30NG Grain/Wheat/etc. Hoppers?

[Sampug394]

Look at this:

http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt357/Sampug394/30NGGrainCars.jpg

There's a 30NG 4-6-0.

And That's a HUGE Grain Facility Next to an Expansive Farm.


One Problem that Prevents this 30NG Farm Railway from being of any Use though:

There's no Freight Cars to Hold any Grain/Wheat/Whatever!


Does anybody want to Venture upon Making Grain Hoppers for 30NG? I can Easily Provide Images of Small Rolling Stock if needed...

 

[motorbreath]

Boxcars. Most grain in the steam era was loaded into boxcars.

 

[Sampug394]

Boxcars. Most grain in the steam era was loaded into boxcars.

I'll be Darned.

But I Personally Believe That Old, Lower Hoppers would be Cool to have though...

 

[motorbreath]

Try Sub Par Production's 30in gondola. I use it for woodchips. I do not know if there is a visible grain load. I suppose you could re-name the woodchips to the grain of your choice since they would look fine for grain.

 

[Sampug394]

Kinda Like This...

Just a 2 Bay Hopper, Covered or Not...

 

[Sampug394]

Try Sub Par Production's 30in gondola. I use it for woodchips. I do not know if there is a visible grain load. I suppose you could re-name the woodchips to the grain of your choice since they would look fine for grain.

That's Exactly the Problem. There' s no Grain/Wheat/Oats/Barley/Any Other Feed Load for NG Hoppers...

 

[motorbreath]

How about this? Scroll down, you'll see it.
http://30ng.webs.com/rollingstock.htm

 

[Sampug394]

How about this? Scroll down, you'll see it.
http://30ng.webs.com/rollingstock.htm

I Have all of them. They Were the Original Cars I checked, and they only have Mineral Loads... :'(

 

[motorbreath]

Maybe try dropping a line on the forum over there. Perhaps someone can help you out. I tried to find a visible load for those hoppers and I have had had no luck yet.

 

[danny5]

Couldn't you go into con-fig file and add the load?
Danny5

 

[mikeaust]

Back in the early days in Australia, grain was carried in open wagons, we didn't have gondolas. The grain was in 185 pound sacks that were all manhandled to load and unload. With the different gauges in each state the grain had to be loaded from one wagon to another at the border, if they didn't swap the bogies over.
All the country stations had large stacks of bagged grain, carted in on horsedrawn and bullock wagons.
Fertilizer was handled in a similar fashion

They did it hard in the good old days.
Cheers,
Mike.

 

[motorbreath]

I cloned an ng30 hopper and added the kuid for hp grain in the config file as the 9the product. All is well except I also had to change the image that looked like coal to one copied from a grain product. There may be an easier way, but it was all I could figure out.

 

[Sampug394]

Back in the early days in Australia, grain was carried in open wagons, we didn't have gondolas. The grain was in 185 pound sacks that were all manhandled to load and unload. With the different gauges in each state the grain had to be loaded from one wagon to another at the border, if they didn't swap the bogies over.
All the country stations had large stacks of bagged grain, carted in on horsedrawn and bullock wagons.
Fertilizer was handled in a similar fashion

They did it hard in the good old days.
Cheers,
Mike.

That is Almost EXACTLY What I'm thinking of.

 

[David111767]

I am going to make a 2 bay covered hopper for grain once the cab forward is done.

Don't you worry!

 

[Sampug394]

I am going to make a 2 bay covered hopper for grain once the cab forward is done.

Don't you worry!

Dude, you are So AWESOME!

I just Recently incorporated a 30NG Farm Railway, Serving 2-3 Grain Elevators & Interchanging with the SG Trackage on my Northbound "Curtis Branch"... 'Tis why I'd like a Hopper for the 4-6-0 & 4-4-0 on the Line...

 

[David111767]

I was thinking something along the lines of this:

 

[Sampug394]

I was thinking something along the lines of this:
(OMITTED YESH)

PERFECT!

 

[zues]

PERFECT!

Yes it is but it needs to have a center hatch.
David= Or you could make a small grain industry that has an animated hose that goes to the grain car and fills it with grain.

 

[David111767]

Yes it is but it needs to have a center hatch.
David= Or you could make a small grain industry that has an animated hose that goes to the grain car and fills it with grain.

Hahahahahahaha :hehe:

I have never made an industry, that would be quite a challenge.

Maybe someday....

 

[zues]

Hahahahahahaha :hehe:

I have never made an industry, that would be quite a challenge.

Maybe someday....

So the center hatch?