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Re: New MOC: Loading point for aggregate hoppers
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 5 Jun 2001 13:39:55 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Huw Millington writes:
> Ever wondered how the 4536 hoppers are loaded from above?
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> My latest model is based on Redmire, a facility in the North East of England
> used for loading limestone quarried nearby into railway hopper wagons for
> onward transport to steel works. Its simplicity makes it an ideal prototype
> to model. Lorries reverse over a small bridge, then discharge stone down a
> chute into a waiting wagon.
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> See it here, and a picture of the prototype at:
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> http://www.brickset.com/huwhomepage/moc/trains/redmire/
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> LMKWYT
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> Huw
Huw, that is brilliant. I love it. (Despite the obvious lack of orange
bricks :-) Okay, sorry for the feeble wit, but what more can I say?
Marvellous. Next up - Mindstorms fully automated loading bay...?
Jason J Railton
P.S. Okay, the reason for those round holes in the ends of the engine
sheds? They would originally have had a tripod mount with an electric motor
and three-bladed fan sat in the circle as an extractor. They don't appear
to have been a tight enough fit to be all that efficient, and the quality of
electric motors and reliability of the electricity supply was a bit lacking
back then, so I don't suppose they were a lasting feature. I've only ever
seen them on kits, not in any photos or restorations.
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