[Nicolò]

I tried to build a transfertable. Here is the result:
https://www.youtube....v=7-wkgUxQsvI

Thanks to Carlo and all the openrails development team to make it possible.

[burgerbern]

timothyskinner, on 15 January 2017 - 04:13 AM, said:

Inviso-engine? 1m long...

or a trackmobile

[timothyskinner]

burgerbern, on 15 January 2017 - 09:53 AM, said:

or a trackmobile

Hi Bernard - yes...

Has one of these has ever been modeled?
http://www.trackmobile.com/products

And, what did they use in the early traversers? yard goats?

Timothy

[SP 0-6-0]

There is a track mobile for download at www.trainsim.com. I think www.tigertrains.com has a payware model that is pretty nice.

When I envisioned being able to move a wagon I was thinking of the track mobile Or Republic Locomotive's little switchers or the little Whitcomb, Plymouth, Davenport, etc switchers.

Amtrak had such a little critter at one time for use at the Beach Grove shops.

The problem right now is the need for a new longer turntable and transfer table to handle the length of both a car and a very small switcher.

Robert

[SP 0-6-0]

Tiger Trains Railcar mover Railcar Mover

Dated freeware model at www.trainsim.com

Microsoft Train Simulator - Railcars

MSTS Trackmobile


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Name: trackmob.zip
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MSTS Trackmobile. The Trackmobile is used for shunting (switching) within industrial yards. By Geoff Forrest.



I would also recommend the GE 25 tonner by Sean Lim also at TS.com

ge25t.zip

lrs150.zip

Robert

[Genma Saotome]

copperpen, on 15 January 2017 - 03:17 AM, said:

How do you move wagons on and off the transfer table without a powered unit. The same would apply to turntable. You can put the unpowered unit on the table using a locomotive, but once the table has moved, no locomotive to subsequently move the car onto another track.

A car puller. Basically a winch. Needs quite a bit of torque to get things started but after that everything rolls right along.

These can be found at industrial spurs where there is a single spot to dump a hopper with 30 loads on one side and an empty track on the other that's long enough for all those cars. Much less expensive than owning your own locomotive.

[Csantucci]

We had these ones in Italy; I don't know if they were used in the trasfertables. but for sure they were short, and therefore they were called "sole" (the fish) :)
https://encrypted-tb...1_R1FJ2sj_UfUhl

[timothyskinner]

Csantucci, on 17 January 2017 - 01:02 AM, said:

We had these ones in Italy; I don't know if they were used in the trasfertables. but for sure they were short, and therefore they were called "sole" (the fish) :)
https://encrypted-tb...1_R1FJ2sj_UfUhl

Very model-able Carlos...

[Nicolò]

And if instead of moving horizontally the locomotive is moving vertically? Lifting a locomotive using the transfertable feature.

https://www.youtube....h?v=NlmztUcRRXE

[conductorchris]

Hmmm. Maybe this could make something like a rotary car dumper!