When I was working with N scale, I had a few gondolas with rock loads (I don't remember the manufacturer's name). I thought it was one of the best looking loads I had seen. However, I couldn't find a rock load in O scale. A trip to the garden, a piece of cardboard & a hot glue gun later, I had my rock load. I am sure others make their own loads, so lets see some photos!
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Looks good, I like the idea. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks JEN
Weaver and BV trailers on scratch built flat car.
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Tamiya kit 2.5 T and Jeep on K-Line flat car
Corgi half track and K-Line boxes on Weaver flat car
Die cast crawler tractors on K-Line flat car
Repainted Athearns atop Weaver flat car
John in Lansing, ILL
Nice Rattler! They look good.
a sample of over 200 cars with similar items
a few of mine...
Here are two Menards flat cars with loads my daughter gave me for Christmas 2015.
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Nice work everyone. Some very interesting ideas!
Pipe loads in gondolas and flats
Tom
Here's a few of my more recent home made freight loads. The first photo shows Menard's 14-1/2 " Alaska RR flats. While the first has a Coast Guard helicopter like the one offered by Menard's this is my copy, I have three US Coast Guard helicopters and one Canadian Coast Guard helo so I was going to mount all four on the flats but decided to change things up. The boat is a battery operated toy, the excavator is a Siku die cast that had the correct colors so some Alaska decals were added and the Jordan spreader is home made from Amtrak spreader parts, a wood frame and some weaver trucks also decaled for the ARR.
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needed something to wash down them Pringle's....
Thank you everyone, for sharing pictures of your custom made loads. They were all fantastic. I really enjoyed looking at them.
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