my really big rail truck

[altterrain]

This is my first endeavor into 7/8's scale (1:13.7) large scale trains. 7/8n2 trains run on "G gauge" 45 mm track with it representing two foot narrow gauge. My first project is rail work truck. Big Mike and Max make up the track maintenance crew for the two foot narrow gauge line of the C&A Railway.

A few pics -








and a size comparison pic with a 1:24 scale flatbed truck




construction details are on my blog - http://www.grblogs.com/index.php?blog=25&title=my-7-8-s-rail-work-truck&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

-Brian

[IRONHORSE77]

Whats the steering wheel for?

Chuck

[altterrain]

No steering wheel. I think you're seeing the brake control.

 -Brian 

[kimbrit]

Very nice and very big, I suspect you will have to build verything, apart from the track. Now, if you want to sell that flat bed truck......................

Cheers,

Kim

[S&G Rute of the Silver River]

All its missing is the FWD sourounded by a pair of wings to make it probable.

This 1935 FWD was spotted on a road in Jerome, Ariz., and was being used to promote the mountain tourist "ghost town." FWD Corp. was founded in 1909 in Clintonville, Wis., and was the first to market a four-wheel-drive truck.