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Originally Posted by Seacoast:

Cool pictures. I know that Gellers sells wooden planks for flatcar decking but who else sells chains and parts to detail flatcars? Parts that can hold do load (cars and vehicles etc).

 

A cheaper solution for planks might be in my how to... I used edge banding and an iron.

 

For chain, I found chain comparable to the Menards chain on their cars at chinamart in the craft section.

 

Ted

This MTH PC gondola came with a simulated load of broken up steam engine parts in grey plastic that is just screaming to be repainted.  Here, on the Tomlinson Run Railroad, we recycle.  Below is the repurposed gondola on a metals recycling run.  Much more colorful than the original load.

 

I sometimes pick up coal and slag from various trips to tracks. My father would point them out when I was a kid and we were walking down an old railroad line and it's still fun to find.  Here is some coal I found on Boston and Maine (and Penn Central) track in West Concord, MA that is slated for a rail trail.  I figure years from now when I'm done playing with it, I'll donate it to a local museum so future generations will have a better idea of what that boring strip of black top was really all about.

 

Yeah, the coal is all out of proportion but this RR runs on a carpet for heaven's sake! Engineering standards are shall we say ... rather "low"?

 

Tomlinson Run Railroad

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Originally Posted by TomlinsonRunRR:

This MTH PC gondola came with a simulated load of broken up steam engine parts in grey plastic that is just screaming to be repainted.  Here, on the Tomlinson Run Railroad, we recycle.  Below is the repurposed gondola on a metals recycling run.  Much more colorful than the original load.

 

I sometimes pick up coal and slag from various trips to tracks. My father would point them out when I was a kid and we were walking down an old railroad line and it's still fun to find.  Here is some coal I found on Boston and Maine (and Penn Central) track in West Concord, MA that is slated for a rail trail.  I figure years from now when I'm done playing with it, I'll donate it to a local museum so future generations will have a better idea of what that boring strip of black top was really all about.

 

Yeah, the coal is all out of proportion but this RR runs on a carpet for heaven's sake! Engineering standards are shall we say ... rather "low"?

 

Tomlinson Run Railroad

Tomlinson Run?  As in northern West Virginia?

George

Originally Posted by G3750:
Originally Posted by TomlinsonRunRR:

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Yeah, the coal is all out of proportion but this RR runs on a carpet for heaven's sake! Engineering standards are shall we say ... rather "low"?

 

Tomlinson Run Railroad

Tomlinson Run?  As in northern West Virginia?

George

Well, yes and no.  I'm from western PA not too far from Tomlinson Run, WVA but no relation.  So I use it as a pun for my model RR.

Originally Posted by Railrunnin:

Great Thread: NS1719, can you explain how you did your tie downs?

 

Thank you.

 

Paul

Hi Paul,

The process I used was pretty easy. Now just as a note my chains are a little bigger than probably scale but in any sense I think it works out in the end with the load. I got my chains at Walmart in the craft section, ya get 90 inches of chain for $3.22, the chain came in black although there was other colors available. 

The weaver cars I used have the stake side pockets which accept the chain almost perfectly some I had to use a screw driver to open the pocket up to pass the chain all the way through. 

I put one end in the pocket and put a small dab of in my case Gorilla Glue "clear" into the pocket. After a minute I routed the chain and passed it through the next pocket and held pressure on the chain so it was tight and added another drop of glue to the pocket, after about a minute it the glue was set up and I took my small diagonal cutters and cut the chain on the bottom side of the pocket. 

I was going to do it like alot of others here with the springs but I was impatient lol but I really like how they turned out.

I hope that helps! I could do a video if needed.

Thanks,

Jarrod

Originally Posted by Dennis Holler:
I love those scrap steel plates, seems like the perfect thing to do with the floor I just cut out of my 63 Falcon....  it's already pre-rusted, just cut it into appropriate sized hunks install in gon and maybe add some glue..
 
 
Originally Posted by rail:

The metal came from a steel downspout on a commercial building. It was all rusted, so I cut the bad part off, and cut it into sections to replicate rusted metal panels. I just put them in the car loose. I made a similar load using rusted metal from a steel cabinet.  

Don

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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