over time I messed with numerous different orientations.  I was looking for a mix of old and new structures that are common for a lot of present day industries.  Below is the orientation that I finally settled on.

   With the location of structures set, the next step was putting in a parking lot for the industries.  I wanted the parking lot to be old and in somewhat disrepair as you would typically find near a railroad right of way.  I first marked off the boundaries of the lot and used Woodland Scenics "Smooth It" plaster to fashion a lot.

Once the plaster was dried I painted it a light gray and added gravel around the edges and on the lot itself.  The gravel on the lot was to represent where pot holes has been filled in.  A 6' chain link fence from Gold Metals Products completed the project.  I did not have quite enough chain link fencing on hand, so I filled in the last bit with wood fencing.  The wood fencing adds to the ad-hoc look of the scene. 

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