Ash Hoist

[Anonymous]

Bought an old Model Railroader (Aug. 1958) that had plans for an ash hoist. Can't figure out just how the wheels work with the frame to dump the bucket. Anyone know how this works or where there might be more details (or pictures) on the subject?

[Big_Boy_4005]

It is kind of a strange looking thing. It seems to have 3 sets of wheels, but only uses 2 sets at any time. The dumping part seems pretty straight forward. Half way up the tower the track just rolls over as the bucket rides along the wheels on the angled edge. There are supports to stop the bucket from going all the way off the track. The contents just spill into the car waiting below.

The question in my mind is how the bucket gets across the bottom of the pit. Are the rails at the bottom inclined so that it just rolls across when there is enough slack in the cable?

[spankybird]

HI Lamont777

Welcome to the CTT forum


WE hope you join us often


tom

[Big_Boy_4005]

Thanks Tom, I've gotten a little sloppy about playing "welcome wagon". Actually Lamont may like it better over on the MR forum, but I'm not sure what kind of trains he likes. The article showed photos of HO, but all of the drawings have scale dimensions, so the hoist could be built to any scale.