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## About This Content
With the decline in domestic and industrial coal traffic as a consequence of
switching many energy needs to natural gas British Rail found themselves with
a surplus of relatively new air braked coal hoppers. These hoppers (TOPS code
HEA) had been constructed in the late 1970s to enable facilities that were
unable to handle merry-go-round trains to be served using modern wagons. With
a surplus of HEA wagons available a number of different experiments were
undertaken to try and find useful work for the underused assets.

One of the conversions which were attempted with the HEA hoppers from 1987 was
for scrap traffic as there was a distinct shortage of suitable wagons at the
time. This shortage was possibly as a consequence of the removal of vacuum
braked and unfitted trains from the network which meant that the 16T mineral
wagons that had previously been used for scrap traffic were no longer
available. It should also be remembered that at this time British Rail were
actively encouraging customers to own or lease their wagons rather than them
being supplied by the railway.

With this situation in mind, a very basic conversion of HEA hoppers was
attempted for scrap traffic. The main aim of the conversion was to produce a
flat bottomed wagon and to take the hoppers out of use as loading and
unloading at scrap processors would be via mechanical grabs and magnets. This
flat bottom was achieved in two ways, either a steel plate was welded across
the bottoms of the hoppers at approximately under-frame height or a similar
level of ballast was dropped into the wagon. The latter wagons can be
identified by an increased tare weight that was patch painted on to the data
panel.
Inevitably the end of Speedlink saw the end of the majority traffic for which
the wagons had been converted but some do appear to have remained in use well
into the 1990s.

The HSA Scrap Wagon Pack for Train Simulator includes weathered maroon and
weathered Railfreight red/grey liveries, in loaded and unloaded states with
suitable physics.
* Other features include:
* Intelligent tail lamps
* Animated hand brake lever
* Variable infill method with tare weight patch
* Five different logo styles randomly applied with overrides
* Variable load planes randomly applied
* Body switching dependent on vehicle number with reference to end ladders on earlier vehicles
* Randomised textures of Railfreight red/grey versions
The pack includes a user manual with further details about the rolling stock
and the customising of some of the features when using the wagons in
scenarios.

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