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Walthers HO scale Hulett unloader
This does look to be a really nice model - too bad I don’t need one!
The Lehigh Valley had Huletts at it’s New Jersey Claremont Terminal location. Claremont Terminal was built between 1917 and 1923. These were supposed to be used for the unloading of import ore ships for the Bethlehem Steel Company in Bethlehem, PA.
Gil
Fantastic! Nice stuff… I’d never seen one in action.
Thanks
I agree, fantastic video. I saw them at Whiskey Island just west of Cleveland, Oh. By the time I saw them they were out of service but luckily one is to be saved for display. As an aside; the operation at Whiskey Island used to be huge with room for thousands of hoppers.
In my opinion that was by far the best video i’ve ever seen on here.
Most interesting… I wondered how they worked… Thanks!
I worked at U S Steel in Gary and they had about six Huletts until a microburst or tornado knocked them over leaving one or two standing upright; the others were toppled like dominos. At the time, the Huletts were on their way out since ore boats were self-unloading. It took a heck of a long time to cut apart those beasts safely.
U S Steel unloaded boats into huge pits and moved the ore via conveyors.
Great video. My Grandmother used to take us to see the unloaders at the Port of Lorain, Ohio. These unloaded hoppers into boats, then were kicked up a high ramp to change tracks and get into the empty track. Sort of like a hump yard. Anyone know what these were called or if there is video for them as well? Tracks belonged to N&W if I remember correctly.
Wow neat video, I can see why they replaced them however, looks labor intensive with multiple operators, what was their successor?
Many thanks for a supperb video, this brought back memories of when i was an officer in the merchant marine,i will have to look at a small shelf layout incorperating this model
PATRICK
DUBLIN IRELAND
Walthers has out did themseves with this model. The model conforms quite closely to Mike Rabbit’s plans of a Hulett. The level of detail is great, and moving parts are a great plus. I can’t wait for one in N scale by Walthers
Very interesting video,i too was wondering how thy worked
seams like along tedius job. how long did it take to unload
the ship?
Excellent and interesting. Would like to see more videos of this type, showing how some of the more odd and even common railcar loading / unloading equipment works.
I was a great lake captain and I have had vessels unloaded by these hulett’s. They did not carry much in there buckets seem like 35 to 40 tons, but they were fast four of them could unload the old lakers in about 18 to 24 hours.
What killed them the ships got bigger in size from ave of 550 feet to 730 feet, and as Mr. Zamirowski said the self unloader came around and the size of the ship went to 1000 feet. Tonnage over this time went from 6/8 thousand to over 61,000.
It’s great that this piece of railroad / industrial history has been preserved in video.
How long did it take to unload an average ship?
Who will be the first modeler to build an operating model using the Walthers kit and DCC?
Video was very helpful when it came time to weather the model. One caution: The operating joints, particularly the trunions on the walking beam, are fragile and break off easily.
Fabulous model from Walthers. The actual Hulett is an amazing piece of engineering - I’ve never seen anything like it. The video leaves us in no doubt as to how it operated and, as such, is an invaluable aid for any layout as well as weathering the model.
Great video and a stunning reproduction of the Hullett. It was mentioned in the article about animating the model and in searching for other video fottage of the unloader on Youtube there is a video of a scratch built model (not sure of the scale) that is fully functional. It gives a functioal point from a model, may be helpful for the daring modeler looking to automate the giant for their layout
Great video, thanks for giving me the oppertunity to see it in action.
How do the operators not suck in all that ore dust?