Moose Canyon - a 1/32n20" Arizona mining tram

 

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A small, extra narrow gauge mining layout in 1/32 scale very much inspired by Earl Martin´s classic On20” Thunder Vally Tram. Reading about this in a 1973 Craftsman had a lasting influence on me.
The scene depicts the mining tram terminus, Ore arrives from off-scene mines on the small 20” tram, and is dumped into gondolas on the 3ft gauge narrow gauge feeder. Supplies for the mining operation arrive on the feeder and are transferred to the tram by an elevator built into the transfer shed. The two levels are separated by a 20 ft tall rock face.

The model tram runs on HO/On30 gauge, while the connecting railroad is represented by a few freight cars on “O” scale archbar trucks. The locos scetched are repurposed from my early On30 days, with larger cabs and details. The ore cars are Grand Line large Ginpin ore cars and Bachmann wood side dump cars, “re-scaled” with larger brake Wheels.