NYC Ash Hoist

NYC Ash Hoist

Burning coal leaves ashes, and handling ashes was a major factor in steam locomotive operation. Daily locomotives were required to dump ashes in pits located between rails in locomotive servicing yards or along the right-of-way. There were several ways ashes were removed from pits. The most common was to have an electric wench that would pull bucket loads of ash from pits and dump them into a gondola spotted on a siding next to the pits. From my memory, the Ash Hoist that was located in the Greensburg Indiana NYC yard was very similar to one located in the Midland Valley Railroad yard in Wichita, Kansas. The inspiration for this project came from a photo I found in Model Railroader, HO Trackside Structures You Can Build, 1994 edition.

Author: Bill Klene

NYC Ash Hoist
• ash128.texture.txt 29 bytes
• ash128.tga 48.02KB
• ashhoistbase.texture.txt 35 bytes
• ashhoistbase.tga 192.02KB
• black64.texture.txt 30 bytes
• black64.tga 12.02KB
• boardvertical_gray_brown.texture.txt 47 bytes
• boardvertical_gray_brown.tga 192.02KB
• concrete_tears_128_dark.texture.txt 46 bytes
• concrete_tears_128_dark.tga 48.02KB
• config.txt 2.98KB
• coragrated metal05.texture.txt 41 bytes
• coragrated metal05.tga 48.02KB
• door_window128.texture.txt 37 bytes
• door_window128.tga 48.02KB
• drab_concrete_darker.bmp 192.05KB
• drab_concrete_darker.texture.txt 43 bytes
• metal for ladder128.texture.txt 42 bytes
• metal for ladder128.tga 48.02KB
• nyc_ash_hoist.im 105.14KB
• rubble2-128.texture.txt 34 bytes
• speeder wheel128.texture.txt 39 bytes
• speeder wheel128.tga 48.02KB
• windows.texture.txt 30 bytes
• woodbase.texture.txt 31 bytes
• woodbase.tga 48.02KB

VE40: Unable to load primary image 'rubble2-128.tga' for texture file 'rubble2-128.texture.txt'.
VE40: Unable to load primary image 'windows.tga' for texture file 'windows.texture.txt'.

VE48: This asset uses an obsolete trainz-build number. Trainz-build numbers below 3.5 are no longer supported.
VE62: Required container 'thumbnails' is missing.
VE109: The low-detail meshes total more than 500 polygons. This may have a negative impact on performance: 0: 1610