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Cement Shed changes - blame Marc Smith !

Stubby47

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You know how it is, you have this great idea all planned in your head, you know exactly what you want your layout to look like, then along comes some smart-alec with a wild suggestion and everything goes t*ts-up.

 

So it is with the Cement shed.

 

Marc asked if I have a track plan - the track was only going to be a few inches jutting in from the left side, enough to hold one hopper wagon over the hopper.... But Marc also said "And added track on the lid is another stroke of genius!" - I hadn't intended to put any track on the lid - until now.

 

So this time, it's ALL YOUR FAULT, Marc !tongue.gif

 

The revised plan actually also solves another dilemma I was having about where to send the cement to from the end of the conveyor. With the addition of the track on the lid, I can now put the cement back into a hopper wagon...

 

This is my usual crude Google Sketch-up offering, but I think the gist of the idea should be there.

 

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Full hoppers enter stage left, and discharge onto the conveyor, which then raises the cement to the other hopper and then discharges into another hopper wagon.

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Stubby47
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is that delivery by NG hoppers and departure by standard gauge?

 

You know, I'm not sure yet...

 

I'd like to use NG, but it's how to get the wagons to unload. Fen End Pit does this quite well, but that's in a far larger scale. Could 4mm 009 wagons be made to tip ? Would the chassis be heavy enough to keep them steady ?

Also, would the volume of the load carried be enough to keep the conveyor busy ?

 

It needs some more cogitation, me thinks.

 

I had also considered moving up to 0-16.5 & 7mm standard gauge... but I don't have any 7mm stock, especially a loco.

 

Not simple, this modelling...

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Kenton
I had also considered moving up to 0-16.5 & 7mm standard gauge... but I don't have any 7mm stock, especially a loco.

Just the excuse (if one was ever needed) to build one ;)

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Thanks Russ, it's a work in progress really. I also ought to create thumbnails for each of the pics to allow a quicker loading time for the pages, but it's one of those 'on my list' things...

Stu

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RandyWales

Hi Stu...

I've noticed that you have a dilemma with regard to maybe having to mix gauges.

However, you also posed a question yourself regarding whether small NG tipper wagons would have the capacity to keep the conveyor busy.?

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