Sorry I don't have a good picture of a flat car load. But I do have a TV tube story. Once on a dark night, someone made me a gooid deal on a war-surplus Korean-Conflict-era 16mm sound mmovie projector. The picture worked okay but the sound amplifier did not. It had tubes in it. I remembered the grocery store that used to have a do-it-yourself tube tester. I knbew those weren't around anymore. But I took a coupler of the bigger tubes-- with a clip to attrach a wire to the top of the tube-- to a big electronics supply store. Maybe they would have a replacement. I showed the guy at the counter what I had. My plans for getting a replacement wetn downhill fast when he called all the guys from from the back room to come look. "Any of you ever see one of these in real life???"
Those old tube testers were not just money savers for the public, but also a great sales tool. Who today has such genius as to conceive such a business idea?
Boxcab, It's been 10 or more years ago since I built the kit and I can't remember who made it. It does have a clamshell bucket. If I run across any info I will post it.
Mike, that is an Alan Curtis kit and the large round item in the center was pasrt of that kit. Guess what, it was the perfect size for a round speaker. The wires you see go to a Soundtraxx, sound only, diesel decoder that is under the "tarp" on the right side of car. The large blue capacitor is under the canister. Looks strange but it tracks well (train has a slow order with this load) and sounds good. BTW, the four trucks are KATO material handling trucks, no wonder it rolls well. Thanks for asking. Carl
Reminds me of this: Jumbo, a 200-ton steel canister designed to recover the plutonium used in the Trinity test in the event that the explosives used were unable to trigger a chain reaction. In the end, Jumbo wasn't used for recovery, but was placed near ground zero to help gauge the effects of the blast. It survived intact, but its support tower did not. (U.S. Department of Defense)
Piggy Back. Transformer. The railroads usually ship them without the insulators mounted on them but I like them. MOW flat car. A load of fence post holes.
When I see these flat car load threads, I always watch to see if my DRGW 89' Flat shows up that I sold on eBay years ago. It had a wrecked Conrail SDMAC80 shell tied down on it. Still haven't seen it.
A small group of bulkhead flats. The ties are actual wood N scale ties stained with India ink/alcohol wash. And another use for the Bmann oldtime 34 ft flat. Pulpwood service. The bulkheads are scratched, the pulpwood loads are made from Azalea bush trimmings, and the cars upgraded with MT trucks.
Eugen nice shots of your flat cars!! I'm very interested in your layout. Is that old Los Angeles? It looks a bit like an H.O. layout I've seen before.
