Australian screenshots

[nbrettoner]

Yeah I went into my storage there and 60% are removed. They must have storage problems or perhaps if a thread is not opened in a set time it is removed? I dont think they are worth using these days
Cheers
Rod

Thanks Rod,

I use Webshots now. Although I think Multiply is pretty good too. But the free webShots is enough for now for me.


:wave:

 

[dreddman]

Love my Coalstage and Watertanks in your screens Zec.......
But at the moment I am not useing Coal or Water...............
Northside surburban run in the late sixties on the Petrie Line

 

[S301]

Nice Dreddy
And yes, I love the coal stage. Although, you may be getting a request from me fairly soon for a variation of it
Zec

 

[S301]

A2 940, leader of the Walscheart's A2's, departs Healesville with the 2100 up pass.


Having exited the tunnel, the A2 coasts down the grade towards Melbourne.


A2 940, having passed Tarrawarra, blasts across the Tarrawarra Road level crossing.


Last shot for the night as the A2 blasts it's way toward Melbourne...

Zec

 

[JAMEZ001]

Looks great, Zec. Can I make a suggestion? Clone the VR trestle bridge pieces and retexture them to match the coal stage? I'm sure you could get permission for such a minor touch up.

 

[S301]

Nah, I've got other plans for that

I generally try not to do that sort of thing anyway, as it will put gaps into my kuids that will make things painful later on

Zec

 

[lesley]

Nice pics everyone! I finished off the grain container for Trent and Scott, so made a few renders...
MSC

China Shipping

Plain Grey

Next step, getting them in game Will have some 'real' screenshots up when they're in...

Tom

 

[DelecServiceCentre]

look good

containers look good mate i could use the grey one for my clyde yard route thats whats used for pacific nationals garbage train for all who wanted to see the shots of the 44 and 45 classes on death row at sims on the ropes creek line they will be coming soon scanners broken at the moment cheers glenn

 

[Raichase]

containers look good mate i could use the grey one for my clyde yard route thats whats used for pacific nationals garbage train for all who wanted to see the shots of the 44 and 45 classes on death row at sims on the ropes creek line they will be coming soon scanners broken at the moment cheers glenn

Actually, the containers used on the PN garbo train are 40ft tectainers - they look quite different to a "normal" container. The container Tom has made above is a 20ft "bulk" container, used for moving (among other things) flour, grain and other bulk goods.

Tom - they look bloody fantastic mate. Was wondering if you were considering a Patricks version (only one opening on the top instead of three), and/or a Humburg Sud version? They will be a perfect partner to Davids 22 Class and Matts MGFH's. Now we're only missing MHGX and MQRF wagons!

 

[lesley]

I'll do the Patricks skin with the single hatch next then, but for the Hamburg Sud version I can't remember what they look like Once I get the containers finished I'll work on some NR/PN steel coil containers as well as the container flat to go with them (although I think Davido has already made the wagon...). I've also promised David (another David ) that I would make a bucket that carries steel in WA (I think) for him.

Tom

 

[dreddman]

Todays QDR Screens

It was a overcast afternoon, could rain "JackO" thought, as O'l Bluey 1313 headed away from the main line on a light country freight run.

Heading through Canetoad Flats the rain had held off so far.​

Could do with some rain he thought as he headed further west.​

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[comtrain]

It was a overcast afternoon, could rain "JackO" thought, as O'l Bluey 1313 headed away from the main line on a light country freight run.

Great shots dredman!!

However I think I have been listening to Jerka
Those wooden trestles would not take the weight of that loco
We need a bridge builder to explain the distribution points, but I can tell you that you would need a 24" reinforced steel girder to hold the weight over such long spans.
They would normally put supports every few meters(yards) up to the clearance point for underneath traffic. Then put a heavy duty iron beam to span the wider gap. In wood they would create a heavy duty lattice type span to reinforce the track bearers.
Not directed just at you, but we all tend to make the same mistake
Cheers
Rod

 

[Ghostryder]

Rod

the 1300 class only tipped the scales at 78t, yes they were used on heavy coal haulage they also in the early days took turns in the suburban area. the last timber trestle was retired only a few years ago in the suburban area.the Australia Day flood of 1974 saw coal needed to be railed to the swanbank powerhouse near bundamba, these coal trains were hauled by a variety of locos but i have a picture in a book here showing a 1300 class leading a coal train to swanbank. at that stage they would have had to have negotiated several timber bridges on the mainline and the swanbank line.

cheers

ghosty

 

[cook]

A B class pulls in while S cars sit infront.

 

[Willem2]

A work in progress, an other QR timber log bridge,





the above pics are in 06.

and below in 09 and working on a 2 track bridge


they have a low-clearance height of 4.6m and can be used as road or rail underpass. :wave:

Cheers,

Bill.

 

[DelecServiceCentre]

40ft techtainers

does any one no if they are on the download station anyhow the grey 20ft one old mate has created looks great and would do for my garbage train if techtainers are not on the download station if i new how to crate these great looking models i would do them myself but get very frustrated trying

 

[flathog]

The crew of 9032 as yet another train passes them by, wonder when the mechanic will arrive. They had the mis-fortune of breaking down just on the other side of the tunnel, luckily the bankers had stuck around long enough to be able to drag them back through the tunnel back to the passing loop, enabling trains to continue on by and providing at least something of interest to see during their what was to be, long wait.

9032 sits at idle in Briffin loop whilst her two class mates lie dead to the world, the crew investigates their internals on the other side.

Unfortunately I just missed getting the loco's coming out of the tunnel, if it wasn't such a gloomy night with thick cloud cover and fog my car headlight might have just been able to light them up.

The driver see's me and quickly dims his light so as to avoid blinding me, a nice gesture indeed

A final shot as the coal train coasts down the hill at quite a decent pace with Full Dynamic.

Tom

 

[flathog]

5014, with a relatively new MHG trundles down a very worn and rugged branchline, aiming to recover the last of the freight cars left on this soon to be abandon line. Both driver and firemen share a cautious eye for any stray fauna and flora which may hinder their journey.

Self Explanatory I would hope...

Tom

 

[dreddman]

Nice screens Tom and the story sorta brings the screens to life

 

[flathog]

Thanks for the compliments

Something I have always found lacking with screenshots is the fact it is indeed from a simulator. I always aim to either, include a series of shots which show a journey with the train, or, create a scene which could be related to a real picture.

I then of course edit the pictures heavily for the single scenes, taking a few minutes to many hours.

The above image for example is one I have been working on for around 2 hours now, at the moment I'm just struggling to get the road colour right, the aim was to replicate a few photo's I have seen of ARG wheaties at level crossings.

I'll have to get around to creating a half decent ZZR scene oneday and showing off a few QR items!!!
Although your doing a very good job of doing so yourself Dreddman, you've certainly got a good talent for the use of grass! I can, no matter how long I try for, NEVER please myself with the looks of the various grass' available, it always to me looks either over-done or not enough...you seem to have pulled it off spectacularly though...

Tom