Operating HO Coal Loader and Real Coal Loads

[@alandove100]

Your one lucky guy, your Dad actually spends time with you doing something cool.. Cherish ever minute you get to spend with him. Awesome railroad by the way.

[@Rebecca_The_Dragon]

that is by far one of the coolest things I have ever seen on a model railroad

[@mkosteck]

Between that and the rotary dumper you built. You guys are the best!!!! By far the best conceived and built working features in HO that I’ve seen!!!! Just amazing!!

[@1tombensky]

Incredible! Well thought out and executed! I'm especially impressed with the great brass scratch build. It will be interesting to see if the valve works as well with the larger hopper. Look forward to seeing the final version.

[@kswift672000]

That’s the slickest coal loader I have seen for an ho scale layout! Good job Father & Son!

[@cbgadget4740]

I have watched many of your videos over the last year or so. Don't know how I missed this one. Excellent job by you and your Dad. I would say the operation is beyond excellent. Great prototypical car loading. Awesome

[@slashusr]

Very neatly done! Kudos to you and your Dad for raising the Mendel realism bar for the rest of us!

[@joeyoung19475]

you are getting a real sense for what it takes to do engineering from the ground up...great job by you and your dad...thank you

[@elsinorebrewing3841]

that is the most detailed focussed model railroad project I have even seen.....kudos to the maker....would seriously like to see your model railraod when it is actually complete with all scenery etc as I can only think it would be FANTASTIC

[@snidley62]

Fantastic work. Extremely well thought out. I love the whole thing, but I love the way you notched the chute to shape the load.

[@TrashMan2008]

Josh, this was just an excellent demonstration of how adding realism to operations on a model can be done. I can't do anything like that, but you and your dad have done really good work.

[@jimnelson1969]

Very well done! You and your dad have done an outstanding job! Shows what can be done with some thought and mechanical skills.

[@richardclowes6123]

Excellent workmanship . . . . just brilliant. Enjoyed the vid.

[@terrysweat4187]

What a awesome job,that the two of y’all did on this job and can’t wait to see the whole thing once it is complete. Again very nice job!!!

[@dexterdog62]

Very nicely done. I could never come up with something like that. It will really be something to see the whole scene completed. Kudos to you and your dad.

[@raygibson2141]

Awesome, I was going to make one for a gravel facility and was brainstorming on how to do it. Excellent job.

[@hoggersouthawk]

Ingenious and so very well done. Great job Josh and Tom - just keep the great videos coming. We all learn so much from you two experts.

[@cjdavis2684]

This is really Awesome! will make model railroading allot more realistic and fun. Enjoy all the times you can doing this with your Dad. I use to work on a layout with my father, then I got away from it and he and I stopped altogether. saying we would get back to it sometime. how ever my Father recently passed away. and I really regret stopping, and wish I could work on a layout with him again, but sadly that will never be. So please spend all the time you can with your Father, and treasure every moment.

[@NYandAtlantic]

Excellent work on that look forward to it being finished

[@disturbed1954]

Josh, that is totally awesome! Should have know you and your dad would come up with something cool like this during your Christmas break! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@gacj2010]

You are amazing and I love your enthusiasm and love of hobby..RRpeople are so wonderful

[@BIkeManBen]

Now santa doesn't have to waste time filling all those stockings with coal this year!! This will do it for him! A very sweet machine man, nice work!!

[@shauntilley6730]

I like you have got some materials and constructed what you need to get the job finished. Well done

[@mrmrlee]

The cable name you are referring to in the video was sometimes called a choke cable. Some modelers used them to also activate switches as well. The name derives from the fact that way back "In the day" when I was young, cars would have carburetors with a manual choke knob on the dashboard. When cold starting, the cable would be pulled out, then pushed back in when the engine warmed up.

[@crail4ever]

Very Impressive, You and your Dad are setting the Bar for Custom Model Building here on KZbin in my Honest Opinion.

[@TrainsbyFred]

Agreed!

[@WestCoastRails]

***** I second that motion!! haha

[@facundorammstein]

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[@J2GXP]

Wow! Great job, this is the first operating flood loader that is kept simple and easy to build. Thank you for sharing your design of the flood loader I plan on making one on my layout and this helps a lot. Awesome work!

[@mikeggg5671]

Holy crap that is awesome! I have been out of the hobby for a while, but Im glad to be back. This is an amazing system. If you ever have an operating session, let us know!!!

[@pennsyr1]

Very cleverly done. Thanks for sharing the details of your work with the rest of us!

[@sonnyozeretnyjr5249]

that is very cool. I am impressed. just imagine if you had a giant holding tank to fill up a full length coal train.

[@stevenmichael2845]

I would like to see coal hoppers that have opening hatches on the bottom. A rotary dumper would also be a neat accessory. Thanks for the video!

[@19mansellcj54]

Josh - I enjoy your posts as they are way above standard and offer a great deal of expertise. Thank you and don't stop, this hopper is a fantastic idea and one that I will keep in mind. Again thank you

[@zepledfan413]

This is awesome! The cable raising and lowering the chute is easy to mistake for a hydraulic cylinder.

[@efitter7]

Really great job guys! Simple engineering, and smooth operation. Looking forward to the finished scene and some coal loading videos! Thanks for sharing Josh! Ethan

[@scottl3196]

That is sooo cool! Adds to the realism of the layout. Good job.

[@williammosher9278]

WOW!! That is a great coal tower.Very realistic. This gives me some ideas for my layout.

[@TheEMD710]

The coolest one I have seen yet! You and your dad are doing a great job. More vids of this please!

[@dgp2012]

A awesome coal loader. It works so well and is so realistic. Thanks for sharing

[@wolfgang548]

I wasn't even thinking about modeling coal trains until I saw this video. This is a marvelous idea.

[@nsmodeler24]

Thanks! Best of luck with the modeling.

[@wolfgang548]

***** You're very much welcome. By the way, the layout looks great.

[@sd402rcool]

Sweet! You used the same concept as the one I built but refined it and made the outer square shoot work. Great job.

[@CanadianRailRoader]

Very cool! One thing that I would recommend doing would be to add a lip or something to the incoming side of the chute so that in the case it does contact a car it will not damage anything and just ride on top, this is something that some of the prototypes do.

[@donaldcasselman]

Nice job.....impressed by how slick the operation is.....

[@drumday]

Very fine. So cool to have a father/son team working together, particularly on model RRs.

[@klbird]

Very clever engineering and you get the correct profile on the load!

[@flagman515]

Very ingenious!! That adds a nice touch to the layout. Keep up the good work!

[@vivianbenge2331]

Very cool. You guys do good work.

[@108NorfolkSouthern]

Great job!! I plan on trying this out in the future on my layout. Thanks for sharing!

[@andyknott8148]

Stunning. The coal even has the same profile as the real thing.

[@BArailsystem]

Top level design and modelling. Thanks for sharing.

[@josephvanderpool3407]

This is amazing. Probably the coolest thing I've ever seen on a layout. Awesome!

[@SeaboardCentral]

Coolest thing I have seen in a long time. Awesome work you two!

[@kurtbunting7287]

Awesome, and very well constructed. Very impressive. Thanks for sharing

[@douglaskirk2543]

FANTASTIC, was thinking about that myself. Very good. Now the next part is coal cars that empty like their real counterparts. I'm figuring that out also. The opperating units will work for coal, sand, gravel, on my layout. Coal loaded at the mine, and emptied at the powerplant, Gravel loaded at the pit, and emptied at the delivery yard, sand, the same way. Working models for interesting actions on the layout. Thanks for the idea here.

[@joshandkorinna]

If this ain't the coolest shit I've ever seen.

[@jaggass]

The coalest thing ive ever seen too.

[@KUBE2219]

Michael David wow

[@bentleymtafu23]

You and I both

[@metrolinxfan3005]

Lol his name is josh

[@ThePaternosterRow]

Brilliant work. Real pleasure to watch.

[@KatoOnTheTrack1]

After years of watching this, finally ready to build for n scale. Never found a hood n scale kit so I’m thinking about using the one shown

[@TrainsandDioramas]

That's one of the coolest model railroad animations I've seen! Will definitely use it someday. :)

[@Bluefalcon475]

Looks good. I had an engineering lab in the fall where we used a micro controller an IR LED / Detector to test distances. You could fully automate that loader with two sets of IR Detectors (Car detector (chute to top if no car) and height).

[@nathanvitchner4104]

Out of all the functional coal loaders on KZbin. I think you design is the best. Best looking and working. I think I'm going try and duplicate this design on my layout if you don't mind.

[@nsmodeler24]

+Nathan Vitchner Go for it! good luck!

[@markdebsauzzietravels]

Hi Mate Awesome job thanks for sharing :) Would look great on an Auzzie coal field scene, would be great to see if you could unload the cars direct into the hopper, would be a big challenge Cheers Mark

[@gunfighterzero]

very nice job, looking forward to seeing how you do the dump system

[@WestCoastRails]

Awesome work to you all. Never a dull moment on your layout.

[@RobinPrice]

i would have a quarry version but what a piece of kit, well done guys

[@dylanvieytes]

I'm working on building something almost exactly like this for my layout. Only less modern looking. (i'm a steam era kind of guy) I already made a built to fit model of the butler coal and oil coal unloading track in Butler NJ for unloading the cars. (i have bottom dump cars) This gave me many ideas to fine tune the coal loading process. Can't wait to see the how your finished product looks.

[@happyeexplorers]

best HO miniature I have ever seen!! it's more than realistic, I'm so amazed and envy!!

[@mellowfellow6816]

I was hoping for a copper hopper...;) Real nice work, thanks for sharing

[@deandremouse]

That is really amazing, a tru work of modeling and engineering by hand amazing job Josh

[@kenneyflynn4951]

This is incredibly realistic modelling . Well done

[@DGModelworks]

That is just absolutely brilliant! Amazing! Well done guys! Deryk

[@user-sh9du2nv5y]

Nice invention, it extends the interest of the lay out.

[@darrenhillman8396]

That is just so neat. Well done guys!

[@FrogandFlangeVideo]

Very cool !! James.

[@Mugmagazine]

Wow very cool, i've been seing more and more actual moving parts on peoples layouts. Keep us updated, this is very cool! looks like a lot of fun! once with all the parts painted it will be literally invisible! Cheers, Nolan.

[@WestBlythMPD]

That coal loader is fantastic, that has to be the best yet!

[@alainaarrhodge5413]

Bloody brilliant! Now I want one for my club's layout! Thank you for sharing.

[@rvooyen]

Hi. Nice. I had a bulkloader many years ago, they are fun, but after your first couple of derails, or other spils, with the load going everywhere you start rethinking. :) Enjoy. Robert.

[@rvooyen]

BNSFfan2373 Yeah, that is one of the rethinks! Also do NOT let the kids near the layout LOL!!

[@gearjammer7902]

This would make an awesome article in model railroader or one of the magazines out there... Awesome job

[@thetobin8or]

That is some Great model building...WOW Awsome job.

[@RailfanJason]

That is just too freaking cool. Awesome work!

[@TotallyScaleModels]

That is really is really really good. Well done. It looks fantastic.

[@johnfrankforther8162]

Thanks for this video!! I'm working on a rotary coal dumper for my S Scale layout and this would be a great fit to fill the cars to unload !!

[@donaldcasselman]

Good job guys. A great working model.

[@michaelphelps9555]

thats a good idear what you have dun there with the coles 👍

[@DJScott87]

Excellent as always Josh!

[@APOTwixx]

Very nice. Your work looks really good!

[@joesaurina1402]

Very cool, love how simple the construction reaaly is

[@bfs1054]

Very nice! I'm thinking you are also planning for unloading elsewhere... looking forward to that as well! Thanks for sharing!

[@waynestrickland1763]

WOW such a well thought out and amazing job.

[@warbonnet64]

Excellent work gentlemen. It's refreshing to see father and son working together and enjoying each others company. Out of curiosity, what thickness of brass did you use for this project?

[@Adam.J.Reynolds]

Really cool guys awesome model engineering

[@MichaelThornton13]

That's awesome brother!! Keep up the good work.

[@9501599]

Hey there this is a great model well thought out and practical; it looks like a lot of fun too. You didn't mention when to stop the flow of coal so the hopper can take the residual. It will be good to see it fully operational. 10 out of 10. guy

[@signalman71]

Awesome project. Have you thought about doing a write-up for this project and sending it to model railroader magazine or model railroad hobbyist (mrhmag.com). Can't wait to see finished project. Are you going to add one of those scale readers to your load out. Would be awesome seeing the hopper weight change with the loading

[@GunMetalJeep45]

Great job man! You must be an engineer too ;)!!! I have built a couple of these that worked well but never as good as this. I think that the brass hopper and mechanism was the trick. I used styrene before but it wasn't very reliable as it bent. Thanks for the inspiration now I want to get back to building mine!

[@dacuzzz]

very cool idea ads a bit realizem to you layout... thanks for sharing vinny

[@dncnapper]

Very cool! Thanks for the video.

[@EastTexasRailfan]

Wow, that is awesome, I can't believe how realistic you got that thing to load cars, maybe if you stopped the coal a bit earlier you wouldn't have that big lump at the rear of the car.

[@GandZscale]

This layout just keeps on raising the bar. Awesome +++

[@mrk1075]

That is cool! All you need now is a coal rotary railcar dumper to dump the coal out of the coal car on to a conveyor belt that will send the coal back up to the coal loader. : ) If I make a coal loader like this one I will probably just scratch build the whole thing out of wood and use a RC Servo to open and close the hopper.

[@BNSF9382]

Well done! Very nice. I always enjoy your videos…

[@wmcwings4343]

Extremely well done!