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[quote user="CSX_road_slug"] I just did what you might call a 'kit-[i]merge[/i]' between my New River mine and an earlier-style Walthers flood loader, to solve a major operating dilemma.  On my point-to-point coal trains, I had to split the train in two sections to load all the hoppers, and do some convoluted switching moves just to get the train pointed the right direction.  I wanted a flood loader where I could load all the cars in a single train: Shove them in, pull them out - then do a 'runaround' on the passing siding.  I already had the flood loader - it was being used as an oversized coke bunker on my blast furnace highline.  So I repainted it to match the New River mine, then surgically removed the original 'tipple' section which left me with the tall part, and [i]voila:[/i] [IMG]http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/CSX_road_slug/Nov2006_layout_mods/coal_mine_rev1.jpg[/IMG] To see a 'before' image of the mine, go to: <A href="http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/CSX_road_slug/Nov2006_layout_mods/coal_mine_orig1.jpg">http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/CSX_road_slug/Nov2006_layout_mods/coal_mine_orig1.jpg</A> [/quote] What an amazing solution. That is truly thinking outside of the box. ]] Applause.
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