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Miniature Railway Loco Lifts

Miniature Railway Loco Lifts

I’m hazarding a guess that more than one of you has some experience in this one.
Our club is planning the setup of a new tracksite and is looking for the most effective way to lower and raise 7¼” loco’s from a tailgate, van or trailer to ground level.  Our old site used a modified manual stacker-truck.  It was recessed into the ground and operated by pumping the handle back and forth.  It suffered from fatigue on two counts: firstly that the hydraulic cylinders and seals were in a poor state, and secondly that the ever-ageing `pumping’ members were getting knackered too!
We’re looking for a lift design for the new site that we can hopefully power for operation from a mains supply (or perhaps 24V).  It needs to cater for loads up towards 1 ton, and a max lift of no more than 24”.
The greater complexity is a need for being very shallow at ground level.  The site we’re negotiating to buy has a stringent woodland tree preservation order (TPO) in force, and we’re not going to be allowed to excavate deep holes willy-nilly.
If any of you guys have experience in this field perhaps you would `personal-mail’ me.
Indeed if any members have experience of operating miniature ground-level track in a hefty TPO setting we’d like to learn from your experience.
Anticipative thanks.

Geoff Johnson
Mid Cheshire Society of ME's

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Re: Miniature Railway Loco Lifts

Hi Geoff,

No experience of moving locos, but getting machines out of cars or vans isn't too dissimilar. I use a two stage process: and engine crane  with a boom that can get in the back of the vehicle, remove the vehicle (usually easier and safer than moving the crane under load) lower machine onto a trolley and position under and overhead (gantry) crane that can lift from the trolley to ground level. The gantry I use is made from pallet racking, decent stuff will cope with well over a ton. The gantry could easily be arranged to cover both the track and an area for the trolley. For trailers you shouldn't need the engine crane because there's no roof in the way. The gantry crane can be electric if you prefer, though I find I get more control with the old fashioned chain type. Equally an engine crane is just an hydraulic ram with bits, if you really must avoid manual effort replace the cylinder with one that can be driven from an hydraulic pump power by a motor with valves for control - like a JCB! provided you've got firm ground or even better hard standing none of this should require excavation.

Probably not quite what you wanted, but hopefully some food for thought.

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