In the actual Carlin, Nevada there is a rather large rail served propane dealer. As shown in this Google maps satellite view it has 10 storage tanks, 2 spur tracks, and covers an area of about 650 feet x 200 feet. This facility is about 1/2 mile east of town.
Here is a Google street view image of the facility from Chestnut Street. Some of the details spotted in this view are the chain link fence with barbed wire on the top, the large tandem trailer delivery truck, and the trailer used as an office. The storage tanks are just visible in the far left.
This is the area I have on the layout for my representation of this propane dealer. This is on the extreme east end of the layout and has an overall area of about 290 x 55 scale feet including the spur track. I don't want to overcrowd the scene so I will need to do quite a bit of compression.
Surprisingly there are not many options available for this type of industry in N Scale. Plastruct offers a kit with the tank shapes and materials to build a customized facility and there is the Walthers Cornerstone Central Gas and Supply kit which is what I am going to use. To be continued....
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