Australian screenshots

[NSWGR_46Class]

Did you hear about the man who hooked up with the C17?
Things got a little steamy.

:hehe: :hehe: :hehe:


Nice shots everyone.

Q) Why should Thomas never be allowed to pull a train

A) As he is always tanked


Q) Why did the steam loco never sit down

A) As he had a tender behind

:hehe:

 

[lenice]

A Steamy update

As the subject seems to be steam, an update on my little depot project.

Looking NW across the Engine shed now with some texturing

The front of the Carriage shed with textures done and Depot offices/facilities added

Rear of Engine shed textured. Someone parked some locos in there just after I'd finished and left some oil patches

And they had also gotten into the Carriage shed and left some oil drops there

I was thinking about how this would join onto the main layout. The comings and goings of the locos and passenger services going in and out and the freight trains going in and.....Oh. Forgot to put in a shunt yard for the wagons. So here is the lead track put in for the shunting yard. The purple spots are Priority makers placed to check the direction of tracks (some of which I had to re-lay).
Thanks
Glen
(They were bad Bearcat. No offence but the mods should take you out just for those jokes. ):hehe:

 

[Davido]

 

[8142]

Thats a Great cab Davido. It will be very useful for me becuase i am going
for a job with city rail driving V sets and your cab will help me with the basic functions. keep up the great work.

8142

 

[jetpilot29]

Awesome cab Davido, How about wiper blade on window cab?

Cheers
Jason

 

[misterchugg]

hi cricketstar, petan

thats the stuff i was after

i had a look for the dem at victrainz, but there seems to be none from the lockyer valley region

i think the via recta line would make a great route

i will try to see if i can find a dem for this

getting photos of the area won't be hard once i know where the line was supposed to go

thanks for the help
ron

 

[H222]

Brisbane Valley??

JAmie

 

[Willem2]

Brisbane Valley??

JAmie

Two different valley's Jamie,

Brisbane Valley, Ipswich northward, towards Esk.

Lockyer Valley, Ipswich westward, towards Toowoomba.
(my area)

Cheers,

Bill.

 

[Petan]

hi cricketstar, petan
thats the stuff i was after
i had a look for the dem at victrainz, but there seems to be none from the lockyer valley region thanks for the help ron

The DEM route Toowoomba / Helidon is over at the QDRTrainz · Queensland Digital Rail yahoogroup. Membership is free.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/QDRTrainz/

Cheers
Peter C

 

[Davido]

Questions

Why were they designated "V" sets?
and does anyone have any info on HP , top speed etc?

Cheers
Davido

 

[fsx_trainz]

V set

They Were Originally Designated U sets like the original interurbans when first introduced in the early 1970s and were recoded V sets because of Vaccum Retention Toilets that were installed.

If you are looking for Information Sites such as railpage have threads with heaps of info and wikipedia has a large page on the units also


Sam

 

[Enkidoh]

Yeah, I was reading the Wikipedia page on them too, but the page seems to lack any information about their top speed - not even Cityrail's own page on them shows speed information (to a West Aussie like me used to government propaganda constantly spruiking the speed of our trains at every opportunity this is quite odd. ).

Changing the subject slightly,I'm quite late to the party but thank you for the awesome NSW catenery Davido - it was definitely well worth the wait.

 

[Davido]

They Were Originally Designated U sets like the original interurbans when first introduced in the early 1970s and were recoded V sets because of Vaccum Retention Toilets that were installed.

If you are looking for Information Sites such as railpage have threads with heaps of info and wikipedia has a large page on the units also


Sam

Hmmm...named after a toilet :hehe:

Thanks Sam

 

[mattm]

Hmmm...named after a toilet :hehe:

Thanks Sam

Yeah, well, they do look like ****! Specially late night weekends:hehe:

Joking, people.

I love the V-sets!

Matt.

 

[fsx_trainz]

V Speed

Just Had a Look on railpage...

The V's 'Official' Top Speed Is 115km/h but there are rumours that they have gone at up to 120km/h

http://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11359473-0-asc-s45.htm
Link to the thread

The speeds given are likely based on the rating of the tracks, Some of which are over 100 years old

 

[fsx_trainz]

Another Thread

Lots of Information In this thread also,
Pictures of Various Liveries and Maybe even the odd Interior Shot

www.railpage.com.au/f-p1280716.htm

 

[jetpilot29]

Why were they designated "V" sets?
and does anyone have any info on HP , top speed etc?

Cheers
Davido

There info history on wikipedia about V-sets after U-sets and why they designed V-sets, the V showing that they were installed with vacuum retention toilets.

Top max speed 145kmh, I'm not sure you have to ask the V-sets driver

Cheers
Jason

 

[Davido]

Yeah thanks fella's, I had googled them and found most of that.
I was hoping someone may have some more detailed info but I'll go with what I have.

Cheers
Davido

 

[misterchugg]

thanks petan

i am a member already there

cheers
ron

 

[3830]

They're allowed to do 130km/h around Warnervale etc and those fast sections. Hence the blue speedboards.