RhB Maintenance Van

[Gizzy]

I recently brought this cheap LGB van at an Open Day. Originally a green sound van, it had been painted yellow, and lettered for an American style railroad.

I liked the distressed look of the yellow paint....

 

[Gizzy]

I removed the US style letters with a fibre glass pencil/burnishing brush....

 

[Gizzy]

Then I added some spare transfers I had left over from renumbering and lettering my RhB FAU wagons....




I can tow it behind my Tm 2/2 tractor, for a short MoW train....

 

[Zerogee]

The wagon looked good last Saturday behind your RHB tractor, Giz!

Jon.

 

[Rhinochugger]

I recently brought this cheap LGB van at an Open Day. Originally a green sound van, it had been painted yellow, and lettered for an American style railroad.

I liked the distressed look of the yellow paint....

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If it had been for an American railroad, it would have been letter MoW - Maintenance of Way.

While the UK had Permanent Way Departments, I'm not sure what they call 'em in Europe.

 

[dunnyrail]

If it had been for an American railroad, it would have been letter MoW - Maintenance of Way.

While the UK had Permanent Way Departments, I'm not sure what they call 'em in Europe.

Could have been an English though, Permanent Way Department an oft used term on BR.

 

[Gizzy]

Whatever the terminology, an obviously European NG van on a North American railroad isn't quite the ticket.

RhB does have ex revenue stock in service as PW wagons. I don't know the German, or for that matter Romanche or Italian for these vehicles. In Graubunden, all these languages are used on RhB rolling materiel....

 

[dunnyrail]

Whatever the terminology, an obviously European NG van on a North American railroad isn't quite the ticket.

RhB does have ex revenue stock in service as PW wagons. I don't know the German, or for that matter Romanche or Italian for these vehicles. In Graubunden, all these languages are used on RhB rolling materiel....pI think in the oast they may have used retired vehicles in Pw stock but probably not know.

 

[Software Tools]

One RhB prototype yellow works van.... (photo Manfred Moldner, c.1993)

 

[Gizzy]

I've added another wagon to the RhB maintenance train.

Tm 2/2 nr 92, Xk 9080 and van Xk 9043....

 

[Gizzy]

More wagons for the RhB maintenance fleet.

Matra crane with jib runner wagon, which needs a jib support making up. The runner wagon is a shorty HLW one, fitted with metal wheels, as is the the digger truck.

The rubber tracks deteriorated on the digger, so I fitted it to a spare HLW wagon. Not sure if it has a prototype though....

 

[Zerogee]

Everything - EVERYTHING - has a prototype somewhere, Gizzy - it's like "Rule 34" but for Railway Modelling....

Jon.

 

[Thomas wood]

Made this from the 94007 LGB car

 

[Thomas wood]

Made this from the 94007 LGB car