Hulett Ore Unloader in 1:32th

[SandiaPaul]

Wow great pictures...and sad. Especially as I saw these regularly when I was growing up. The pics will be really useful as you progress. Are you going to make the larry car?

[Bernhard]

Are you going to make the larry car?

Yes Paul, of course I'm going to build the larry car too. With the help of Tim's photos, I've finished designing it. But the build will have to wait until I have finished the main girders.

Bernhard

[Stuart]

It's always helpful to have as much information as possible to refer to, especially on a build as complex as the one you are undertaking. All the best to you as your project continues.

Stuart

[Peter_T1958]

Those are great photos of the wrecking site. They are priceless for the builder, others then you can scarcely guess what you (and only you) can make out in those photos.

[Barney]

Bernhard it just gets better - - but what is a "Larry Car "
Barney

[Ray Dunakin]

Bernhard it just gets better - - but what is a "Larry Car "
Barney

I wondered that too, and found out from Google it's a "self-propelled car for carrying materials". I also found this very interesting webpage about larry cars used in steel mills:

http://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2021/01/larry-cars-in-steel-mills.html

There is also a bit of info about the Hulett ore loaders and its larry cars.

[Bernhard]

Ray, yes that is a good explanation. Thanks for sharing. As a reminder, I'll show you the schematic of the whole machine with all the functions.





(Quelle: Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service, delineated by Hardlines Design Company, 2000)

Bernhard

[Hauk]

It might have been adressed earlier in the thread, but why did they need separate narrow gauge tracks for the shunting engines? Couldnt they just use standard gauge shunters on the same tracks as the cars?

Not that I am complaining, it makes the project even more fascinating!

[Bernhard]

Hauk, I actually don't know that either. Maybe they wanted to save space and time. The distance between the towers is slightly smaller, and the travel distance for the larry car is slightly shorter.

Bernhard