Dear Mike,
When I could see better, I scratched a Reading an all wood coaling
trestle from prototype plans the Anthracite Historical Society published
in a Reading MOW plan book. Every 4th tie is longer (much longer than a
standard tie) and the walkways on both sides are attached to the end of
the tie. The three ties in between are short, only as long as the very
large beams below that carry the weight. I guess I could scan and send
as a .pdf file. Can we upload .pdf files to the files section of our
e-group?
Best regards,
Don
meldridge2000 wrote:
> I am building a local oil and coal distributor. I have seen pictures
> of a hopper car on a short trestle, dumping coal into a pile under the
> trestle. For the trucks there is a ramp down to the pile, where the
> trucks back in and load from the pile (I guess by shoveling, since I
> don't see a conveyor).
>
> What I can't figure out from the picture is what the ties look like on
> that trestle. Are they full ties - do they go all the way between the
> rails? It seems like the coal would pound them to splinters after a
> while. If they don't go across, how do the rails stay in gauge? It
> seems like the cars would push the rails outward.
>
> This is late 1920's by the way. Sure would like some help on this, as
> I need a receiver so I can need to build a hopper car.
>
> -Michael Eldridge
> -San Jose, CA
>
>
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