Coal Loadout
How it all began.
Drawings I made from photos, the photos and trains and Legos to mock it up.
This is the frame of the loader and the photo shows the gate
controlling the flow of coal and the chute that will deliver the coal to the
cars. The chute is off to the side so the locomotive can pass.
3\18\04 This has been rebuilt. The slide is now thinner and on an angle
and moved by a bell crank driven by a rod that comes up near the far leg.
The third version of the loadout gate.
The loader with the shell in place as well.
3/18/04 photo of loadout progress. The next major step is walkways and handrails. I also need to figure out the detail on the roof and a way to fill it with 'coal'. In this photo there are 12 subassemblies stacked up temporarily.
7/23/04 Progress photo.
12/03/04 A photo taken right after the cleanup from the first big spill at the loadout. I still haven't figured out a way to represent the handrails or all the rooftop details.
Here is one of the new bridges just down from the loadout.
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12/19/04