I model the BNSF in N scale. I watched two U-Tube videos of their CWR trains. The first was hauling just the rail. The second was the train that laid the CWR. I am working on modeling these trains and would like to know if I missed any cars. For the train hauling the rail my consist will be: 1 - 61 foot bulkhead flat car, 8 - 51 foot flat cars, 1 - 61 foot bulkhead flat car for a total of 10 cars.
The rail laying train will consist of 1- 40 foot gondola (buffer car), 1 - 40 foot tank car, 1 40 foot tool car, the track unloading car (Scratch built on a 51 foot flat car). the rail hauling train and a caboose for a total of 14 cars
I have the rail racks, rail and some of the cars, so all I need will be the rest of the cars.
This club in the Milwaukee area has a CWR train in HO:
Welded Rail Train by NAPM Model Railroad Club, on Flickr
I would love to see it operate.
I'm curious about the rail? I just wondered what was out there to model continuous welded rail in N scale. Is it like monofilament line or molded in soft rubber-like material?
Good Luck, Ed
There is a gentleman in the UK who sells the rail racks in both UP and BNSF styles. The rail is a soft rubber that is molded to look like rail. He sells enough racks for 5 cars and 50 feet of rail for $23.95 plus a flat $5.00 shipping charge. I can find his link and post it if you are interested.
caldreamer I can find his link and post it if you are interested.
Oh, I appreciate the offer but presently, don't have a need for it... just curious!
Thanks, Ed
Hi Caldreamer,
I'm interested in the continous welded rail (CWR) products by the gentleman in the UK. Can you provide a link?
Thanks!
Just to be clear the "rail layig train" you described doesn't actually "lay" the rail. It just unloads it from the train or picks it up and puts it on the train. The railr is actually laid with a gang that has a couple dozen various machines and pieces of equipment (spike pullers, speed swings, adzers, spikers, tampers, ballast regulators, etc) and a hundred or so workers.
Dave H. Painted side goes up. My website : wnbranch.com
Here are some shots of a train carrying CWR...
...and some more shots, taken on a different day, of another train carrying the track laying equipment...
...and, as you can see in the going-away photo below, this may be two track-laying trains combined - note the white cars in the distance - I had thought the interesting stuff was finished when those cars came into view, then had to scramble when more interesting stuff showed-up later in the train
Wayne
I’d appreciate the link for HO scale