I have some ews mini monster box wagons and would like some loads but don't know what they are/were used for, any ideas please?
Dave
I have a recollection of trainloads of boulders being carried in them for sea defence work down in the South West - I have a feeling they transitted the Bodmin and Wenford rails to reach their destination. Maybe someone more local to the area can elaborate.
I imagine they could also have been used for clean ballast from "virtual quarries" - their height would have prevented them being overloaded ?
The full height "megaboxes" were often used for baled scrap, I believe.
Spent ballast off of worksites, often intermingled with JNA Falcon (Dapol) and MFA (Farish) and PNA (N Gauge Society kit) wagons carrying the same with Salmon wagons (NGS also) carrying old track panels. The odd OBA (Farish) can often find their way into such trains for carrying sundry bits to/from worksite.
Quote from: koyli55002 on December 06, 2015, 04:46:27 PM
I have a recollection of trainloads of boulders being carried in them for sea defence work down in the South West - I have a feeling they transitted the Bodmin and Wenford rails to reach their destination. Maybe someone more local to the area can elaborate.
I imagine they could also have been used for clean ballast from "virtual quarries" - their height would have prevented them being overloaded ?
The full height "megaboxes" were often used for baled scrap, I believe.
I think you are thinking of the sea defences at Minehead on the WSR :)
Megaboxes def used for both baled and unbaled scrap traffic
What are track panels? But mainly building waste rubble etc.?
I've found pictures and seen megaboxes loaded but no monsterboxes.
Dave
JasonBZ -
Yep, that's the one - but when you live on the North East coast, then everything southwest of Sheffield, let alone Watford, is "foreign" !
:sorrysign:
Quote from: koyli55002 on December 06, 2015, 08:13:49 PM
JasonBZ -
Yep, that's the one - but when you live on the North East coast, then everything southwest of Sheffield, let alone Watford, is "foreign" !
:sorrysign:
No need to be sorry - questions and answers are a journey to knowing stuff :)
Quote from: bbdave on December 06, 2015, 08:08:56 PM
What are track panels? But mainly building waste rubble etc.?
I've found pictures and seen megaboxes loaded but no monsterboxes.
Dave
Dave,
Here is a Salmon with a track panel load:
https://ukrailwaypics.smugmug.com/UKRailRollingstock/Y-Tops-codes/YSA-Salmon-flats/i-779gMxR/A
Monster box with spent ballast:
https://ukrailwaypics.smugmug.com/UKRailRollingstock/M-Tops-codes/MOA-bogie-ballast-boxes/i-4s95H2f/A
MFA with spent ballast load:
https://ukrailwaypics.smugmug.com/UKRailRollingstock/M-Tops-codes/MFA-ballast-box-opens/i-dNtL3VX/A
OBA with metal sleeper load:
https://ukrailwaypics.smugmug.com/UKRailRollingstock/O/OBA-drop-side-open-wagons/i-s7k4brC/A
PNA 'Piranha' with fresh ballast load:
https://ukrailwaypics.smugmug.com/UKRailRollingstock/P-Tops-codes/PNA-Pirhanha-Railtrack-ballast/i-56HRcTs/A
JNA 'Falcon' with fresh ballast load:
https://ukrailwaypics.smugmug.com/UKRailRollingstock/J-/JNA-bogie-boxes/JNA-29xxx-Network-Rail-Falcon/i-SX27tGQ/A
Loads of pictures on this site. Hope this helps!
Excellent thank you a bit of weathering to do by the looks of things.
Dave
On a similar subject, can anyyone tell me of the nominal size of a scrap bale.
Would a metre cube be about tight ?
I think that's about right maybe a little less but make sure they're not all rusty alot of cars are galvenised my neighbours 2004 focus is I know because he used a wall to stop in the summer and still no rust.
Dave
I think I recall an article in Model Rail some time ago on how to create them - crumpled foil wrapped around a cube of polystyrene ?
Will have to search my library !
Found a site (albeit American) that may be useful......
http://www.nscaleloads.com/enhancing_our_products.htm (http://www.nscaleloads.com/enhancing_our_products.htm)
I know that MBA wagons do carry scrap metal. A flow goes past the lines near my home. Its normally a class 66 pulling the rake and they are normally fully laden with scrap metal.
They can convey stone or sometimes wood.
Here is an example:
http://ukrailwaypics.smugmug.com/UKRailRollingstock/M-Tops-codes/MBA-Monster-Box-wagons/ (http://ukrailwaypics.smugmug.com/UKRailRollingstock/M-Tops-codes/MBA-Monster-Box-wagons/)