I’m biting my tongue/fingers. I am rather proud of the way this bashing of a build turned out. I am certainly not a master modeller but in your not so humble opinion Mike what would you have done to make it look better than just OK ?
Todd , that’s British understatement .
Except that I should have said “that’s really alright old chap”
I do think you made a nice job and I would not dream of offering any idea for improvement . Mainly because I can’t think of one .
Mike
It sure would look good with some kind of pie on board, preferably Marionberry, but LMP would do at a pinch.
tac, ig, ken the GFT & The Gleep Mountain boys
Doing it the Swiss way
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The load can be shifted sideways for proper clearance over bridges and through tunnels.
PS that is one meter narrow gauge.
David Maynard said:
Aaron, I am sorry to hear that your center flat car is depressed. I hope its able to cheer up soon.
I sure hope so David 
Its really been down ever since it got into it with that crawler lol
Todd- I’m not sure what these other guys are thinking, but I think your car looks completely freakin’ awesome! I’ve been looking forward to seeing a picture of the finished project. Thanks for posting the pic.
-Kevin.
Nicely done Todd, and remember it can always be on the way to pick up a load.Or returning from the last use. Just throw some scrap wood bits to look like used cribbing or chocks. Not a lot, but a few
There was one sitting on a siding in Cannonsburg for weeks back in the 90’s. So its could just be parked on a siding waiting to be called into service.
And yes, that’s a fine looking car.
David , they are very expensive bits of kit , but given how often they are used , sticking it out of the way is par for the course , I wonder how many trips they do before they pay for themselves ?
Mike
Here in UK they are more infamous than famous. Back a while a road-going version was hit by an express trainat Hixon grade crossing in the Midlands, and many died [google it].
As one notes, these are ultra-special, often one-off, rail AND road vehicles, designed to carry just one item, or two at the most, like a giant transformer or turbine generator. The peculiar landscape of Switzerland and its meter gauge restrictions in tight tunnels means that their versions have to be a lot more complicated than anybody elses. It was probably built by the RhB’s bit of Rolex S.A…
The one that I built just carries ig around, but nobody in their right mind would actually WANT to see a railroad vulture transporter/inspection car…
tac
Todd Haskins said: what will be its first load?
Are there tracks going to Camp Edwards ?
Oh Ya …Mighty fine looking piece you got there!
Thanks for the kind comments guys.
Last night the ends received guard rails. I used brass rod to make them and had a terrible time soldering each leg then on the last one I realised the tip was broken on the iron. I put on a new tip and the last leg went on in 60 seconds. Painted black they now look good. I thought about putting a small loco for a load but the base is too small for it. Originally I had the “barrels” on the bottom carriage and probably should have left them there to give more room on the depressed part. Oh well I think it looks pretty cool.
Maybe a military load might be in order or perhaps a wind turbine part? Either way this build was a good practise for the Beyer Garratt I’d like to construct.
Todd , the load is immaterial , do what takes your fancy , and if you do it as good as the car itself , it will be excellent .
Just take your time and remember , most loads on these things are sheeted down , or partially so .
A quick internet trawl through Heavy Haulage may give you ideas .
Mike
Todd,
The railroads refer to those Big Moves as dimensional loads and many/most of the RR have an Internet page (or several) that cover those shipments, complete with sample pictures etc.
https://www.cn.ca/en/your-industry/dimensional-loads
http://www.csx.com/index.cfm/customers/other-services-partners/dimensionalclearance/
http://www.uprr.com/customers/ind-prod/consumer/faq.shtml
http://www.bnsf.com/customers/how-can-i-ship/oversized-shipments/
Pictures for both rail and road
Only slightly related to Dimensional on rail, but very impressive.
Two years ago I did a bit of reconnaissance in Alberta Coal Country (Foothills of the Rockies South of Hinton) when a met up with this load on a very wide hauling road.
(http://www.rhb-grischun.ca/NA-Fora/LSC/CoalCountry12_s.jpg)
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(http://www.rhb-grischun.ca/NA-Fora/LSC/CoalCountry11_s.jpg)
Two of these monsters followed by a cloud of dust that was just as impressive.
You can image how large the vehicle is on which these get mounted.
The load has no need to be complicated , a simple ISO sized container would do , and give you the chance to do some nice paintwork too .
Mike
Todd Haskins said:
I thought about putting a small loco for a load but the base is too small for it.
You could attempt to stretchhhhh the base ( cut in half and make a new top and some beams)
Or get a second car and cut them both and glue them together into a larger center section.
Just a thought.
Well , Sean , it might be a good idea , but he’s made a nice job of that and I doubt Todd would want to start hacking at it .
Surely we should ask him to build another ?
Mike
Sean McGillicuddy said:
Todd Haskins said:
I thought about putting a small loco for a load but the base is too small for it.You could attempt to stretchhhhh the base ( cut in half and make a new top and some beams)
Or get a second car and cut them both and glue them together into a larger center section.
Just a thought.
There is a longstanding perfect load for these occasions: “Improbabillium”; extremely high specific weight i.e. a relatively small load covered and labeled with the proper caution markers.
No one will be the wiser and they all want to know what Improbabillium consists of. 
Likely made of that rare metal, Unobtanium.