Aisle side industries

[conrail98]

I wanted to see how folks (examples are always good) handle aisle side industries. I've been reworking my plan (going to a single level) and a few of my industries will end up being on the aisle side of the main line. I've seen some people just pare down the industry or represent it as a track near the front with no building. I was also thinking I could build parts of the building and run the fascia up to the building so it has the same affect as if it were going into the backdrop, just it's in the front of the layout. Thoughts?

Phil

[wm3798]

Here's an abandoned factory of one sort or another.  My plan is to keep a rough looking siding in place.


and on the same shelf, a short spur that serves a junk yard, which occupies 240 acres, but is represented by the small wedge of scenery behind the green fascia strip...



This truck dump is on the aisle side.  The driveway at the top empties out into thin air, and the mountain itself provides the space on the fascia for the staging yard (below the scene) car cards.


The tipple is right behind the throttle in this picture.

Lee

[Iain]

Or you could chop the building and model the interior.  I've seen this done.  I saw a late 19th century power plant done this way, and I thought it was pretty cool.

If you can fit the entire building in, and it has lots of windows, you may want to add an interior anyway.

[Catt]

Back in the day there was a O scale layout featured in MR that had a factory right on the edge of the layout that was cut away and featured I think 3 floors.It included both production and shipping departments with the shipping door in the up position with a boxcar either being loaded or unloaded.

I've always liked that idea and I am concidering doing it to both my N scale and Z scale layouts.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I've got a couple on my onetrak module:
http://conrail1285.com/news.asp?storyid=55

[jmlaboda - RIP]

Ed, those shots are great[8i]!!![/i]  Nice to see industries nested so close to the tracks... it makes for a really nice looking scene.

[Dave V]

Lee

Lee, why does your interlocking tower have a green wang?

[wm3798]

Because, Dave.  I installed an old Model Power dual street light.  one is stuffed up into the tower, and the other projects like a big unit.  I did this before I discovered Miniatronics light fixtures...



It doesn't look so bad in the dusky twilight...

Besides, it's a PRR tower, so it has to overcompensate for other shortcomings in its life....

Lee

[conrail98]

Thanks for the ideas and examples guys. I'm more inclined to the way Ed and Lee have done theirs. I did think of the whole look inside, as I too have seen a bunch of good ones, but I don't know about all that detail in N scale. In my case, going through the plan, it's my "big" industries that are located trackside, the two Hershey plants. My takeaways from seeing some of the pics is to give enough space for the industry to be identifiable and not just a spur at the edge of the table,

Phil

[Ian MacMillan]

Most of my aisle side industries are sized enough that they have the backs of the buildings facing you and that's that. I did however design any areas were trackside industries are on the aisle side that they had plenty of room to model a sufficient amount of the structure. There are a few places where large mill structures are going to be aisle side and I am thinking of having the side facing you open so that you can see into the building, so I'll have to super detail them which should be fun.