CP Rail coal gondola

[Bcbuhler]

Well the CP cars are pretty much ready to roll coal. I'm going to start on the Sultran cars now.

[BoostedFridge]

Very nice work!

Out of curiosity, what have you set the loaded & empty weights of these cars at?

[Bcbuhler]

Post by BoostedFridge » Mon Jun 22, 2015 4:56 pm
Out of curiosity, what have you set the loaded & empty weights of these cars at?

Empty 24 Capacity 95.6 imperial tons based on the information on the side of the car.

[buzz456]

Are you going to release these?

[CPRailfan34]

The coal gondolas look really good Bcbhuler, did my suggestion help you out for the research on the Procor gondola?

[CPRailfan34]

Are you going to release these?

The cars will need testing before they are released Buzz, I have been asked by Bcbhuler to test them. I'll post the results on here and for others on this post PM him if you would like to test these wonderful cars for him. Thanks for working on these iconic Canadian designed gondolas Bcbhuler.

Andrew (CPRailfan34)

[Bcbuhler]

These cars are going to be released through the Locoshop website as they are doing some CP SD40-2s to go with the cars.

[DrewG]

Sorry my questioning but why not just upload them here?

[Bcbuhler]

Post by merciless245 » Mon Jun 22, 2015 6:49 pm
Sorry my questioning but why not just upload them here?

I was going to but Mike wanted them on his site. So I asked if they could do SD40's to go with the cars since I didn't have the time to. So Mike said they would do the SD40's. Here's a shot they shared on their Facebook page of the SD40-2.

[DrewG]

Couldn't you just upload to both? I've always found that site confusing because all the new stuff is down at the bottom of a massive list, there is never any documentation with anything and downloading from media fire is just a pain.

[buzz456]

Couldn't you just upload to both? I've always found that site confusing because all the new stuff is down at the bottom of a massive list, there is never any documentation with anything and downloading from media fire is just a pain.

Yep.

[CPRailfan34]

I have downloaded the commuters pack and the Rocky Mountaineer from the site and I have to agree going through MediaFire is a bit of a pain. although the packs I grabbed had Read Me files included only because they were made by LukRail

[Bcbuhler]

I talked to Mike and the cars will be released in both places except the SD40-2's and the weathered versions of the car with be on his website just clean versions will be posted here. If no one gets around to it by September (going to be away from my computer most of the summer) I might make a weathered pack myself. Got the old Sultran livery done today.

[CPRailfan34]

Those look nice and very nice looking loads! Nice touch with the different loads, that makes sense having the weathered pack and clean packs on both one being on one and the other being on the other. I'd get both packs cause even in the present some cars are kept relatively clean. And did you use my video to get close to the way the cars behave when stopping and pulling? The train stopped and the cars clanged together and then the knuckles clanged again as the train started again during the video the clang usually happens with older trains, not as often with the newer rail cars now.

[Bcbuhler]

Here are the Sultran vertical logo and Procor cars done the Procor one can be loaded with either coal or sulfur the sulfur load cars have the lining inside and the coal cars don't. Now I've just got minor texture changes setting up the auto-numbering to use accurate numbers for each paint scheme and a little bit of playing around with the bins left. They should be up next week maybe Canada Day (July 1). On this page http://www.intermountain-railway.com/ho/hogondolas.htm if you scroll down there are some of these cars that have been purchased and patched for other owners. If I have time I might patch some of my cars but only if people are interested in them so let me know.