My wife and I stopped by Friday morning to see the rotary dump in action. It is an impressive and well designed piece of equipment. As promised, Al's prototype was fully functional, and he demonstrated its operation, and also showed how the built in safety mechanisms work. This system will work on just about any hopper, including two and three bay cars, and as noted above in a previous post, even in the real world, some cars need to be cut from the drag, as would be the case with most three bay cars, and all two bay cars. The hold downs are positioned so they will accommodate any length car. The rotation is smooth and prototypical. This is a winner! Great work Al.
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