009 Wagon Loads

[John Petherbridge]

Hi,
I am building some freight wagons for my 009 layout. I am trying to source wagon freight loads. Barrels of beer or similar, sacks of grain or similar etc.
Am I correct in thinking I can use 00 scale product.
Any ideas are most welcome.

Regards and thanks in advance.

John

[Robin Webster]

Yes John, you can use HO or 00 products. If you look at old photos  you can find all type of sizes for barrels, crates, boxes, wagon wheels and a lot of other industrial things. Some can be quite oversized, but they all work.
Hope this helps.

[JulienW]

Something I've done with my Latham's Brewery stock is that the barrel loads have been stuck down to a bit of clear plastic that sits on the wagon floor to make the loads removable.

[Stephen Rainsbury]

If you want to be a REAL cheapskate, cut the barrels/boxes in half (half way up) then rather than a piece of clear plastic cut a tight fitting black cube about 5mm tall and stick the barrels to that. You get twice as many and in most cases you can't tell the difference.
The only downside is you have to make the black cube which has to be specific to that type of wagon and getting it right can take ages.