Westinghouse Schnabel #301 – where is it? I have received a commission to design a model of the Westinghouse Schnabel #301 in 1/29th scale. I have a few pictures and a set of plans that have some conflicting information on them. We are trying to locate the prototype to settle the discrepancy. If you know where the car is and can take a couple of pictures it would be a big help. Thank you Alan www.thegalline.com [email protected]
I don’t know where the car is, but I learned another railroad term today thanks to your post 
Wikipedia said:
The word Schnabel is from German Tragschnabelwagen, meaning "carrying-beak-wagon", because of the usually tapered shape of the lifting arms, resembling a bird's beak.
they are a specialized use car and would make sense that they differ or are altered according to new loads
http://southern.railfan.net/schnabel/schnabel.html
was looking at doing one a few years ago and had this link handy
http://southern.railfan.net/schnabel/cars/wecx301/wecx301.html
If you search Schanbel in Google, there are a number of good sites with pictures and some outline drawings.
BTW, I have a drawing (forgot where I acquired it) that in 1/32 will be over 5’ without load.
Bob C
nmra did a page about them a few years back http://www.nmra.org/membership/bulletin/bulletin_download.html http://www.nmra.org/membership/cars/SCHNABLE256colorHO.pdf Bob, that’s not even the largest one of the Schnabels!!!
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Tragschnabelwagen_mit_Transformator_(8789).jpg)
Germans sure can engineer monsters http://user.mc.net/hawk/biggun.htm - now this in G Scale would be a feat and yes the monster is riding on 4 rails not 2
As you can see by the date it has been a while since I posted anything about the Schnabel project. Models like this take time.
I got this photo in this week and had to share it. The model builder is Dwight Miller.
As you can see there is still a ways to go but Dwight is well on his way.
Dwight has been planning this project for 10+ years. The planning changed to building when Dwight saw my buckeye trucks.
Model statistics:
Scale 1/29
56” without the load. With the load 72.5 “
6 – 3 axle buckeye trucks
2 – 2 axle buckeye trucks
Total 22 axles - 44 bearings
The load weighs 9.5 pounds
To date:
28 sheets of 12” x 24” x 2mm styrene, laser cut (56 square feet)
47 cad drawings created
Regards
Alan
(http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt99/virgal211/schnabel1-291_zps154127cb.jpg)
