Let's get LOADED!!!.....

[Alcomotive]

James, I sure hope that wasn't you I outbid on 2 depressed centers!!

Nope lol we are good....

 

[tootnkumin]

That would have indeed been an unhappy happenstance.

 

[wheeler1963]

Sitting around the house for days makes me get something done. A Micro-Engineering 50' bridge loaded and headed out to the customer. The bridge shoes are loaded on the ends of the car.

 

[wheeler1963]

Another couple of loads I just completed.

 

[cv_acr]

That's a heavy string of weights in the bottom of that gon

 

[wheeler1963]

That's a heavy string of weights in the bottom of that gon

following the NMRA standards.

 

[DakotaLove39]

following the NMRA standards.

"MEH" I say, sir. "Meh".

Working on my second round of homemade hopper loads. This time I was lucky enough to have scrap pink foam. My last one was styrofoam, which worked, but this works better.


The black stuff is a homemade coal load, made with cinders from Milwaukee Road #261 I collected and screened.

 

[tootnkumin]

That's a heavy string of weights in the bottom of that gon

Replaces the side frames often, wheelsets not quite so.

 

[wheeler1963]

Some new loads I found on ebay. Very creative use of some everyday items to make these.

 

[CambriaArea51]

Derailment load. Got to order chain and turnbuckles.

 

[Alcomotive]

I have a new project coming soon for a load that will used on my layout.....

stay tuned....

 

[CambriaArea51]

The old Tyco pipe load, a little airbrush light gray to the pipe and a modern car and it lives on.

 

[CambriaArea51]

Another Tyco fixer upper, these were crates that were on a flat car. Airbrushed rail tie brown. The mounts for the flatcar are from the Walthers proto 2000 cars, these were on the trucks for as part of the packaging. (I've used these a lot for different things) The Intermountain car is very light so this gave me a place to hide some weight. I trimmed out the center section, glued two together,added weight and painted. The look I was going for was created machinery. As you can see the Walthers truck keeper fit perfectly over the deck of the flatcar and the ends slightly wrap around the edge so it can't slide off.

 

[TLOC]

A nice topic with some very good ideas. James on page 1 asked for Woodchip hopper pictures. Matt Smith is an online buddy who made this car for his Railroad, the Alabama Georgia and Gulf and sent one to me. I still owe him one of mine after a year.

TomO