Building "field railroad" cars

[IRB Souther Engineer]

Does anyone have any ideas about what types of small cars I could make for my "field railroad" type layout?

If anyone has plans to build this type of thing and is willing to share them it would be great!

[altterrain]

 Its time to look into 7/8's scale (1:13.7) two foot narrow gauge railroading (its one of my interests)

My little railroad so far - http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/p/157615/1738373.aspx#1738373

Pete's railroad is one of the best but I heard he tore it all up recently to do it all over - 

http://home.cogeco.ca/~daisybeach/

Bill is nice too - http://www.amalgamatedconserves.org.uk/

lots more info and ideas here especially during swap car build time when members anonomously build cars for one another (like secret santa) - http://www.7-8ths.info/

 

-Brian

[IRB Souther Engineer]

but I have guage 1 track, does that matter to 7/8 scale?

[altterrain]

Welcome to the confusing world of large scale! All of the above run on Gauge #1, G scale, 45 mm track except the 7/8n18 which run on smaller 32 mm track (O gauge).

Scotty L's diagram may help - 

 

 

-Brian

[altterrain]

 You can also do similar models in a smaller scale (G - 1:22.5 or 1:24) but you may get inspiration from the links I mentioned. I have a large number of other links too. Just add @yahoo.com to my screen name here to email me for them.

-Brian

[vsmith]

Bachmanns metal tipper ore cars look almost dead-on for 7/8 scale, they are enormous in any other scale and have been used by other 7/8thers, HLWs mini car line are inexpensive and can be easliy bashed into 7/8 also. Your looking at alot of kitbashing as almost everything in that scale is custom. HLWs Mack chassis would be a good choice to build a 7/8 critter on top of, just discard the cab and hoods and keep everything else, something like a small Brookville would fit nicely on top of that.