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Previously known as Miller\u2019s Switch, this location once consisted of a small country store and a rail spur with capacity for ten cars. According to ICC Field Notes dated December 31, 1927, a milk platform also operated here for a time, though it was later removed as traffic patterns changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For modeling purposes, I invoked a bit of license and relocated an industry from a prior layout: the Shapiro Brothers Scrap Metal yard. In reality, Shapiro Brothers operated on the M-I\u2019s Bonne Terre Subdivision at Festus, Missouri, where Leon and Earl Shapiro built a successful business shipping scrap metal to steel mills in Illinois.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Locals bring their scrap metal to Shapiro Brothers to get some extra cash.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Crews must open the gate to gain access to switch Shapiro Bros. scrap yard

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On the layout, crews will load empty gondolas at the scrap yard. The operating placard below provides the necessary instructions for handling and spotting these cars.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Track schematic for Millers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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