'Narrow' Lumber Loads

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The Random-Length 'Narrow' Modular Lumber Loads are now available. This page will be updated more soon with additional information.

3004

3004 17ft Narrow Lumber Load Kit - 36-50ft 'Narrow' Flatcars and Gondolas.

Buy 3004 Kit Here for $24.95.

OMM 3004 kit shown here on SP 43745, an OwlMtModels F-50-Series Flatcar (OMM #2002 and 2003).

The 3004 kit can also fit in almost every HO scale gondola, seen here in a Red Caboose SP G-50-23 composite gondola. Note that Athearn 50ft and MDC 40ft gondolas are much narrower than most other models, so 'dummy' stakes will have to be used starting at the top of the car-side, and 'faked' below the carside when used with those models. Special notched stakes are included in the kit to provide some adjustment for the width of the decks of the flatcars or slightly narrower gondolas than will fit full stakes.

3004 Kit includes:

• 4 sprues of Modular 'Narrow' Lumber Panels (6 Panels each of #3015), totaling 24 panels
• 1 Sprue of “Bracing, “Stickers,” & “Dunnage” to secure load
• Detailed Instructions, incorporating AAR standard practices, and tips for weathering board effects & finishing of the load. More "Tips & Techniques" well be coming here soon.

Kit is authentic for 1870-1960 Eras. For more information about shipment of lumber by rail, see Historical Information.

HO Gondolas which are known to work with the 3004 kit:

• Intermountain: USRA 40ft Gondola
• Red Caboose/Intermountain: GS Gondola Steel or Composite
• Bowser: PRR "GS" class 38ft Gondolas
• Athearn: (and knock-off) 50ft Gondolas
• Walthers: 46ft Gondolas, Proto1000 USRA 40ft Gondolas
• Tyco, Rivarossi, Mantua, Bachmann, Life-Like, etc old 'classic' 40ft gondolas

As a preview to see how the kit is assembled, here is a link to the #3004 Instructions as a PDF file, available for free download.

Buy 3004 Kit Here for $24.95.

3005 3-stack "Narrow" Lumber Load

3005 17ft Narrow Lumber Load kit - for 52ft-6in Gondolas

Buy 3005 Kit Here for $34.95.

The 3005 3-stack kit shown in a Walthers/P2K 52'6" Gondola is a larger version of the 3004 kit to fit 52ft gondolas. In the photo above it is shown in the 'maximum' configuration (3-3-3) to the limits of AAR Plate-C clearance diagram, which was the limiting factor for shipments on the east coast through the tight clearance tunnels.

Here the 3005 kit is reduced to a "2-3" stack arrangement, with taller 'units' only two high, in a Tangent Scale Models PRR G31B ACF-built 52'6" Gondola.

3005 Kit includes:

• 6 sprues of Modular 'Narrow' Lumber Panels (6 Panels each of 3015), totaling 36 panels
• 1 Sprue of “Bracing, “Stickers,” & “Dunnage” to secure load
• Detailed Instructions, incorporating AAR standard practices, and tips for weathering board effects & finishing of the load. More "Tips & Techniques" well be coming here soon.

Kit is authentic for 1937-1960 Eras. For more information about shipment of lumber by rail, see Historical Information.

HO Gondolas which are known to work with the 3004 kit:

Tangent: ACF 70-Ton Gondola, and Bethlehem 70-Ton Gondola

Walthers/P2k: Greenville "AAR" 52'6" Gondolas

Tichy: 52'6" 50-Ton WWII Emergency Composite Gondola

Buy 3005 Kit Here for $34.95.

3015 Add-On Sprue for Load Kits

For those modelers wanting to be able to add-on to the 3004 or 3005 kit with an additional sprue of six lumber Panels, the 3015 Add-On Sprue is available.

3015 17ft Narrow Lumber - one sprue

Buy 3015 Kit Here for $5.95.

We hope you'll enjoy building the OwlMtModels Modular Lumber Loads and experimenting with different variations of bracing, banding, staking, and stacking!