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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2019 21:56:54 GMT
I know that many people have been looking for a Lionel Rotary Coal Tipple for their layout. i found a NIB Lionel Tipple at Nic Smith last September and purchased it. Below is an image of CSX Al's newest creation. This tipple will be made from metal. He hopes to have one for viewing next month at York. Go to Millhouse River for more info. There may be one of these babies for me as well. AWESOME AL!!!!!
Regards,
Gary.
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Post by rockymountaineer on Sept 29, 2019 3:28:19 GMT
Amazing if Al and company could pull it off, since Lionel abandoned their plans after re-cataloging this unique accessory a few years ago -- but then reportedly couldn't find a Chinese factory that would commit to building it.
Wishing Al all the best in bringing this product to market.
David
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Post by ptc on Sept 29, 2019 13:26:30 GMT
Al is a real asset to our hobby. I give him a lot of credit and hope he has success with this project.
He will no doubt have more to share at the upcoing York Meet.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2019 13:37:28 GMT
I believe this will be a very successful accessory for Al. He builds quality items. When we are ready to build a layout,space permitting,of course I will get a 34" turntable and a transfer table from Millhouse River. once I see his tipple I may put my Lionel version up for sale.
Gary.
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Post by laz57 on Sept 29, 2019 14:32:42 GMT
good Luck to AL on this endeavor. I have the Lionel version and it works ok at times. Most of the time it will not open one of the tabs to hold the car in place, other then that it is a neat accessory on the layout.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2019 12:12:14 GMT
Found these new detail pics from Mill House River Studio on the net this morning.
 This is going to be one heck of an accessory. Thanks Al! Gary. |
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Post by thebigcrabcake on Oct 7, 2019 12:20:32 GMT
Found these new detail pics from Mill House River Studio on the net this morning.
This is going to be one heck of an accessory. Thanks Al! Gary. Wow! That looks to be very well built. No surprise. This is a great company. Emile |
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Post by laz57 on Oct 7, 2019 13:17:25 GMT
Looks better built then my Lionel plastic one.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2019 13:29:26 GMT
Amazing if Al and company could pull it off, since Lionel abandoned their plans after re-cataloging this unique accessory a few years ago -- but then reportedly couldn't find a Chinese factory that would commit to building it. Wishing Al all the best in bringing this product to market. David Don't know about the tipple but the hoppers tooling was lost like the milk cars tooling in Romania. Plans are to have the hoppers made with new tooling before the milk cars. |
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Post by rockymountaineer on Oct 8, 2019 2:53:00 GMT
.... Don't know about the tipple but the hoppers tooling was lost like the milk cars tooling in Romania. Plans are to have the hoppers made with new tooling before the milk cars. I suppose anything is possible. But I heard the issue with the rotary tipple was more of NOT getting a factory to commit to building the thing for X price. Not sure if it was a problem coming to agreement on Lionel's desired and catalog'd price-point... Or if it was simply too complicated an accessory for any of Lionel's factories at the time to commit to building with confidence of performance reliability. Either way, since Lionel never re-issued the product, that should give Al the go-ahead on the high-end to price this puppy wherever it needs to be priced from reliability and profitability perspectives. Should be interesting to see what Al presents at York. I don't believe Lionel tooling for this accessory was lost -- as was the case with the pieces of rolling stock caught up with the Romanian factory debacle. I'll be REAL surprised if we see milk cars or rotary gondolas any time soon -- certainly a 2019 delivery date for either product (especially milk cars) is highly doubtful, since the factories would need to be making them this month (October 2019) if there was even the slightest chance of seeing them arrive in the USA by year-end 2019. David |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2019 11:24:51 GMT
It's something I'm going to press Lionel at York. It's up to all all of to not ask them for something to be made. We need to press them to fix their screw ups.
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Post by rockymountaineer on Oct 15, 2019 20:58:45 GMT
Here's a YouTube video that Al posted today -- showing the new rotary coal tipple dumping a load of realistic-looking coal. The Lionel version only worked reliably with special, smooth coal pellets.
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Post by ptc on Oct 16, 2019 13:49:58 GMT
Wow, thanks for the video, David.
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Post by Country Joe on Oct 17, 2019 17:48:55 GMT
David, that is really cool. Thanks for the video.
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Post by Spice7 on Oct 17, 2019 18:18:02 GMT
Very nice.Well done Al.
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