Meat Packing Plant
Armor and Company has its roots in Milwaukee, where in 1863 Philip D. Armor joined John Plankinton (founder of Layton and Plankinton Packaging in 1852) to found Plankinton, Armor and Company. Together, the partners expanded their meatpacking operation in Milwaukee to Blankinton and established branches in Chicago and Kansas City and an export home in …
Adrian Blissfield Railroad Company
The Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road Company (reporting mark ADBF) is a Class III short line railroad which operates 20 miles (32 km) of railroad track between Adrian and Riga, in Lenawee County, Michigan. The Railroad owns approximately 2.5 miles of track that run through the Village, and, although the Railroad does not cross state …
Rock the the lake shore
When most people think of a lake shore of ocean shore we think of flat and sand. If you think of a natural lake we then think of grass and reed all the way into the lake. But a lot of shores are rocky and not very bare feet friendly. Here we made a rock …
Wash with a bridge
So in this scene we have a Arizona wash the have a bridge. The bridge is from Campbell Scale Model kit 305, Howe Truss Bridge Kit. So the base is made from plaster with a brick form to give it the brick look. Don’t forget if you us a periocular look on one pier or …
Small Downtown scene
In the this photo we have a down town scene next to the tracks. This would be in the 1940’s – 1950’s. So this town choose to place a street next to the track but not touching. They placed rock between the track and the street to keep traffic from crashing in to trains. The …
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Rocks in the scene
In the first photo we have a oil derrick that is on the side of a track junction. Is it in the best location. NO but the oil derrick could have been there first. The ground cover is not seen much but can be seen between the track and the embankment. You should use something …
What kind of rocks are found in Arizona?
Arizona hase over 100 color of rock. We only carry about 25 colors because the railroads only use about 35 colors in the united states.