Jeff B. Haertlein posted:Dan Padova posted:I substituted post-war cars in place of the modern version. I found the sprung trucks also interfered with dumping the coal. The dumping magnet is strong enough that it pulls the entire car down a bit, thus preventing the hopper doors from opening enough.
I too have heard of problems. What are the problems if you have the newer release of the coal ramp? I have both types, wondering which one I will or should use.
The hopper I mentioned was the one released some time in the '80s. The layout was also the one I had then. When I purchased the 456 ramp at a train meet, back then, the original post-war hopper was included. But wanting a more up to date hopper, I purchased the Reading version with sprung trucks. So it was that version that was the subject of my previous description.
Now I have the new 456 coal ramp along with the newest version of the post-war hopper. I won't know, for sure, how things will go with it's operation until my permanent layout is up and running.
