Herr Dienstleiter Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 To celebrate the lovely weather in the UK, I have spent the afternoon refurbishing my OBB Klimaschneeplug (i.e. snowplough as designed by Mr. Klima). These were a standard class of vehicle 9895xx built on a clutch of ex German army bogie goods wagons left behind in 1945. The interior has a Westinghouse pump to work the various bits of kit, including adjusting the plough under the vehicle to lift it clear of 'twixt rail obstructions, the centre plough lifting kit, lots of pipes and a fair bit of room of the five man crew. Mine only has an operator and the PW Inspector, 'Bahnmeister', I really am not sure what the other three members of the crew were for, one as a lookout? Someone to keep the coffee flowing ? A back-up operator? Someone to stand on the rear platform and shout instructions to the driver of the propelling loco? There was no real way of communication between the operator and loco driver except that the plough has its own whistle to warn of obstructions, the wrong kind of cow on the line and the like. There were six of these built, mine is the 'extra one built because they needed it for the line I have invented' - the usual modeller's excuse. It is almost eight inches long in 1:45 and lumbers along quite nicely. Built on an HFB chassis by Kroess, in polystyrene, the lamps and so on were left over from my Kroess 2091 kit and the interior bits mocked up in the usual sort of way but I did buy a proper Westinghouse pump casting.Did other n.g. lines have such implements? Now if only I could figure out how to post a pic of it here .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgundy Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 This one lives on the Pressnitztalbahn in Saxony. Anything like yours? Best wishes Eric PS You should find a button marked "more reply options" in the reply space. If you click on it, it goes to a different window which allows you to add attachments. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Dienstleiter Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 This one lives on the Pressnitztalbahn in Saxony. Anything like yours? 10 02 Pressnitztalbahn 11.JPG Best wishes Eric PS You should find a button marked "more reply options" in the reply space. If you click on it, it goes to a different window which allows you to add attachments. This appears to have worked. Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I've a photo of the BOB snowplough at Wilderswil (Switzerland) - any relation? (Minor typo for the pedantic, Schneepflug singular, Schneepflüge / Schneepfluege plural) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Dienstleiter Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 What a tiny machine - it looks like a rebuild from one of their motor-tractors. The OeBB machines are not self-propelled, of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted March 24, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 24, 2013 There's one virtually identical to the Pressnitztalbahn one on the Harz and someone does it in 3D on Shapeways in 1:87th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Dienstleiter Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 Fortunately the OeBB machine is a straightforward shape and not difficult to detail - the worst bit is the lettering but Peter Blackham sorted that out for me. The obsessive bit was the interior detailing ... fortunately a friend of a friend is a volunteer on the Steyrtal and he posted me some pix of the inside of their preserved example. I think I need to do some more retouching to the interior paintwork though, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 This one lives on the Pressnitztalbahn in Saxony. Anything like yours? 10 02 Pressnitztalbahn 11.JPG Best wishes Eric PS You should find a button marked "more reply options" in the reply space. If you click on it, it goes to a different window which allows you to add attachments. "Engineer" on Shapeways does one, I have one and it's very nice: http://www.shapeways.com/model/198213/schmalspur-schneepflug-spur-h0e.html?li=productBox-search Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Madog Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Not to be nit-picky, but snowploughs translate into "Schneepfluege" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 German Wikki site: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schneepflug Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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