CCT Sand Hoppers

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CCT Sand Hoppers

Post by Mitch stack » Sat Jul 28, 2018 9:28 am

Hi folks.
Today i took delivery of my New pieces of rolling stock.
4 Bachmann 20ton ore hoppers.
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Backstory, when the CCT opened there extension to Gembrook in 1917 a year before WW1 ended the increase in sand was massive so the company built 4 sand wagons specifically for this purpose.
Hope you Enjoy this post and the photos.

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Post by Big Jim » Sun Jul 29, 2018 10:07 pm

They look rather nice Mitch and they go well behind the loco. I must admit they are new to me. Could the knuckle couplings be replaced with out major surgery?
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Re: CCT Sand Hoppers

Post by ge_rik » Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:43 am

They remind me of the tipplers on some of the ironstone railways and to some extent those on the Snailbeach

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Re: CCT Sand Hoppers

Post by Mitch stack » Mon Jul 30, 2018 8:25 am

Big Jim wrote: Sun Jul 29, 2018 10:07 pm They look rather nice Mitch and they go well behind the loco. I must admit they are new to me. Could the knuckle couplings be replaced with out major surgery?
ge_rik wrote: Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:43 am They remind me of the tipplers on some of the ironstone railways and to some extent those on the Snailbeach

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Hi Jim speaking of the knuckle couplings they can be taken out. the three black ones have all metal chassis and wheels and the green one has plastic wheels and chassis. i plan to take the knuckle couplings off and drill a hole in them and get some Brass from my IP kits i have left over and curve the brass into a hook like the IP wagons have.
Hi Rik thanks for the complement.

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