I have been considering using Z scale track (with ties respaced) to simulate mine gauge (~40") track in N scale so I could automate the mine to tipple part of a layout in N scale.
I would like to find some N scale mine cars that run on Z gauge track, but have never found any. Z scale mine cars would probably do just as well for an N scale mine, but I have never found any of those, either.
Even Z scale models of European planked coal cars could probably be adpated (e.g., remove buffers and couplers) to look OK for this purpose, but I am not seeing any of those in Z scale, either.
So, does anybody here on TRW know of a set of cars (that will actually roll on wheels) that could be adapted to to look like Eastern U.S. coal mine cars with Z gauge wheel sets?