Hello,
My name is don Kane Jr. I make custom coal, ore and gravel/ballast loads for hoppers, ore cars and gondolas. I also make several MOW loads, wood chip loads and various scrap loads for O and some S gauge cars.
Don
Thanks Ed. Weaver was almost across the street from Resilite. The building is accessed from the VFW parking lot. I work for a school district, and have dealt with Resilite in the past.
Weaver closed its doors on Saturday July 17, after fifty years in business. They produced rolling stock, Diesel and Steam engines, and buildings. Most rolling stock and diesel engines were American made.
American tooling was sold to Lionel, with production scheduled to begin in about six months. Mike Reagan plans to continue the tradition of limited and custom runs. Foreign tooling was sold to Atlas. No word yet on their intentions.
Don
I have been delivering to Resilite on and off for many years and never knew that. My company delivers a blend there regularly. (though not me all the time)
I google mapped to get a look at where your talking about.
Did they have a name on the building when they were operating? I never noticed it but as I am always looking where to turn left into the plant I guess.
I guess I never looked to the right. And when I am pulling out headed back towards Danville, I am always looking in the rear mirror to make sure no one is going to crash into me while picking up speed.
Interesting but too late now.
When they were operating out of the building could I have stopped in and bought trains?
Did they have something like a store set up or was the building only for making trains?
Nice to hear that the place is still going to make trains.
I had to look up Mike Reagan,
I found, (for those like me who don't know the name)hwell:
Mike Reagan is,
Director of Project Management & Customer Service at Lionel LLC
Lionel has a manufacturing facility in North Carolina. I can't remember the town. I don't know how much Lionel will be producing, but Mike Reagan said he would call me when they're ready to proceed with any rolling stock that uses loads.
Atlas has the foreign tooling, including the B&O wagon top box cars and the H30 hoppers.
Don
For eight years, another forum I belong to has done a club car from Weaver Models. We were intending to do a Nickel Plate Road double door box car as our ninth annual offering. Also, a friend and fellow club car committee member was planning a wood side reefer for his nephew's micro brewery. The mock-up car was made, and production was slated to begin. Then Joe decided to close the company. The good news is that Lionel will produce the reefer, and when Mike is ready, we'll discuss plans for our club car. I'm certain the prices will be higher though.
Don
I have updated my website to include new loads, and more photos of loads and materials available. Unfortunately, the website does not offer a direct purchase option.
New copper ore loads for Lionel, MTH and K Line. The K Line fits RMT, and the old Atlas kits from the 70's. they may also fit the Williams by Bachman, as it looks like the same tooling as the K Line.
I tried a coarser and darker material for the copper ore load, and it's a much nicer looking load. I used gray "Moon Dust", also called screenings or concrete sand. I use this material for ballast, but for the copper ore, I added some coarser material that I normally screen out for ballast. After the load dried, I dry brushed with Woodland Green paint. Since I was working on iron and copper ore loads for a customer, I included both in the photos. The iron ore is the same material, but red crushed stone instead of gray. After it dries, I spray a mist of watered down liquid fuchsia red dye, and then re-seal with urethane.
I've been working on several S gauge loads for a friend and long time customer, and made some MOW muck loads for him and also one for my brother. These loads represent a repair on a damaged section of line. In this case, a train wreck at a crossing.
A few years ago, I made several different loads for the MTH Union Pacific drop bottom gondola, not realizing that it was only made for UP. I have ballast, tie, Muck and ballast tie and crate combination loads that I'm selling for $5.00 ea. don195657@yahoo.com
Don
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