A Basic plan

Following the track and layout plan outlined in Lance's post,Here's what I have for a Bill of materials.

1. an 8' by 1' pine board.
2. 8' of floor molding and some panel board (or finishing?) nails
3. Delta Ceramcoat “Mudstone” household paint
4. Micro Engineering track and turnouts.  Two RH turnouts, and about 12' of track.
5. Rustoleum Brown Camouflage paint
6. White Glue
7. Heki 1576 Pasture Green Wildgrass grass fiber
8.  Jefferson Street Radical flats from King Mill

Let's add in some other constraints.  Because, Constraints can focus one.

I. Modern era.  Let's define that as post-2010 at least.
II. Within about an hour of, oh, let's say Portland Union Station.  That limits the geography covered.  I'd like to be able to railfan the prototype without having to plan more than a day ahead.  Trying to model a prototype in San Diego would be less convenient for casual railfanning.

We'll see if there are others that seem reasonable.  Like "No Boxcars"  or something.

I am thinking of some prototype locomotives.  The BNSF yard locos I see in Willbridge Yard when I drive by are sometimes interesting.  A ex-GP-30 that's been upgraded to be a GP-39-2.  GN (Nee BNSF) 3613 still working sometimes.  The parade of PNWR geeps passing by.

Modern rolling stock will be harder to do, at first.  I only have older stuff, so I'd need to replace my IPD Boxes, or my 1950s stuff.  But that's not an obstacle.

I've done some virtual railfanning with google maps, and I don't see any industries that are EXACT matches.  But, The Portland Terminal has a transload facility that is quite similar.  I might proto-freelance a transload that is worked by BNSF.  Or not.  I don't know.