SKNX HST 4550cf Covered Hopper Pack

Description

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SKNX HST 4550cf Covered Hopper Pack

Prototype Description:

Hawker Siddeley built the 4550 cf 4-bay covered hopper to meet the needs of the
Canadian Government’s increased demand for grain and potash transportation capacity.
HST’s 4550cf hoppers were built between November 1972 and December 1984. They’ve
worn a wide range of colorful paint and lettering schemes over the years and these
iconic cylindrical hoppers can still be found all across North America today.

The car design is based on a 263,000 pound gross rail load and AAR Plate C clearance
diagram with an empty weight of 63,200 pounds. Outside length is 59 ft with an extreme
height of 15 ft, an extreme width of 10 ft 8 in and a trough opening of 43 ft 6 in.
Cars are equipped with two types of Procor Toggle lock gates – the early unique
spiral cog design and the later Procor O1M articulated linkage design. Vibrator
bracket pads are located on the right side of the car only.

These cars have angled end panels (wider at the top than at the bottom),
short sill notches (about the width of the side ladders), L-shaped or V-shaped
short vertical end braces, 9 welded side panels, 11 roofwalk supports, narrow
triangular support on the end roofwalk step and a flat jack pad. Brake
equipment is generally mounted low on the shear plate; some cars have the
brake reservoir mounted halfway up the end sheet on the B-end.

Car Specifications:
Reporting Marks: SKNX
Running Number Series: 397000-397249 & 397250-397476
Owner/Lessor: Saskatchewan Grain Car Corporation, operated by Canadian National Railway
Rail Car Type: Grain/Potash Hopper
Manufacturer: Hawker Siddeley (HST)
Capacity (cubic feet): 4,550
Gate Type: Gravity Discharge
Phase: 6

Model Specifications:
Realistically animated hoppers gates and hatches
Detailed rivets, huckbolts, hex bolts, brake wheel, brake chain, and much more
Procor Toggle Lock spiral cog discharge gates
Dofasco Barber S-2 36 inch trucks with truck mounted brakes

Custom scripting features include:
Opening and closing of gates and hatches
Prototypical, randomly assigned running numbers
3 random skins

LODs – number of polys
LOD1 — 194,933
LOD2 — 131,739
LOD3 — 40,411
LOD4 — 6,981

Includes products:
Alfalfa, Alfalfa Pellets, Barley, Citrus Pellets, Corn, Corn Starch, Corn Hominy Feed,
Cottonseed Meal, Cottonseed Meats, Flaxseed Whole, Flour, Linseed Meal, Linseed Whole,
Livestock Feed, Malt, Molasses Feed, Oats, Peanuts Shelled, Peas, Raw Sugar,
Refined Sugar, Rice Hulled, Rye, Rye Feed, Sorghum Seed, Soy Bean Meal,
Soybeans, Starch Granules, Starch Powder, Wheat, Wheat Grain, Canola Meal