Flag Stop! East Broad Top Steel Hoppers
We finally got around to replacing the mockup cars from our announcement trailer! Welcome aboard another new contractor, Trevor, who provided us with an excellent model of not just the 3-bay steel hoppers, but also 2-bay, side-bay, and extended top versions as well. While more limited to hauling only loose aggregate loads, these will offer faster unloading and greater capacity over gondolas, making them perfect for dedicated coal or mining operations, and fans of late eastern narrow gauge can now have a matched set of an EBT mikado, EBT boxcars, EBT hoppers, and an EBT caboose to tie it all together!
Furthermore, our next full Dev Vlog has had its audio recorded and is currently in editing; we will be elaborate on that in a follow-up announcement shortly.
-- Studio 346
Comments (19)
Thats so many eggs......
Great models of the hoppers, and thanks for the technical gameplay details that make the hopers distinctive from other types of cars. Would the 4 wheel side dump ore cars seen in previous devlogs (but not showcased - assuming these will be in the game but still WIP) be similar to hoppers in terms of having shorter unloading times but have less flexibility compared to equivalent gondolas?
Great work! Will loading and unloading facilities for hopper-cars be modelled? In the sense of, will they be necessary to get the full benefit?
Now it just sounds like we need a combine ;)
For some reason it's giving me nothing but a black screen whenever I try to watch the video.
same for me
Stopped everything I was doing when I saw the video title
Ohh yeaah, the classic. LOVE IT!
Wow, the tracks were really bumpy.
Excellent! Though -- what's that in silhouette at 1:59? Looks like a 4-bay hopper? Also, are you considering adding drop-bottom gondolas? Those have some of the quick-unloading benefits of hoppers, but also a lot of the flexibility of gondolas.
Hearing what sound's like the song Ain't Misbehavin' for the back ground track right at the beginning, it sounds really nice.
I definitely hope we get a soundtrack album along with the game when it comes out.
Definitely looking forward to hauling some coal with these!
Beautifully designed models, keep up the great work!! Can't wait to see all of these models in game in a future Dev Vlog!!
I see a lot of Steam and Steel in Keystone's future!... Wait a minute?...
Well, this has a lot of people hopping for joy ;)
Wowee!
Nice! I will be ‘THIS’ much closer to running Sumpter Valley operations in my game… when it comes out of course. Keep it up y’all.
Hell yeah this is dope