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Re: Nn3 Carbon Limestone Co.
« Reply #105 on: July 25, 2014, 05:01:19 AM »
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I'm confused ... the Mahoning Division is no more? There are/were 4 different quarry layouts? I need  a program to keep track....
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Re: Nn3 Carbon Limestone Co.
« Reply #106 on: July 25, 2014, 08:00:35 AM »
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Quote from: Chris333 on July 25, 2014, 03:03:11 AM
How the heck to a crush this stuff smaller without getting it all over  :scared:

Put it in a heavy-duty trash bag, and ball it up by wrapping it around a few times. Then pound away.
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Re: Nn3 Carbon Limestone Co.
« Reply #107 on: July 25, 2014, 02:08:55 PM »
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Quote from: David K. Smith on July 25, 2014, 08:00:35 AM
Put it in a heavy-duty trash bag, and ball it up by wrapping it around a few times. Then pound away.

Makes for great therapy, too!

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Re: Nn3 Carbon Limestone Co.
« Reply #108 on: July 25, 2014, 02:42:58 PM »
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Needs more hopper cars.

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Re: Nn3 Carbon Limestone Co.
« Reply #109 on: July 25, 2014, 04:48:33 PM »
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Quote from: David K. Smith on July 25, 2014, 08:00:35 AM
Put it in a heavy-duty trash bag, and ball it up by wrapping it around a few times. Then pound away.

Can also take two of the thick freezer-type gallon ziplock bags and double bag it and pound away.   :trollface:  :scared:  :facepalm:

Allows you to see how small you're pulverizing your rock into...
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Re: Nn3 Carbon Limestone Co.
« Reply #110 on: July 25, 2014, 06:27:00 PM »
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Road trip to the real quarry (now a landfill)
Crusher area:

Enginehouse


Car shop, when the railroad shut down all the locos were parked along here for the auction.

Base of the crusher

compare to



Then over to the quarry area


The railroad ran through the bottom of the gulch

You know I had to climb it  :D





The place where the quarry railroad went under the road was filled in with dirt and there is no trace of any railroad (standard or narrow gauge) for miles.
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Re: Nn3 Carbon Limestone Co.
« Reply #111 on: July 25, 2014, 07:26:07 PM »
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fwiw....

this is a block away from where I live, and there are several others within a mile radius:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/King+of+Prussia,+PA/@40.0954261,-75.3317809,564m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c694352c6e632d:0xfa099731bfc15395

processing plant is 3 blocks away....I've been thinking of asking them for a bucket full....they have all sizes of stone....from
rice to walnut

maybe I will see what they would offer.....I am going to need some good N Scale ballast

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Re: Nn3 Carbon Limestone Co.
« Reply #112 on: July 25, 2014, 07:50:46 PM »
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That big shovel looked like it hadn't been run in years. Here is a video I found of it (same rust streaks down the side)
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I was Project Manager for the re-erection of this modified Rapier W2000 machine in Bessemer, PA. The ESSROC Corporation was the buyer. Erected mostly in 1991-92. The boom was originally 285' and 30-yd bucket, we modified the boom to 315' and a 45-yd bucket. The largest Rapier W2000 ever assembled, she also had the drag drum, swing gear/motor/room re-braced, and of course, the ballast was extensivelty modified.

Bessemer,PA is right on the other side of the quarry. There is still a cement plant there. They use this quarry that is right on the other side of the state line in Ohio.
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Re: Nn3 Carbon Limestone Co.
« Reply #113 on: July 25, 2014, 11:31:05 PM »
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Quote from: wcfn100 on July 25, 2014, 02:42:58 PM
Needs more hopper cars.

Jason

Not a valid vimeo URLStill need more weathering and paint on the wheels. There is no weight added to them. Windows 7 movie maker is for some reason completely different than older version so I couldn't figure out how to edit the bad spots.  :oops:
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Re: Nn3 Carbon Limestone Co.
« Reply #114 on: July 26, 2014, 01:41:46 AM »
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Quote from: Chris333 on July 25, 2014, 11:31:05 PM
Not a valid vimeo URLStill need more weathering and paint on the wheels. There is no weight added to them. Windows 7 movie maker is for some reason completely different than older version so I couldn't figure out how to edit the bad spots.  :oops:

Wow, those look like they roll and track pretty good.  Maybe I should look at some Amfleet trucks made out of FUD.  :)

Thanks for the video.

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Re: Nn3 Carbon Limestone Co.
« Reply #115 on: July 26, 2014, 05:00:37 AM »
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Quote from: wcfn100 on July 26, 2014, 01:41:46 AM
Wow, those look like they roll and track pretty good. ...

Quite. No doubt also due to the extraordinarily smooth power. Chris's talent for building critters and other tiny stuff always astounds me.
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Re: Nn3 Carbon Limestone Co.
« Reply #116 on: October 23, 2015, 08:04:53 PM »
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 :D  So why did I stop working on this?

Installed this small bridge that was in place only by being glued to the rails. Then I put a small spoon full of "rocks" under the one corner and glued it in place. Somehow when the glue dried it pulled the bridge down a hair from the ties. I gave up.


Dug it up today and found some damage.


I think this is from throwing it around the basement  :P  So I just put the rail in place and ran a bead of thin ACC. Also chopped the bridge abutment from the deck and glued it back to the rails.

Guess I never showed a pic of that side so here is what it looked like with the cobwebs removed.


The track paint will need touched up from the ACC, but I'm back in business. Funny how a simple thing can piss me off and get me to stop working. So I put down some more scenery and got it wet:
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Re: Nn3 Carbon Limestone Co.
« Reply #117 on: October 23, 2015, 08:57:12 PM »
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Didn't you have two larger versions of this?  :trollface:

Good to see you coming to your senses and working on some Nn3 again  :D
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Re: Nn3 Carbon Limestone Co.
« Reply #118 on: October 31, 2015, 02:18:28 AM »
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So I cut up a hard board fascia and started to blend in the rock work around the edges.




Then I can move on to the final rock coloring... and then scenery  :scared:
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Re: Nn3 Carbon Limestone Co.
« Reply #119 on: November 02, 2015, 05:37:06 AM »
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All filled in and a base color down.


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