Amtrak Cabbage

[Bry11]

Hey guys i was reskinning a JR F40PH into a Amtrak NPCU. I think it is coming along well but i have one question im having trouble with gimp. I did this with paint.net but i want to weather it up but when i use gimp my engine turns white. does anyone know how to fix this?

 

[SantaFebuff]

Looks wonderful!

Cheers,
Joshua

 

[NIARTcar]

Ooooooo a door, I could use a texture mesh of that door. Any chance you could send me a img file of that roll up door (not the whole engine just the door you painted on there)?

 

[Bry11]

I actually went on google and typed in roll up door and it is like the third picture i just took it out of there and put it on the train now here are some half finished shots. but i have one question it there a way to fix the numbers that i put on the boards on the front b/c one is right and the other is backwards but there is only 1 number board texture

 

[maverickmc]

looks great, how did you get those cars?

 

[Bry11]

Thanks man! and which cars the horizon cars or the amfleets

 

[rsd15atsf]

Those are Conney's cars, arnt they?

 

[NIARTcar]

the amfleets are magicland's payware set, and the horizon cars are availible on Trainz Commuter Rail

cheers

 

[Bry11]

the horizons are DLS and the amfleets are coreys

 

[WCL]

I actually went on google and typed in roll up door

So whats the point in a roll up door on the engine?? I never found a point in that ¿ ? ¿

 

[NIARTcar]

So whats the point in a roll up door on the engine?? I never found a point in that ¿ ? ¿

On a real cabbage unit the engine has been removed from the body, thus leaving the frame as a hollow cavity. Amtrak then installed the roll up doors on the sides so that they could be used as baggage cars in addition to their new designation as a 'cab car'.
ie: they (the f40phs) were gutted and turned into combination baggage car, cab cars....... mix the two words cab and baggage and you get 'cabbage' their slang name

cheers

 

[strench707]

Yes many of the Chicago corridor trains use this setup, that's why most of the NPCU's (Non-Powered Control Units) or "cabbages" are based out of CUS.

They normally run with a P42DC on one end (the power for the consist), some coaches then a cabbage at the other end, letting the train have checked baggage without utilizing a full baggage car.

Currently on the drawing table is to make an AEM-7 cabbage when they start getting retired.

Davis

 

[Steveo241]

So whats the point in a roll up door on the engine?? I never found a point in that ¿ ? ¿

Aw come on now :hehe: Hiawatha? Didn't you ride on that thing when you came down here? Where do you think they kept the bags?

 

[maverickmc]

can someone send me the link for the horizon cars. i have no idea how to get them.

 

[NIARTcar]

This is the site:
http://trainzcommuterrail.co.cc/forum/34310/
the board is offline right now, but when they are back up just register, then navigate to the download section (specificly the rollingstock section) and scroll to the bottom of the page, there should be a coach download.

cheers

 

[maverickmc]

ya but these are for phase III, i want phase V

 

[NIARTcar]

not a cabbage just yet, but its almost there

cheers

 

[maverickmc]

wait now the link just took me from the discussion thing, i want the link to the cars directly if you can. thanks btw nice engine!!!

 

[Carfreak4]

wait now the link just took me from the discussion thing, i want the link to the cars directly if you can. thanks btw nice engine!!!

You have to register first in order to download the cars directly.

Carfreak4

 

[maverickmc]

i already did. can some one please send me a link.