V & T boxcar 1009 (red)

V & T boxcar 1009 (red)

28' Wooden combination box car built for the Virginia & Truckee Railroad in 1872 by the Central Pacific Shops in Sacramento, CA.
Circa 1880's-1900 or so.
9 tons unloaded; 15 ton capacity
Originally painted yellow, but repainted red by the 1880's
Upgraded to Sams automatic couplers 1897/98; air brakes 1899/1900; and Tower knuckle couplers 1902. The ventilated hatches and doors were likely removed around this time.
Detrucked December 1918 at ES 1645+75 (Carson yards).
Retrucked and sold to Paramount in 1938 for movie work; scrapped in 1969.

Carries old west general goods, hay, fruit, and cows.
Link and pin couplers; hand brakes only
Three levels of detail
Animated brake wheel and shoes in cab mode; sways side-to-side while in motion.
Based on plans by Michael Collins
Thanks to:
Prowler (Todd Hohlenkamp) for the door sounds
AJ, Wulf, and TRam for scripting examples that made this car possible
Stephen Drew for the history of the car
Andrew Brandon for the fonts

Author: Pencil42

V & T boxcar 1009 (red)
• boxcar2.gs 3.34KB
boxcar_art
boxcar.jpg 13.31KB
boxcar_art_icon.texture.txt 79 bytes
boxcar_art_icon.tga 33.04KB
boxcar_body
boxcar.im 158.80KB
boxcar.lm.txt 277 bytes
boxcar.texture.txt 29 bytes
boxcar.tga 1.50MB
boxcar2.texture.txt 37 bytes
boxcar2.tga 769.04KB
boxcar2_normal.texture.txt 85 bytes
boxcar2_normal.tga 1.00MB
boxcar_high.im 296.95KB
boxcar_low.im 4.57KB
boxcar_normal.texture.txt 84 bytes
boxcar_normal.tga 2.00MB
brakewheel.im 29.84KB
brakewheel.kin 7.25KB
open_doors.im 63.31KB
open_doors.kin 18.67KB
open_doors.lm.txt 237 bytes
open_doors_low.im 24.42KB
solid_doors.im 19.34KB
solid_doors.kin 11.99KB
vent_cover.im 35.04KB
vent_cover.kin 4.09KB
vent_cover.lm.txt 237 bytes
vent_cover_low.im 4.89KB
boxcar_shadow
boxcar_shadow.im 4.26KB
• config.txt 9.95KB
• doorclose.wav 53.90KB
• dooropen.wav 53.89KB