so the silos are staged and the track beginning to take shape for the atlas/ universal cement plant .... Hoping to create a rotating kiln too
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What a nice layout Brad!
Now it's in serious need of some N&B and HCRR boxcars to serve it to carry that bagged concrete! 
Robbie,
wonder where I might find a couple of those.....
BradA posted:Robbie,
wonder where I might find a couple of those.....
Just happens to be a couple in my cut of cars!
BradA: What did you make your silos out of?
Thank you.
Al Hummel
Hi Al the silos are made out of sewer pipes and and caps there 6 inches in diameter I cut them 2 feet tall and put the cap on the tricky part was cutting the openings for the cars to fit through our use I used a table saw to cut the openings
I used to work for a company that repaired rotary lime kilns. A typical kiln was 12'-16' in diameter, 400' long, and sat on 4 or 5 pairs of rollers (trunnions), and would turn at 1-2rpm. At the heat end it would run 2200 degrees or so, the skin temp 160 degrees. All the properties I saw of course has rail car facilities. Pulp mills also used kilns in the pulping process and were about the same size.
Dick
Dick,
very cool! I was going to used a pair of used ceramic water filters as a kiln and find a way to rotate them....
Great layout! 
Brada,
Just use a 3" or 4" diameter PVC pipe cut to length. There were also a few high speed kilns that were shorter and turned like 3 rpm. To see more pictures go to www.phillipskilnservices.com.
Dick
PRR MAN:
Who's hoppers do you plan to use?
GREAT looking plant!!
Al Hummel
Same group. FL Schmidt bought Phillips.
Dick
Alan, this is what I have on hand:
PRR: H30 covered hoppers
DL&W: 55 ton 2 bay covered hoppers. LCL cement bottles in 42' gondola.
and whatever else the other members may use.
the photos are old, the silo structure was replaced with a different arrangement.
Looks like we are all cementing new friendships in O scale....LOL!
