Flat car load

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I told you guys and gals about my anvile for a flat car load over in the coffee shop, well here it is for those of you who do not dwell over there…

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sorry for picking on you in the coffee shop it really is neat find there cheese3

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The only problem I can see with the load is the need for 3 locomotives leading the car and another loco cut in ahead of the caboose. If you are into steam, two Y6b’s should be able to handle it.

Tom

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BOY! that is a big anvil! Perhaps for a G scale blacksmith?[:D]

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Can you imagine how big the blacksmith would be that used that? Maybe Paul Bunyan was a smithy rather than a lumberjack.

[:)]

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So, is this the latest model in track glueing devices to help hold the track in place? Does this “load” make it all the way around your layout, or will it create it’s own tunnel through the back range of maountains? and will the trestle over Dry Gulch handle the load?
{Note to self…they must serve strong coffee in the Coffee Shop!}

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Speaking of coffee… Full size coffe mug on an HO Schnabel car??? Need lots of clearance

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Inspiration just struck![:D] How about a spoon on a 60 or 70 foot flat. Say you are transporting modern art[swg][swg][swg]

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Half-inch drill bit on a flat car - you could claim it was for hard-rock mining…

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Pretty cool. I’ve pulled around scrapped pieces of machining parts that my brother gave me, (He’s a machinist), but they weren’t that big. They are shiny stainless steel though, and look great on a heavy duty four truck flat car.

~[8]~TrainFreak409~[8]~

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If your brother’s a machinist - what does he do with the dulled cutter inserts from the machine tools? They make great car weights. One of the guys in the club I used to belong to worked in a shop, he would bring in boxes of the old inserts, these were fairly large ones, about a half inch square. Two plus the stock weight in an Atheran car was just about dead on NMRA weight. I still have afew int he cars I had back then. Another friend used to have his own shop, his tolls has the tiny inserts, some tiny squares, some triangles. Easier to fit in tight places but, naturally, you need more. I have a small box of those to use as additional weight in cars that need it.

–Randy