Animated icing platform - 6
14: The completed scene on the layout with workers
loading ice onto the conveyor.
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Parts List
Tamiya 4-speed crank
axle gearbox, item#
70110
Tamiya track & wheel
set (now remote control-
ler) item 70170
Battery pack holding
two AA batteries and on/
off switch on cover
O-scale 10”x10” basswood
Bob Anderson is retired from a
career in information sciences.
After a many decade absence,
he returned to model railroading
10 years ago. He enjoys 3- rail
O-gauge and Lionel operating
accessories from the 50's.
Bob models the red rock
country of the western United
States, especially those areas along the D&RGW, Santa Fe,
and Western Pacific routes. His layout is in a 12' x13' spare
bedroom. To learn more about his layout see his video series
on his LCJ&I Lines at
.
I weathered the lower platform, glued the conveyor platform
to it, and added Plastruct stairs linking the two levels. The
new lower platform also provides room for a delivery truck to
unload ice blocks. I complete the scene with several Arttista fig-
ures as workers on the icing platform.
By flipping a switch, I can show visitors ice blocks heading up
the belt to the icing station, and workers loading the reefers.
By placing the conveyor belt at right angles to my dock, I was
able to fit it all on my layout. As I originally planned, the whole
apparatus of upper icing platform and conveyor unit is self-
contained in two separate pieces that are easily removable. If
I want to use my original wooden lower loading dock standing
alone, I can. I now have the best of both worlds.
O-scale 6”x18” basswood
Plastruct 3/8” 90548 H
beam
Plastruct STA-6 stairway
Arttista figures 1170,
1198, 1366, 1371
A video of the ice conveyor in operation is available on YouTube,
at
It’s the seventh in a
series I’m making to document my LCJ&I Lines layout.
MRH-Aug 2013
