Near the bustling downtown, a coal mine is still in operation after all these years of change. Hopper cars pull in under Kevin's coal tipple for loading. Coal is quickly loaded from above. Curiously, most of the coal ore comes in the shape of beans. Once loaded, the line of coal hoppers runs through the countryside. Once the hoppers have reached their destination, the coal (beans) can be unloaded without decoupling using John's automatic rotary hopper dumper. In this way, Kevin's vision of transporting goods from one end of the layout to the other without being touched by human hands (including loading and unloading) was a success.
Clamping onto and dumping a car
Righting and releasing a car