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That is a beautiful 2-8-0, so trademark WM from the rock knocker, to the cab, to the chimney,to the bell. This would look great as 734.

Saturnr
 
It was originally LS&I 34. WM has had a new headlamp, chimney, stoker, rock knocker, and Mohawk tender added. Your superb model is closer than anything else we have in Trainz now. The real 734 is "close enough" to real a WM H-9, so the " model H-9" should be close enough to the model 734.

Saturnr
 
Glad to see work has resumed on this! Zero WM steam for Trainz. My 734 is strictly being modeled off the LS&I 34. So it'll be awesome to have legit WM power! Keep it up!!!
 
Oh there will be an authentic 7(34). That's good, thank you Steve. But then a real H-9 too, even better. I had an enthralling video about "mighty American" steam when I was little and 734 appeared in it. I loved her deep sounding Hancock whistle, which sounds so different across different times.

Saturnr
 
I loved her deep sounding Hancock whistle, which sounds so different across different times.

I agree. I really like low-pitch whistles. In fact, I downloaded cincysouthernrwy's reskins of Ben Neal's USRA locomotives and replaced the default 'Southern Railroad 4501 Whistle Sound' with various low-pitched whistles.

@stevelerro:
I purchased your Reading T1 megapack and I love it. To me, it seems counter-intuitive that a large locomotive would have a high-pitched whistle as all the operating 4-8-4's have low-pitched whistles of various 'depth'. I'm planning on getting more payware, so I decided on putting $10 in my PayPal account per paycheck, and I'm sticking with it. I'm trying to decide whether to get the C&O 614 or the Nickel Plate 765 packs next.

Also, has anyone noticed that there's a connection with Nickel Plate Berkshire with a certain EMD diesel engine?
I'll wait and see if anyone can figure it out.
 
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To me, it seems counter-intuitive that a large locomotive would have a high-pitched whistle as all the operating 4-8-4's have low-pitched whistles of various 'depth'.

Most railroads reserved the melodic whistles for passenger engines, while the freight engines mostly got hooters and banshees. 3, 5 and 6 chimes we're better on the peoples ears, were as the single chime whistles traveled MUCH farther....that is very handy when you had a helper crew 85 cars behind you needed to hear whistle signals.

Keep in mind the Reading T1s were freight engines....verses the SP 4449, UP 844, SP&S 700, Milw 261, ATSF 3751 and C&O 614 were all passenger engines.
 
Most railroads reserved the melodic whistles for passenger engines, while the freight engines mostly got hooters and banshees. 3, 5 and 6 chimes we're better on the peoples ears, were as the single chime whistles traveled MUCH farther....that is very handy when you had a helper crew 85 cars behind you needed to hear whistle signals.

Keep in mind the Reading T1s were freight engines....verses the SP 4449, UP 844, SP&S 700, Milw 261, ATSF 3751 and C&O 614 were all passenger engines.

I didn't know that. I thought that railroads chose to go with one whistle for their entire roster. Then again, that's what railroads are doing today.
 
Decided to change locos. I still have the L-3, but I am not working on it now. If you can be the first to guess what it is, I will let you beta it when it is finished. (I.O.W. A LONG time,:hehe:)
 
American. The frames still need work and it is missing a dome. (If you are one of the people who are helping me, or have been told by someone who is helping me, please let the people who don't know figure it out. lol)
 
Look at the frames...that is all.:p
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Yay for early 1880s air brakes. (Need to connect the air pipes, of course, and I have no idea where the reservoirs are)
 
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Most railroads reserved the melodic whistles for passenger engines, while the freight engines mostly got hooters and banshees. 3, 5 and 6 chimes we're better on the peoples ears, were as the single chime whistles traveled MUCH farther....that is very handy when you had a helper crew 85 cars behind you needed to hear whistle signals.

Keep in mind the Reading T1s were freight engines....verses the SP 4449, UP 844, SP&S 700, Milw 261, ATSF 3751 and C&O 614 were all passenger engines.
Out here in the west many of the railroads had more lower pitched whistles like 5 and 6 chimes. SP 6 chimes were found on all sorts of their locomotives, including 2-8-0s, 4-6-2s, and cab forwards.
 
It was originally LS&I 34. WM has had a new headlamp, chimney, stoker, rock knocker, and Mohawk tender added. Your superb model is closer than anything else we have in Trainz now. The real 734 is "close enough" to real a WM H-9, so the " model H-9" should be close enough to the model 734.

Saturnr

Maybe, but I'd put 734 as an H7b with an H7a number, H8 cab, and H9 tender. Still too small to really be like an H9. Not saying it's a small engine, but I wish there had been at least one big consolidation saved so there was some way to understand their size. I've tried imagining a couple of the Reading T1s back into I10s but it just hasn't worked.
 
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