Well, Ill admit, I am a diehard New Yorker first off. I always wanted to, and still have plans for a layout based on NY Cross Harbor, NYC's last street running, and carfloating railroad. Unfortunately apartment life has put those plans on hold.
Anyway, I designed this layout plan with elements using Chicago street trackage as well as some of my hometown customers in Brooklyn. I hope to get down to Goose Island soon to photograph some of what I plan to incorporate.
Its 9' long and 6' wide, with a 2' width. All the street running will be using Proto87s girder rail and single point switches. Other yard trackage will be using Central Valley Code 70 switches and track.
Customer A will be a generic newspaper plant.
Customer B is Vesuvio Foods. This customer is based off of Peerless Confectionery, abit renamed for a NY customer. The building will be exactly like Peerless, although I did add a switchback inside of it to add a little switching puzzle to it.
Customer C is Cropsey Metals, a scrap yard. This customers siding will be built just like Midwest Zinc's.
Customer D is Brooklyn Block, which will be based off of Plibrico's siding.
Customer E, MVP Warehousing, a generic warehousing customer with no real base.
Customer F is Franklin Polymers, a plastic bag company. This is a Brooklyn Based customer. (You can see them switch this on Pentrex's street running). Here is a photo of there siding:
Customer G, Atlantic Waste, a NY customer, ships garbage out in 60' boxcars. A photo of the real siding:
To get to it is an interesting piece of track. Its a right switch, to cross over into a left side building. This is a prototype siding that they built in NY, however it was never used since the contractor built it to sharp!
Customer H is Plywood Specialties, this building/siding will be built just like Big Bay Lumber.
I is a team track, J is a small engine hut, and K is a short RIP track.
At some point I would like to add to the layout to the right, unfortunately if it ever gets to that point and I have the room, I might just build by Bush Terminal Cross Harbor layout..
