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woeful halo Oct 30, 2025, 1:39 PM

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I saw a video of a Russian woman living in Delhi

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She found Delhi to be quite cold

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in the winters

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I am definitely in awe of Beijing tho

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Kolkata is quite hot

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Pleasant in the winters

steep echo Oct 30, 2025, 1:41 PM

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this is where i'd be intersted in going

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i know someone up there, looked pretty

woeful halo Oct 30, 2025, 1:41 PM

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Do go there

dim pulsar Oct 30, 2025, 1:41 PM

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What about Kerala?

woeful halo Oct 30, 2025, 1:41 PM

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Might get Israelis there

dim pulsar Oct 30, 2025, 1:41 PM

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Ohno we are derailing the topic

woeful halo Oct 30, 2025, 1:41 PM

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Reverse colonialism lmao

woeful halo Oct 30, 2025, 1:42 PM

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dim pulsar What about Kerala?

Uhm, humid

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Like Southern China levels of humidity

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You might like visting Tawang

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but since you are from PRC, you are not allowed there

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.... me neither without an Indian passport

signal gate Oct 30, 2025, 1:48 PM

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oh yeah could have AC as well as heat

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climate control

steep echo Oct 30, 2025, 2:15 PM

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lmao

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yeah, its not even a bad feature

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its just straight up awful

signal gate Oct 30, 2025, 2:19 PM

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it could be done nicely

woeful halo Oct 30, 2025, 2:21 PM

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It can be added as an un necessary headache feature

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add it to trains slower than 120 kmph

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and you earn lesser per km

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add it to semi speed trains

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aka 160 and faster

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you get normal rates

signal gate Oct 30, 2025, 2:24 PM

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there's no way to set the payment rate

woeful halo Oct 30, 2025, 2:25 PM

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sorta

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but that's how I would have done it

finite mountain Oct 30, 2025, 6:13 PM

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GO Transit also had 11 of these Geeps as well

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And these ones too

strange quiver Oct 30, 2025, 7:45 PM

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yee, the IDs are all preserved to do that

mellow loom Oct 30, 2025, 8:53 PM

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It was never used in any submarine though either, AFAIK

strange quiver Oct 31, 2025, 12:30 AM

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ALCO RSB 🤔

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RSlug?

strange quiver Oct 31, 2025, 1:30 AM

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RS-1 dropped, I think it's cool how mine contrasts against the one in NARS addon

late pewter Oct 31, 2025, 1:39 AM

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Lookin good

strange quiver Oct 31, 2025, 5:36 AM

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ALCO RS-1/2/3 done 🙂

severe elbow Oct 31, 2025, 12:06 PM

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RS3 ❤️

strange quiver Oct 31, 2025, 10:16 PM

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wanted to check how many locomotives I've done so far, and it's a fairly large selection

severe elbow Oct 31, 2025, 10:19 PM

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oh you havent done the E33 and E44 yet

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well, EL-C and E44

strange quiver Oct 31, 2025, 10:21 PM

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I really should do them tbh

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legit the only reason I haven't is that they have this weird hump on the roof and I'm worried it'll look terrible

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but I should probably work on that today

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I also wanna do the E50s too, since they're basically just more powerful E44s

turbid bronze Oct 31, 2025, 10:23 PM

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strange quiver wanted to check how many locomotives I've done so far, and it's a fairly large s...

bout a few

turbid bronze Oct 31, 2025, 10:46 PM

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just raised another PR @strange quiver, 2nd attempt at adding the gitignore, dunno how it disappeared last time

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ill then do the nmlcache purge on a followup PR

strange quiver Oct 31, 2025, 10:46 PM

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easy, I'll add it when I finish up this last bit of uni work

turbid bronze Oct 31, 2025, 10:47 PM

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how dull, lmao, probably a good thing to get that sorted early in a weekend though

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also there was an compilation error I was getting over the strings for the suburban coach being missing, I'll throw a PR up for that as well if I see it again after the last sync I did on my side.

strange quiver Oct 31, 2025, 10:51 PM

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turbid bronze how dull, lmao, probably a good thing to get that sorted early in a weekend thou...

yeah...

strange quiver Oct 31, 2025, 10:51 PM

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turbid bronze also there was an compilation error I was getting over the strings for the subur...

what set was that for? there shouldn't be any missing strings?

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I just went and checked, and all the north american stuff compiles fine

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could be that your version is not synced properly? I did delete all the old wagon stuff from the passneger set

turbid bronze Oct 31, 2025, 10:53 PM

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Yeah I haven't done a fresh compile recently, I was behind 7 commits from your repo.

strange quiver Oct 31, 2025, 10:55 PM

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that'd do it 🙂

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 12:28 AM

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aa, final uni assignment done and handed in

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I'm freeeeeee

vestal minnow Nov 1, 2025, 1:06 AM

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Let’s go!

turbid bronze Nov 1, 2025, 2:32 AM

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also fix the recolours plz my manganese is blue

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(FIRS 4.16, IAHC economy)

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Maybe set the condition so it just defaults to some dark grey/black'ish crap

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if it doesn't find an explicit match

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 3:29 AM

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strange, I'll look into it, hopefully I can provide a fix

turbid bronze Nov 1, 2025, 3:30 AM

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Yeah I think a good approach is just default to a grimy looking greeny/blackish/brown if you xcan't make a match

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it'll cover like 90% of crap you're gonna throw in a hopper

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 3:55 AM

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yee, I'll do that

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have just sorta realised I have no idea how it does it...

turbid bronze Nov 1, 2025, 4:00 AM

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there should be some big-ass switch looking at the cargo or something

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 4:00 AM

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yee, there is

turbid bronze Nov 1, 2025, 4:01 AM

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there's usually a default destination if the switch doesn't match anything

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 4:01 AM

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and it says Managese "MNO2: return recolour_bulk +7;"

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but I'm just not sure what the +7 means when I look at the recolour_bulk switch

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okay so the +7 seems to correlate with the item in the bulk recolour table

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for some reason it uses the same recolour as fertiliser and toffee?

turbid bronze Nov 1, 2025, 4:04 AM

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yeah brownish dark greyish

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what does recolour_bulk look like?

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 4:09 AM

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turbid bronze what does recolour_bulk look like?

📎 message.txt

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basically a bunch of recolours

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I think I'll change manganese to the same as gravel and see how that looks

turbid bronze Nov 1, 2025, 4:14 AM

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I don't think that's probably the issue, I think it's probably that there's multiple codes for manganese

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I'll check FIRS

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 4:15 AM

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nono, when I change it, the recolour changes

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I'm just going through a few to see what they look like

turbid bronze Nov 1, 2025, 4:15 AM

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it changes from blue?

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 4:15 AM

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yee

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this is changed to +26

turbid bronze Nov 1, 2025, 4:15 AM

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huh, so that entire recolour entry isn't set correctly - wait, you got this from Jake right? He had a similar bug in JP+

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 4:15 AM

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I think I'll have to create a new recolour annoyingly

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 4:16 AM

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turbid bronze huh, so that entire recolour entry isn't set correctly - wait, you got this from...

no, I got it from Fairy, but I think she got it from Jake?

turbid bronze Nov 1, 2025, 4:16 AM

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hmmMMMmm

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 4:16 AM

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but it works fine, it just defaults to blue because that's what its coded to do

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I know how to fix it anyway

turbid bronze Nov 1, 2025, 4:16 AM

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yeah fairy had the extra stuff to do multiple recolours

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OK cool

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I'll shutup and get back in my box then

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🤣

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 4:17 AM

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you're all good 🙂

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okay so yh, it was nicked from Jake

turbid bronze Nov 1, 2025, 4:21 AM

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can probably nick his updated copy of the recolour table then

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 4:22 AM

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yee, I did, but for some reason it's brown?

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I think I might have to make a new recolour just for it tbh

turbid bronze Nov 1, 2025, 4:22 AM

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this is horse's

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strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 4:23 AM

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I'll see if I can nick that...

haughty pollen Nov 1, 2025, 4:25 AM

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strange quiver but I'm just not sure what the +7 means when I look at the recolour_bulk switch

The +7 is the offset. NML complains if you make separate switches for each cargo, which is why it's one giant switch with offsets

turbid bronze Nov 1, 2025, 4:25 AM

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Andy doesn't use recolours the same way, he pre-bakes the sprites

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 4:25 AM

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turbid bronze Andy doesn't use recolours the same way, he pre-bakes the sprites

rip

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 4:25 AM

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haughty pollen The +7 is the offset. NML complains if you make separate switches for each cargo...

makes sense

haughty pollen Nov 1, 2025, 4:26 AM

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strange quiver okay so yh, it was nicked from Jake

Yeah and I nicked it from the Dutch trainset and made improvements

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 4:26 AM

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theft all the way down 🙂

haughty pollen Nov 1, 2025, 4:27 AM

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I'm still tweaking it constantly to better support new cargo types

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 4:39 AM

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looks kinda good?

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 4:39 AM

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haughty pollen I'm still tweaking it constantly to better support new cargo types

yee fair

turbid bronze Nov 1, 2025, 4:47 AM

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strange quiver looks kinda good?

ship it

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maybe a shade darker but yeah

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good enough

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 4:49 AM

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it can always be tweaked later tbf

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but yh, already made a commit

haughty pollen Nov 1, 2025, 4:54 AM

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For some reason manganese is light brown in JP+

turbid bronze Nov 1, 2025, 4:55 AM

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Yeah you had it lumped in with fertilizer and toffee

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recolour 7

turbid bronze Nov 1, 2025, 5:40 AM

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God, looking at Port Kembla I don't feel so bad about my inclinations to make absolutely everything RORO

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 5:41 AM

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AIS loved their loops

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funnily enough, I generally prefer stub tracks, and that's how old BHP in newcastle is laid out

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also looking around google maps, spotted some goobers far from home in Merriwa

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presumably they'd have to have been trucked out there? since the line was cut years back

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but also it's an odd mix of original standard and bradfield stock?

turbid bronze Nov 1, 2025, 5:45 AM

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yeah I hope I get to go up to Hay Point one day, BHP have a port up there that they unload the coal from the bowen basin at

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all roro

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 5:46 AM

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turbid bronze yeah I hope I get to go up to Hay Point one day, BHP have a port up there that t...

interesting

turbid bronze Nov 1, 2025, 5:46 AM

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I started researching it before I started my new job as I thought I'd have to go up there a bit and I was so happy to be vindicated that it was all through loading roro

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 5:47 AM

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neat

turbid bronze Nov 1, 2025, 5:47 AM

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I always build like that in ottd because I hate seeing trains flip

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 5:58 AM

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valid

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I normally avoid Roros because they take up slightly more space

haughty pollen Nov 1, 2025, 6:00 AM

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turbid bronze God, looking at Port Kembla I don't feel so bad about my inclinations to make *a...

ayy I drive through there all the time

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 7:21 AM

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basic draft for the later ALCO RS locomotives

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I think it looks good

mental musk Nov 1, 2025, 9:22 AM

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strange quiver wanted to check how many locomotives I've done so far, and it's a fairly large s...

Question:

Is it mostly gameplay compleate? If so just release it on bananas!

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 9:22 AM

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mental musk Question: Is it mostly gameplay compleate? If so just release it on bananas!

it pretty much is

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but I wanna add a fair bit more before adding it to bananas

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I'm gonna aim to have everything polished and ready to go by christmas

turbid bronze Nov 1, 2025, 9:39 AM

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You need to add some steam locos 😛

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1900 starts are a bit empty

severe elbow Nov 1, 2025, 9:57 AM

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strange quiver legit the only reason I haven't is that they have this weird hump on the roof an...

can’t wait to do a PRR thing one day

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 9:57 AM

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turbid bronze You need to add some steam locos 😛

I knooooow

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soooooon

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 9:37 PM

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ALCOs are so cool, I wish ALCO was real

signal gate Nov 1, 2025, 9:42 PM

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Alco, the alternative timeline

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 9:43 PM

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signal gate Alco, the alternative timeline

wdym?

severe elbow Nov 1, 2025, 9:48 PM

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the yellow front perhaps lol

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 9:50 PM

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BR alcos would be cool tbh...

severe elbow Nov 1, 2025, 9:51 PM

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they would have been

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that just makes me think of a class 15 with an alco engine though

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 10:07 PM

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it probably would have been somewhat reliable lmao

signal gate Nov 1, 2025, 10:10 PM

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lot of Alcos in India 😛

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 10:10 PM

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arguably too many

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they were still building locomotives with ALCO 251s until 2021 iirc

late pewter Nov 1, 2025, 10:26 PM

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strange quiver ALCOs are so cool, I wish ALCO was real

Nice, now i can larp as an brazilian train company

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I just need train lines to kill off

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 10:40 PM

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late pewter Nice, now i can larp as an brazilian train company

true....

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I really should get around to that South American/African/Middle eastern train set...

severe elbow Nov 1, 2025, 10:41 PM

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i think you should seperate southern africa and northern africa

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personally

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 10:46 PM

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maybe, it's only in the basic planning stage atm

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and I was thinking more of a train set based on generic export stuff

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I have another project I wanna work on early next year that it would fit neatly into tho

soft stump Nov 1, 2025, 11:25 PM

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strange quiver I really should get around to that South American/African/Middle eastern train s...

South american set would be quite awesome.

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A good chunk of the stuff we have is imported anyways

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 11:26 PM

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yee, it's why it's something on my radar

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since I can re-use a lot of what I've already made

soft stump Nov 1, 2025, 11:27 PM

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How would you manage large gaps though? (Electrics in general)

strange quiver Nov 1, 2025, 11:28 PM

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same as everything else, find proposals, and if there aren't any, make some up, but include a toggle to turn them off

soft stump Nov 1, 2025, 11:30 PM

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Fair

haughty pollen Nov 1, 2025, 11:32 PM

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Brazil had a lot of interesting electrics

late pewter Nov 1, 2025, 11:48 PM

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We mostly stopped in the forties

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We had a very nice proposal to buy french locomotives and have them replace the really old stock we had

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We would get some from france and the rest would be made here

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Thats how they ended up

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And we had little joes running until 1999

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We would also get south africans for a new railway

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The track was over budget, took longer than expected and it had not a single centimeter of electricity

strange quiver Nov 2, 2025, 12:00 AM

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oooooh

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I'll take any excuse to do some broken noses

woeful halo Nov 2, 2025, 3:06 AM

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late pewter I just need train lines to kill off

Oof

mental musk Nov 2, 2025, 7:23 AM

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late pewter Thats how they ended up

alsthom

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why thay ended up like that?

mental musk Nov 2, 2025, 7:23 AM

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strange quiver BR alcos would be cool tbh...

just imagine alco DL500 in BR livery...

haughty pollen Nov 2, 2025, 7:29 AM

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Basically Brazil ripped up all their intercity passenger services and electrification

mental musk Nov 2, 2025, 7:29 AM

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why?

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||I suppose privatisation||

haughty pollen Nov 2, 2025, 7:33 AM

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Something like that, read up on the RFFSA

mental musk Nov 2, 2025, 7:38 AM

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Classic
Everybody knows that railroad privatisation == ...

woeful halo Nov 2, 2025, 7:38 AM

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Unless ofc it's Japan

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or...... if someone's masochistic, the ole Blighty

mental musk Nov 2, 2025, 7:42 AM

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indeed private railways in Japan are top-notch

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who is blighty?

haughty pollen Nov 2, 2025, 7:43 AM

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Old Blighty is a nickname for Britain

severe elbow Nov 2, 2025, 7:44 AM

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Shithole is another one

severe elbow Nov 2, 2025, 7:45 AM

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soft stump How would you manage large gaps though? (Electrics in general)

South Africa has had loads of electrics tbf

haughty pollen Nov 2, 2025, 7:46 AM

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True, but we were talking about South America

severe elbow Nov 2, 2025, 7:47 AM

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ah mb

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Thought the conversation carried on about Africa

haughty pollen Nov 2, 2025, 7:48 AM

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but like I said, there's probably enough obscure stuff from Brazil and other countries to fill those gaps

siemens-schuckert-b-b-1970-and-currently-only-1-of-7-units-v0-3n53jacwgw8e1.png

woeful halo Nov 2, 2025, 7:51 AM

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severe elbow Shithole is another one

Lmao, but "our" shithole

severe elbow Nov 2, 2025, 7:52 AM

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We love our shithole

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And no one will ever understand it which is funny

woeful halo Nov 2, 2025, 8:06 AM

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Meh, I love my shithole too

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it's called India

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and UK for some odd reason

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might be 'cause of the "shared" history

woeful halo Nov 2, 2025, 8:09 AM

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haughty pollen but like I said, there's probably enough obscure stuff from Brazil and other cou...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_locomotive_class_YAM-1

Indian locomotive class YAM-1

The Indian locomotive class YAM-1 is a class of metre gauge (Y), Alternating Current (A), mixed traffic (M) electric locomotives in India. Twenty were built in 1964–66 by a Japanese consortium led by Mitsubishi.

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Looks very similar

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except different gauges

haughty pollen Nov 2, 2025, 8:10 AM

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I'm pretty sure the one I posted is based on a Hungarian design

woeful halo Nov 2, 2025, 8:10 AM

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mhm

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The one I posted is a Japanese design

mental musk Nov 2, 2025, 8:19 AM

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haughty pollen I'm pretty sure the one I posted is based on a Hungarian design

V43 was made on an german licence

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/MAV_V43-1103_02.JPG

late pewter Nov 2, 2025, 4:36 PM

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mental musk why thay ended up like that?

Because the modus operandi of the brazilian military dictatorship was to not invest a single cent and only do something when it is something nice to put on a propaganda pamphlet

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They killed 1,6% of a village's population bevause of the refusal to repair a section of track

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And about the alstom's, we simply stopped with the project and never user them for much

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Then the 1990's came up and we privitized anything to help with our ridiculously bad infraestructure

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And we never specified for passenger rail services to be mantained

woeful halo Nov 2, 2025, 4:45 PM

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Sad

strange quiver Nov 3, 2025, 8:44 AM

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ALCO C636 done 🙂

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also I'm really happy with the side of the cab, it turned out really good

haughty pollen Nov 3, 2025, 9:11 AM

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Looks very alco-y 🙂

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I just thought of a fun easter egg for alcos, they could use the big black smoke sprite instead of the regular diesel smoke

strange quiver Nov 3, 2025, 9:11 AM

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ooh, yh

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I'd love to include that

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It'd require a custom sprite set though right?

haughty pollen Nov 3, 2025, 9:12 AM

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No, you can specify emission sprite and choose the aircraft breakdown smoke

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that's what Andy does

strange quiver Nov 3, 2025, 9:12 AM

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ooooh, okay...

haughty pollen Nov 3, 2025, 9:14 AM

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I think you have to use the create_effect callback for that though

strange quiver Nov 3, 2025, 9:15 AM

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yeah, just had a look and it seems to be the case

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I'll see what line horse uses and try and nick it

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yeah, idk how that repository is set up so aaa

strange quiver Nov 3, 2025, 9:40 AM

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also looking at Alcos, and it's funny how the American versions look normal

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while the Australian versions look insane

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it's like someone went feral with greebles

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I genuinely have no idea what those extra pipes are? I'm guessing an extra cooling system?

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I also love the giant house sized AC unit on the nose

haughty pollen Nov 3, 2025, 9:49 AM

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ooh I remember those from Trainz

mental musk Nov 3, 2025, 9:49 AM

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haughty pollen ooh I remember those from Trainz

I was ment to type that too!

mental musk Nov 3, 2025, 9:49 AM

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strange quiver I genuinely have no idea what those extra pipes are? I'm guessing an extra cooli...

I suppose extra cooling both the machine and the crewmembers...

strange quiver Nov 3, 2025, 9:53 AM

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haughty pollen ooh I remember those from Trainz

they were in trainz?

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you never see australian stuff in train simulators

mental musk Nov 3, 2025, 9:53 AM

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trainz was developedy by australian programmers so thay absolutly had to put some australian stuff

strange quiver Nov 3, 2025, 9:54 AM

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makes sense

strange quiver Nov 3, 2025, 10:11 AM

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also decided to quickly do the C630s

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largely because this Louisville and Nashville livery was really nice

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also it's strange how NARS addon didn't have that many alco century locomotives

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original NARS only has a "century", which seems to be a C630

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but NARS addon only has the C420, C430, C628 and C855

crystal crag Nov 3, 2025, 10:44 AM

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strange quiver they were in trainz?

Robe River Iron, I remember that route...

strange quiver Nov 4, 2025, 10:01 AM

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no trains tonight, was too busy bullying the alphabet mafia

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also my friends fridge door fell off lmao

strange quiver Nov 5, 2025, 7:42 AM

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SAR designs goofiest railway coach, asked to leave Federation

Glenelg_Railway_Company_clerestory-roofed_30-window_passenger_car_with_Cleminson_underframe.jpg

haughty pollen Nov 5, 2025, 7:45 AM

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Doesn't look too different from common European designs from back then 😛

strange quiver Nov 5, 2025, 7:45 AM

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I know

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but it's just cursed seeing a combo of American and European rolling stock design conventions

haughty pollen Nov 5, 2025, 7:46 AM

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It is a bit

strange quiver Nov 5, 2025, 8:03 AM

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RSD-15s done

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gonna quickly run through and do a few simple locomotives this arvo

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might do the C628s and M640s tonight

woeful halo Nov 5, 2025, 8:19 AM

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strange quiver SAR designs goofiest railway coach, asked to leave Federation

Looks very 1880s/1890s ish

strange quiver Nov 5, 2025, 8:19 AM

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woeful halo Looks very 1880s/1890s ish

well that car was built in 1880 and photographed in 1890

woeful halo Nov 5, 2025, 8:22 AM

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Bingo!

turbid bronze Nov 5, 2025, 8:39 AM

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strange quiver SAR designs goofiest railway coach, asked to leave Federation

I'm not taking any responsibility for that thing

strange quiver Nov 5, 2025, 8:40 AM

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turbid bronze I'm not taking any responsibility for that thing

Adelaide will burn for the SARs sins

turbid bronze Nov 5, 2025, 8:42 AM

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that's OK I don't live there anymore

strange quiver Nov 5, 2025, 8:43 AM

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perfect then

woeful halo Nov 5, 2025, 8:59 AM

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gui_company

earnest meadow Nov 5, 2025, 3:06 PM

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strange quiver but it's just cursed seeing a combo of American and European rolling stock desig...

I mean that's just basically Australia

strange quiver Nov 5, 2025, 7:17 PM

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earnest meadow I mean that's just basically Australia

True

strange quiver Nov 6, 2025, 7:25 AM

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oh btw, any locomotive requests? got a few I wanna do, but I'm down to take suggestions

turbid bronze Nov 6, 2025, 8:08 AM

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dd40, dd35 A & B units 😛

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BIG

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STINKY

strange quiver Nov 6, 2025, 8:15 AM

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maybe not that one, solely because I cbf making a new template for big ones like that

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did find this in the 1966 EMD 645 catalogue though

turbid bronze Nov 6, 2025, 8:19 AM

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BIG

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I DEMAND BIG

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😛

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you know, at some point

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one day you'll have to tackle it 😛

strange quiver Nov 6, 2025, 8:21 AM

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yee, I will

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but that day is not today >:)

signal gate Nov 6, 2025, 8:26 AM

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"hypothetical Moose futures"

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I'm going to make the long ones bend in the middle, or 3 amusing snake-like parts

strange quiver Nov 6, 2025, 8:27 AM

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fair fair, I'm just gonna copy what NARS did

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they'll be articulated, but drawn as a single, long sprite

signal gate Nov 6, 2025, 8:28 AM

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now considering if they had been more like Milwaukee E22

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strange quiver Nov 6, 2025, 8:29 AM

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signal gate now considering if they had been more like Milwaukee E22

would be logical, but the americans liked single frame locomotives at the time

signal gate Nov 6, 2025, 8:29 AM

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obvs at some point an articulated Centennial becomes indistiguishable from an A-B-B set

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but I reckon I could find a way

strange quiver Nov 6, 2025, 8:29 AM

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signal gate obvs at some point an articulated Centennial becomes indistiguishable from an A-...

pretty much

turbid bronze Nov 6, 2025, 8:31 AM

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Honestly I don’t mind the approach NARS took with the DD40, even 8/8 vehicles are janky turning that’s just thirty year old games for you. NARS’ I wanna say 10/8 DD40 was fine enough I suppose.

signal gate Nov 6, 2025, 8:32 AM

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shared centre truck

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hmm

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leaves a lack of fuel tank location for a diesel though

strange quiver Nov 6, 2025, 8:33 AM

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yeah, that's probably why you don't see many tri-bo diesels tbh

mental musk Nov 6, 2025, 8:38 AM

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maybe attatch an fueltender?

severe elbow Nov 6, 2025, 8:38 AM

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signal gate now considering if they had been more like Milwaukee E22

They were 3 and 4 part

mental musk Nov 6, 2025, 8:38 AM

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https://camo.githubusercontent.com/cfd766df832f62ddb4240de0919a52b91a0e03e8bcd461f0252c56514738d2bc/68747470733a2f2f70686f746f732e736d75676d75672e636f6d2f557461685261696c732f556e696f6e2d506163696669632f55502d4675656c2d54656e646572732f692d367666426d52732f312f4f2f55505f363834335f6675656c2d74656e6465725f66742d385f426f6e6e6572537072696e67735f32312d6a756c2d313939362e6a7067

mental musk Nov 6, 2025, 8:39 AM

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severe elbow They were 3 and 4 part

if I am correct originally these were coposed out of 2 sections each, but later thay were reformed into 3 or 4 section sets

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also, at least one operated as an single section for some sort of brench line?

strange quiver Nov 6, 2025, 8:41 AM

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yee, that's why in my set they're codes as 2, 3, and 4 part articulated units

steep echo Nov 6, 2025, 10:38 AM

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signal gate shared centre truck

656 my beloved

strange quiver Nov 7, 2025, 10:29 AM

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working my way through some more ALCOs, this time the C628

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I haven't posted mush because I've mostly been retweaking older sprites

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if you master the C628, you also unlock a gold skin

turbid bronze Nov 7, 2025, 10:40 AM

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Damn that looks nice

crystal crag Nov 7, 2025, 12:48 PM

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strange quiver if you master the C628, you also unlock a gold skin

Now you've made me think "Is it possible to give the Xth of a train a special sprite"

mellow loom Nov 7, 2025, 6:10 PM

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I don’t think so

strange quiver Nov 7, 2025, 9:21 PM

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crystal crag Now you've made me think "Is it possible to give the Xth of a train a special s...

could just do a random switch

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maybe 1/1000 chance of the gold skin?

earnest meadow Nov 7, 2025, 9:40 PM

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strange quiver maybe 1/1000 chance of the gold skin?

The one and only, 24 karat gold fleet

strange quiver Nov 7, 2025, 10:14 PM

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U25C done

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perfect for all your dam building projects

mental musk Nov 8, 2025, 8:40 AM

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with that green colour looks like american locos sold to Yugoslavia

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/SZ_class_661_in_Ljubljana-April_2011(4).jpg/2560px-SZ_class_661_in_Ljubljana-April_2011(4).jpg

turbid bronze Nov 8, 2025, 9:35 AM

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raised another pr @strange quiver to try and purge the nmlaches, probably keep an eye on your side, make sure your local copy has the .gitignore file it got disappeared last time somehow

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gitignore won't start ignoring something if it's already being tracked by git, it just stops git from tracking a new .nmlcache

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so on your local repo after you've merged that pr and then synced you'll probably wanna delete all the nmlaches again if they're still there and do a commit, then after that going forwards any time an nmlcache gets created again git will ignore it. You'll still have it locally, but git won't track changes to it.

strange quiver Nov 8, 2025, 10:21 AM

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easy, I'll sync my end now and hopefully have a new commit in the next day or so

turbid bronze Nov 8, 2025, 10:22 AM

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Nice

strange quiver Nov 8, 2025, 10:22 AM

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okay nvm, new commit

turbid bronze Nov 8, 2025, 10:22 AM

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hahah

strange quiver Nov 8, 2025, 10:22 AM

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apparently I didn't commit the U25C this morning

turbid bronze Nov 8, 2025, 10:23 AM

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yeah so there might still be some tracked nmlache files

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see what happens

strange quiver Nov 8, 2025, 10:23 AM

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riiiip

turbid bronze Nov 8, 2025, 10:23 AM

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you can delete them on your side though

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Hmm, no, looks good so far

strange quiver Nov 8, 2025, 10:24 AM

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turbid bronze you can delete them on your side though

yh, but I'll forget 🙁

turbid bronze Nov 8, 2025, 10:25 AM

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Nah I think it's taken now

strange quiver Nov 8, 2025, 10:25 AM

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that's good then

turbid bronze Nov 8, 2025, 10:25 AM

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you'll still have an nmlache when you compile but git now should ignore it and not push it to the github repo

turbid bronze Nov 8, 2025, 10:44 AM

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yay seems to be working now

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I can do compiles and it's not tracking the nmlcache.

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Only other thing I can think of that might be nice is change your move.bat's to copy instead and leave a copy of the .grf in the file repo. Makes it easier for people to snag a copy to test with straight off your github (this is what I personally do and a lot of the JP+ folks do as well).

strange quiver Nov 8, 2025, 11:33 AM

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thanks!

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and yh, I could probably do that

strange quiver Nov 8, 2025, 8:36 PM

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ALCO C430 done

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decided to do the demonstrator livery, instead of the one in NARS addon

signal gate Nov 8, 2025, 8:45 PM

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need some tank cars

strange quiver Nov 8, 2025, 8:45 PM

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I really do

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but I like locomotives too much 🙁

signal gate Nov 8, 2025, 8:48 PM

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these just need the filler moved and the buffers removed https://grf.farm/iron-horse/3.37.0/html/trains.html#product_tank_car_type_1_pony_gen_2A

grf.farm

Iron Horse - All Trains

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strange quiver Nov 8, 2025, 8:49 PM

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I might give it a go this arvo then

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or whenever I get bored of locomotives

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I really do need to do more freight wagons though

signal gate Nov 8, 2025, 8:50 PM

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hmm

strange quiver Nov 9, 2025, 12:18 AM

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U30C done

steep echo Nov 9, 2025, 12:18 AM

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Great work as usual

severe elbow Nov 10, 2025, 6:24 PM

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U34CH on the list?

strange quiver Nov 10, 2025, 7:31 PM

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severe elbow U34CH on the list?

Of course

strange quiver Nov 11, 2025, 8:16 AM

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omfg I've been trying to work out how to do the E33/E44s for the past two nights because it's hard to get the roof greebles right in my sets scale

signal gate Nov 11, 2025, 8:17 AM

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don't 🙂

strange quiver Nov 11, 2025, 8:17 AM

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but I found out that the E33, without it's weird roof hump, is tiny

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signal gate Nov 11, 2025, 8:17 AM

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just make them look cool

strange quiver Nov 11, 2025, 8:17 AM

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it's shorter than a NSW 48 class

strange quiver Nov 11, 2025, 8:18 AM

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signal gate just make them look cool

I know! but I wanna make sure I get the details correct because I'd be pedantic about it

signal gate Nov 11, 2025, 8:18 AM

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yeah you have no way to do the grilles on those boxes

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you only have 1px of height

strange quiver Nov 11, 2025, 8:18 AM

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I know, but I'll do what I can 🙂

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but at least I know the scale now

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hardest part is gonna be doing the weird cowling around the pantographs on the E44

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but I have some ideas on how to do it

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in scale it looks right at this height

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but it also looks like a baby

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just a little guy

signal gate Nov 11, 2025, 8:30 AM

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the cab top would highlight / flare

strange quiver Nov 11, 2025, 8:30 AM

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how so?

signal gate Nov 11, 2025, 8:31 AM

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it's a large flat area

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you have it very dark, but if you do it as a highlight, the cab will have more presence

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the underframe gear might be an opportunity to, it's quite distinctive

strange quiver Nov 11, 2025, 8:32 AM

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signal gate you have it very dark, but if you do it as a highlight, the cab will have more p...

true, I can change that

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normally it's lighter, but iirc I changed it for some reason?

strange quiver Nov 11, 2025, 8:33 AM

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signal gate the underframe gear might be an opportunity to, it's quite distinctive

true, but it's still pretty much what I have there anyway

signal gate Nov 11, 2025, 8:33 AM

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you can probably dump the end platform down by 1px to show the steps

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dunno feel free to ignore me 🙂

strange quiver Nov 11, 2025, 8:34 AM

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dw, I appreciate the feedback 🙂

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I'll tweak it a bit

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these are a little weird though, since the end platform is only one one end, they're kinda weird

signal gate Nov 11, 2025, 8:36 AM

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oh E33 has a full width roof panel around the cab

strange quiver Nov 11, 2025, 8:36 AM

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yee, that's also something that idk how to do tbh

signal gate Nov 11, 2025, 8:37 AM

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similar to a flared radiator

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use highlight pixels, then false shadow underneath

strange quiver Nov 11, 2025, 8:37 AM

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true, I'll go nick parts off the U30C

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I think that's better

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at least before I add more greebles

strange quiver Nov 11, 2025, 9:53 AM

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probably needs a little tweaking, but E33 done

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gonna do the E44 tomorrow night, and I'll update this depending on how that goes

signal gate Nov 11, 2025, 9:55 AM

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strange quiver I think that's better

nice

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you don't need these

strange quiver Nov 11, 2025, 9:56 AM

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I think it looks nice though

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it looks like a railing

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not opposed to removing it, we'll see when I update things tomorrow

signal gate Nov 11, 2025, 9:56 AM

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🙂

strange quiver Nov 11, 2025, 9:58 AM

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also might do these smaller GE 125T electric locomotives

frosty sand Nov 11, 2025, 9:59 AM

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Cute!

mental musk Nov 11, 2025, 2:26 PM

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Neat

severe elbow Nov 12, 2025, 12:04 AM

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strange quiver probably needs a little tweaking, but E33 done

EL-C!!

gritty bone Nov 12, 2025, 2:07 AM

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throwing these as suggestions but think you can add em to the signals/waypoints bundle?

strange quiver Nov 12, 2025, 2:09 AM

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Iirc dwarf position lights are on my list

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Probably not gonna do the intermediate size ones though

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And the full size position light signals are done

strange quiver Nov 12, 2025, 9:20 AM

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kinda stumped, if I do the e44 with the pantographs at the normal height, they don't look right, but if I have them at the correct height, they look bad too, so I'm kinda unsure what to do

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I suppose it's fiiiine if it's 1 pixel higher, so I might just stick with that

strange quiver Nov 12, 2025, 9:41 AM

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also gonna need to retweak the side view because the pantos are too big to be accurate so aaaaa

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but that can be tomorrows problem

signal gate Nov 12, 2025, 10:02 AM

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so tempted to get involved 🙂

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oof actual work to do though 🙂

strange quiver Nov 12, 2025, 10:05 AM

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well I'm open to ideas 🙂

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especially because I'm kinda stumped

haughty pollen Nov 12, 2025, 10:41 AM

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My panto heights are inconsistent too, it's not noticeable unless I mix locomotive types so I wouldn't worry too much about it

strange quiver Nov 12, 2025, 10:41 AM

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fair, I'm probably just overthinking it

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I'm just trying to make the E33/E44 consistent

frosty sand Nov 12, 2025, 10:43 AM

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Shouldn’t one pantograph be up, making the top of the pantograph the correct height regardless of the bottom height?

strange quiver Nov 12, 2025, 10:43 AM

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yeah, but this is just for testing

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both panto down only appears in game if the locomotive is taken onto non-electrified track

mental musk Nov 12, 2025, 11:07 AM

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strange quiver I'm just trying to make the E33/E44 consistent

IRL thay were not consistent

44 was much higher

frosty sand Nov 12, 2025, 11:13 AM

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Ah right

strange quiver Nov 12, 2025, 7:59 PM

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mental musk IRL thay were not consistent 44 was much higher

Pantographs were mounted at the same height tho

oblique bone Nov 12, 2025, 8:55 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9kgJSoqTtM whats this 😭

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strange quiver Nov 12, 2025, 8:56 PM

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They're those morristown high speed line trains

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They're on my list, I just haven't drawn them yet 🙁

strange quiver Nov 13, 2025, 9:01 AM

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okay, finally got something I'm happy with

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also gonna do these guys tonight too since they're so similar

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basically the same with a slightly larger vent thing behind the cab, and a single pantograph

strange quiver Nov 13, 2025, 9:49 AM

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I think the E33/E44s look good in game, especially when compared to their NARS/NARS addon counterparts

strange quiver Nov 13, 2025, 10:15 AM

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got the girls together

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IRL only two E50Cs were built, and they were basically just a power station locomotive

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but... I've got them balanced as a more powerful E44, at the cost of being slower, so the E44 overall is still the better locomotive

mental musk Nov 13, 2025, 1:46 PM

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there was also E44a, but it was very similer in perfromace to standrd E44

strange quiver Nov 13, 2025, 7:01 PM

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Yee, which is thy there's no point including them

severe elbow Nov 13, 2025, 7:24 PM

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cant wait to do a massive conrail lineup with all of these

woeful halo Nov 13, 2025, 7:54 PM

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strange quiver also gonna do these guys tonight too since they're so similar

Looks weirdly like a diesel Alco converted into an electric loco

strange quiver Nov 13, 2025, 7:58 PM

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More so a U-boat, but pretty much

vestal minnow Nov 13, 2025, 11:34 PM

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https://www.reddit.com/r/highspeedrail/comments/1ow81hw/australia_highspeed_rail_business_case_linking/

From the highspeedrail community on Reddit: [Australia] High-speed ...

Explore this post and more from the highspeedrail community

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@strange quiver

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Have you recreated this in game yet?

strange quiver Nov 13, 2025, 11:34 PM

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No, because the trains themselves arent finalised

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The original VFT is in game tho

vestal minnow Nov 13, 2025, 11:39 PM

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Ah ok

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Wonder who will get high speed rail first, Canada or Australia

strange quiver Nov 13, 2025, 11:54 PM

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Well the timeline for this project is 2037-2042 completion

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Idk what it is for Canada

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But canada also has more viable routes, so its more likely the government will go for it

haughty pollen Nov 13, 2025, 11:55 PM

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I'll believe when I see it lol

strange quiver Nov 13, 2025, 11:55 PM

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haughty pollen I'll believe when I see it lol

Yee, thats my stance

modest violet Nov 13, 2025, 11:56 PM

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hey the Electric Tilt Train has gone above 200kmph in testing so technically you guys have high speed rail! what are you even complaining about smh 🤣

finite mountain Nov 14, 2025, 12:01 AM

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strange quiver Idk what it is for Canada

Well, supposedly, construction of the line would begin in the next 4 years

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And if I had to guess it would probably be finished around possibly 2039

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Or at most 2045

strange quiver Nov 14, 2025, 12:02 AM

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So potentially after us then

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The Australian route is shorter, but it'll also mostly be tunneled

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But at the same time, we've also gotten a lot of experience running fast trains in new tunnels as of late so...

steep echo Nov 14, 2025, 12:03 AM

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strange quiver So potentially after us then

https://tenor.com/view/old-man-grandpa-gif-14729663161359511049

Tenor

strange quiver Nov 14, 2025, 12:03 AM

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modest violet hey the Electric Tilt Train has gone above 200kmph in testing so *technically* y...

True, it still is the fastest narrow gauge train in the world

finite mountain Nov 14, 2025, 12:04 AM

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Kinda crazy that we're the only country in the G7 to not have some form of high-speed rail

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The closest we had were the TurboTrains and the LRC

strange quiver Nov 14, 2025, 12:09 AM

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Yeah

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Get on it :33

strange quiver Nov 14, 2025, 8:53 AM

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sat down to do the U36C/U34CH, and turns out the sprite I drew for the U30C is actually just a U36C so....

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guess I'm gonna have to redo the U30C now, but it shouldn't be too hard

strange quiver Nov 14, 2025, 10:13 AM

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Top to bottom, U30C, U36C and U34CH :3

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gonna re-do the base U36C livery to match the one in NARS addon

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I think I copied their original sprite too much, since it has the incorrect flared radiators, so that's probably where my mistake came from

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also the U34CH livery is technichally incorrect, since it's actually a really dark blue, and the bottom red stripe is above the runnin board, but this should be fiiiiiine

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at least it looks good

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also high hood locomotives with flared radiators is an aesthetic...

mellow loom Nov 14, 2025, 2:23 PM

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strange quiver Top to bottom, U30C, U36C and U34CH :3

Your work has really improved

frosty sand Nov 14, 2025, 2:26 PM

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I love U-boats. I will say that the nose looks too long -- maybe one pixel shorter would better capture the overall look? They are quite stubby IRL.

strange quiver Nov 14, 2025, 7:59 PM

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Oh don't tell me that now :(((

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Lemme try shortening it and see

strange quiver Nov 14, 2025, 7:59 PM

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mellow loom Your work has really improved

Thanks!

frosty sand Nov 14, 2025, 8:29 PM

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Sorry! Figured it was better now than later 🙂

strange quiver Nov 14, 2025, 8:29 PM

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Dw, I agree 🙂

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Shouldn't be too hard to fix anyway, since it'll only be one angle

frosty sand Nov 14, 2025, 8:30 PM

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Yeah, the diagonal angle looks fine 😄

strange quiver Nov 14, 2025, 8:40 PM

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annoyingly, it looks far better >:////

frosty sand Nov 14, 2025, 8:52 PM

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Now THAT'S a U-boat 😄

strange quiver Nov 14, 2025, 8:54 PM

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at least I only did 5 of them lmao

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so not too many to fix

strange quiver Nov 14, 2025, 9:17 PM

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U-Boats fixed 🙂

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also, found out about these NDEM DMUs that were made by Metro-camel that are pretty cool

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there's very little info about these on the english side of the internet, so I only know that they entered service around 1964, and worked services out of mexico city

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so I'll probably just have to get the stats from one of the BR DMUs of the same period of time

signal gate Nov 14, 2025, 9:30 PM

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side quest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_AS-616

Baldwin AS-616

The BLH AS-616 was a 1,600 horsepower (1,200 kW) C-C diesel-electric locomotive built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton between 1950 and 1954. Nineteen railroads bought 214 locomotives, and two railroads bought seven cabless B units. The AS-616 was valued for its extremely high tractive effort, far more than any comparable Alco or EMD product. It was use...

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here's a bit of info https://www.facebook.com/MRTRENPOBLANO/posts/el-autovía-ndem-209-en-la-antigua-estación-del-ferrocarril-mexicano-de-la-ciudad/404299147022841/

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strange quiver Nov 14, 2025, 9:33 PM

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signal gate side quest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_AS-616

I really should do a baldwin locomotive...

signal gate Nov 14, 2025, 9:33 PM

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so the NDEM units have rolls royce diesel engines and are 111km/h

strange quiver Nov 14, 2025, 9:34 PM

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yee, now I just gotta find out what engines 🙁

signal gate Nov 14, 2025, 9:34 PM

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which would have been 70 mph so very similar to UK

strange quiver Nov 14, 2025, 9:34 PM

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yeah, I'll just give them the same stats as something like the Class 101

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but that's a future me problem, I'll just add this to my notes

signal gate Nov 14, 2025, 9:35 PM

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probably 111 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_111

British Rail Class 111

The Class 111 DMUs were based on Class 101/2s, but with different engines. The only external body difference was on the final batch of cars where a four character headcode box was fitted above the front cab windows, with the destination indicator on top of a reduced height centre window.

strange quiver Nov 14, 2025, 9:35 PM

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ah, makes more sense, I had the 101 down before

signal gate Nov 14, 2025, 9:36 PM

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you could do the NDEM IC125 export also https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=832422785585668&id=100064538628663&set=a.619035703591045

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this is recent

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strange quiver Nov 14, 2025, 9:37 PM

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true, Idk where to put it since it's a train from the 70s, but only relevant in the 2020s

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these are cool 🙂

signal gate Nov 14, 2025, 9:51 PM

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ugly but cool

strange quiver Nov 14, 2025, 9:51 PM

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is that not the basis of american locomotive design?

strange quiver Nov 14, 2025, 10:19 PM

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not the best, but it was nice to do a very quick diesel locomotive

strange quiver Nov 15, 2025, 1:07 AM

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finally got around to stealing the cab from one of Andy's test sprites, and it looks great when grafted onto my sprite

strange quiver Nov 15, 2025, 1:43 AM

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C30-7 and Dash 8-40C done 🙂

frosty sand Nov 15, 2025, 2:47 AM

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Maybe a 1px longer nose on the 8-40C? The real ones are longer than a U-boat 🙂

finite mountain Nov 15, 2025, 2:52 AM

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strange quiver C30-7 and Dash 8-40C done 🙂

Man, you are speeding through all these locomotives. This is gonna be a big update for the pack

strange quiver Nov 15, 2025, 3:01 AM

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frosty sand Maybe a 1px longer nose on the 8-40C? The real ones are longer than a U-boat 🙂

not on the plans I saw, as far as I can see they're the same size

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or at least, the dash 7 have the same size as the u boats going off the plans

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I'll give it a tweak more tomorrow

strange quiver Nov 15, 2025, 3:02 AM

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finite mountain Man, you are speeding through all these locomotives. This is gonna be a big upda...

helps that most of them are very similar

frosty sand Nov 15, 2025, 3:16 AM

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Look at the size of the handbrake wheel on the nose.

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C30-7

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Dash 8-40C

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Yeah the C30-7 is correct, I can’t tell the different between it and a U30C 🙂

strange quiver Nov 15, 2025, 3:47 AM

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Oh bugger

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I'll fix that tomorrow then

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Easy fix anyway

frosty sand Nov 15, 2025, 1:41 PM

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Just wanted to point it out now instead of after you’ve drawn 6 of them! 😄

strange quiver Nov 15, 2025, 10:11 PM

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all good, that's why I'm only doing a handful of locos at once, and not doing any major liveries

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looks so much better

frosty sand Nov 15, 2025, 10:31 PM

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Yeah, and now you’ll have room for the wide nose version

strange quiver Nov 15, 2025, 10:31 PM

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tbf I think the wide nose version is fine

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I'm just gonna increase the porch

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I think it looked fine anyway

frosty sand Nov 15, 2025, 10:32 PM

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Oh yeah that does look fine

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Hadn’t seen that one yet

strange quiver Nov 15, 2025, 10:40 PM

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lmao

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but yh, some final tweaks, and it's good

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gonna run through and quickly do the C44-9W now

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also I guess the P32-BWH too 🤔

frosty sand Nov 15, 2025, 10:52 PM

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PEPSI

strange quiver Nov 15, 2025, 11:02 PM

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pepsi time

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okay so expanding the cab a little looks a lot better, especially since the GE wide cab tend to be wider anyway

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actually I'm not sure

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aa

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I'll leave it as what it was for now, if only because then it's more different from the SD70ACe

strange quiver Nov 16, 2025, 1:03 AM

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Australian Pepsi?

strange quiver Nov 16, 2025, 2:14 AM

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Dash 9 and Dash 8-32BWH done

haughty pollen Nov 16, 2025, 2:45 AM

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Pepsi cans!

strange quiver Nov 16, 2025, 10:54 AM

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bad news guys

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the pug breeders got to the ALCOs 🙁

signal gate Nov 16, 2025, 2:20 PM

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this is entirely correct

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all trains should be chibi

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RSC-14 also boss

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finite mountain Nov 16, 2025, 4:55 PM

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strange quiver the pug breeders got to the ALCOs 🙁

That might be the smallest fuel tank I've ever seen on a locomotive

strange quiver Nov 16, 2025, 7:25 PM

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signal gate RSC-14 also boss

Tbf thats a full size loco tho

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At least iirc

strange quiver Nov 17, 2025, 10:11 AM

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GE ES44AC done

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perfect for being the only late game locomotive lmao

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also iirc, this is the last GE locomotive on my priority list

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and I think the last freight locomotive on the priority list

strange quiver Nov 17, 2025, 10:36 AM

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also stealing someone elses idea, but first pass this looks fine

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gonna finish and code it tomorrow

haughty pollen Nov 17, 2025, 11:04 AM

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ooh is this supposed to be an electro-diesel or pure electric?

finite mountain Nov 17, 2025, 12:27 PM

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Seems like a dual mode to me

mellow loom Nov 17, 2025, 1:53 PM

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Yeah I don't see a specific exhaust but the radiators etc look like they should be for a diesel engine I think

strange quiver Nov 17, 2025, 7:01 PM

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haughty pollen ooh is this supposed to be an electro-diesel or pure electric?

Electro diesel :3

oblique bone Nov 17, 2025, 9:04 PM

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hybrid

strange quiver Nov 18, 2025, 7:16 AM

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goes hard

steep echo Nov 18, 2025, 7:17 AM

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strange quiver goes hard

maybe you should make the bonnet darker idk

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it kinda blends with the window a lot

strange quiver Nov 18, 2025, 7:17 AM

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true, but I think for now it's fine

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I can always loop back and fix it later

steep echo Nov 18, 2025, 7:17 AM

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aye its not a big problem

strange quiver Nov 18, 2025, 7:17 AM

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rn I wanna focus on fixing some of the dual-mode code errors that I've found

steep echo Nov 18, 2025, 7:18 AM

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i just looked at the engine before i looked at the depot and was a bit confused

strange quiver Nov 18, 2025, 7:18 AM

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fair fair

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also one of the side views needs the bonnet painted, but that's an easy fix lmao

strange quiver Nov 18, 2025, 8:52 AM

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🤔

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it's the FL9s goofy bigger brother

haughty pollen Nov 18, 2025, 8:57 AM

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Huh, never heard of that one

strange quiver Nov 18, 2025, 8:58 AM

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yeah, it's weird

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the photo only appears here, and this is the only place I can find info on it

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https://utahrails.net/up/fg9.php

EMD FG9 Locomotive

Zsolt Kemény's article about the proposed FG9 Locomotive from EMD.

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but as far as I'm aware no prototype was built, so idk what that photo is?

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it's something I'll need to look into more

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but free piston engines are weird

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they're normal internal combustion engines, but power is transfered by exhaust gases through a turbine, and not a conventional crankshaft

strange quiver Nov 18, 2025, 9:08 AM

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strange quiver https://utahrails.net/up/fg9.php

oh it says in the top of the article, seems the prototype was built (at least according to them), and it was right after the last FL9

haughty pollen Nov 18, 2025, 9:09 AM

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Huh, even weirder than the Fell diesel

strange quiver Nov 18, 2025, 9:09 AM

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yeah

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at some point I'll add it to the set

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but now that I have a manufacturer date, I can put it in the roster

signal gate Nov 18, 2025, 9:59 AM

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https://argentanwebferro.fr/la-double-vie-de-belphegor/

Argentan Web Ferroviaire

Thierry DANGLOS

La double vie de Belphégor - Argentan Web Ferroviaire

Dans les années 50, la SNCF souhaite mettre fin à la traction vapeur. Pour les moyennes et petites lignes, elle se tourne alors vers la traction diesel.

strange quiver Nov 18, 2025, 10:00 AM

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what a creature

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I should look into more free piston locomotives

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also, I think with locomotives I'm pretty done?

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most of the essential ones are complete, and it's mostly just minor tweaks left

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gonna go through and flag any that are essential to make sure I don't miss them

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but otherwise, it's gonna be focusing on wagons from now on

turbid bronze Nov 18, 2025, 10:07 AM

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steam you fool you forgot steam

strange quiver Nov 18, 2025, 10:07 AM

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turbid bronze steam you fool you forgot steam

they're a future problem!

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I need to practice drawing steam locomotives first, and also do a lot more research on them

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but I have a handful of smaller projects planned that should get my skills up to par

turbid bronze Nov 18, 2025, 10:08 AM

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but we do need more wagons yes

nova mauve Nov 18, 2025, 10:10 AM

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Personally found doing cistern wagons is helpful in regard to steam engines

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It's rather easy to draw too when one gets grip of it

strange quiver Nov 18, 2025, 10:15 AM

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yee, it's why I wanna try and focus on a small-ish roster first to get the hang of it

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but I'll reveal the deets on that in time :3

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okay, got my high priority list of locomotives which I'll aim to have done in the coming weeks

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I've also got a bunch on the mediun priority list, but these are the focus

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/167m8ZlioOYGY20dL6yexSCc8LtaGO-AhpdTL506K4MM/edit?usp=sharing

Google Docs

North American Rail Pack

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also here's the current work roster if anyones curious, I'm gonna slowly convert everything to a spreadsheet for easier sorting

strange quiver Nov 18, 2025, 10:21 AM

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strange quiver https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/167m8ZlioOYGY20dL6yexSCc8LtaGO-AhpdTL506K...

turbid bronze Nov 18, 2025, 10:22 AM

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where dd35/dd40

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widdle_goblin

strange quiver Nov 18, 2025, 10:23 AM

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important stuff first!

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they can go on the medium priority list though

strange quiver Nov 18, 2025, 10:23 AM

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strange quiver https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/167m8ZlioOYGY20dL6yexSCc8LtaGO-AhpdTL506K...

also I still need to add B-units and rebuilds to this list

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they're gonna be kept separate in the roster because they can be weird

mental musk Nov 18, 2025, 12:17 PM

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strange quiver https://utahrails.net/up/fg9.php

why it mentiones taiga drum? (M62 and BR130) Taiga Drums were conventional diesel-electrics

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also that name is weird.

These were not build in Taiga, but in Ukrainian SSR (Luhansk works), so more laike steppe drums lol

haughty pollen Nov 18, 2025, 12:24 PM

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Nicknames are often not accurate lol

mental musk Nov 18, 2025, 12:25 PM

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in Poland M62s are called Gagarin

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while in Czech Republic/Slovakia is Siergiey and in CIS Mashka

strange quiver Nov 18, 2025, 8:46 PM

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https://thedriven.io/2025/11/17/bhp-takes-delivery-of-first-purpose-built-battery-electric-locomotives-for-iron-ore-mines/

The Driven

BHP takes delivery of first purpose-built battery-electric locomoti...

BHP has welcomed its first purpose-built battery-electric locomotives, which will be trialled on the company’s iron ore rail routes between its Pilbara mines and Port Hedland.

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New pilbara locos just dropped

turbid bronze Nov 18, 2025, 9:02 PM

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Yeah they ordered them a few years back. Sucks because I see the internal BHP news feed and then have to keep my whore mouth shut until the public presser goes out 🤣

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They don’t post about their trains anywhere near enough 😭

strange quiver Nov 18, 2025, 9:09 PM

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Fucked up

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You can leak info to me though, I'm cool 🙂

late pewter Nov 18, 2025, 9:15 PM

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strange quiver https://thedriven.io/2025/11/17/bhp-takes-delivery-of-first-purpose-built-batter...

Wabtec?

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Odds are it was made here

strange quiver Nov 18, 2025, 9:18 PM

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More than likely

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I doubt Goninan have the facilities to make it

mental musk Nov 19, 2025, 6:36 AM

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I guess that these will work as slugs for diesel-electrics, but with baterries so thay can store some juice for some time?

turbid bronze Nov 19, 2025, 7:16 AM

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They spend a good chunk of time going downhill with a heavy load

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And then heading back empty

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So regenerative braking will help a lot for them

strange quiver Nov 20, 2025, 10:15 AM

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tbh, thinking about this specific livery on the ES44AC more, I think it pretty easily covers both UP and BSNF

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it's not the correct colour, but it should be good enough for most people

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or I could just leave an id reserved for basically the same livery, just with a grey roof to cover UP

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gonna think on it more

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also been going through and tweaking some of the other locomotives, top 3 are the SD50, SD60 and SD60M, and the other two are the SD60MAC and SD70 for comparison (they still have the old cabs

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slight tweak, but it looks better imo

strange quiver Nov 20, 2025, 10:56 AM

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some livery tweaks, C&NW SD60s go hard

haughty pollen Nov 20, 2025, 10:57 AM

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Yellow and green always looks good

strange quiver Nov 20, 2025, 11:03 AM

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haughty pollen Yellow and green always looks good

Australian Patriotism intensifies

severe elbow Nov 20, 2025, 11:40 AM

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Freightliner moment

steep echo Nov 20, 2025, 11:50 AM

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NMBS moment

strange quiver Nov 22, 2025, 6:59 AM

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Annoyingly it seems all 3 versions of the SD90mac made it to Australia

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So i guess they go in the priority list lmao

turbid bronze Nov 22, 2025, 7:22 AM

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big

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not quite as big as my beloved dda40x

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I mean it's not really beloved, I just like big locos and cannot lie

strange quiver Nov 22, 2025, 7:23 AM

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Soon!

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I'll do it at some point

turbid bronze Nov 22, 2025, 7:23 AM

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I know, I'm just being a pest

strange quiver Nov 22, 2025, 7:25 AM

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Valid reason to be a pest tho :3

turbid bronze Nov 22, 2025, 7:29 AM

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but yes we could do with more wagons and steam, 1900 starts are looking a little bare til all the electrics and diesels pop up :3

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so I'm happy to wait for the dda40x

strange quiver Nov 22, 2025, 7:46 AM

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Yee, steam is still a little off

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But I've finished tweaking all the older sprites, so I can focus on wagons now

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Still got a few more diesels I wanna do, but they're all low priority

strange quiver Nov 22, 2025, 11:47 PM

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quickie, but the SD9043MAC, SD90MAC-H and SD90MAC-H2 are done 🙂

strange quiver Nov 23, 2025, 12:29 AM

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Spartan cab SD90MAC?

haughty pollen Nov 23, 2025, 12:42 AM

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Call it a SD90PC lol

strange quiver Nov 23, 2025, 12:44 AM

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PC?

haughty pollen Nov 23, 2025, 12:45 AM

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https://tenor.com/view/mac-pc-gif-17411273648340204803

Tenor

strange quiver Nov 23, 2025, 12:45 AM

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god damnit

turbid bronze Nov 23, 2025, 12:46 AM

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🤣

mellow loom Nov 23, 2025, 1:13 AM

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haughty pollen https://tenor.com/view/mac-pc-gif-17411273648340204803

Dumbest adverts ever, Mac boy isn't smart enough to know that a Mac is a Personal Computer

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"Oh but it's not IBM compatible" - starts putting Intel CPUs in a few years later

finite mountain Nov 26, 2025, 3:52 PM

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Just found out about these diesel hydraulic switchers that EMDs Canadian branch GMD made in the 50s. I think these would be a cool addition to the pack https://youtu.be/ECC5zJEVM0c?si=LIkHSPyHjzUEPBDJ

YouTube

West Of Hudson Studios

Canada's Obscure Diesel Hydraulic Switchers

!!! NONE OF THESE PHOTOS OR VIDEOS ARE MINE. THEY ALL BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS. !!!

Discord: https://discord.gg/T9Qs4ACyEt
Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@westofhudsonstudios4726

When it comes to types of American locomotives, people normally think of one of three things - Steam, Diesel, and Electric. There have...

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finite mountain Nov 26, 2025, 5:33 PM

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I honestly love the design of these. They look like something out of like Fallout or other atompunk themed media

strange quiver Nov 26, 2025, 7:57 PM

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Yee, they're on the list, just low priority atm

strange quiver Nov 28, 2025, 2:28 AM

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🤔

haughty pollen Nov 28, 2025, 3:33 AM

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Is that a German shunter?

strange quiver Nov 28, 2025, 3:33 AM

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yee

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apparently one was sent to canada for testing for whatever reason

haughty pollen Nov 28, 2025, 3:35 AM

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Huh, must be one of the only jackshaft drive diesel hydraulics(?) ever to run in North America

strange quiver Nov 28, 2025, 3:35 AM

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yeah, as far as I'm aware it would be

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low priority, but I'll include it regardless

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it'd also be a good test for a german style shunter for whenever I do a european set

haughty pollen Nov 28, 2025, 3:44 AM

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Are you doing animated side rods?

strange quiver Nov 28, 2025, 3:44 AM

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when I do it, yeah

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I think that's the standard I've set with other jackshaft locomotives

woeful halo Nov 28, 2025, 8:34 AM

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strange quiver 🤔

Is this Henschel ?

strange quiver Nov 28, 2025, 8:36 AM

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Mak iirc

woeful halo Nov 28, 2025, 8:38 AM

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I see

mental musk Nov 28, 2025, 12:08 PM

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strange quiver 🤔

mak 800 D

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/MaK_800_D

MaK 800 D

Die MaK 800 D ist eine bei der Maschinenbau Kiel, kurz MaK, ab 1953 gebaute Diesellokomotive. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt war sie die leistungsstärkste Maschine des als MaK-Stangenlokomotiven bekannt gewordenen Typenprogramms. Mit der MaK 800 D wurden auch erstmals größere Exporterfolge erzielt: Es gingen 46 Lokomotiven mit technischen Anpassungen al...

signal gate Nov 28, 2025, 12:57 PM

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it's weird when Gemini is relatively accurate

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this is not the normal behaviour

strange quiver Nov 29, 2025, 10:06 AM

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signal gate it's weird when Gemini is relatively accurate

yee, it's gotten better

strange quiver Nov 30, 2025, 9:50 AM

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haven't posted much in here because I've been busy with youtube stuff, and playing the new timerborn update

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but I've also been somewhat burnt out on drawing, so idk how much more I'll do before the end of the year

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have done some drawing for a future side project though, including this Henschel locomotive for Ghana, and a redraw of the SH '30' from the base game

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been a good change of pace 🙂

signal gate Nov 30, 2025, 10:19 AM

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would I like Timberborn?

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oh you drew the Henschel 😄

strange quiver Nov 30, 2025, 10:20 AM

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signal gate would I like Timberborn?

if you like a citybuilding games, and building dams, probably

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it has a really good gameplay loop which is able to draw me in

strange quiver Nov 30, 2025, 10:20 AM

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signal gate oh you drew the Henschel 😄

yee, wanted to do it for a while

signal gate Nov 30, 2025, 10:21 AM

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I had that knocking around

strange quiver Nov 30, 2025, 10:22 AM

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ooooh fair

signal gate Nov 30, 2025, 10:22 AM

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it was a candidate for Horse for a bit

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that's not really the Henschel

strange quiver Nov 30, 2025, 10:23 AM

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it's somewhat close, it doesn't have the weird roof that cover the catwalks

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but it also isn't something that screams iron horse imo

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would work for another set though

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I'm gonna put mine in a small african set at some point (since the irl locomotives went to ghana)

signal gate Nov 30, 2025, 10:24 AM

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it's like a henschel combined with a QR 1200 class

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I did find some IRL version after I'd drawn it, some EE export

strange quiver Nov 30, 2025, 10:24 AM

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tbf Rhodesia had somet locomotives like that

signal gate Nov 30, 2025, 10:25 AM

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I'm considering an Iron Zebra reboot currently

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pfff or Iron Zoo

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hmm

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I had a brief build of Iron Wallaby

strange quiver Nov 30, 2025, 10:26 AM

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do it

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it's nice to shake things up and do something different

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I'm planning on mostly just doing really small sets (10-20 trains each)

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it's a good way to get some more variety out there

signal gate Nov 30, 2025, 11:01 AM

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Any boxcabs in APAC?

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NZ had some?

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There was a zebra roster for old Horse as a parameter

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Mostly narrow gauge

mental musk Nov 30, 2025, 12:24 PM

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strange quiver have done some drawing for a future side project though, including this Henschel...

I love the SH30 in Your style
It is really beautifull.

Isn't it a bit longer than default?

strange quiver Nov 30, 2025, 7:01 PM

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signal gate Any boxcabs in APAC?

Apac?

signal gate Nov 30, 2025, 7:01 PM

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australia-pacific

strange quiver Nov 30, 2025, 7:01 PM

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Nz didn't have many, they mostly used hood units

strange quiver Nov 30, 2025, 7:01 PM

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signal gate australia-pacific

Oh, yh, lots

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Depends on the state tho

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Nsw loved them

signal gate Nov 30, 2025, 7:03 PM

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thinking boxcab electrics

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not full carbody diesels

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NZR_EC_class

NZR EC class

The NZR EC class was a class of electric locomotive used in Christchurch, New Zealand. They replaced steam locomotives on trains through the Lyttelton rail tunnel between Lyttelton and Christchurch.

strange quiver Nov 30, 2025, 7:05 PM

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All electrics in Au/Nz are boxcabs

mental musk Nov 30, 2025, 7:28 PM

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boxcab is the default shape of an electric loco worldwide

signal gate Nov 30, 2025, 7:56 PM

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semantics maybe

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this isn't a boxcab https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_92

British Rail Class 92

The British Rail Class 92 is a dual-voltage electric locomotive, which can run on 25 kV AC from overhead wires or 750 V DC from a third rail. It was designed specifically to operate services through the Channel Tunnel between Great Britain and France. Eurotunnel indicates the Class 92 locomotive as the reference for other locomotives which railw...

strange quiver Nov 30, 2025, 7:57 PM

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Tbf, it is box shaped

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I personally just use boxcab to describe any locomotive with a flatish front and a covered body

signal gate Nov 30, 2025, 7:59 PM

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this is a boxcab

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I know that Australia uses the term differently, I found AU railfan sites

strange quiver Nov 30, 2025, 8:00 PM

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Probably why I use it the way I do lmao

signal gate Nov 30, 2025, 8:00 PM

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strange quiver Nov 30, 2025, 8:01 PM

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Those I need to draw for something...

signal gate Nov 30, 2025, 8:03 PM

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https://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=484018

RailPictures.Net Photo: E-2803 EFE Baldwin Westinghouse E-28 at Lla...

High quality photograph of EFE Baldwin Westinghouse E-28 # E-2803 at Llay Llay, Chile.

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considering a combined Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand grf

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putting metre gauge as the main roster

strange quiver Nov 30, 2025, 8:04 PM

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Do it

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As long as you keep it somewhat generic, and mix things together, its doable

signal gate Nov 30, 2025, 8:08 PM

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never figured out how I wanted to balance it

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in e.g. south africa, narrow gauge has large loading gauge, and quite high axle load

strange quiver Nov 30, 2025, 8:10 PM

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I think you've just gotta throw realism out the window if you're combining so many different countries

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They all have their own weird quirks so you're not gonna be able to do everything

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I'd just set a standard and go with that

signal gate Nov 30, 2025, 8:11 PM

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yeah I'll level everything out

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it's more about "is narrow gauge same capacity as RAIL" in this grf

strange quiver Nov 30, 2025, 8:11 PM

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I'd probably go lower capacity

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That way you can also use it alongside horse and have a much larger narrow gauge roster

late pewter Nov 30, 2025, 8:12 PM

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I would go with same capacity, but slower, so it is an actual competitor to standard

severe elbow Nov 30, 2025, 8:27 PM

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signal gate

that look really cool

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proper electric mining railway

oblique bone Nov 30, 2025, 8:33 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OthciQkGJrc

YouTube

Steel & Smoke

The Steam Turbine Monster Built for a Luxury Train That Never Ran

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haughty pollen Dec 1, 2025, 12:40 AM

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signal gate this is a boxcab

Australia doesn't really have any locos that style, but NZ does, such as the original EO class

severe elbow Dec 1, 2025, 1:20 AM

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EC as well kinda

mental musk Dec 1, 2025, 7:21 AM

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signal gate this isn't a boxcab https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_92

it is

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but these

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/103_184_DB_nahe_Ostermünchen_-_Bayern_(1).JPG/1200px-103_184_DB_nahe_Ostermünchen_-_Bayern_(1).JPG

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/V180_141.JPG

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breadloaf cabs?

burnt condor Dec 1, 2025, 9:36 AM

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americans when they see two cabs on a locomotive:

woeful halo Dec 1, 2025, 9:42 AM

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this

turbid bronze Dec 5, 2025, 1:33 AM

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lmao

strange quiver Dec 5, 2025, 1:37 AM

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turbid bronze lmao

I'm a professional :3

steep echo Dec 5, 2025, 1:58 AM

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oh thank god i'm not the only one who does dumb shit like that kek

turbid bronze Dec 5, 2025, 3:00 AM

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raaaaagiinnnnnnn i need more trains for 1900-1920

strange quiver Dec 5, 2025, 3:04 AM

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Soooooon

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I've been lazy and haven't bothered drawing as of late

turbid bronze Dec 5, 2025, 3:04 AM

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fair

strange quiver Dec 5, 2025, 3:14 AM

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I have also been trying to learn steam locomotives when I draw too

steep echo Dec 5, 2025, 3:47 AM

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strange quiver I have also been trying to learn steam locomotives when I draw too

i am having similar "worries" about drawing steam locos, but i think i might start with shunters as they're often a half way point visually between mainline vehicles and steam vehicles

strange quiver Dec 5, 2025, 3:50 AM

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Its probably a good place to start

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I've only really tried tank locomotives thus far

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I really should do a tender locomotive

woeful halo Dec 5, 2025, 6:44 AM

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turbid bronze lmao

I chuckled with the Baldwin Lima Hamilton joke

dim pulsar Dec 5, 2025, 9:30 AM

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fix

oblique bone Dec 5, 2025, 11:01 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP4RUBp1Ucw

YouTube

History of British Columbia

History of the SkyTrain

SkyTrain is a fully automated rapid transit system in Metro Vancouver that uses driverless trains operating on dedicated, elevated and grade-separated tracks, providing fast, frequent and highly reliable service across the region, and forming the backbone of Translinks transit network.

Marking its 40th anniversary on December 11, 2025, this vid...

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strange quiver Dec 5, 2025, 11:02 PM

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I feel like I'm gonna have to do the skytrain at some point because people keep bringing it up lmao

strange quiver Dec 6, 2025, 2:23 AM

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these south african locomotives with giant condensing tenders are cool

haughty pollen Dec 6, 2025, 4:10 AM

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Yes, the Tropic set has one of those

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South Africa has a lot of cool locos, I always wanted to make some

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just don't abbreviate it SARS 😛

strange quiver Dec 6, 2025, 4:51 AM

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haughty pollen Yes, the Tropic set has one of those

true...

strange quiver Dec 6, 2025, 4:51 AM

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haughty pollen just don't abbreviate it SARS 😛

I'll try not to 🙂

mental musk Dec 6, 2025, 6:41 AM

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strange quiver these south african locomotives with giant condensing tenders are cool

how else you could make an steamer run on deserts?

haughty pollen Dec 6, 2025, 8:47 AM

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The alternative is to bring extra water tenders

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the UP steamers are usually seen with an extra tender or two

strange quiver Dec 6, 2025, 9:16 AM

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Or you just have regular water stops and trains to drop water off at them

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Thats what Commonwealth railways did

woeful halo Dec 6, 2025, 9:36 AM

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Case in point: trains to and from erstwhile Rajputana

strange quiver Dec 8, 2025, 9:17 AM

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these dutch EMUs are pretty neat

Olst_DDZ_7618_vertrekt_als_IC_3636_naar_Zwolle_36050809785.jpg

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basically a push-pull with a half DD car locomotive thing

strange quiver Dec 8, 2025, 9:48 AM

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also no new major updates, mostly just been getting out and getting more exercise in

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did do a test sprite of a WDM-2 to see what it would look like though

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I've also done some limited experimenting with steam locomotives by kitbashing iron horse sprites, but nothing worthwhile showing off so far

left cipher Dec 8, 2025, 10:16 AM

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strange quiver these dutch EMUs are pretty neat

Fuckin DDZs, goofiest trains we’ve got

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The loco cars also have three bogeys

dim pulsar Dec 8, 2025, 10:22 AM

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double decker is civilization.

mental musk Dec 8, 2025, 10:50 AM

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strange quiver these dutch EMUs are pretty neat

these coaches operated both with series 1700 electric locomotives, and with these motor coaches

The motor coaches have B0-B0-B0 wheel arrangement (like japanese locos) and have the machineroom on the 1st floor and seating on the 2nd floor

strange quiver Dec 8, 2025, 10:52 AM

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left cipher The loco cars also have three bogeys

oh damn, and they're a tri-bo too

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they're funky

strange quiver Dec 8, 2025, 10:52 AM

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dim pulsar double decker is civilization.

Australia once again the best 😎

mental musk Dec 8, 2025, 10:53 AM

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strange quiver oh damn, and they're a tri-bo too

these 2 connected back-to-back would be an prette neat 2 section goodstrain loco

crystal crag Dec 8, 2025, 11:34 AM

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Speaking of our trains, I'm a little sad I never got to Koploop on a Koploper

turbid bronze Dec 8, 2025, 11:35 AM

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strange quiver I've also done some limited experimenting with steam locomotives by kitbashing i...

show ussssssss

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but, tomorrow. I'm going to bed.

crystal crag Dec 8, 2025, 11:36 AM

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Quick show us now that Reldred's gone to bed

dim pulsar Dec 8, 2025, 1:58 PM

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i just realised jet lag(s) UK and australia could vary for 2 hours depending on the season

severe elbow Dec 8, 2025, 1:59 PM

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timezones and daylight savings, not jet lag

dim pulsar Dec 8, 2025, 2:03 PM

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I mean, in British summer it is 9 hours, in British winter it is 11

spice kernel Dec 8, 2025, 2:45 PM

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strange quiver these dutch EMUs are pretty neat

They are technically a hot mess and should be retired today

severe elbow Dec 8, 2025, 2:56 PM

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but tri-bo push pull!!

strange quiver Dec 8, 2025, 8:27 PM

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turbid bronze show ussssssss

Soooon

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Nothing worth showing off so far

mental musk Dec 9, 2025, 7:35 AM

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https://tenor.com/view/soon-tm-soon-tm-soontm-soonthefinals-gif-7193921574602172103

Tenor

strange quiver Dec 9, 2025, 8:26 AM

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okay gone through and updated the ids and added support for multiple track types...

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tbh that latter one is far more exciting since it means dual voltage equipment is now doable

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I was putting off doing locomotives with OHLE/3rd rail capability for this so I guess I have no excuse now

turbid bronze Dec 9, 2025, 8:46 AM

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widdle_goblin

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now you'll never do steam locos

signal gate Dec 9, 2025, 8:47 AM

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kettles are silly

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and take too long to draw

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this one took days of fucking about, to get the right shape

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there are so many elements that affect the result

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wheels
boiler size and bands
firebox size and shape
chimney shape
running board height and colour
wheel splashers (or not )
cab shape and size
cab windows
tender height, length, appearance

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diesels are easy, just get the cab right, then add or subtract body greebles

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so much fucking about 🙂

strange quiver Dec 9, 2025, 9:04 AM

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turbid bronze now you'll never do steam locos

I'm working on it 🙁

strange quiver Dec 9, 2025, 9:04 AM

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signal gate so much fucking about 🙂

yeah, that's why my plan to start is to kit bash your sprites 🙂

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it worked for learning everything else

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also tbf the other thing stopping me doing steam locomotives is the research, the only roster I've done enough research to actually start making progress on is the Australian one

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but short term I wanna work on a small-ish project with a handful of basic steam locomotives so I can learn

strange quiver Dec 9, 2025, 9:08 AM

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strange quiver did do a test sprite of a WDM-2 to see what it would look like though

it's also why I've been working on stuff like this

mental musk Dec 9, 2025, 10:17 AM

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strange quiver also tbf the other thing stopping me doing steam locomotives is the research, th...

any cabforwards in plans?

strange quiver Dec 9, 2025, 10:52 AM

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mental musk any cabforwards in plans?

yee, at least in the US pack

mental musk Dec 9, 2025, 10:54 AM

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sweet

strange quiver Dec 10, 2025, 8:19 AM

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new GO Transit loco just dropped

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also these double ended locos from Botswana are really neat

signal gate Dec 10, 2025, 9:32 AM

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also

strange quiver Dec 10, 2025, 9:32 AM

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yeah, they're doing some wild stuff over there...

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found the brochure for that thing and it's basically a normal GT26C with a funky cab

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also these Zimbabwe locomotives look like something from the soviet union, despite being made in portugal

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also these weird guys that were built by the Davenport Locomotive works?

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iirc these were the only mainline locomotives they ever built

mental musk Dec 10, 2025, 9:46 AM

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strange quiver also these weird guys that were built by the Davenport Locomotive works?

the 2 ones in the back also seem interesting

strange quiver Dec 10, 2025, 9:46 AM

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yee, it appears to be a derivative of the BR Class 47

mental musk Dec 10, 2025, 9:46 AM

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strange quiver also these Zimbabwe locomotives look like something from the soviet union, despi...

alsthom made something with similer cab design for south american market

strange quiver Dec 10, 2025, 9:48 AM

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interesting...

strange quiver Dec 10, 2025, 10:17 AM

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4-10-2T steam locomotive

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south africa was weird...

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also seems they had a few tender tank locomotives

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tbh I'm assuming there's a reason to not do this, but it's weird we don't see this more elsewhere

mental musk Dec 10, 2025, 10:18 AM

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https://c8.alamy.com/comp/EYHKYK/devils-nose-train-at-sibambe-near-riobamba-ecuador-EYHKYK.jpg

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I found it

strange quiver Dec 10, 2025, 10:19 AM

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presumably a similar model then

mental musk Dec 10, 2025, 10:19 AM

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strange quiver also seems they had a few tender tank locomotives

You want tank engine or tender engine?

YES

woeful halo Dec 10, 2025, 1:01 PM

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signal gate and take too long to draw

Can confirm

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Love drawing diesels the most

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Electrics have the panto animation thingy

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At least in my set

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(copied it from xUSSR, damn the sprites there are beautiful)

mellow loom Dec 10, 2025, 2:46 PM

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Rhodesian Railways DE4 Class - built by Brush in the UK and definitely a close cousin of the Class 47

strange quiver Dec 11, 2025, 8:24 AM

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doing a few locomotive tests, and these are pretty cool imo

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not hard to guess what they are, but cookie if you guess correctly

signal gate Dec 11, 2025, 8:26 AM

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Brazil

strange quiver Dec 11, 2025, 8:27 AM

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I guess it's close enough

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wanted to try and do a South African 32 and 34 class

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but the U18C1, and GT26MC/U26C both operated in Brazil iirc

severe elbow Dec 11, 2025, 12:45 PM

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U26C???

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DX CLASS

strange quiver Dec 11, 2025, 8:02 PM

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Yee, same model 🙂

severe elbow Dec 11, 2025, 8:13 PM

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im expecting something kiwi related if you draw it

strange quiver Dec 11, 2025, 8:14 PM

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Well its only a test atm

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But I'm gonna do more Australian/NZ stuff in the new year

severe elbow Dec 11, 2025, 8:15 PM

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nicee

mental musk Dec 11, 2025, 9:08 PM

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wait an moment

I thought You have done all the trains from Australia 😉 already

strange quiver Dec 11, 2025, 9:15 PM

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I mostly did NSW/Victorian stuff tbh

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But I'm not much better at drawing so doing a lot of Australian/NZ stuff should be easy

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Tbh I could probably knock most of the NZR stuff out in an arvo

oblique bone Dec 11, 2025, 9:36 PM

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strange quiver Dec 11, 2025, 9:40 PM

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Neat

late pewter Dec 11, 2025, 10:43 PM

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strange quiver but the U18C1, and GT26MC/U26C both operated in Brazil iirc

We had the GT26CU, actually

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The U was from Universal, since the traction motors could fit either metric or irish gauge axles

strange quiver Dec 11, 2025, 10:49 PM

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Tbf its the same

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The GT26MC is just a GT26CU with a light frame

strange quiver Dec 12, 2025, 8:35 AM

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been looking at 2cc trains in nml again

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it's interesting how in the old tracking table, the V set is included, but in the final release it was changed to the S set

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I wonder why they changed it?

strange quiver Dec 12, 2025, 9:50 AM

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also current plan is to release my north american stuff once either JGRPP or the main game is updated with multi track support

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rn the game gets a bit pissy if you load it up when that's not supported

signal gate Dec 12, 2025, 10:04 AM

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15.0 RC1 eh

strange quiver Dec 12, 2025, 10:05 AM

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it's a cool feature 🙂

mellow loom Dec 12, 2025, 9:19 PM

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strange quiver it's interesting how in the old tracking table, the V set is included, but in th...

Longer real world lifespan so easier to justify using them for longer to fill a gameplay niche?

Or just drew the V set and decided it looked more like an S set. Faster to change the tracking table than to re-draw the model 😂

strange quiver Dec 12, 2025, 9:20 PM

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mellow loom Longer real world lifespan so easier to justify using them for longer to fill a ...

well when 2cc was made the S sets weren't retired, but their lifespans are somewhat similar

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V set: 1970-2026
S set: 1972-2019

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so it's probably the latter

haughty pollen Dec 13, 2025, 2:34 AM

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I drew that train intending for it to be an S-set, someone else changed it to be a V-set but I changed it back

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I don't remember who changed it or why, because the 2cc trainset had like a dozen artists and several different coders over the years

strange quiver Dec 13, 2025, 2:38 AM

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strange, but fair enough

haughty pollen Dec 13, 2025, 2:39 AM

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Might be able to find some answers buried deep in the forums 😅

strange quiver Dec 13, 2025, 2:39 AM

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true, but today's too hot to do that 🙁

haughty pollen Dec 13, 2025, 2:42 AM

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Indeed lol

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Here's what it looked like when it was added originally

strange quiver Dec 13, 2025, 3:37 AM

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ooooh fair

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I supposing refering to it as the L/R/S set is more accurate

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although they did eventually stick with S set after 2014

mental musk Dec 13, 2025, 6:18 AM

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The old CC2 days.... ❤️

I remember having the Sr1 as the main electric loco in my fleet, just becouse I liked the looks

strange quiver Dec 14, 2025, 5:06 AM

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been testing it, but I've got flatcars working

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these are pretty much just based on the code used in JP+

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they also use the cargo sprites from JP+ too, while the base is based on the ones in iron horse

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still got a few quirks to iron out, but I'm somehwhat happy with it

turbid bronze Dec 14, 2025, 5:34 AM

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eyesshaking

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I like the mixed cargos, rolls vs beams, etc.

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could do with plates and wire sections too

strange quiver Dec 14, 2025, 5:35 AM

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well thank the JP+ devs for that, I knicked it from them

strange quiver Dec 14, 2025, 5:36 AM

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turbid bronze could do with plates and wire sections too

sooooooooon, working on integrating that now...

turbid bronze Dec 14, 2025, 5:36 AM

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its the one thing I don't like about horses flatbeds they're always the same sprite each time

strange quiver Dec 14, 2025, 5:36 AM

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yee, it can be a bit monotonous

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but horse also has decent wagon variety

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but aaa

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code time, gonna raid polar fox for additional cargo sprites

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reworked it so it works with CC now

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little bit of an extra bodge but it works

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now adding more cargo sprites :3

turbid bronze Dec 14, 2025, 5:46 AM

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\o/

steep echo Dec 14, 2025, 6:00 AM

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strange quiver been testing it, but I've got flatcars working

nice, spicy tomato soup cargo

strange quiver Dec 14, 2025, 6:19 AM

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more tweaks, took horse's log sprites and got the EOTDs working

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the code seems pretty expandable so I could add a lot more tbh...

strange quiver Dec 14, 2025, 6:37 AM

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more tweaking done

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gonna need to change it so the horse style large pipes don't appear for metals like copper

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but... it seems pretty good

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code will need a clean up, but everything is good to go :333

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gotta do a gondola/open wagon at some point, but that should re-use a lot of the same code tbh

mental musk Dec 14, 2025, 6:59 AM

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Just asking, the trains in this set will be coded as SG or as NG?

signal gate Dec 14, 2025, 7:10 AM

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Maybe Horse can have random wagon cargo sprites when M5 CPU is released

strange quiver Dec 14, 2025, 7:10 AM

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mental musk Just asking, the trains in this set will be coded as SG or as NG?

SG

strange quiver Dec 14, 2025, 7:10 AM

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signal gate Maybe Horse can have random wagon cargo sprites when M5 CPU is released

would be cool 🙂

signal gate Dec 14, 2025, 7:11 AM

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Grf will increase in size 😛

strange quiver Dec 14, 2025, 7:12 AM

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it's nearly 2026, storage isn't an issue 🙂

strange quiver Dec 14, 2025, 9:27 PM

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Oh yh, been adding electrification information to my docs

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So I'll probably run through and also add different electrification compatibility to my electric stuff

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So if you have AC or DC track types available, some trains will be limited to either or

gritty bone Dec 14, 2025, 9:37 PM

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strange quiver reworked it so it works with CC now

Christ I hate those non-lighted crossing grfs on the JP+ Track pack.

strange quiver Dec 14, 2025, 9:48 PM

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gritty bone Christ I hate those non-lighted crossing grfs on the JP+ Track pack.

Yee, its not the best, but its so it works with JP+ roads

severe elbow Dec 14, 2025, 11:59 PM

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strange quiver So if you have AC or DC track types available, some trains will be limited to ei...

oh yes

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love playing with different voltages

dim pulsar Dec 15, 2025, 12:57 AM

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Unrelated but I have been listening to the aussie ac/dc for the first time

haughty pollen Dec 15, 2025, 1:23 AM

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It's pronounced acca dacca

mellow loom Dec 15, 2025, 2:34 AM

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haughty pollen It's pronounced acca dacca

Pretty sure that's the noise an impact driver makes

turbid bronze Dec 15, 2025, 2:40 AM

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mellow loom Pretty sure that's the noise an impact driver makes

No, that’s an ugga dugga

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Important distinction

mellow loom Dec 15, 2025, 2:45 AM

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You're forgetting to account for accent, it's the aussie ones

strange quiver Dec 16, 2025, 7:53 AM

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had a bout of furry drama to deal with, so I'm gonna draw a train for fun

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pro tip kids, don't be racist 👍

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I'm doing the F70PHAC

signal gate Dec 16, 2025, 8:01 AM

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strange world we live in eh

strange quiver Dec 16, 2025, 8:01 AM

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yeah...

strange quiver Dec 16, 2025, 10:04 AM

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F70PHAC done

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kinda hard to get the cab right

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but but it's a decent attempt imo

steep echo Dec 16, 2025, 10:09 AM

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strange quiver kinda hard to get the cab right

i thought the same

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i think that's just the reality with darker vehicles

strange quiver Dec 16, 2025, 10:10 AM

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tbf it's less the darkness, and more just the cab shape

steep echo Dec 16, 2025, 10:10 AM

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i mean like how the black doesnt contrast very well with the mauve

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unlike if it was red or something

strange quiver Dec 16, 2025, 10:10 AM

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it just looks a bit off tbh

steep echo Dec 16, 2025, 10:11 AM

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it looks less off there

strange quiver Dec 16, 2025, 10:11 AM

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but yh, here's what the proposed design looked like btw

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I had quite a few options for liveries, I just chose to do the Amtrak one for fun

steep echo Dec 16, 2025, 10:12 AM

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yeah i'd probably do the windows differently

strange quiver Dec 16, 2025, 10:12 AM

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the Via rail scheme would have also been good for contrast

strange quiver Dec 16, 2025, 10:12 AM

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steep echo yeah i'd probably do the windows differently

it's something that I can tweak later, but now I'm tired

steep echo Dec 16, 2025, 10:12 AM

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fair

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whatever you put out is still better than what the other 99% of people put out

strange quiver Dec 16, 2025, 10:12 AM

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thanks

mental musk Dec 16, 2025, 11:01 AM

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strange quiver F70PHAC done

Neat!

It reminds me of the OG TTD millenium Z1 monorail sprites!

woeful halo Dec 16, 2025, 6:52 PM

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strange quiver the Via rail scheme would have also been good for contrast

Looks very late 70s or early 80s

gritty bone Dec 16, 2025, 9:06 PM

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strange quiver more tweaks, took horse's log sprites and got the EOTDs working

what rail set is that?

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