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Model Railroading > Gravel loading near Walnut Creek 1950's!Date: 09/17/17 11:31 Gravel loading near Walnut Creek 1950's! Author: Fiftyfooter Gravel loading near Walnut Creek 1950's!
Modeled by Charles Smiley cspmovies.com  Date: 09/17/17 11:33 Re: Gravel loading near Walnut Creek 1950's! Author: boejoe Great looking scene. I don't recognize the cars as having been commercially available. Anybody know if they are scratch built? or kits?
Date: 09/17/17 17:41 Re: Gravel loading near Walnut Creek 1950's! Author: PHall Look like the old Train-Miniature Hart Convertible Gondolas.
Date: 09/17/17 17:51 Re: Gravel loading near Walnut Creek 1950's! Author: Fiftyfooter They were scratchbuilt about 1975 (I think) with wood and metal castings, brass
ladder stock, Central Valley truss-rod kits and a design to look like circa 1905 composite gondola construction you might see on a traction line. Valle Vista was n actual place and they really had a rock quarry -- near Moraga -- but I've never seen any good photos. I used to hunt up there back in the day. I think it closed before WW-One. So it's all guess work. Charles Date: 09/18/17 03:40 Re: Gravel loading near Walnut Creek 1950's! Author: kgmontreal Great looking scene. But that clamshell bucket is much too large for that crane.
KG Date: 09/22/17 17:42 Re: Gravel loading near Walnut Creek 1950's! Author: Larry020 What if they only fill the bucket halfway?
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