Recent content by Tokkyu40

I found a book on Amazon. Electric Locomotive Plan and Photo Book. (How's that for a creative title?) Published in 1987, it has 92 pages of American electric traction. Perfect for asset creators who want to try a few classic sparkers. Thee are currently about a half dozen copies under $20, then...

Okay, TANE is on my hard drive and I'm starting to work on a few simple routes to learn the system. Do you have any tips on things I'll have to relearn? Content Manager seems okay for selecting items by name, but what do I do if I don't know the name of an item? Can I sort by region or type...

I have windows7, which is badly prone to random hangs. Having tried all the other "solutions' suggested by MS, the website says the next step is a wipe and reinstall of the OS. I started a route and would like to back it up before I do that, but I can't find it on the hard drive. I followed the...

I went to the DLS, found a good layout with plenty of good assets for surveyor (Otaku Street) and downloaded it with Content Manager. So far so good. But it's not in the list of routes in TANE. How do I find it and enable it?

I've always likes TRS04, but the new version is tempting enough to get me to finally upgrade. So what should I know for the new program? How do I import map and terrain data to generate prototype routes? Are there any tutorials out there to bring me up to date? Any tutorials to try to transfer...

For those who haven't seen it, I'm currently reading "Japanese National Railways: It's Break-up and Privatization" By Yoshiyuki Kasai. At the time of publication, Mr. Kasai was President and CEO of JR Central. The book details what hew saw and did from the time he started with JNR in 1963...

In 1903 the North East Railway built a pair of passenger cars for use in Yorkshire, England. The cars were each equipped with an 85 hp engine and generator set to power a pair of electric motors on the front bogey. While never entirely satisfactory with the technology of the time, they were used...

I'm trying to learn the new microDEM, but there are too many changes to follow the Weewain tutorial. Does anyone know how to overlay the TIGER lines onto the DEM map? I can't get anything to show up. Claude

So a fellow buys some buildings in El Cajon a few years back, right? Not just any buildings. Under the vinyl siding and sheet rock, the main structure consists of the last three Class 1 streetcars known to exist. Designed in 1910 and built by the St. Louis Car company, these were the first...

Greetings to the Trainz Community! I recieved a notice a few weeks back saying that my item <KUID:222970:35021> - Miko 2a is faulty and requires repair. I don't know enough to even know what would need to be repaired, and forced obsolescence has knocked me out of uploading anyway, so I'm...

You need to get the instruction manual. http://www.narrowgaugechaos.com/RPC/Material/Locomotives/Porter/PorterCatManEtc/USS%20Locmotive%20Training%20Manual_MJ.pdf Narrow Gauge Chaos has some of the niftiest documents, plus his model railroad layouts. :cool:Claude

Here are some trains found in interesting locations. Two locomotives 8 miles off the coast of New Jersey. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE4IbZj5JS4&feature=related Here's one off the Caicos Islands; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NT91l8j3pI&feature=related This one in Mumbai isn't underwater...

I found an article on train commuting in England after the Second World War and it mentioned wooden compartment trains. http://dewi.ca/trains/ucs_met.html Does anyone know anything about these trains? :cool:Claude

Here's an eleven kilometer tourist line run almost entirely by children between the ages of 10 and 14 years of age. http://www.gyermekvasut.hu/english.html This is not a kid's ride in the local park; it's an actual working passenger line. Very cool. :cool:Claude

The new Classic Trains is out here in the U.S., mostly devoted to Donald Dohner's most successful locomotive design, the Pennsylvania GG1. Most people haven't heard of him, of course. Raymond Loewy changed the paint scheme and changed the design from a riveted skin to a welded body, but the...