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chazlee1Member since Apr-12-03 · 497 postsOct 18, 2004 9:55 PM

Hopefully a nice addition to your SantaFe MOW train....look for it this week.

Happy Rails,
Chaz
(BNSF Conductor)
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RE: ATSF Ballast Hopper, ATSF104, Oct-18-04, 08:57 PM, (1) RE: ATSF Ballast Hopper, jtsdadinaz, Oct-19-04, 08:54 AM, (2) RE: ATSF Ballast Hopper, chazlee1, Oct-19-04, 02:42 PM, (3) RE: ATSF Ballast Hopper, AtlanicPacificGarrett, Oct-26-04, 06:13 PM, (4) RE: ATSF Ballast Hopper, chazlee1, Oct-27-04, 10:20 PM, (5) RE: ATSF Ballast Hopper, CMO, Oct-31-04, 06:09 PM, (6) RE: ATSF Ballast Hopper, chazlee1, Nov-01-04, 00:34 AM, (7) RE: ATSF Ballast Hopper, chazlee1, Nov-01-04, 11:31 AM, (8) RE: ATSF Ballast Hopper, CMO, Nov-02-04, 07:50 PM, (9) RE: ATSF Ballast Hopper, chazlee1, Nov-02-04, 11:27 PM, (10)

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ATSF104Member since Aug-27-03 · 887 postsOct 19, 2004 12:57 AM

RE: ATSF Ballast Hopper

Kool, looks good.-MattATSF GP60M #104 works on the local in Flagstaff, AZ. www.atsfrr.com Please attend the up coming convention in Pasadena, California.

If you cant find me at Home I'm railfanning up and down the BNSF Ft. Worth Sub.

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jtsdadinazCharter Member · 622 postsOct 19, 2004 12:54 PM

RE: ATSF Ballast Hopper

The ballast hoppers I have seen around here have side drops.

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chazlee1Member since Apr-12-03 · 497 postsOct 19, 2004 6:42 PM

RE: ATSF Ballast Hopper

Those are probably the ones converted from cement hoppers, if my memory serves me well...

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Chaz
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AtlanicPacificGarrettMember since Jul-11-04 · 29 postsOct 26, 2004 10:13 PM

RE: ATSF Ballast Hopper

No those 2-bay 50ton cars were build new as hoppers. ATSF also had four bay 70-tonners and hart-select 70-ton cars. The covered cement hoppers 182000-183000 were a differnent car all together.
I am working on the 2 and 4 bay open hoppers. I'll post some pics in a day or so. I'm cleaning up and reloading MSTS and Gmax on my computer. Once I do that I'll skin the cars and post some shots. AtlanicPacificGarrett

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chazlee1Member since Apr-12-03 · 497 postsOct 28, 2004 2:20 AM

RE: ATSF Ballast Hopper

Cool..I'll be waiting to see them. As for this car, I think I'll change the ballast.ace to coal.ace. It would probably be more realistic.

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Chaz
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CMOCharter Member · 504 postsOct 31, 2004 11:09 PM

RE: ATSF Ballast Hopper

Has the car been released yet?
HOw about with both coal and gravel?
Paul.

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chazlee1Member since Apr-12-03 · 497 postsNov 1, 2004 5:34 AM

RE: ATSF Ballast Hopper

LAST EDITED ON Nov-01-04 AT 01:03 AM (EDT)

Was just pondering that very idea...I think maybe the best way is to release it with a ballast.ace file and a coal.ace file and you can go into the .s file and change it to make it whichever you want. Should be released by tomorrow.

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Chaz
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chazlee1Member since Apr-12-03 · 497 postsNov 1, 2004 4:31 PM

RE: ATSF Ballast Hopper

Car has been uploaded to Nels today....what I have done is to provide you with 3 versions of the car: empty, loaded with coal, and loaded with ballast; this way all you have to do is choose which one you want in Conbuilder. Hope this makes it easier

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CMOCharter Member · 504 postsNov 3, 2004 12:50 AM

RE: ATSF Ballast Hopper

There is apparently something wrong w/ the sd and wag files, because there is a fix listed today in the Microsoft Train Simulator Forum under the title: sf180878.

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chazlee1Member since Apr-12-03 · 497 postsNov 3, 2004 4:27 AM

RE: ATSF Ballast Hopper

There was nothing major wrong with the model, as I tested it before upload; there was, however, a 5th bracket problem and physic problem I overlooked and John was nice enough to post a fix on. You can find the zip file at this link: http://www.train-sim.com/dcforum/DCForumID3/25400.htmlAgain, apologies for the oversight; I didn't know the original model had those problems.

Happy Rails,
Chaz
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