Unloading Open Loads

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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How do people simulate the unloading of open loads like coal
Do people remove the simulated coal cover, or do they actually dump out material, or what?

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Siddharth

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I use the molded coal loads from CMI & Accurail; and they are removed when the hopper is spotted at the industry where the coal will be dumped. The coal loads go in a special box for open loads and are recycled when the ‘empty’ hopper car is loaded ‘off stage’. I also have flat car loads that are removeable and they get recycled in a similar fashion.

Jim Bernier

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I seem to rember an artical in MR or RMC where a washer was glued to the under side of a coal load so when the car was at its unloading point you could easily remove it with a magnet. I unload scrap loads from my gondolas when the get to the stagging yard.
The trick is to make a car thats heavy enough when empty and is not so heavy when its loaded that they do not cause operating problems.My gondolas are a little light empty but work ok.