trammayo
Interested in vintage commercial vehicle, trams, t
Back in 2008, as part of my new trailer's 'scenery', I added a Bachmann Cooaling tower. Meant for 0 Gauge, it was also offered for G Scale. It survived the rebuild of the trailer but, due to various factors, it started to fall apart. I tried all sorts of temporary fixes (including bracing the inside of the structure with wood and screwing through the plastic.
2008
A couple of weeks ago, I leaned over to rerail an errant coach and managed to catch the roof of the tower. This inadvertent action dislodged everything and it would no longer go back together. Fed up, I decided to build a new tower more to scale.
The old tower removed - hand rails, stairs, etc. had already dropped off or got broken before the final blow!
With the new (totally wooden) representation I was about to build, being 30% larger, it was imperative that I alter the track layout by the depot. The original track was plastic with an improbable connection to the brass track!
The old....
... and the 'new'. The marks of the former tower's basr can be seen - along with 3 items of toy rolling stock (50mm gauge?)....
When I say new, I mean new to me. The LGB points had to be rebuilt and electrical conductivity restored (just in case!)
I didn't take any pictures of the build (and it is far from finished) as I had so many interuptions to the planned "me" time. Indeed, as late as last Friday evening, I was struggling. In the end, I decided to make it a deliberate 'build in progress and made a lean-to board advertising the construction company. One only has to treat the ampersand as an A and you have a complete acronym!
Pictures of the new build - the builder is named as T & TS Planks....
Ex 45x22 PSE (ex 2x1 is not available here!) represents the elevator and acts as a nain spine..
And a couple of more shots. The coach was used for clearance testing.. The sleepers have been removed to represent the drop pit feeding the elevator - all I need to do is find the bags of coal I put somewhere safe.
The shute (bashed - literally - from a piece of corrugated sheet) is permanently fixed in the raised position ..
With the trailer now in the hay shed, the tower is back in the workshop awaiting gantries, stairs (maybe a ladder because of restrictions on space), detailing and landscaping, etc. Further painting is required and maybe a brick wall as a backdrop (like the other end of the depot).
Also, I will need to acquire a two axle, bottom dishcharge, hopper truck - as my bogie hoppers are too long.
More to follow..
Edit; And I need to put a stop at the end of the track. Don't ask how I know that - suffice to say that an accidentally rerouted loco went through the depot!
2008
A couple of weeks ago, I leaned over to rerail an errant coach and managed to catch the roof of the tower. This inadvertent action dislodged everything and it would no longer go back together. Fed up, I decided to build a new tower more to scale.
The old tower removed - hand rails, stairs, etc. had already dropped off or got broken before the final blow!
With the new (totally wooden) representation I was about to build, being 30% larger, it was imperative that I alter the track layout by the depot. The original track was plastic with an improbable connection to the brass track!
The old....
... and the 'new'. The marks of the former tower's basr can be seen - along with 3 items of toy rolling stock (50mm gauge?)....
When I say new, I mean new to me. The LGB points had to be rebuilt and electrical conductivity restored (just in case!)
I didn't take any pictures of the build (and it is far from finished) as I had so many interuptions to the planned "me" time. Indeed, as late as last Friday evening, I was struggling. In the end, I decided to make it a deliberate 'build in progress and made a lean-to board advertising the construction company. One only has to treat the ampersand as an A and you have a complete acronym!
Pictures of the new build - the builder is named as T & TS Planks....
Ex 45x22 PSE (ex 2x1 is not available here!) represents the elevator and acts as a nain spine..
And a couple of more shots. The coach was used for clearance testing.. The sleepers have been removed to represent the drop pit feeding the elevator - all I need to do is find the bags of coal I put somewhere safe.
The shute (bashed - literally - from a piece of corrugated sheet) is permanently fixed in the raised position ..
With the trailer now in the hay shed, the tower is back in the workshop awaiting gantries, stairs (maybe a ladder because of restrictions on space), detailing and landscaping, etc. Further painting is required and maybe a brick wall as a backdrop (like the other end of the depot).
Also, I will need to acquire a two axle, bottom dishcharge, hopper truck - as my bogie hoppers are too long.
More to follow..
Edit; And I need to put a stop at the end of the track. Don't ask how I know that - suffice to say that an accidentally rerouted loco went through the depot!
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