Coal Towers

[Thebodger]

As part of an O gauge layout I am now starting to build I am planning to scratch build a coal tower. I am hoping to start track laying shortly however the loading track needs to be located appropriately for the tower. There is a good selection of reference photos online however I cannot find any plans online. Does anyone have access to plans of a single track coal tower that they would be willing to share before I start trying to create plans from the reference photos? I am not modelling any specific location therefore exact design is not overly important however the layout is LNER based.

[ianLMS]

You could pick up one of these and use the dimensions as a guide for upscaling it to 7mm.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255267953687?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338268676&toolid=10044&_trkparms=ispr=1&amdata=enc:1qIfNoP2bTliWTs8Trh05QA7&customid=CjwKCAjw-8qVBhANEiwAfjXLrsz1Q-i3-bOlfDAVlQrbdmrXA7fArnyGCWD4498_4xkXWr0qgMpWTBoC_00QAvD_BwE

 

Ian

[Sitham Yard]

On 29/04/2022 at 13:36, Thebodger said:

As part of an O gauge layout I am now starting to build I am planning to scratch build a coal tower. I am hoping to start track laying shortly however the loading track needs to be located appropriately for the tower. There is a good selection of reference photos online however I cannot find any plans online. Does anyone have access to plans of a single track coal tower that they would be willing to share before I start trying to create plans from the reference photos? I am not modelling any specific location therefore exact design is not overly important however the layout is LNER based.

If you are willing to have a steel coal hoist rather than concrete Model Railway Journal No.143 has an article with drawings on building Retford coal hoist.

Andrew

[k22009]

Walsworth models do a coal hoist in 7mm that may be useful, I have one in 4mm to build awaiting a build slot.

 

https://www.walsworthmodelservices.co.uk/product-page/lner-br-coal-hoist