In Issue 110 of Voie Libre, François Fontana tackled the construction in 1/20 scale of the Schneider type 69 locomotive of the mines at La Machine. This engine needed some wagons to haul, and something besides!
Old mining instruction manuals are packed with technical documents, including the drawings of an oval-shaped skip from the La Chazotte mines, located at La Talaudière in the Loire and belonging to the PLM. We shall tackle the construction in the sarne scale of two coal skips. The drawings of the La Machine skip were provided with those of the Schneider engine in Issue 110 of Voie Libre, while those of the second skip are included in the présent issue. Without doubt, this is the smallest item of rolling stock
