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Re: New MOC: Loading point for aggregate hoppers
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 6 Jun 2001 19:39:33 GMT
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Awesome! I am suprised that no one has built one like that before. Cool
model! Can you take a closer picture of the chute?
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
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