These high caliber mining car replicas are built to the original design standards and lend themselves to many opportunities in the realm of antique collecting, landscaping, home decorating, garden railroading and commercial retail display.

Our full line of historic ore cars and other "mining reproduction items" is available on www.orecars.com. We build 1/3 to full size car replicas that exactly follow the original design used in Colorado mines in the late 1800's.

These high caliber mining car replicas are built to the original design standards by Melcher Machine Works of Durango, Colorado.

There are only 2 pieces/ore car to assemble and paint! Our 3D printed ore cars are made from a 3D resin that produces a high level of detail, and are designed so that the end product yields minimal build time for you!

3 days ago · Loved building these detailed ore cars from the turn of the century. They fit in well with my scratchbuilt Upper Michigan iron mine headframe scene.

Mar 15, 2010 · Hi all, I was wondering if anyone here has ever built an old-style ore/mining cart? I'm looking to build a couple of them for yard and house decor. Was...

Reproduction ore cart. Unit does roll, does NOT dump. Supplied with 42″ long section of strap rail track. Cart is 21 1/2″ tall, 26″ long, and 14 1/2″ wide. Dimensions can vary UP TO 1″ either way. Truck freight only, call or e-mail for a shipping quote today.

The ore car we have designed does not follow a specific prototype but is patterned after the many styles found around the turn of the 20th century. A good place to see examples are the “Car Builders’ Dictionary”. Nice build video by Mike McCarville – https /youtu.be/5XHKSWaKnI4

Feb 14, 2011 · Has anyone built their own mine ore cars or carts. Not sure which is correct. My layout is looking like a silver mine sorta so I have been thinking some little ore carts to come out of the mine tunnel would look cool.

Shop for HO Scale Ore Cars Model Trains At TrainWorld to find the lowest prices to build the best model train layouts for beginners and model railroad hobbyists