I’m building a rail and tie car for my MOW train.
I need a few detail parts to carry in the upper part of the car.
I know I can get code 250 tie plates, but I don’t need a sack of 100 pieces.
I also need some 250 fake rail “bolt on joiners”.
Does any one know of a source for the latter?
Does anyone have some tie plates they would like to trade or sell to me?
Thanks,
jb
I once bought some spikes from TOC, he seems to have a little of evury thing…
I have a few tie plates. Not sure how many - I’ll look tonight.
I also need some 250 fake rail “bolt on joiners”.
I think Llagas sold some plastic ‘insulated’ joiners that were basically a fake bolt-on pair with a piece in the middle holding the two sides together. I guess you want fake bolt-ons without the bolts though?
No, they can have the bolts. I just want a few pieces of clutter to store in the upper half of the rail-tie car. I’ll check with Kermie. He’s a Llagas dealer, if I 'member correctly. Dave? Here is progress, so far. The flat is a PNG kit.
(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/jebouck/railtiecar2.JPG)
Nice!
Very nice so far.
John - I’ve got plenty of tie plates and you’ve got mail.
nice looking work John
Thanks, Guys!
Jon has agreed to part with some tie plates.
Still looking for joiners and spikes.
I’ll start the upper deck today.
If you’d a told me ya needed spikes before I mailed out the plates I coulda put some in the envelope. Sheesh.
Jon,
Got spikes coming from another state. 
Now need joiner plates.
What else, besides the Ozark track tools, goes on a Rail/tie car, including rails and ties?
I would say miscellaneous clutter: buckets, etc.
Mighty fine
Ralph
John, it’s a beautiful looking car…
John:
Good idea for a unique model that really makes sense!
Some suggestions:
The spikes would be in small wooden barrels (they are heavy): Put a (spike) colored filler in the barrel, then enough real spikes on top to cover the fact that it is a filler. Lots of spikes were used, so probably several barrels. All marked as containing spikes, but most unopened.
Joiners (“joint bars”) in the early days were simply rectangular pieces of bar stock wide enough to ‘fill’ the web of the rail. Typically ~24" long with 4 holes for the connection. They were soon modified to be ‘taller’ than the web space and were machined (I’ve actually seen some that appeared to be torch cut) to have some conformance to the rail foot and the rail head. Kind of a trapezoidal shape. Only relatively modern ones have the formed shapes the provide full contact with the rail web area.
Also, there would be barrels containing the bolts and nuts required for the above joint bars. Same situation: One open barrel along with several unopened, but all marked on the outside as to contents.
Be certain your track tools include the long pry bars for aligning the track structure, along with the fixed open end wrenches necessary to tighten the above bolts & nuts. How about some pipe cheater bars to provide more force on those open end wrenches?
Some pieces of indeterminate junk used for shimming, prying, whatever. Those cars were hard working and seldom fully maintained. What ever the crew put there was pretty permanent.
Several workmen would be on (or around) the car. All the things that workers require: Water jugs or bags would be a start. Some personal items such as lunch buckets and clothing items.
Just depends on how far you want go!!
Happy RRing,
Jerry
Jerry,
Thanks for the ideas!
I could make a few of those joint bars out of some soft metal.
Today, I’ll prolly put the ends on and drill all the holes for the n/b castings and other hardware.
Cool car, very unique!
I have some old ME and RailCraft joiner bars I’d sell cheap.
(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/bob_mccown/_forumfiles/joinerbars.jpg)
$10 plus whatever it costs to ship em to you?
