Build That Load!

maxman:

Really sharp loads!

Dave

Thank you.

[:-^]This is probably the only load I have weatherd. It looks like the consist is going out to do some bridge work with a crane, two Cats, steel beams, and assorted Boxed parts.

Dang, I wonder why the emotion icon always goes to the start of my text and not to the end of the sentence were I put it ?

Oh well Enjoy the Holiday.

Lee

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Lee,

Fine looking load and really a category that has broad application, too. Vehicles/equipment loads tell a story by their nature. They range from loading an autorack full of the same kind of new car to down and dirty one-off loads that are obviously on their way to more work to do. The choices are almost endless, but weathering like yours is also part of the story a load tells about where it has been and where it’s going.

CHARLIE and MIKE
My mom’s and part of dad’s families are from round the Terre Haute area and still have a lot round there. Ran round a lot and worked over there too in the 60’s n 70’s. The wife also has family living there now. We now live a ¼ mile off the Vandalia near Martinsville IL.
Mike, me and my dad both served in the Air Force.
Guess it be a small world at times
Mike

Dave, I’m lurking in the shadows, reading, learnin’. I don’t have any loads to show photos of…yet.

I subscribed to the thread so every time my phone buzzes I view the thread again. I’m looking forward to the post when Mike, Mike, and Charlie close the loop and realize they all know the same person in Terre Haute.

More free magazine articles here. [:)]

T e d

Thanks Mike L.

Kind words

When I get the bug to do something, I like to do a consist with a back story. My Grandkids seem to have lost interest in trains so building is the only fun part now.

Have a fun holiday.

Lee

Mike,

Thanks for you comments. I moved around so much as a kid (you know how that is) that you really value the local connectiosn you do make since so much was lost in the shuffle in terms of knowing people for more than a few years at a time.

BTW, you’re not real close, but you’re certainly welcome like other forum members to contact me via private messaging here to arrange a layout visit or one of the operating sessions I’m now holding regularly.

Ted,

Not sure it’s that small a world, but Charlie and I certainly hung out in the same places if mostly at different times in our lives.

Not to worry, you’ll soon have some pics you might like to share . What’s important here is to either inspire or be inspired, taking what you need from the experiences of others and contributing when you can.

Lee,

As the Grateful Dead like to remind, be kind to one another. We often forget, even if our work isn’t featured in a magazine, just how much effort and good modeling goes into our own modeling. Whatever small imperfections might be present and stick out in our own eyes are nearly always less important than the overall effect. Mine is never perfect, but it’s worth it to me. Thus, I tend to value the effort that goes into someone’s else’s creation in commenting.

Even darn good modelers are often reluctant to show their work online, because people often pick what they don’t like to have something to comment on, rather than honoring the intent and effort of the builder. To me, your work is very persuasive a

A little thing that might help some modelers here. Not to nit pick the work of others, but, many loads appear way too heavy compared to what they would be in the real world. Steel has a density or s.g. of almost 500 lbs per cubic foot.

If we do the math, we can easily figure out how much one of our model loads would weigh in the real world and adjust it accordingly. Now we must try to read the small print on the side of the car to see what it’s capacity is and load it appropriately.

As we used to say in our correspondence on the real railroad, Be governed accordingly and do this without fail.

Charlie

Hey, Ted. As for knowing the same person, the last time I got together with a couple of other former Big Four employees, it turned out we all had the same parole officer.

Charlie

Mike, this is an interesting subject. I worked for the Santa Fe back in the 70s and 80s and for a while was in the rate department. we got all kinds of requests for loads that were over dimensional and I quoted rates for heat exchangers, steel beams, pipes, you name it moving from/to/via the Santa Fe. Once I quoted the rates, i would transfer the person to the clearance department upstairs so they would figure out if the load could move and if via the routing I chose. It was very interesting work. Being in N gauge, my eye is always looking for different things that could be loaded on flats or into gons. Just looking at anything, say the plastic cover on a razor or things like that can develop into loads. And by the way, since you are running the railroad, you don’t have to figure out what the item is for, just that you can move it safely and make money doing so. Great topic and great pictures.

Ted Fisk

Ted,

Thanks for the recollections[:D] Between you and Charlie, it’s a topic that interests old rails a lot, too, and I think that’s always good input to have on board. I’ve got some other ideas and will get back to them once I get past the ops session marathon I’ve been running the last couple of weeks.[:P]