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My boss at the train shop gave? this to me last week, I hadn't seen this version before, and since I have about 17 Purina cars I've run at shows before, this will go great as a nice siding industry. Wonder how rare this Purina conveyor set is? Kinda crazy that is uses crates instead of grain, but I guess less messy for kids. LOL!
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Posted - October 20 2013 : 8:26:52 PM
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| Nice, Jerry !
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Posted - October 20 2013 : 8:33:00 PM
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yes very nice Jerry & if you has the Tyco Purina coal car use it with this set 
This is the same set as the Clementine Gold Mine set & the Gravel set 
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Posted - October 20 2013 : 9:32:39 PM
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Cool accessory! The use of crates is certainly interesting. I'd love to see someone do one up in a post company's paint scheme (UPS, FedEx, etc...,) and just have the conveyor dumping crates/parcels from 20ft in the air into a waiting gondola. It probably wouldn't be too far-fetched from how real mail is handled... 
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Posted - October 20 2013 : 9:50:48 PM
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| I am in process of doing a video on these Tyco conveyers ;) -coming soon along with other Tyco videos
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Posted - October 20 2013 : 11:48:51 PM
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I'll have ta look I got the same thing painted differently..... I may have even posted a pic of it a time or two! 
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Posted - October 20 2013 : 11:53:12 PM
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quote:... It probably wouldn't be too far-fetched from how real mail is handled...
Originally posted by DaCheez - October 20 2013 : 9:32:39 PM
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Reminds me of a couple of jokes concerning the word "fragile":
- It's UPS for "kick me!"
- It's USPS for "toss underhanded!"
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Posted - October 21 2013 : 09:04:07 AM
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I wonder if anyone makes decals, small enough to fit on those crates, with the Hercules Dynamite label.
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Posted - October 21 2013 : 10:05:12 AM
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CRATE DECALS: The "warning" sign on the side of this tower is from a copy of the decal sheet that was posted on eBay. I "saved" the photo of the decal sheet and then cropped it, printed it and then copied it reduced size to get it to fit the spot where it is posted. The warning sign was then just Elmer's glued to the plastic and sprayed with dull coat.
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Posted - October 21 2013 : 11:14:47 AM
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quote:CRATE DECALS: The "warning" sign on the side of this tower is from a copy of the decal sheet that was posted on eBay. I "saved" the photo of the decal sheet and then cropped it, printed it and then copied it reduced size to get it to fit the spot where it is posted. The warning sign was then just Elmer's glued to the plastic and sprayed with dull coat.
Originally posted by Barry - October 21 2013 : 10:05:12 AM
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Pretty resourceful way to get signs.
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Posted - October 21 2013 : 11:27:13 AM
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Here is my Clementine Gold Mine set with TWO matching dump cars!
What I really need is more of the "gold" beads 
I has a 2nd set like this but the belt was crumbling & a few pieces are missing
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Posted - October 21 2013 : 11:56:28 AM
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| A dump set on dumpster lid, on Dumpster-Cam !!
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Posted - October 21 2013 : 1:27:13 PM
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Walt
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Posted - October 21 2013 : 2:28:24 PM
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quote:A dump set on dumpster lid, on Dumpster-Cam !!
Originally posted by walt - October 21 2013 : 11:56:28 AM
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Sounds like someone is being dumped on, here. Hopefully he won't get down in the dumps...then again,he's always looking for recycling material, so he goes there I'm sure!
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 Posted - October 21 2013 : 2:53:20 PM
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hehe you guys is FUNNY!!
Well the dumpster is convient for posing stuffs like this set
Jerry is right I DO look for stuffs to recycle
Gotta make money for trips & train shows somehow
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Posted - October 21 2013 : 3:53:27 PM
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Well I can't top the Dumpster-cam, but here is my gravel-loader. It provides a lot of freight business on my RR.
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Posted - October 21 2013 : 5:26:12 PM
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Hi microbusss,
Thanks for posting your Clementine. I really like the colors on it.
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Posted - October 21 2013 : 6:47:36 PM
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Speaking of liking colors, I like the paint job on Redwoods' loader. It really fits with the look of a gravel quarry.
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Posted - October 21 2013 : 7:37:53 PM
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I too have that same set up I just have to see which one I have as I have to second the liking of the colors on the Clementine loader and cars...... it all just "pops"
Redwoods, what loads your loader?
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Posted - October 21 2013 : 11:41:40 PM
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since we are on the conveyor kick....
my conversion for the rock ridge quarry
just me Ray... and just because I have Tyco doesn't mean I am not a model railroader
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Posted - October 22 2013 : 12:35:13 AM
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rgcw5 - What was on the loader before you modified it?
Another modification my friend suggested was to put a motor on or in it to run the belt
I won't do that to mine
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Posted - October 22 2013 : 01:09:06 AM
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it was actually THREE loaders that were bits and pieces put together from various swapmeets!
sadly the conveyor was shot but someone here mentioned the lionel conveyor belt slightly trimmed
This one was motorized as all the gears on the platform was shot, so I used a straight rod tied into a brass tube, hooked up to a hexdriver bit into a cheapo sears power screwdriver
the "deflector" was built with some leftover bridge pieces from my Bailey bridge project and a tyco bulkhead flatcar
just me Ray... and just because I have Tyco doesn't mean I am not a model railroader
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Posted - October 22 2013 : 02:38:57 AM
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| A lot of nice loaders and dumps cars on here! I like all of them! Nice !
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Posted - October 22 2013 : 1:18:26 PM
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Ray,
I can remember seeing pictures posted of that arrangement with the power screwdriver and the conveyer as it was being built. I assume that was a past posting of yours?
Anyway, I like the idea of using the screwdriver as a nice low speed, high torque motor.
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Posted - October 22 2013 : 1:28:32 PM
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Yup that was lil ol me
just me Ray... and just because I have Tyco doesn't mean I am not a model railroader
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 Posted - October 22 2013 : 1:56:51 PM
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Lionel belt eh? Does Lionel sell it seperate? How did ypu put the ends together?
well since y'all loves dump cars Here is another set
ok coal car wasn't included but its in there now
This set also used beads as coal
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Posted - October 22 2013 : 2:08:43 PM
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my bobs dumping station uk style ken
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 Posted - October 22 2013 : 2:12:39 PM
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| cool, Ken tho I think those rocks are gravel ones for 1:1 roads
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Posted - October 22 2013 : 6:10:56 PM
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I've seen side dump cars like that hauling large boulders out of a quarry at the upstream end of the Royal Gorge. There's an operation called Rock and Rail that serves the quarry. Those large rocks are probably a more authentic load than properly scaled gravel or coal. The McKeesport Coal Company name is maybe a little anomalous, though.
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Posted - October 22 2013 : 6:19:49 PM
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the The McKeesport Coal Company and one below were i believe made for uk
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Posted - October 23 2013 : 12:18:09 AM
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Well fella's the McKeesport could have also been McKeesport, Pennsylvania. and how do I know? I used to live just about 100 miles from McKeesport , PA. and not that there was a coal field there, BUT was a "area" and could have been the base for it as the steel mills weren't all that far away in Pittsburgh, PA!!!!!
BUT Ken too has a pretty good thought regarding this car and the orange Cleckheaton car.....
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