www.theoldandwearycarshop.com 33 Route 303, Tappan, NY 10983
(845) 680-0405 Fax (845) 680-0415 Fax (845) 680- ATLAS O SCALE Made Exclusively For The Old & Weary Car Shop, Inc. MICHAEL COLLINS: WILKES-BARRE, PA; 1992
APTX 201 (above) was listed in the Official Railway Equipment Register (April, 1991) as “Spe- cial, Heavy Duty Car Trucks, 12 Axles.” They carried the A.A.R. mechanical designation “LS” which was “a car of special construction having two separate interlocking units which form a car body. Units may be separated and load interposed between and locked in place to form a complete transportation unit.” These were originally PRR Buckeye trucks. Wide loads aren’t limited to traveling on standard gauge railroads as this photo (below) of a special train on the three-foot gauge White Pass & Yukon shows. The shipment was moved from the dock at Skagway, Alaska, to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. The 13′-4″ width loads were carried on flat cars and had to be jacked and slid from one side of the car to the other to clear rock cuts along the line. The railroad made a template on a track push car to gauge the clearance and chipped away the smaller out croppings to save damage to the loads. A U.S. section crew did the work on the Alaska side of the border, while a Canadian section crew handled the chores north of the border. The train is in a siding to allow the scheduled northbound mixed train to pass. Later shipments were placed upright in the car center and securely bolted and braced with channel iron. They were probably the highest loads ever moved over the WP&Y.
pany colors. Since his load is bound for export to Egypt, he added a fictitious company decal, “UE,” along with “Do Not Hump” placards. To handle the oversized load on his railroad, Mike chose a 50-foot flat car and fashioned a pair of support brack- ets to hold the heat exchanger in place. These were made from a transformer transporting fixture that he had on hand. He simply cut it in half and placed one piece on the deck near each end of the car and then placed the heat exchanger on the brackets. Similar holding racks could easily be built us- ing styrene strips. For holding the unit in place, chart-
ing tape (matte) was used as strapping. Then, using wood blocks to protect the unit’s surface, he attached chains and cables to prevent shifting. A monitor- ing unit (made from a diesel cab air conditioner) was installed on the flat car’s deck under the nose of the heat
CHRIS D’AMATO: SUMMIT LAKE, WHITE PASS, B.C., CANADA; OCT. 20, 1980
exchanger. When the car is ready to move, a cable can be run from the mon- itor back to the caboose. For the spacer flats, Mike used two
30-foot cars. One car carries the heat ex- changer’s concrete base (former missile fins) with scale 2″×8″’s to hold them in place, as well as an additional metal part (from the author’s junk box) meant to be an external fitting that is to be added after the unit is installed. On the other flat car are pipes and tubes placed on 2″×8″’s and held with cable (black rigging thread); a large box secured with (hair) netting, chains, strapping and wood blocks; and a small wooden crate. After a bit of light weathering, the
two spacer cars with their loads were ready to go on either side of the 50-foot flat car carrying the heat exchanger. Once hooked up to a locomotive and caboose, Mike’s special train is ready to roll when track time is available and clearances are safe.
PANTHER CREEK
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co. 50 Ton Hopper Car
#3001 or # 3006 Three Rail $59.95
SHAWMUT COAL
Pittsburg Shawmut & Northern RR 50 Ton Hopper Car
#7001 or # 7068 Three Rail $59.95
P&H: 1 car $10.00; 2 cars $16.00; 3 cars $19.00 4 Cars - FREE SHIPPING! New York resesidents must add sales tax.
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