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Here's a view of the Alabama By-Products (now Drummond Company) coke plant in Tarrant, Al (Bhm) as viewed from the CSX (L&N) Boyles Yard. Some points of interest are 1/ it has it's own company RR that interchanges with CSX and NS, 2/ It's located on one leg of the Boyles Yard wye. 3/Between it and Boyles Yard is the SRM Aggregates Quarry. 4/ It's virtually surrounded by rail! There's ALOT of prototype industry close together.
I thought it might be of interest here...
MP15's in the "clash yard" at Boyles.
One set of Hump Engines at the crest. They're SD38's.
The top scene is exactly the way I want my slag pit to look! AND I also have a Kato SD38-2 in the CN&W scheme, waiting to be repainted in the colors of that CSX one in the third photo. THANX for posting these!
Glad you like them, Ken. I posted them because sometimes the prototype has alot packed into a concentrated area too. That said, Boyles yard would take MUCH space to model unless it was "selectively condensed" like we're all used to doing on a model RR.
