On my 60-foot flats, I put four small 4 x 4 stakes in the end stake pockets to secure the loads on the cars. Other cars, like the original Athearn 40 and 50-foot plastic flatcars, may require adjustments if the stake pockets are outside the deck. The stakes would keep the load from shifting side to side, but not end to end.
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Capacity: Normal maximum Net Weight for a rail car, stenciled on the car side. For example, a 50 ton hopper has a Capacity of 100,000 lbs. Commodity-specific cars, coal hoppers for example, are often loaded at or even above Capacity. Load Limit: Absolute maximum Net Weight permitted based on axle and journal limits, stenciled on the car side.
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WIM: A cut of cars is pulled across the track scale at about 4 miles per hour, and each car is weighed as it crosses the scale. Decide which method is more appropriate for your railroad and document your road's procedures for your operating crews. The May 2009 issue of Model Railroader article describes weighing cars on a model railroad in detail.
I then leave the car overnight just to make sure all the glue sets. And the car is now ready for the railroad. Earlier in the post I spoke about cars which have a plastic load which is the right shape and set low in the car. When the load is set low there is room on top for extra coal without it looking over full.
On my 60-foot flats, I put four small 4 x 4 stakes in the end stake pockets to secure the loads on the cars. Other cars, like the original Athearn 40 and 50-foot plastic flatcars, may require adjustments if the stake pockets are outside the …
Model Railroad Flatcar Loads: Wheelsets. By Zennmaster, on June 23rd, 2010. Like a lot of other model railroaders, I have been in the continual process of upgrading my rolling stock fleet to metal wheelsets. The metal wheels look and sound so much better than the plastic ones, they add weight to the cars, and they keep the track cleaner.
Realistic & removable loads for model railroad center-beam flat cars by Roger Kujawa.
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Following the popularity of my earlier videos in this series, here's another easy to build freight car load.
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