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[vester]

Here is the first in-game picture of the BN Exclusive:


Think I will rescale the height, adding 20-40 %. What do you say ?

[APSMS]

Sounds like a plan. So far it looks good, but some added height would help. Rivit's trains have similar height problems, but he included some equally squashed consists. I wonder how it looks with those...

[vester]

The height is better, I would say.

[vester]

Slowly working through the mods:

CB&Q - Burlington, red.


Canadian National.

[noahclem]

Awesome project     I agree with the height rescaling and love the BN one. But where's your RRW?

[MTT9]

Looks great

[threestooges]

Looking gorgeous there. I think the height re-adjustment was a good decision.
-Matt

[vester]

....the same model as the passenger car but with a pantograph. Yet, it has an IID of 0x10DA0000, which is an ingame automaton, originally a red minivan. How does this work exactly? Will the game be selecting the passenger cars randomly, ...

Apparently the game has got ear about what you wrote:


This picture is taken with only Rivit DB Class 23 Steam Engine Train installed. All other automata mods was removed.
Would love to hear if its just me, or its something that other can replica. What to do about it ?
If its returning to the 10da0000 IID could help or what ?

This quite nice mod, with animated smoke. Maybe a little more smoke would make it look more real.




Someone whisper in my ear, Milwaukee Road. Is this what you think when you hear the name:


There are a few different colors schemes, a few is just seen on model trains:

[vester]

One more color scheme:

[vester]

....

A mod from the Northeast US:

[APSMS]

Regarding the Milwaukee Road, I'd been thinking about doing some of their steam engines (streamlined, so should be easier to model). That particular livery is very famous, and is exactly what I think of when I try to picture their trains. Some consists to go with would be nice, but we can do that ourselves.

Currently I use Rivit's steam mod, and while I can't say I've seen a minivan on my tracks, I can say that lately (since some train mods I installed?) I have been seeing Rivit's coaches mixed in with the default MAXIS blue passenger cars. Not sure what the solution is; tried moving the folder to load just above the NAM (two underscores), but to no avail. Rivit's coaches are underscaled to most train mods, so the effect is a bit glaring, livery aside (the Maxis cars are about a meter or two higher than the rest of the train).

The height rescaling looks good, though it kind of emphasizes the square model instead of the rounded bullnose on the real ones. Not sure if it can be fixed though.

Thanks for all the work. These all look really great!

[whatevermind]

I love the work you've been doing on these trains. They all look great! 

[vester]

Thank you both. Glad you like it.

Regarding the Milwaukee Road, I'd been thinking about doing some of their steam engines (streamlined, so should be easier to model). That particular livery is very famous, and is exactly what I think of when I try to picture their trains. Some consists to go with would be nice, but we can do that ourselves.

Could clean up my PS file and write a little how-to text to go along.
Need to clean out Danish layer names.

Here is a Lark version of the Southern Pacifics Daylight:

Calling it Sacramento Southern Railroad.

An engine in Lark colors.

The original Sacramento Southern Railroad was a non-operating subsidiary of the Southern Pacific. Some would call that a paper railroad.
Now its is a heritage railroad owned by the California State Railroad Museum. It operates as an excursion train.


Been working on turning these files into mods. Almost done with the main part the modding, but as it is now, I can't test and take pictures of them and make icons for them. My dvd-drive have stopped working.

[jmdude1]

Great updates! The re-size looks much better and the new engines are great.  I like the colors on the Kansas City and Milwaukee versions.  Well done!  It's nice to see them in game too.

[vester]

Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, or just Rock Island:

[droric]

This thread makes me realize how much I enjoy old photos of locomotives!  Keep up the good work Arne.  Looking great.

[vester]

Thank you Mark. Good to hear, that you like them.

Think this is the last one:

[vester]

Here is passenger engine from the New York area:

[Jack_wilds]

I am very pleased that the 'Milwaukee road' is included in the pack... now how thoughts for the 'soo-line' and or Chicago North Western] as they were a common sight in WI... anyway, its all promising good

[MTT9]

Love this last 2, great level of detail