I hope this is ok to do. I just hope they see this and actually consider it. With all the modern coal cars on the market noone makes a modern flood loader. It dosen't have to work as long as it looks the part. Walthers makes a real nice one in ho scale but none in o scale. If any manufacturer is reading this please take this seriously.
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Rusty
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Would anyone else buy this if it was made. Maybe even menards.
Why don't you just make one yourself instead of pleading with the manufacturers if you don't care whether or not it works? Heck, post a photo and desired dimensions, and I'll make one for you. May not be ready by Christmas, though.
What, me worry?
Oh, baby. Yes. Lionel or MTH should jump on this.
And think of the mess you could make!
I would be interested in a modern flood loader, it would be a nice use for my trackmobile
Having ridden many, many BN/BNSF coal trains through coal "flood loaders", there really isn't much to them them. Simply a huge silo full of coal, that the train moves under. The average bystander can't really see much of the "flood loading" process. I bet Forum Sponsor Stu Gralnic (Model Building Services) could/would make you one in a flash.
D500 posted:Oh, baby. Yes. Lionel or MTH should jump on this.
And think of the mess you could make!
Like the following photo I found on Railpictures.net. Is this really a concern on model train layouts when you could pick up the car by hand & clean any potential mess?
These are just my opinion.
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Naveen Rajan
The flood loaders I see around me here in WV they look pretty simple. I can see a working unit made to operate via a r/c servo.
The coal loaders like what Walther's produces in HO scale would have to be made out of large plastic tubes for O scale.
The more time consuming and complicated item to assemble would be the conveyor and the support towers for the conveyor.
An operating modern coal loader with all the moving parts visible might work better for O scale and O gauge.
There is usually an operating O scale one at TCA York- Orange hall
Seems like a big ol piece of PVC with some ribs would do the trick. A guy could use anything like a 2 by 2 piece of wood for the conveyor. This seems like a simple enough project you could build yourself./ The is Model railroading so do some modeling
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