North Coast Railroad

[Jerry]

Nice picture.  Now lets get to the mill so we can get some fresh Apple Juice!! 

Jerry

[Bernd]

Dave

It's from the  barge/railhead town of Medina NY just west of me on the prototype line I'm modeling. The Rome Watertown and Ontario Railroad

I thought the R,W & O was the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburgh Railroad?

Bernd

[Dave Buchholz]

Oops you are correct Bernd. I'll edit it for correction.

[Dave Buchholz]

Jerry. Years back while on vacation in Connecticut we visited a famous B F Clyde Cider Mill. Someone had created a kit in 1/87 for it back then.  But before I sent money for it, I discovered the kit producer was in prison. That explained his lack of responses to inquiries..

[friscomike]

Howdy Dave,

Thanks for the reference photo.  It is one of the best color photos of barrels I've seen.

Have fun,
mike

[Dave Buchholz]

Not sure if you are being serious or comical (or both?)


The oddity to me was to notice that rather than being stored on the flat top/bottom,( which is what I expected) they are being stored on their sides. I had to think about why they would do that?

The answer I came up with was taking advantage of being able to roll them from one place to another. The can be rolled up the ramp onto the barge. No need to tip them over. Just put a chunk of rock or wood to act as a chock under it, to keep it from rolling away.

[deemery]

Not sure if you are being serious or comical (or both?)
The oddity to me was to notice that rather than being stored on the flat top/bottom,( which is what I expected) they are being stored on their sides. I had to think about why they would do that?
The answer I came up with was taking advantage of being able to roll them from one place to another. The can be rolled up the ramp onto the barge. No need to tip them over. Just put a chunk of rock or wood to act as a chock under it, to keep it from rolling away.

Exactly!  Without forklifts, think how you would handle 42 gallons/160 lbs of stuff!

dave

[Dave Buchholz]

 Good point Dave. (I consider you to be Dave #1 by the way) Water is about 8 lbs per gallon. So if liquid (cider?) filled instead of apples, the effort to roll them around the dock would have been even greater! But it would still best having to lift everyone of them.

Progress continues on a number of modeling fronts today. I'm working toward on the interior of the marine leg, floor by floor. It's a pain in the butt too fit the spiral stair cases in place. But they look soooo  cool,!
Also working on the superstructure for the top floor winch house.

Eventually. I'll will be able to add the outside observation platforms, and safety ladders and lateral winch system. But at this point there are too frail, given the amount of handling the tower is given.

Also working on the base for the entire elevator scene. Gotta remember a hole cut through for lighting wiring to poke through.

[Pennman]

Jerry. Years back while on vacation in Connecticut we visited a famous B F Clyde Cider Mill. Someone had created a kit in 1/87 for it back then.  But before I sent money for it, I discovered the kit producer was in prison. That explained his lack of responses to inquiries..

Hey Dave,

I just saw this post you made about the B F Clyde Cider Mill kit and Hodgdon was the manufacturers name.
He was in prison because he murdered his wife. Anyway, I have the plans for that kit. Give me a hollar if you want a set.

Rich

[Dave Buchholz]

Rich. I'll send you an message on that.

That fact that my North Coast Railroad runs through the fruit orchard plains of lake Ontario, I had cold storage and vinegar plants envisioned previously. There's an empty spot at the edge of the canal needing a structure.Given the picture I posted a few days ago, about barrels of apples being loaded onto a cider mill would seem an appropriate addition to the area, and give an excuse for all the barrels and fruit crates.

There is the 1:1 scale Fleischmann's vinegar plant is only a mile south of the prototype trackage. Their biggest product is apple cider vinegar. My plaster Hermanson building is destined for the vinegar plant already

This is the building I remember for the cider mill


The second photo is the tank farm at Fleischmann's vinegar plant in North Rose

[Dave Buchholz]

A quick update.
In real life we signed a contract today to tear out the tub and put in a walk in shower. At 74 and 77 my wife and I can't enjoy the mobility of our younger days.

So the limited of hobbies today was preparation of the mounting board for the Elevator and Marine leg scene. I going after a poured concrete look to things.

I noticed the plywood is curling after only painting one side. So I'll paint the other underneath side and brace it with 1/2 inch square stock. Probably not a bad idea to put weights on it it over a flat glass surface to draw the warpage back out.

[Philip]

Nice work Dave with some very interesting old photos!

[Dave Buchholz]

The start of the grain elevator base.
It's been braced underneath. And the surface painted to simulate poured concrete sections.
 It will require two sets of rails set 3ft apart. Yup.  A NARROW GAUGE marine tower.

And so it begins.

[Dave Buchholz]

Two Sunday afternoon football games and two hundred hand drilled holes and spikes later:

The marine leg tower sits on the carriage. 
The prototype carriage allowed the tower to move along the length of the ship being unloaded. The arm was dipped into each hold sequencially from end to end.

Stationary towers also existed. But those required the ship to be moved to advance from hold to hold.

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[Bernd]

So it looks like you're not going to motorize it to move it up and down the tracks?

Bernd