WESTPORT TERMINAL RR

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March 07

Track Cleaning Transfer Caboose

Track cleaning is important for a good operation. I've looked for a way to do track cleaning automatically. I've seen the Centerline cars. But these cars don't look prototypically. And they're much too expensive for me. So I decided to scratchbuild my own car.

Which prototypical car do you run always? A caboose, a transfer caboose! This car has to be heavy. Therefore I used brass! And I used Kadee trucks. A friend with a lathe made the roll.

Some pictures are linked to a larger view, click on them.

And in operation:
You can see a video, too. 3.5 MB

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