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HO Scale Models <br />[url="http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-3181"]<u><b>Walthers</b></u>[/url] <br />[url="http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/254-40"]<u><b>Durango Press</b></u>[/url] <br />[url="http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/650-1110"]<b><u>Scale Structures</u></b>[/url] <br />[url="http://www.internettrains.com/dia-ap414.html"]<b><u>Diamond Scale</u></b>[/url] <br />[url="http://store.yahoo.com/internettrains/dia-ip420.html"]<b><u>Inspection Pit</u></b>[/url] <br />Reference books: <br />[url="http://www.tlcrailroadbooks.com/cgi-bin/tlcstore.pl?user_action=detail&catalogno=x22"]<b><u>Steam Locomotive Coaling Stations and Diesel Locomotive Fueling Facilities</u></b>[/url] <br />[url="http://www.railroadbookstore.com/modelrrbooks/Detailed/725.html"]<b><u>The Model Railroader's Guide to Locomotive Servicing Terminals</u></b>[/url] <br />[url="http://www.discounttrainsonline.com/Carstens-Publications-Loco-Terminals-Buildings-/item205-98.html"]<b><u>Carstens Publications Loco Terminals & Buildings</u></b>[/url] <br /> What era are you modeling? In the beginning of steam locomotives, ash was just dumped on the right of way. When the railroads aquired more locomotives, pits were used to transfer the a***o a gondola, or whatever, by hand. Locomotives grew larger and so did the amount of ash. Different types of conveyors were devised to automate ash handling. The most modern ash handeling facility was the United Conveyor system. <br /> I built two of the Scale Structures Robertson ash conveyors but then I changed my plans and kit bashed / scratch built this ultra moden facility. It's not installed on the layout yet. I just set it up as an illustration. <br />[img]http://home.ripway.com/2004-3/83526/ashplant.jpg[/img] <br /> The prototype for this model was made by United Conveyor Corporation. They had been supplying cinder disposal systems for industrial power plants and decided to make a modern system for the railroads. However this was about the time railroads were scrambling to change to diesel locomotives. In the United system, the ashes were droped into an underground trench, then washed into a sluice trough by high pressure water jets. The muck emptied into a sump and pumped into an overhead drying bin. The water was reused and the dried cinders dumped vertically into hoppers. <br /> Norfolk & Western had these facilities installed at their Williamson, W.VA. and Portsmouth, Ohio terminals. <br />
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