MRN: Real Industries List

Networking Model Railroad Layouts

The following lists of industries has been obtained from the Operations Special Interest Group

States: ME NH VT MA CT RI NY NJ PA DE MD DC MI

OH IN IL WI MN ND SD NE IA

VA NC SC GA FL AL MS KY TN WV MO AR LA TX OK KS plus Mexico. Some Kansas City industries show state=MK

WA OR ID MT WY AK CO NM UT AZ NV CA plus all Canada

Era Industry / company name City State RailRoad Ships/Receives Commodity STCC Reciprocal Switching Source
  1. Era or approx date of facility observation (eg 50 for year 1950) - > means "after"
  2. State (2 characters, capitalized eg OH) or province (MX=Mexico)
  3. Serving railroad initials; if model railroad, follow with "*" Railroads are, to extent possible, 1950s era. Where more than one RR serves a town and we do not know which serves the plant, all (or several) are shown prefixed by "*" Our assumption is that the industry is open to reciprocal switching. Shortlines are listed with their (Class I connections) in parentheses.
  4. Ships/Receives (predominant type of shipment) - "blank" means either ships or else "not sure whether Ships or Receives"
    5. We assume inputs received may be inferred from the product produced. For example, paper mills receive pulpwood, chemicals, woodpulp, fuel, kaolin, etc. The file InputOutput.txt provides suggestions for such relationships. For paper in particular, see also PaperChemicals.txt.
  5. Commodity (principal product[s] shipped or received)
  6. STCC (commodity grouping code) if available
  7. Where shown, "yes" means open to reciprocal switching, "no" means not open
  8. Source of data (from whom received)