09-15-2013, 08:59 PM
Tetters:
I suspect that it might be twice the length of the ashpan/firebox on a steam loco.
I would probably get a Peco inspection pit and chop it down a bit, then fill it in. These come with a long hole in the middle and mountings for rails along the sides.
I just found a picture in Engine Houses and Turntables on Canadian Railways 1850-1950. CPR at MacTier which looks like about 3 cars long (1905 hoppers - shorties).
The hoppers are parked on the next track which may be depressed. The pit is open on the one side -- rails supported on posts -- and there is a big hole going over to the hoppers. The solid side of the ashpit looks to have a sloped wall.
A couple of diagrams (CPR John Street -twice) show the "cinder plant" extending under 4 tracks and up to a fifth - presumably for loading. Ottawa CNR shows two pits with a siding between them.
I suspect that it might be twice the length of the ashpan/firebox on a steam loco.
I would probably get a Peco inspection pit and chop it down a bit, then fill it in. These come with a long hole in the middle and mountings for rails along the sides.
I just found a picture in Engine Houses and Turntables on Canadian Railways 1850-1950. CPR at MacTier which looks like about 3 cars long (1905 hoppers - shorties).
The hoppers are parked on the next track which may be depressed. The pit is open on the one side -- rails supported on posts -- and there is a big hole going over to the hoppers. The solid side of the ashpit looks to have a sloped wall.
A couple of diagrams (CPR John Street -twice) show the "cinder plant" extending under 4 tracks and up to a fifth - presumably for loading. Ottawa CNR shows two pits with a siding between them.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.