LET'S SEE YOUR COALING TOWERS

I built this coal tower model from a Gloor craftsman kit around 2000. It was the first craftsman kit that I built for my 12’-by-8’ model railroad. I doubt any Gloor kits are still available today.

MELGAR

Very nice Mel!

An old photo. I scratched this many years ago. Not a prototypical PRR tower but I liked the design of a similar HO model. I usually have coal hoppers on the aft track and on the forward track, locos taking coal or sand. The tankers are temporally sharing tracks.

Here is one of mine. A combination of a Lionel kit,  built-up and some freelance scratch building. I like how it turned out.

Donald

2010 photo

Donald I didn't realize that Lionel offered the concrete coaling tower as a kit.  You've done a wonderful job building and detailing it.

@coach joe posted:

Donald I didn't realize that Lionel offered the concrete coaling tower as a kit.  You've done a wonderful job building and detailing it.

Hey Joe. Yes they did. Obviously, it was before they offered the coal tower in the built up form. The Lionel kit number is 6-22936. Sometimes they show up on the bay. I had mine for a long time. The kit contained the tower, the unloading shed and also the small building. It was from 1998. You can see the directions HERE.

I had the built-up on my old layout and was going to use it again. But I wanted to paint and detail it. They are almost impossible to take apart and I broke a lot of pieces. Thank goodness I had the kit!

Donald

I have not started scenery yet, but here is my Lionel in a couple of different settings.

Here’s mine - from GGD:

Hey Guys, Thanks, these photos are truly inspirational and are packed  with creativity, I really appreciate them all. Thanks again - MARSHELANGELO

There are some O scale Gloor Craft kits on eBay every so often. I probably bought about 20 over that past 5 years or so.  Keep checking. They do pop up/.

Wow, this is a great thread, lots of really nice layouts, lots of beautiful coal towers. Happy Railroading Everyone

Scratch built.  John

I picked up this one from my local train store. A little worse for wear. I haven't had a chance to do anything with it yet. Definitely going to need to bust out the chalk.

GGD. coaling tower came different colors, pictured, redwood. (An out-of-the-box model). The not-to-scale steps were an issue.  Some modelers replaced the steps.  The counter weights, and chains, for the coal chutes, are part of the model, but have to be added.  Lighting is a two wire connection.  There were concrete foundations, from a different vendor, later. ?? Foggy head??,  track spacing was 5 1/2" center to center.

Western Maryland Railway coaling tower at Thomas West Virginia.

Thanks fellas for the additional photos, truly inspiring and full of ideas.

Just for fun, we visited our good friend Dr. Jack yesterday in the Nashville area and the pictures are of his coaling tower area. Enjoy.

Man, I jealous of each one of you. Such nice layouts.