Coal country rolling stock

[lvlender]

Back in 2006, Scott Clawson wrote an epic nine-part activity for the NS Pocahontas Route (by Austin Yoder). Series was named Moving The Coal. The series made extensive use of Norfolk Southern coal hopper folders called...

• NX-Pro-Coalhoppers-NS
• NS_HOPPER_PACK

I have spent 3-days on Trainsim looking for these folders. I have searched over 909 downloads. Rewriting the nine activity files line by line is not something I have the expertise to do.

Does a reader of this post have one, or both, of these folders? 🤨

[slipperman]

Hi lvlender,
The 9 activity files specify that 11 downloads are required from trainsim.com.
I have checked all these and they ARE available - all you need to do is use the actual file names given in the 9 readme.txt files to search the library.

I haven't checked, but I suspect that NX-Pro-Coalhoppers-NS is nxphop02.zip
I can't help with NS_HOPPER_PACK because I haven't installed the activities but you should double-check that you've downloaded all the specified files!

Cheers,
Ged

[llanning08]

NX-Pro-Coalhoppers-NS is nxphop02.zip, File ID 64196 as listed in Clawson's ReadMe.txt file.

Haven't found the file for NS_HOPPER_PACK as yet.

[baldwin]

Consists are looking for the ALW NS 100t hopper set.

[lvlender]

It was listed in one of Clawson's ReadMe.txt files? I must be going blind. 😣

("...of course you're going blind,.. you just spent 3 days staring at 909 downoads!!")

Thanks so much for locating the zipfile, llanning08.

[slipperman]

Hi,
Thanks Baldwin!
I have now installed the route and all 9 activities. I've not run them but MSTS_ActMan only reports one file missing and that is from Movin the Coal (Part 2).
It is NS_D9dash40C_8779/NS_D9dash40C_8779AI.eng which is from the Maple Leaf Tracks NS Engine Pack. It's only used in a 'loose consist' so could be replaced by a loco from the NALW_D9-40C NS folder (nsd9_40c.zip).

All I can suggest to lvlender is to PLEASE read ALL the instructions!!

Cheers,
Ged

[lvlender]

Hey Baldwin,

I ran multiple searches in Trainsim for the ALW NS 100t hopper set you referenced. No luck. Do you have the ID number for the download?

Thanks,
Kevin Savage
aka., lvlender

[slipperman]

Hi Kevin,
Have you read the instructions? Have you downloaded all the listed stock files?
You will see that file alwnsco.zip is specified in the list of required stock for Part 1. This unpacks to create the ALW NS 100t hopper set folder. Job done!!
If you REALLY need the file ID, it's 65999.

Cheers,
Ged