McMyler Coal Dumper – As seen in Railroad Model Craftsman

Operating model of the CNJ’s McMyler dumper used in Jersey City, NJ on Pier 18. The dumper was scratch built by Jules H. as a featured attraction on the Garden State Central Model Railroad Club layout in Asbury Park, NJ. www.gardenstatecentral.com As seen in the April, 2009 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman magazine. Full hoppers are pushed up the hill on the right and into the dumper. The dumper picks the car up and flips is upside down to dump out the coal. Then it rights and lowers the …

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25 Comments »

  1. I want you to beg for more of me!

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    Comment by pinksquirter91 — January 3, 2009 @ 3:41 pm

  2. that was cool thanks for uploading it

    Comment by ratty562 — February 2, 2009 @ 12:14 am

  3. Thats cooler that a witches tit!

    Comment by coltonfelton — February 28, 2009 @ 3:48 pm

  4. how much did it cost?

    Comment by nardp96 — March 28, 2009 @ 2:35 pm

  5. hey that was my great great uncle who invented that. cleveland ohio here! but what i want to know is how did they get cole out of the ship!!!

    Comment by nashu7979 — March 30, 2009 @ 12:12 am

  6. i mean barge!

    Comment by nashu7979 — March 30, 2009 @ 12:17 am

  7. I’m sure the barge is not having a flat bottom, instead would have a tubing that would let the coal seep into some bin under the layout…

    Comment by digimaks — April 3, 2009 @ 12:18 am

  8. I’m a McMyler, never seen the dumper before though, well done.

    Comment by ryanakin123 — April 3, 2009 @ 4:56 pm

  9. Effing FANTASTIC!

    Comment by rhbeadlejr — April 4, 2009 @ 8:54 pm

  10. there was 2 of the dumper in so amboy service by cnj because my grand father work there just the i remember them 2

    Comment by XZombieKillerX814 — April 27, 2009 @ 11:27 am

  11. By far the best scratchbuilt accessory I have seen in 30+ years of modeling. Fantastic job.

    Comment by arrowguy173 — April 30, 2009 @ 9:44 pm

  12. GREAT JOB.TRUE CRAFTSMAN.5 STARS.

    Comment by poplock1963 — May 7, 2009 @ 3:34 pm

  13. awesome

    Comment by RyanSamuelBarry — May 12, 2009 @ 1:22 pm

  14. man .. that is a great job of modeling !!!

    Comment by ac0catenary — May 12, 2009 @ 2:58 pm

  15. weird but beautiful!!!

    Comment by 95predator — June 10, 2009 @ 6:54 am

  16. Too cool. 5 stars!

    Comment by usra060 — June 10, 2009 @ 3:30 pm

  17. massive counter

    Comment by tharp78 — June 24, 2009 @ 11:41 am

  18. Great model, absolutely fantastic, but I think you need speed retarders to slow the empties!

    Comment by superjono2 — June 27, 2009 @ 12:21 pm

  19. The CNJ had two dumpers in Jersey City and the PRR had two dumpers in South Amboy. We had a club member who worked the South Amboy dumpers help us out planning the model.

    Comment by RobDavisUnadorned — July 4, 2009 @ 9:23 am

  20. this is the best layout i have ever seen and trust me i have seen loads

    Comment by ginge294 — July 5, 2009 @ 5:00 pm

  21. not cheap tho!

    Comment by pallo232 — August 12, 2009 @ 5:58 am

  22. Very amazing!!,Should get a lot of hours of works on that.

    Comment by DrWeed1975 — September 10, 2009 @ 11:38 am

  23. Back in the day they used a steam shovel to scoop the coal out of the barges..

    Comment by timstime1970 — September 13, 2009 @ 11:03 pm

  24. awesome machine…)

    Comment by svinehunden — September 14, 2009 @ 5:00 am

  25. Wonderful model. We still have one of these operating at Sandusky, Ohio for Norfolk Southern.

    Comment by choirboyfromhell1 — September 16, 2009 @ 4:26 pm

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