Well we have a favourite locomotive class or caboose but what about that bit of equipment that maintains you're railroad. Be it the Big Hook (wrecking crane) snow plow or that odd ball bit of equipement but you just gotta have on one you're layout. So whats yours
Well for me its always been wreck cranes and for me the SAR 107ton (130ton their was 23% overload added in for safety) Cowan Sheldons
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Do have a couple kits to build in due course of the pair that came to the SAR.
Show me you're favourite Auxiliary equipment please
Back in the 1980's I bought HO scale Timber Gang (metal) kit by Durango Press.
I built the models (Tie shear, tie crane, spiker, speeder) in N scale by duplicating the parts in N scale and assembling them. I also built a different tie crane from an article in RMC.
Unfortunately the modeles were stolen off a NTrak layout during a Train Show.
DPtimber gang1_zpsd1j9ms2t by Donald Schmitt, on Flickr
DSC02956_zpsf522f39f by Donald Schmitt, on Flickr
About 10 years latter I built this from photos. I still have it.
I tried to sell my two cents worth, but no one would give me a plug nickel for it.
I don't have a leg to stand on.
I love my Jordan Spreaders. They do double duty working on a MOW train spreading ballast and cutting ditches or clearing mugslides and snow during the winter.
I also love my rotary plows.
I have to say that my favourite maintenance equipment is the plain old Russell snow plow, especially the double track versions. I have modified a couple of the older Athearn models, one to represent the Canadian Pacific 'Shorty' version, and one to represent a double track plow.
This is the CP Shorty:
This is the double track plow as it currently sits. I'm not totally happy with the plow dimensions so it is on hold until I develop the stamina to redo it properly:
I have several other snow removal pieces. This is an old style snow crab that was pulled backwards to dislodge the snow along the edges of the cut:
This is an old style rotary plow made from a Roundhouse 3 in 1 kit:
This is another 3 in 1 flanger kit:
And another:
And another 3 in 1 plow. Pardon the dust!:
And a 3 in 1 Jordan spreader. It's a bit crude but I like it:
This is an early attempt at a simple MOW plough. The blade is scratch built brass. The gondola is a kit from whom I can't remember:
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
My True Scale 25 ton crane.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Mine is my very rare N scale plastic jordan spreader by Canadian Models. I was lucky to have found it at a trains show.
DSchmitt Back in the 1980's I bought HO scale Timber Gang (metal) kit by Durango Press. I built the models (Tie shear, tie crane, spiker, speeder) in N scale by duplicating the parts in N scale and assembling them. I also built a different tie crane from an article in RMC. Unfortunately the modeles were stolen off a NTrak layout during a Train Show. About 10 years latter I built this from photos. I still have it.
DSchmitt ,
That is quite an accomplishment building this N scale model. It has also been on my build list in HO. Haven't gotten there as of yet.
Wow !
Fear an Ignorant Man more than a Lion- Turkish proverb
Modeling an ficticious HO scale intergrated Scrap Yard & Steel Mill Melt Shop.
Southland Industrial Railway or S.I.R for short. Enterchanging with Norfolk Southern.
DSchmitt
Very nice. Is this the N scale model? I've been looking for one of these in HO scale.
hon30critterAnd a 3 in 1 Jordan spreader. It's a bit crude but I like it:
That looks pretty good. Those 3in1 kits are tough to build since they don't really give you the parts you need and you have to pretty much build them from scratch.
Mine is more, "I have it, but I don' really know why."
It is a JNR equalateral wedge plow with air-operated wings, Ki 100. Since it is always more summer than autumn in my little part of Japan, I need a snowmover about as much as I need a toothache. OTOH, with its raised operator position and eight air tanks on the roof, it is a distinctive piece of rolling stock.
So it spends a lot of time in off-layout cassette storage, occasionally brought out to clear plastic foam debris after construction. After the plow moves it off the rails a shop-vac cleans it up.
On the 'to be built' list, a firefighting car for the Tomikawa Tani Tetsudo, and a complete fire train for the Kashimoto Forest Railway. In 1964 the only practical way into the woods was by rail.
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
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It is N scale. The crane is scratch built from Evergreen styrene. The car is a modified MicroTrains. I built it from photos I took, and my experience building N scale tie cranes.
There is a N scale metal kit from Railway Express Minatures. I have it (bought after I built my model). It is not a bad model, but I think my scratch built model looks better.
Now about over 25 years later I doubt that I could build them. My vision is not as good and half my thumb amputated making it difficult to manipulate small tools.
I've always had a fascination with steam heat trailers. New York Central used several of these in the Grand Central Terminal district since the S class electrics didn't have steam generators.
In the Amtrak era they were in use around the Buffalo Central Terminal for stand-by heat.
Have Fun, Ed
I have a MOW track which doubles as my programming track. The three pieces on it are a rotary snow plow, a big hook, and a kitchen car. They are static pieces that are just a scenic element in my main yard/engine terminal.
GN heater cars were used with electric locomotives in the mountains. They also could be used with diesel locomotives which were not equiped with steam generators.
In these photos below GP7's are hauling a passenger train with a heater car. The steam generator car is a Rapido model with simulated steam.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
I have a few which I like, including my Tichy wreck crane...
...Walthers Jordan spreader...
...and this scratchbuilt (one of two) weed sprayer...
...along with my five scratchbuilt scale test cars...
Wayne
I kinda like the little trackmobile by BLI.
There is some amazing work on this thread. I only have one question, how do I get myself in your will's.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
DSchmittAbout 10 years latter I built this from photos. I still have it.
That is a very nice scratch build!
Lone Wolf and Santa FeThat looks pretty good. Those 3in1 kits are tough to build since they don't really give you the parts you need and you have to pretty much build them from scratch.
Thanks,
Lone Wolf and Santa Fe DSchmitt Very nice. Is this the N scale model? I've been looking for one of these in HO scale.
How does the equipment get in the gondola?
Joe Staten Island West
joe323How does the equipment get in the gondola?
Like this... but in reverse
Have Fun!
Ed
gmpullmanLike this... but in reverse
That method won't work for the Materials Handler I modeled. It and the gondola it rides on are a "permanent" unit. The handler can move along the top of a string of gondolas to reach materials in them, but it is always transported on the modified gondola. There is no way it can get on/off the cars on it's own, and it would not be able to move sitting on the ground.
TieGondolaImage2 by Donald Schmitt, on Flickr
TieGondola1 by Donald Schmitt, on Flickr
My model left Railway Express Minatures right
DSCF2802_zpsddc05295 by Donald Schmitt, on Flickr
Like the wreck crane their wayne
I don't have any yet, but I love drover cabooses.
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Do they count as auxliary equipment? They might be revenue cars, I am not sure.
-Kevin
Living the dream.