show us your HO car loads

Dave,

They are awesome load will have to do some for my newly acquired bulkhead flatcars

 

Great loads, thanks for posting. Like the car modifications too.

 

Great looking car and load!

 

Here is a carload of baled aluminum. After doing a little checking decided to go with 30 X 48 X 60" bales. These are 50 cuft bales that weigh around 900lbs. You cant hardly put enough of them on a rail car to overload it. Besides they fit into the car nice and snug.
First made a bail jig, that the bales were able to be mashed into and pressed out of same. Then did a few to see how much foil would be needed to make a fairly consistent bales. Used the thinnest foil I could find, and started mashing bales. Ended up with 43 bales out of a 25sqft roll of foil. Then colored them up a bit, wrapped with thin drafting tape and glued them to a piece of flat brass stock, painted flat Black, so the car would be unloadable. And a picture of my helper Miss Jenny.
Anyways here are some pics of the endeavor

 

Translation of dog's facial expression: "What is my goofy human doing now?"

 

they are awesome I'll take 2 car loads thanks

 

I tried to make the jig a scale 30" high, 60" wide 48" thick.

 

I think she may be concerned about my faculties, or lack of.

 

I will relay your message I used some Red, Green, Blue paint some rubber gloves and tooth picks to apply the paints, some of them got blended but a little stood out, all pretty much by accident

 

HHMMM maybe Bud light, Pabst too, I dont know

 

PBR? Has your road fallen on hard times?

 

It would work out to .34" (call it 1/3) by .69" (or 2/3) by .55". Easiest bet may be to use a scale ruler and the original dimensions, though.

 

I think its a quantity v quality thing on occasion.