Weird scratchbuilt track-cleaner unit......

Zerogee said:
Just been watching this, thought others might find it interesting - a really "different" piece of scratchbuilt track cleaning machinery....


Jon.
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Very unique. I'm very unsure what most of the machinery does.
 
What a great railway! Lots of just trains and track going through nice scenery, just like a full size railway
 
Looks to be heavily based on a Tamping Machine. With all the gubbins in sight on these is is a very good concept for such a machine.
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I think that the concept can clearly be seen with the above pic and there are NG versions of these too, so whoever built it has a good imagination.

Clearly there has been clever use of LGB Locomotive Cabs and probably other bits as well. Was a bit frustrating not getting a full side on pass by as I wanted to count the wheels on the beast. But I reckon 6 or 7 each side not counting the Cleaning Wheel. With this towards the front the Track behind is going to be clean enough to maintain Pickup. Something that the LGB one suffers from in only having a standard 4 wheel and slider setup on possibly slightly mucky Track. LGB should be adding such a beast to their line up forthwith (I wish). Was nice also to see that some snow clearing was left for the 2-10-2.

Thanks for posting.
JonD
 
Like it a lot and a 2-10-2 in the snow as well!. It does remind me of the rail grinder that Networkrail use to re profile the rail head. no one likes that job, having to conduct some one who's French or Swiss can be hard work, then spending the rest of the shift in a cloud of dust and rubbish that comes off the grinding wheels, not a fun way to spend a night!
 
Someone put alot of thought and excellent modeling skills into that piece.....:inlove:
 
The odd thing is that the modelling is really kind of rough when you study it closely, with exposed wiring and electrics all over it (including choc block terminals!), and those stacks of metal bars which I assume are either lead or steel, to give weight to the whole thing (it's apparently 10kg according to the write-up!) - but because the "real" tamper machines are themselves such a mass of pipes, cables and equipment, the model actually looks surprisingly effective - it just has the right "look and feel" to it.....

Jon.
 
Zerogee said:
The odd thing is that the modelling is really kind of rough when you study it closely, with exposed wiring and electrics all over it (including choc block terminals!), and those stacks of metal bars which I assume are either lead or steel, to give weight to the whole thing (it's apparently 10kg according to the write-up!) - but because the "real" tamper machines are themselves such a mass of pipes, cables and equipment, the model actually looks surprisingly effective - it just has the right "look and feel" to it.....

Jon.
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I suppose that is the idea???

I like the 'task lights' on the working machinery...

As you say, in one way quite crude, but as it should be... Especially if you apply the 8 foot rule, I would think it would look superb!
 
I must agree with Phil. A machine like that looks more purposeful with all those hoses and wires flying about.
 
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