Lite and Narrow Column - 1
Completing the tipple scene
T
here have been very few really complete articles
on modeling coal tipples. Most articles concentrate
only on the tipple, and not the entire scene. The only
article that I can remember in the general modeling press is
the Jack Work tipple in
Model Railroader,
October, November,
and December 1959. Because the mine in the article was
a slope mine, he built the hoist house and several support
structures, compressor building, office building and a garage
as part of the entire scene. These three support structures
greatly enhanced the overall model scene although there
is no indication of a power source for the tipple. When the
tipple was produced for AHM the support structures were not
included and the tipple was made to look abandoned. It may
be still available and might be a start for a kitbash to bring it
back to a working tipple.
The Lite and Narrow column
by Larry Smith
Modeling the support structures ...
A narrow gauge coal tipple
Part 3
Ramblings on Narrow Gauge
and Branchline Modeling
