Rotary Coal Dumper

[Warbonnet]

Superb model of a working rotary coal dumper. Could a similar concept be used for a Bord Na Mona narrow gauge layout?

 

[Glenderg]

That is wicked! How do they get the rotation of the coal Dumper so smooth when the centre point of the rotator is through the the centre of where the coal truck is?? Baffled and impressed.

[josefstadt]

The axis of the rotator is along the coupler line of the wagons. The couplers are free to rotate in their pockets. This set up could also be used for unloading Tara Mines type trains.

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

Great video Fran

[Guest hidden-agenda]

Brilliant video Fran its something like that is used for the shale and tara,s that's a brilliant model .

[Warbonnet]

Brilliant video Fran its something like that is used for the shale and tara,s that's a brilliant model .

 

I didn't realise that's how they unloaded the Tara's and shale. Walthers do the kit in HO, would make a brilliant feature on a layout. Here's how it can be adapted to fully working http://members.trainorders.com/pmack/dumper.htm

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

Some nice little rebuilds etc on that site Fran

[Kirley]

It’s just amazing what can be done now in the modelling world –things like that only used to happen in comics.

[Warbonnet]

Some nice little rebuilds etc on that site Fran

 

Sure is bud, the guy is a top notch modeller.

[Weshty]

Damn, that is an awesome bit of kit.

[Mayner]

I didn't realise that's how they unloaded the Tara's and shale. Walthers do the kit in HO, would make a brilliant feature on a layout. Here's how it can be adapted to fully working http://members.trainorders.com/pmack/dumper.htm

 

The Shale had much the same unloading arrangement with a gravity run off as the Mogul traffic at Foynes just much larger wagons http://irishrailwaynews.multiply.com/photos/album/48/Golden-Days-at-Foynes#photo=6.

 

Paul Shannon's irish Railfreight Video has interesting footage at Castlemugnet, building an operating tippler would be the easy bit