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Improved Gondola Train Car

This is an upgraded version of my grain gondola train car. It serves no functional purpose in the game but it does loosely resemble the types of cars I built as a welder in a factory. They are made of a combination of steel and aluminum and can be used to haul grain or some lighter rocks and minerals. It was built to use my personal train system controller and to work with my existing train cars and locomotives. The car has working lights, brakes, and my new system of using electric motors to help propel the car forward and assist the locomotive pulling the car and the train as a whole.

The panels on the front of the car control the brakes and external control system. The first switch on the top panel sets the car to be controlled remotely from a connected vehicle. The second switch indicates if the controlling vehicle is in front of or behind the current car. The lever controls the brakes for the car or the entire train if it is set as the "Lead" vehicle. The bottom panel shows the current brake information being sent through to the brakes on the train.

The orange button to the left of the control panels activates the electric motors to assist the locomotive in moving the car and the train as a whole. These motors are connected to the axles on the car and are controlled simply by moving the car forward or backward on the rails. The directional velocity sends a fractional signal to the motors allowing the car to move as long as it has a charged battery.