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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by JSoule</i> <br /><br />Dumb question: What exactly is a tipple, what does it do, etc. ? My grandson and I are building a layout that has a gravel quarry and they call from a gravel tipple kit that is no longer available. I have some ideas for a substitute, including scratch build from photos of layout we are copying, but I am wondering more about exactly what it is and other suggestions for kits, etc. <br /> <br />Thanks in advance. <br /> <br />John <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />As I understand it, the Tipple is a machine which has a length of track and some supports to allow a car or cars to be run in and turned through 360 degrees to dump the contents. Some cars have rotating couplers to allow them to be tipped without needing to uncouple them.
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