Dear modelers,
If you have used a 364 log loader in conjunction with a 464 saw mill, would you please post pictures of your setup?
Thank you
Original Post
Here is how I use a kitbashed log loader to load logs and then how I transfer the logs and dump them on the Lionel 464 Lumber/Saw mill platform.
Automating the Manual Lionel 6-12774 Lumber Log Loader Building to allow moving logs from Mountain to Lionel 464 Lumber/Saw Mill . The lumber Mill/Saw Mill then saws the log into lumber thus combining two accessories, Log Loader, Log car and Lumber/Saw mill makes Lumber.
Lionel Log Dumping car, a 9303 or 3451 are too low to be used to discharge logs to my Lionel 464 Lumber/Saw Mill log feeding platform.
Both 027 track and Lumber/Saw Mill are at grade. Lionel Coal Dumping car, 9304 or 16600 are high enough and can be used to dump logs to the Lionel 464 Lionel Lumber/Saw Mill loading deck. Maybe not realistic but workable on my layout!
The fact I can now discharge logs from a coal car to the Lionel 464 Lumber/Saw Mill makes me more interested in automating my manual Lionel 6-12774 Log Loader. This will allow loading logs from my wooded mountain, in a car and unloading the logs on to the feed platform of the Lionel 464 Lumber/Saw Mill and then sawing the logs into lumber with the saw mill for double action tasks utilizing two accessories.
Later I found if extended the support arms of a Lionel 9300 log dumping car it could also receiver logs from the log dumper and dump logs to the saw mill. I used about 5/8 inch of 1/4 inch OD aquarium bubblier vinyl clear tubing which can seen on the left center below. The vinyl tubing also keeps the logs from jumping off the dump arm when the logs are dumped onto the car.
The fact I can now discharge logs from a coal car to the Lionel 464 Lumber/Saw Mill makes me more interested in automating my manual Lionel 6-12774 Log Loader. This will allow loading logs from my wooded mountain, in a car and unloading the logs on to the feed platform of the Lionel 464 Lumber/Saw Mill and then sawing the logs into lumber with the saw mill for double action tasks utilizing two accessories.
The fact I can now discharge logs from a coal car to the Lionel 464 Lumber/Saw Mill makes me more interested in automating my manual Lionel 6-12774 Log Loader. This will allow loading logs from my wooded mountain, in a car and unloading the logs on to the feed platform of the Lionel 464 Lumber/Saw Mill and then sawing the logs into lumber with the saw mill for double action tasks utilizing two accessories.
The small Lionel 6-12774 Log Loader Building fits well adjacent to my mountain, next to my automated coal mine. The coal mine was kitbashed from a Bachmann, Coal Station 1975, on page 2, in Post 15 here. I think the loggers on my mountain drag, roll or haul the logs to the Log Loader from the mountain so space is not needed to transport the logs from grade to be loaded into a car like the fancier Lionel 164 and 364 Log Loaders.
Charlie
