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I'm going to retire in three years and thought building an N scale layout would be a good hobby. I've started to do research and plan a layout based around the lime kilns in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. One of the structures I want to model is the vertical kilns. There were 8 kilns in row. Lime stone was brought to the top via a conveyer belt. The ore was loaded into 3 ore dump cars driven by a small engine with a truck diesel engine along the tops of the kilns about 65 feet high. The ore was then driven along the tops of the kilns and dumped into the open kiln tops. <br /> <br />The engine looked like a small switcher. The tracks were narrow gauge. I've been looking for a small engine and dump cars in NN3 or Z scale on the Internet, but have had no luck so far. The closest I've seen to what I want are in the first picture at http://carendt.com/microplans/pages/venues/boxes/, but they are in HOn30 scale. The best I've found for the ore cars are the N scale Flieschmann 8500 ore side dump cars. I would like to power the ore car system, but will build dummies if I have to. Does anyone have any ideas on what I could do for a powered system. <br /> <br />I worked in the lime kilns during the summers in the early 60s to earn money for college. I was lucky enough to drive the ore car system several nights. Since the kilns were heated to 1800 degrees, it was a nice difference from bagging lime or working in the heat around the kilns.
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