siding. The roof and overhead doors can be painted silver, adding yet anoth- er color to the structure. Planning the paint scheme for the structure before you assemble it will allow you to air- brush individual components prior to final assembly, saving excessive mask- ing while ensuring a quality paint job. Yet a third trick comes in the form of lettering placed onto the structure. Most transfer facilities have a non-de- script name applied to the building and applying large lettering will make the side walls appear larger than they truly are. On my own layout the Essex Resource Recovery Center (ERRC) was lettered with ¾″ vinyl self adhesive sign lettering available at most office supply stores. Prior to applying the let- tering, it was painted to match the col- or of the trim, then placed on the side of the structure. The thick vinyl letter- ing was allowed to “float” over the re- cessed portions of the siding, giving the appearance of large metal lettering se- cured to the side of the structure. With the main structure complete, work on the remainder of the facility can begin. Prototype facilities use heavy duty forklifts to load and unload the containers from the rail cars and transport these same containers for loading. This allows cars to be placed where a forklift has access to them rather than a conventional car spot re- quiring specific placement, such as a boxcar at a door. Adding trackage to the facility is as
simple as adding a two track spur with a dirt access road next to the main building. Tracks can even be allowed to extend beyond the structure enabling one to gain additional space for the lengthy 85- to 89-foot flat cars. Selec- tive compression can also extend to the trackage by placing the tracks on the side of the structure that will not be seen by viewers of the layout. This will allow the tracks to be placed closer to- gether while eliminating the need for a road adjacent to the tracks, leaving it implied that the cars are loaded on the unseen side of the structure. In our quest to add large structures within the space limits of our layouts few of us have room to model entire real estate parcels. Adding a large structure such as this is no exception, and rather than attempt to model both the front and rear of the grounds I sug- gest adding a small storage yard at the rear to show the true purpose of the fa- cility. A simple storage yard can be done by covering a flat area with an earth and soil mix of ground foam, then placing details associated with waste services in locations around the storage yard.
One thing to add is some industrial dumpsters awaiting their next loads. In HO scale Walthers offers an indus- trial dumpster set as part of their Cor- nerstone Series, while in N scale dumpsters are available from Deluxe Innovations.
There are also the vehicles associat-
ed with waste collection. Standard household refuse trucks are available in both the Boley Dept. 1-87th line and the GHQ N scale line. Also, a roll off truck used to transport large dump- sters is available in multiple colors in the Boley HO scale offerings. Now that we have added details rep- resenting waste pickup, we can add several items related strictly to the transfer station. Transfer facilities use a variety of large construction style ve- hicles,
tracked hoes and even water tankers (used to spray down areas to keep dust to a minimum). A search through the Walthers catalog will yield dozens of suitable models,
including the two
Norscot models I chose for my layout. Adding even one or two pieces of this heavy equipment will indicate the ex- terior yard is more than just a parking area for refuse trucks and imply that more equipment is on-site, either in- side the structure or on an unseen part of the grounds.
In the modern rail scene MSW serv- ice will only continue to expand. As this project has proven, a large transfer fa- cility can be included on a layout using only a minimum of space. In a small 12″×30″ rectangle I’ve been able to add a scene representative of this piece of contemporary railroading, allowing me to add this developing revenue source to my own operations, providing addition- al opportunities for switching as well as unit train service.
HO models for MSW service
Atlas Trainman 20-foot Hi-cube container No. 20-000-379 AWIU No. 20-000-654 AWIU set 2 No. 20-000-381 DSUE No. 20-000-655 DSEU set 2 No. 20-000-656 ECCU No. 20-000-377 LWT No. 20-000657 LWT set 2 No. 20-000-378 REGX No. 20-000-380 USWX No. 20-000-658 USWX set 2
Atlas Trainman 85-foot MSW flat car No. 20-000-830 Undecorated No. 20-000-831-833 Allied Waste No. 20-000-834-836 ECDC Environment No. 20-000-837-839 East Carbon DSEX No. 20-000-840-842 Gen. American No. 20-000-843-845 J. Transportation No. 20-000-846-853 USA Waste
Atlas 89-foot flat car container version No. 20-000-016 Undecorated No. 20-000-531-534 Greenbrier Leasing No. 20-000-535-538 East Carbon No. 20-000-869-872 ECDC Enviro.
such as front end loaders,
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