NSW locomotive sand bin, 3000 litres, no fixed tracks

NSW locomotive sand bin, 3000 litres, no fixed tracks

A bin for loading sand to locomotives. This is an interactive industry asset that can be re-filled with dry sand from a wagon and transfer sand to the sand queues of locomotives.
At minor loco depots in NSW labour-saving sanding systems were not justified. Instead, dry sand was delivered from the nearest major depot and stored in various types of vessel. The most basic vessel was a ground-level box with a hinged lid. The sand was scooped out of the bin into a jug or scoop which was carried to the loco sand container and poured in.
There is only 1 product queue holding 1 sand product, <kuid:30671:925059004> 'engine sand'. However this product can be used to top up locos with a reverse-motion sand queue holding product <kuid:368725:35047> 'Engine sand for reverse-motion sandboxes'.
There are no fixed tracks. Instead the user must place a trackmark on 1 or 2 tracks that pass near the bin. Adjust the trigger radii of the trackmarks to 10m. It is advisable to use a scenery sign next to each trackmark (for example, <kuid:368725:40025> 'industry track mark position sign') so that the player can see where to stop the loco or sand wagon for interaction with the sand bin.
Given the localised name of the sand bin is 'myName', the trackmarks must be named <myName> + '-mark-1' and <myName> + '-mark-2'. '-mark-1' allows unloading a wagon to the bin as well as loading a loco from the bin, so it should be located as close as possible to the front of the bin. '-mark-2' allows loading a loco from the bin only.
For the correct wagon side door to open when unloading sand to the bin, the '-mark-1' trackmark must point towards the end of the bin where the lid has its handle.
To indicate the location of the trackmarks with a sign, use <kuid:368725:40025> 'industry track mark position sign'.
The bin's lid is animated. It will open whenever the bin is being loaded or unloaded. Player drivers should not move a train away from the bin while the lid is open (indicating loading/unloading is still in progress).
An animated load inside the bin indicates the amount of sand held by the bin.

Author: Leigh Stokes (ElStoko)

NSW locomotive sand bin, 3000 litres, no fixed tracks
• bin.trainzmesh 7.89KB
• bin_albedo.png 441.67KB
• bin_albedo.texture.txt 33 bytes
• bin_normal.png 393.58KB
• bin_normal.texture.txt 113 bytes
• bin_parameters.png 33.22KB
• bin_parameters.texture.txt 96 bytes
• config.txt 4.66KB
• lid.trainzmesh 11.59KB
• lid_scene.kin 2.77KB
• sand.trainzmesh 2.37KB
• sand_albedo.png 665.31KB
• sand_albedo.texture.txt 34 bytes
• sand_bin_v4 i2.gs 42.61KB
• sand_normal.png 625.51KB
• sand_normal.texture.txt 115 bytes
• sand_parameters.png 19.68KB
• sand_parameters.texture.txt 98 bytes
• sand_scene.kin 2.78KB
• thumbnail.jpg 33.13KB