VR J Series Hopper Cars

This mod adds 4 new cars in 5 different skins each. They are based off of the Victorian Railways JAF, JCF, JDF and JQF hopper cars. This is my first NEW set of cars for the simulator update.

The 4 of the 5 skins are based off of real life paint jobs of the cars but modified for Derail Valley. The last skins (Black) I just liked how it looked so I threw I in there.

1974 J series wagons

Built from late 1977, this variety of wagon was designed for the transport of soda ash, used in the manufacture of glass. The wagons were

unloaded at the ICI glass plant at Yarraville. they were numbered 501 – 510 and

given the code JAF to indicate J-series, Ash transport,

These wagons, designed for cement traffic, were released to traffic in 1974 as the JCX class,

numbers 101 to 115. The first built, JCX 101, had scalloped ends similar to the

design used for the 1966 grain series; all others in the class had flat sheets

for the ends.

JDF

For dolomite traffic between Tantanoola, South Australia and the glass factory at Dandenong, Victoria, ten covered hopper wagons were built in

1974. Coded JDX and given numbers 201 to 210, they were of a gravity discharge

design, with top fill.

JQF

From 1974, ten wagons coded JQF were built for quarry traffic. These were by far the simplest of the J series hoppers, with no roof and a very

basic discharge system. The wagons were numbered 401 to 410, and a second batch

added numbers 411–420. Five briquette wagons were also modified to give wagons

I am well aware the cars are not 100% prototypical to the real life cars. These where requested cars and I don't live in Australia so I made these cars as close as possible with the information available to me. I would love to make these more prototypical later down the road when the information I need becomes available to me. I know the details I'm most lacking on is the brake rigging on the deck of the car.

Note if you would like to re-skin any of my content and I haven't made a reskin kit for the car you want to skin yet. Please feel free to contact me and I'll whip up a PSD for you to start your skin. Or bump making a reskin kit up higher on my to-do list