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Re: Rotary dump for hopper cars (was: Round parts on the side of...)
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Date: 
Mon, 6 Jan 2003 19:02:16 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Gerlach writes:

> If the circle ends up being a bit too small to center the couplers, couldn't
> you build a different hopper that has the couplers a brick or two higher?

Definitely. I bet you could even find a prototype for it somewhere if you
hunted hard enough. Perhaps body mounted rather than truck mounted would be
necessary to avoid somewhat silly looking trucks, though.

> Sure, it would only work with other hoppers with the same coupler design,
> but most of the trains I see with rotary hoppers are nothing BUT hoppers!

Yep. They're called unit trains for a reason... :-)



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  Re: Rotary dump for hopper cars (was: Round parts on the side of...)
 
(...) If the circle ends up being a bit too small to center the couplers, couldn't you build a different hopper that has the couplers a brick or two higher? Sure, it would only work with other hoppers with the same coupler design, but most of the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)

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