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World Wide Grain
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12-08-2013, 06:52 AM
Here are some pic's of a project i been working on. The co. is World Wide Grain they lease a spot in the the Dundee transload yard , they unload covered hopper cars into 20' containers to be shipped overseas . You can buy used ( Damaged ) containers for scrap value $$ & they made a building out of them. They dump into a pit in the building a blow it into the container to be driven to port Newark.
12-08-2013, 08:18 AM
Good use of the containers!
Mike
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12-08-2013, 05:17 PM
It's made out of foam poster board , paper , cereal box & wooden coffee stirs for roof truss , cost me 1 dollar for the foam poster board from the $1.00 store
12-11-2013, 08:57 PM
Very nice work, I do have a question. There is a giant eye bolt in a couple of photos and my curiosity is getting me. Is that for lifting your layout for space?
Les
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12-12-2013, 06:21 AM
Yes it is !!! I winch it up & down in a 2 car garage , That's why I mostly only work on it on sundays ( cars occupy that space during the week!!!)
12-12-2013, 06:39 AM
How big is the layout?
Mike Kieran
Port Able Lines " If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be " - Yogi Berra.
12-13-2013, 06:48 AM
A perfect example of the argument that there is a place in our hobby for tabletop layouts.
Mike Kieran
Port Able Lines " If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be " - Yogi Berra.
12-13-2013, 09:29 PM
Very impressive, I have heard about doing that but never seen it. It appears that you have electric hoist.
Les
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12-14-2013, 07:32 AM
This is the only way I could have a layout , I had to make a way to raise & lower it (the only room for me) The layout is a work in progress ,But the lifing system is done . I use a electic drill & ( some things from habour freight for under 50 bucks) to power the hoist up & down , is that something your interested in seeing ??? I know that there are some people who thumb there nose at 4x8 layouts , But mine is an operating switching shortline line RR ,They don't have alot of trackage , NS uses NJT trackage to deliver 4 cars to an interchange track & My RR (PRT) has trackage rights to run on the NJT to the interchange & bring the cars to a small county owned transload yard , a small bio fuel plant & C&D facillity. I can run a NS local GP 38 , short 2 car NJT & my PRT locos.
12-14-2013, 10:33 AM
There are several good 4 x 8 layouts here, including GEC's. Let's see more!
12-14-2013, 09:49 PM
jwb Wrote:There are several good 4 x 8 layouts here, including GEC's. Let's see more!I agree I think I will start a thread for that.
Les
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