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Posted 31 May 2022 - 12:24 PM

The crew of C.E.DETWOLD is back, but his time they are doing what their camel was built for, hauling coal. The hopper cars have been revised following discovery of this image showing canal boats and iron hoppers marked for the Cumberland & Pennsylvania.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ef/aa/2d/efaa2d3ba02c80a0b99591aff624f81f.jpg


A closer look shows th details of the hoppers. There is also one marked C.C.C. (Cumberland Coal Company?) I modeled the three versions that appear in the image. The CCC hopper and C&P #704 appear to bbe the same capacity, while C&P #60 looks to be an older smaller unit. The length and width is the same for all the iron cars. To increase capacity they simply raised the "pot" height.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b2/0e/77/b20e773358a09cb1aa99fc793e661985.jpg


There is also an odd juxtaposition to the left in the image. The wooden car in this case is marked for the Baltimore & Ohio.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f7/b6/33/f7b633202bec865a1688fc7a53b62f95.jpg


Anyway, the video is linked to this image
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/da/09/7a/da097ac774b4b26abe195d3afb316a4b.jpg

At one point you will witness my failed attempt to position the camera in the cab, I haven't figured out why my 3D cab view doesn't work. At this point the locomotive, tender, and conductors car all have LODs and apart from accurate physics might be available for download soon. I still need LOD's on the cars (all those rivets need to disappear) and additional numbers. More of the car data should also be added.

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