I have a Wolverine Automatic Coal Loader that uses a very clever mechanism to unload marbles. Although it doesn't appear that the toy was marketed as an accessory for toy trains, I have found that it is the perfect operating accessory for my windup train layout. The original mechanism was designed to load 4 large marbles but I developed a drop in tray that fits in the marble bin so that I could load up to 9 smaller marbles. Here are pictures and a video of the Loader in operation.
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Great job you do some great creations thanks for sharing
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Here is the plan I came up with that will allow 8 - 3/4" marbles to be loaded into the Wolverine Automatic Coal Loader.
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