I forgot to tell you that the flatcar I got with the realistic lumber load was indeed the same car in your video. A blue Rock Island 60ft flatcar. What a coincidence !
Something I have been experimenting with is using neodymium magnets in the bottom of my loads that go onto flat cars. They are strong enough to hold the load securely when using a light material like foam.
The only realistic lumber load I got is from a flatcar I bought at the hobby shop. I liberated it from the bargain bin. The plastic loads from Walthers still look good enough but that one from the bargain bin is very nice.
@@krazytrainguy Yes , sometimes they are more interesting than the brand new expensive cars and are usually rare out of production cars that are hard to find.
i still remember how we loaded them cars 8 a day we did 2 times a day they switched the cars for use too short and put in into the yard I remember they brought a lead back to use the tested how well we striped the load too hit it so hard the buck head crack there welds on the car lol they pulled 2 other cars in with it they never passed the test lift was all over the cars too think lo of extra work to have the cars reloaded too
Thanks for sharing your experiences loading and unloading these cars. When your switching a model you really don't think about everything that goes into the loading and unloading process. Also thanks for watching.
Hi Alex, You have to click on the link for the Model Railroad Hobbyist (in my comments above) and then click on the back issues section. It's the July 2011 issue.
[thank, you for youre great helpful video]
Thanks Garland! Glad you found it helpful.
I used foam core board to do mine, plus added black thread to tie downs.
That sounds like a another great way to do them. The thread would look good as the tie downs. Thanks for sharing!
I forgot to tell you that the flatcar I got with the realistic lumber load was indeed the same car in your video. A blue Rock Island 60ft flatcar. What a coincidence !
Yes it is! I was at a hobby shop and the owner had a batch of pre-owned ones that he was selling for a good price so I snatched them up.
@@krazytrainguy Oh awesome that was quite a treasure to find.
Something I have been experimenting with is using neodymium magnets in the bottom of my loads that go onto flat cars. They are strong enough to hold the load securely when using a light material like foam.
Thanks that's a great idea!
The only realistic lumber load I got is from a flatcar I bought at the hobby shop. I liberated it from the bargain bin. The plastic loads from Walthers still look good enough but that one from the bargain bin is very nice.
Nice! I always like finding items that look good an don't break the bank.
@@krazytrainguy Yes , sometimes they are more interesting than the brand new expensive cars and are usually rare out of production cars that are hard to find.
i still remember how we loaded them cars 8 a day we did 2 times a day they switched the cars for use too short and put in into the yard I remember they brought a lead back to use the tested how well we striped the load too hit it so hard the buck head crack there welds on the car lol
they pulled 2 other cars in with it they never passed the test lift was all over the cars too
think lo of extra work to have the cars reloaded too
Thanks for sharing your experiences loading and unloading these cars. When your switching a model you really don't think about everything that goes into the loading and unloading process. Also thanks for watching.
What is the web site for the lumber loads that you made for the flare cars the paperwork please thank you alex
Hi Alex, You have to click on the link for the Model Railroad Hobbyist (in my comments above) and then click on the back issues section. It's the July 2011 issue.
No load tie downs?
You could do the tie downs. I went the easier route with the tie downs in the picture of the load.
skip to 3:27 usual waffle up till then
Thanks for watching. That's the beauty of TH-cam is you can skip parts of the video.
this is scare