Low tech solutions from 1974 on the N&W

[NW Mailing List]

NW Mailing List wrote:

> http://www.rrmodel.info/2010/08/low-tech-coal-loader-041974.html

> 

> How common are (were)Â small loaders like this?


This month's (September 2010) Railroad Model Craftsman has an article on 
scratchbuilding just such a loader.  Apparently, it was rather common 
for a smaller mine to use a loader like this to load a car, instead of 
having top loading or flood loading equipment.
-- 
Kenneth Rickman - krickman1 at carolina.rr.com
Salisbury, NC