Railroad Pony
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Okay, I said I'd post my observations on the common G scale ore cars available. This isn't intended as a product review. I'm going to list them from best (in my opinion) to not so good. I'm going to TRY to post pictures with the descriptions.
First up is the LGB ore car. It's a beauty. It has all the characteristics of the standard type of offset side ore cars. There are a million rivets all over the car. The ladders and grabirons are all round profile and added on. It has full foundation brake rigging including high mounted brake hoses. It has a full simulation of the door latching mechanisms. I really shouldn't say simulated because if you push on the gear on one end of the car, it unlatches the doors. LGB also has some cars with an added overload addition on the top of them. This car is crammed with details everywhere. It looks very close to photos of the actual cars.
Now the down side. It has the LGB roller bearing trucks with added brake beams and shoes. The problem is they are mounted where they are on the prototype and the outside wheels protrude past the end of the car like they are supposed to. However, this pushes the couplers WAY past where they should be. The gaps between the cars is nearly six feet. On the prototypes, the outside wheel flanges are almost touching each other. A lot of the ore cars were connected in blocks of usually five cars connected with solid draw bars instead of couplers. LGB gives you a special coupler piece that simulated the draw bar, but the gap between cars is still immense.
It looks like the site is going to force me to split this up into separate pieces.
First up is the LGB ore car. It's a beauty. It has all the characteristics of the standard type of offset side ore cars. There are a million rivets all over the car. The ladders and grabirons are all round profile and added on. It has full foundation brake rigging including high mounted brake hoses. It has a full simulation of the door latching mechanisms. I really shouldn't say simulated because if you push on the gear on one end of the car, it unlatches the doors. LGB also has some cars with an added overload addition on the top of them. This car is crammed with details everywhere. It looks very close to photos of the actual cars.
Now the down side. It has the LGB roller bearing trucks with added brake beams and shoes. The problem is they are mounted where they are on the prototype and the outside wheels protrude past the end of the car like they are supposed to. However, this pushes the couplers WAY past where they should be. The gaps between the cars is nearly six feet. On the prototypes, the outside wheel flanges are almost touching each other. A lot of the ore cars were connected in blocks of usually five cars connected with solid draw bars instead of couplers. LGB gives you a special coupler piece that simulated the draw bar, but the gap between cars is still immense.
It looks like the site is going to force me to split this up into separate pieces.
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