The good news about modeling modern railroads is that we have tools like Google Earth that allow us to look at structures and track from the comfort of our homes.  The bad news is that most industries are guarded more closely than area 51.  Getting photographs of industries when visiting the area is challenging.  The side of the Universal Forest Products plant in New Windsor I needed to model was completely obscured by fences, buildings and mounds.  I ended up extrapolating what it might look like based on Google Earth images and photos of the other side of the building.  I didn't have the room to model how the siding curves about 90 degrees to enter the plant.  Both the model and the prototype have an open shed for unloading next to the siding. 

The other thing we noticed during our visits is how many churches and old farms there are along the roads.  I decided to put a church next to the country road with a grove of trees separating it from the plant.  

This shows MMID HFHG rolling past UFP.

 Another view of the UFP plant.    

This photo shows the train going passing the grade crossing and rolling by a local church.  A farm with a farmhouse and barn will go in across the street from the church.