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Re: I'm looking for ideas...
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Wed, 31 Jan 2001 03:31:47 GMT
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Thing that jumps out about rail yards for me is that
rail yards and stations are a evolutionary process.
-Moved sheds(or just the posts) to disused rails that
are unconnected and overgrown.
-Heaps of rails and ties, parts of cars, engines and buildings.
All half rebuilt and abandoned all at the same time.
Bright and new on top of old and worn.
Best
DaveG
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| (...) Great observation! This is true, at least in the US, for all large industrial concerns, but especially so for capital intensive industries like rails with large physical plant, and long lived assets which are so numerous that it is easy to (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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