Layout 10-09-17

Not posted much in a while and not did much work on the layout. I do want to post a few new pictures from around the layout. Enjoy.

Transfer Car Part 4

This is another type of transfer car I am working on. This one, in particular, isn't self-powered.

The car is modeled after one that the late Dean Freytag built. I built 2 of these cars from ore car shells from Roundhouse. One was built using smooth sided cars and the other was built using a car with ribs. It took 2 shells per car. Beside the ore car bodies, the rest of the car was scratch built using plastic parts. The handrails and piping were made from .015 K&S wire. Steps are from Plastruct ladders with some of the rings cut off. Hopper bays are from Roundhouse 70 ton 3 bay hoppers.

Transfer Car Part 3

Got all transfer cars pretty well complete. These are fun and easy projects for anyone to build.

Transfer Car Part 2

This transfer car started out as a Roundhouse Rapid Discharge hopper. I cut the frame in the center to allow for a controlling cab on one end and a motor compartment on the other. Still a few thing to do with it but it is a start.

Transfer Car part 1

Been a while since my last post but I have been busy. Here are 2 transfer cars that I have been working on.