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A fellow model railroader asks:

“I’d like to put in a coal mining facility on my HO layout and I’d like to actually be able to fill the cars, and then empty them. One reader mentioned all he does is glue a magnet underneath the simulated coal load, then as it passes underneath a magnet, voila! it’s gone. But where do you put all these magnetized fake loads? Is there another method your blog readers know. Can they help me please?”