Easy Removable Loads

[doctorwayne]

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Even open cars which are supposed to represent empties often aren't truly empty. Dirt and debris left from previous loads often clutters the floor of supposedly empty cars:








Sometimes this refuse is the left-over dunnage from the previous load, sometimes the remnants of the load itself, and sometimes it's extra stuff dumped into the car by the last consignee (cleaning up their loading dock, perhaps). Just remember that when one of your road's customers orders an empty for loading, they can refuse a car that's not clean - a good excuse to model a clean-out track if you have a little space to spare. All of the "non-loads" shown above are loose - if I wish to add a load, usually the loose lumber is removed, while the dirt/coal/gravel is brushed to the ends of the car.

Finally, here's a load in an open car that wouldn't normally be seen when the car is in transit. The car is only "open" in the sense that its door has been opened, too, but I thought this offers good possibilities for a loading dock scene:


The sacks are from Tichy - for this load, I used most of the 64 provided , but you could stretch them by cementing them to a core built-up from sheet styrene.


I hope that this has provided some further inspiration for you to create some loads of your own.

Wayne