Скачать или смотреть Spreading Ballast at the end of Dobbs Track

At train Mountain, there are several ways to haul ballast. By far, the most fun method is to do it by train. After all, what model railroaders really want to do is "play trains." Thanks to Bert Newberry, who designed and built the loading hopper and the ballast cars, we have the equipment to haul ballast while playing trains.

Each ballast car, when fully loaded, weighs approximately one ton and all are equipped with air brakes. Pushing this heavy consist uphill was marginal. We probably would not have been able to push all five ballast cars up this hill on steel track, but aluminum track provides better adhesion allowing us to make the grade.

This new track will be over a mile long and go to the home of Bill Dobbs, a Train Mountain member whose property adjoins Train Mountain. Bill says," Anyone that wants to volunteer can come and help finish this track."