Willow Creek Subdivision Iron ore conversion.

See how I move from hauling gravel to change over to Iron ore from my Powder River operations.

[@guyfoster5897]

Scott, Guy in Texas again. Sorry if I’m being too much of a pest. I’ve been a truck driver for 45 years and yes Roadway is a large freight company. They merged with Yellow Freight in the last ten years and now go by Yellow Roadway. The era you’re doing they would still be Roadway. Have a Blessed day young man

[@guyfoster5897]

This is Guy Foster from Texas. A suggestion; if your gravel piles are glued down you could paint them in a similar color and glue a layer of iron ore over that. I didn’t expect to see you starting right away…lol….can’t wait to see how it turns out. Have a Blessed day Scott

[@scottcoleman9570]

Hello Guy. Yes that's exactly what I was thinking. Paint them up then a small layer of Iron ore. Should look great. Thank you for the info on the Roadway logo. Cheers!

[@shawnnaugler674]

How did you make the loader? I want a coal loader with live loads but can't find one in n scale.

[@scottcoleman9570]

Thanks for stopping by Shawn!. The loader is all made out of styrene (3mm) thick. It is basically a hopper with a styrene tube that pierces through the bottom of the hopper. The styrene tube has a spring from a ball point pen inside it and the spring is connected straight to a small electric motor behind the hopper.The part of the styrene tube that is exposed inside the hopper has a section on the top of the tube cut out so the Iron ore can fall into the tube and be pushed along by the spring(auger).

[@scottcoleman9570]

Let me know if this is helpful. I can try to post a diagram if I can.