New Industries for the N.Y.C.T.L.

Greetings All,

Three new industries are now open and ready for business on the N.Y.C.T.L. I finally hit the turn at the Terminal Yard expansion area and added a new on line industry, Bruce Electric Equipment, named for 1:1 John Bruce and 1/87th scale John B. who works the Bedford Tower.

The industry is a nod to John's, encouragement and generosity over the years and his supplying some of the electrical wire used in the Terminal Yard expansion.

The building is made from foam core board using Evans Designs software to make the paper building on my computer. I printed the building on photo paper and glued it to the foam board with a craft bond glue stick.  

Here it is open for business. The loading dock is made from foam core board that I painted with a rattle can.

Signs were found during a Google search and printed out on photo paper. The signs are also attached with a glue stick. 

Three 40' boxcars are shoved into place.

The view from the finished portion of Terminal Yard.

With a three car loading dock Bruce Electric Equipment will be a major on line customer for the N.Y.C.T.L. The 1/87th scale company will mimic their 1:1 counterpart by offering a wide range of electrical products like generators, transformers, rectifiers, control panels, circuit breakers etc.

Within the virtual ops or Penn Central Car Movements B.E.E. should be able to ship and receive with some of the major industries on the participating layouts.

Next up is another 'facade' industry, Terminal Warehouse and Cold Storage. The facade has been in place for several months but now it's lettered and officially open 

Terminal Warehouse is broken down into three buildings and has a total capacity of 10 50' cars or 11 40' cars.

The Terminal Warehouse Building 1 in place next to Bruce Electric Equipment takes care of this corner. Next I'll tackle the foreground 

The huge three building Terminal Warehouse represents the large urban rail served warehouses of yesterday. Breaking it into three buildings offers a nice variety of operational possibilities. The warehouse tenants can be any that I come up with and should be a big plus for the virtual ops as freight traffic increases.

Last but not least is Empire Produce located in the heart of Empire City. This structure has been sitting here for awhile undecorated and unnamed and unused. 

Some stick on letters, printed signs, doors and rooftop details give the building an identity and purpose. 

From the street side Empire Produce fits the neighborhood nicely.

 The lettering and signs catch the eye when looking from this side 

Empire Produce boasts a three car capacity. Below are two 50'ers and one 57'er which is the max.

I chose Empire Produce for this structure made from an old yard sign because I think it will be a good virtual ops industry that can receive freight cars from all participating railroads and it fits into the big city look. Got to feed the 1/87th scale people! The signs show the wide variety of produce that can be shipped from all parts of the country. 

Thanks for reading!