Building A Weed Spray Train

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I am currently building a weed spray train. I have the scratch built spray car and one of the two tank cars completed. Has any other forum member built a weed spray train?

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I haven’t but fellow Club member Brett scratch built this…

brett (2) by Bear, on Flickr
Brett by Bear, on Flickr
Cheers, the Bear.[:)]

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There is an article on kitbashing a weed spraying outfit from a maintainence of way car in the October MR. It provides a lot of interesting info.

Joe

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I never have, but they seem to be something others are very interested in.

Weed trains in brass command very high prices.

-Kevin

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Interesting article about weed spray trains:

https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/weed-sprayer-train-12213419

Here’s a way to make a model one: https://www.trains.com/mrr/how-to/build-model-railroad/build-an-ho-scale-weed-sprayer-for-fun/

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Here is the weed spray car I scratch built. I used the underframe from a 40 foot box car and an VO1000 cab, The rest I used plastic pieces and steel wire for the spray hoses.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ffvbtt0uluwdn397b6man/WeedSprayCar.JPG?rlkey=l3xbnhv3vbjkix6mz8plbdlor&dl=0lco