A short 4-wheel wagon
- gregh
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A short 4-wheel wagon
This not the most exciting build but is my latest time waster.
While cleaning up my modeling room I found two front bogies from Bachmann Big Haulers.
So I thought they would be easy to use to make a couple of short wagons for my indoor line.
A few bits of 8mm thick pine, a lot of coffee stirrers, some glue, black boot polish and voila - wagon #79 is ready to run.
It is obviously an inside bearing arrangement - no idea if such things exist on wagons, but they do on my railway! I could add some fake outside springs and axles boxes if anyone complains.
(still working on the second wagon)
While cleaning up my modeling room I found two front bogies from Bachmann Big Haulers.
So I thought they would be easy to use to make a couple of short wagons for my indoor line.
A few bits of 8mm thick pine, a lot of coffee stirrers, some glue, black boot polish and voila - wagon #79 is ready to run.
It is obviously an inside bearing arrangement - no idea if such things exist on wagons, but they do on my railway! I could add some fake outside springs and axles boxes if anyone complains.
(still working on the second wagon)
Greg from downunder.
The Sandstone & Termite's website: http://www.trainweb.org/SaTR/satr.htm
The Sandstone & Termite's website: http://www.trainweb.org/SaTR/satr.htm
Re: A short 4-wheel wagon
I've seen pictures of tipper wagons with inside bearings, so you certainly won't hear any complaint from me! Looks like it fits right in. 

Re: A short 4-wheel wagon
The only inside framed wagons I can think of were early chaldron wagons. No doubt there were other styles.
Rik
Rik
Re: A short 4-wheel wagon
Almost forgot. Some skip wagons have inside frames. You'd need to shorten the wheelbase, though.
Rik
Rik
Re: A short 4-wheel wagon
Prototypical or not, I like that wagon Greg. "Your railway, your rules" applies and stuff anyone who disagrees! 

Philip
Re: A short 4-wheel wagon
Many of the earlier Festiniog waggons were inside framed:




Re: A short 4-wheel wagon
If the NSWGR could use surplus garratt bogies as rail tractor chassis, I can't see why your claypit line couldn't use a couple of loco bogies from scrapped locos for flat cars.
If you look in old Hudson and O&K catalogs you will find various types of inside bearing wagons on offer, including flat wagons.
Regards,
Graeme
- gregh
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Re: A short 4-wheel wagon
Thanks everyone. That FR wagon may just be the prototype for the 2nd bogie. Shows there's a prototype for just about anything.
Greg from downunder.
The Sandstone & Termite's website: http://www.trainweb.org/SaTR/satr.htm
The Sandstone & Termite's website: http://www.trainweb.org/SaTR/satr.htm
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