Railroad Construction and Maintenance Equipment

@joe krasko posted:

SPEC CAST MODEL CON 014  1:50

Very cool, Joe. You happen to know what years Northwestern Engineering built that model? I can't seem to find any info.

Thanks, Jim

Here are some pictures of my MOW equipment

Here are photos of all but two of my Diecast Masters items:

@CNJ Jim posted:

Very cool, Joe. You happen to know what years Northwestern Engineering built that model? I can't seem to find any info.

Thanks, Jim

Jim...it's a model 25-D....1958-1974

@A. Wells posted:

Here are photos of all but two of my Diecast Masters items:

That's a very nice collection...the ripper on the 963 looks serious!  I like their container chassis. 

@francis bauer posted:

Here are some pictures of my MOW equipment

Very cool Francis, do you have any more info to share?  Are those scratch built?  The working lights are nice. 

@ESPEE 8722 - Not shown is the M323F and the very large 5110B Hydraulic Excavator.  I want to get more semi's...specifically Peterbilt 579 Day Cabs.  I'd like to attempt to make my own 53' container chassis as well.

The crew has started loading in the big crane.  Both trailers are Weiss Bros, including the East step deck with a section of boom and a Mirsberger utility trailer with crane mats.  The Weiss Bros step deck trailer is very similar to the flat deck Sword trailer, except the tool boxes don't open.  Also shown are a Sword Ford F250, DCM Volvo VNR 300 Cab, and Motorart JCB 456 wheel loader moving some rail spikes.

@A. Wells posted:

@ESPEE 8722 - Not shown is the M323F and the very large 5110B Hydraulic Excavator.  I want to get more semi's...specifically Peterbilt 579 Day Cabs.  I'd like to attempt to make my own 53' container chassis as well.

A 53' chassis would be excellent, it'd be nice to have something to load all my 53' Atlas O Maxi IV containers into.   A kit could be CNC'd from ABS and glued on a jig. I've seen from other posts that you have the CAD skills.

You will need some of these yard tractors for your container terminal.  The Capacity is by Tonkin, the Terberg is unbranded.

To finish up the East trailers, here is an East dump trailer with Pete 357 cab both by Sword. Lots of detail, the working bed cover is over the top (pun intended).

I think ballast would be too heavy for a trailer this size, maybe it would be loaded with sand or lightweight soil from an excavation?

There are some videos online of this type of trailer tipping over sideways when dumping.

Yep That's the plan...to CAD it up, do a resin print and use that to make a mold.  The problem lies in my lack of time.  I still work work.  It makes it hard to fully finalize some projects.  I like the Sword East Dump trailer, albeit I wouldn't be able to find much use for that on my layouts.  The wheels on it are exquisite though. A

@ESPEE 8722 posted:

To finish up the East trailers, here is an East dump trailer with Pete 357 cab both by Sword. Lots of detail, the working bed cover is over the top (pun intended).

I think ballast would be too heavy for a trailer this size, maybe it would be loaded with sand or lightweight soil from an excavation?

There are some videos online of this type of trailer tipping over sideways when dumping.

Yes, you could not fill this trailer anywhere near full of ballast, due to weight issues. However, ballast can be hauled in these trailers, and often is. You can only load the trailer about 1/3 - 1/2 full when hauling crushed ballast, due to highway weight limits. (FYI: I used to supervise a fleet of dump trucks and later owned one.) And yes, it is not all that hard to tip one over when dumping. It always made me nervous when dumping mine. Fortunately, unless frozen, ballast slides out pretty easily.

Jeff

@mowingman posted:

Yes, you could not fill this trailer anywhere near full of ballast, due to weight issues. However, ballast can be hauled in these trailers, and often is. You can only load the trailer about 1/3 - 1/2 full when hauling crushed ballast, due to highway weight limits. (FYI: I used to supervise a fleet of dump trucks and later owned one.) And yes, it is not all that hard to tip one over when dumping. It always made me nervous when dumping mine. Fortunately, unless frozen, ballast slides out pretty easily.

Jeff

Thanks Jeff! it's always nice to hear about real life experiences with this equipment.  Now I can load my trailer with some ballast.   

Here's a CAT 963D by Norscot, with a Holt root rake ready to clear some land for a new transloading facility. 

This Komatsu D51PX forestry dozer from First Gear is assisting with the land clearing.  The winch inspired me to find winch kits for my CAT 572s in the initial post. 

Here's a Norscot CAT D6K ready to regrade an industrial siding which will be put back into service.  The ripper will be needed to remove the kudzu which has grown over the previously abandoned siding.

@ESPEE 8722 posted:

A 53' chassis would be excellent, it'd be nice to have something to load all my 53' Atlas O Maxi IV containers into.   A kit could be CNC'd from ABS and glued on a jig. I've seen from other posts that you have the CAD skills.

You will need some of these yard tractors for your container terminal.  The Capacity is by Tonkin, the Terberg is unbranded.

I've been trying to make 53' trailers for these for a while.  Making the trailer part out of styrene is the easy part.  I have been unable to find wheel sets for the trailer.  Once you can source the wheels the rest is pretty straight forward.

@Bossman284 posted:

I've been trying to make 53' trailers for these for a while.  Making the trailer part out of styrene is the easy part.  I have been unable to find wheel sets for the trailer.  Once you can source the wheels the rest is pretty straight forward.

A lot of people, me included, would be interested in a 53' chassis as kits or completed models.  Did you look at Tekno? They make a lot of Euro truck parts in 1/50.  I've ordered some parts and loads from TruckMo and another seller in the UK before.

https://www.truckmo.com/en/tek...essories/tires-rims/

@ESPEE 8722 posted:

A lot of people, me included, would be interested in a 53' chassis as kits or completed models.  Did you look at Tekno? They make a lot of Euro truck parts in 1/50.  I've ordered some parts and loads from TruckMo and another seller in the UK before.

https://www.truckmo.com/en/tek...essories/tires-rims/

Same problem with the tires and rims.  I have some HO scale 53' chassis kits.  Loathe them.  I am interested in possibly using TPU material to make the tires.  That's a resin print, mold process.  The rims can easily be made from PLA or ABS.  But you have to have a model to start with.  I'll take a look at the UK site when I get some free time.

The engineers spec'd some riprap for erosion control at the industrial siding.  Here is a First Gear Kenworth T880 dump truck delivering a load.

A Norscot CAT 950H is loading the riprap into a pair of 2 railed MTH RK Diffco side dump cars for placement along the siding.

A Lionel tamper and speeder were spotted on a siding.

The crew is preparing to install some sheet piles to replace a bridge pier.  They are using a Conrad ABI hydraulic pile driver on Sennebogen SR35T chassis.  The Duha sheet piles arrived on a Lionel PS-4 flat car.

To assist with the project, a Hitachi Zaxis ZX250LC (unbranded) excavator was brought in on an RMT depressed flat car.

really nice stuff guys

more MOW pictures from layout

Is that the new lionel tamper?  I never got my preorder.

no, it's one of the first issued out  years ago

My tamper is circa 2004.

Testing out an NZG Grove SM4688 scissor lift for some upcoming bridge service work.

A Visit to the Buckingham Branch yard in Dilwyn, VA back in August 2014.  The last two photos are a tie treatment plant located nearby. 

Some shots of the locomotive service area and MoW cars at 30th Street Station in Philly in October 2019.  Has there ever been a Kasgro (KRL) "Red n' Ready" flat car available in O scale?

@ESPEE 8722 posted:

A Visit to the Buckingham Branch yard in Dilwyn, VA back in August 2014.  The last two photos are a tie treatment plant located nearby. 

Those BB's run near my house frequently.  Unfortunately, I've yet to identify a solid schedule to take videos.  I'm confused as to why they don't put their nice logo on the engines instead of the drab paint work they have now.  That GP7/9 is used for their excursions...of which I have yet to purchase a ticket.

Anthony

Yeah, I agree.   Here's a photo from Jan of 2021 in Charlottesville with the new logo with some side dump cars and a rapid discharge ballast hopper.  The logo is curiously small though, like an HO decal on an O scale loco.

Some MoW supplies at the Winchester and Western in Gore, Va back in March 2021.  The cat was very familiar with the stacks of rail and wheels, it must be good hunting.  I like these rural scenes because I probably have most of this stuff sitting around and it would be fairly simple to model this type of Class III MoW yard.

@ESPEE 8722 posted:

Yeah, I agree.   Here's a photo from Jan of 2021 in Charlottesville with the new logo with some side dump cars and a rapid discharge ballast hopper.  The logo is curiously small though, like an HO decal on an O scale loco.

They must use that consist often...I saw it last week...including the TTX boxcar on the end.  I didn't get a good look at the "side dump" cars until just now.

Since I have their logo in all it's glory on my computer, I should do a fantasy scheme and send it to them.  I assume those are GP-40's or GP-38-2's.

That might give them some good ideas.  The BB-1 is a GP7, BB-7 is a GP40.

Here are BB-8 and BB-3 in Doswell, VA back in Nov 2014.  Both are listed as GP16s.

They don't have to even paint their logo on the diesels.  They can do like trucking companies and get the large vinyl sheet appliques.  Of course that might present an issue when trying to open the access doors.

Good idea.  Metro did that maybe 5 years ago to update some old trains.  I wonder how it worked out for them.