JointedRail stuff [screenshots/renders]

[boc61]

You could have one Hell of a tailgate party on that baby.

 

[ekankal]

Great work guys .

// Erik from Sweden

 

[simulatortrain]

A work of art Adam, you never cease to amaze.

Question: Did you release the covered hoppers you were working on?

Regards,

They've passed beta, just waiting on the next freeware release.

 

[sonofham]

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Wow!

@22Alpha

Is there a way you could please reduce the file size of your images as 7.92MB each is way too much for my 3G modem with 1GB monthly cap atm....

Thanks.

 

[titanicchristo]

Hey simulator train what tracks are those in that picture?

 

[simulatortrain]

Hey simulator train what tracks are those in that picture?

They are a street track that I made. It doesn't have the switch parts done yet.

 

[applegathc]

Nice gondola. Nice road!

 

[pdkoester]

good gondola, WP, yahoo!

 

[Switcher84]

Great gondola, Would look cool in MOW orange with a load of track rails.:wave:

 

[H222]

That is correct. It's a small difference, but it's what separates the 'C4 from other Evos. It can be seen in this picture of BNSF ES44C4 #8122. There is a small 'rocker' above the center axle, connected to two air cylinders. This is part of a computer program developed by GE that raises and lowers the center axle on or off the track. The center axle is raised off the track when the train starts moving, which moves the weight of the locomotive that the center axle carried to the two powered axles, increasing the pulling power. Once the train is up and going, the center axle is lowered by onto the rails. I would post a picture of FEC ES44C4's, but the trucks are black, which would make it harder to see the mechanism on them.
Picture link: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=494091&nseq=649

So your point is kind of invalid considering JR could easily mod it with little to no work and sell it as a 44C4...

That rusty looking GP9 thing is amazing Wearsprada

 

[22alpha]

Wow!

@22Alpha

Is there a way you could please reduce the file size of your images as 7.92MB each is way too much for my 3G modem with 1GB monthly cap atm....

Thanks.

We really aren't too worried about image sizes. The guys post them as they see fit, we have plenty more to do than check for image sizes.

Thanks.

Mike

 

[chris2001trainz2010]

...JR could easily mod it with little to no work and sell it as a 44C4...

With a bit of scripting, i'm sure it could work.

That would be really coo if we could do that in Trainz. Not sure if it's possible though.

 

[MeowRailroad]

What would be really cool if it worked? Unpowered axles?

 

[chris2001trainz2010]

Yes, and the fact that the unpowered axles raise off the rails after a certain speed is reached.

 

[applegathc]

BNSF used ES44C4's for the dumbest trains. I have word that the ET's are actually successful C4-trucked units.

 

[jordon412]

So your point is kind of invalid considering JR could easily mod it with little to no work and sell it as a 44C4...

This may sound stupid, but I do not know what you mean by this. Anyway, this discussion began when djtrackmasta suggested an FEC ES44AC or DC. I was correcting him about what EVO model FEC owns, as they don't own ES44AC's nor ES44DC's, but ES44C4's.

 

[norfolksouthern37]

Yes, and the fact that the unpowered axles raise off the rails after a certain speed is reached.

they dont raise off the rail in a sense that you can see a wheel floating above the railhead nor does it happen at a certain speed.

 

[H222]

This may sound stupid, but I do not know what you mean by this. Anyway, this discussion began when djtrackmasta suggested an FEC ES44AC or DC. I was correcting him about what EVO model FEC owns, as they don't own ES44AC's nor ES44DC's, but ES44C4's.

And the C4s are, for all intensive purposes, identical to the current ES44s that JR have and could repaint. So yes, they could skin a ES44DC into a ES44C4 and it would be prototypical. That's what I meant.

 

[Enzo1]

And the C4s are, for all intensive purposes, identical to the current ES44s that JR have and could repaint. So yes, they could skin a ES44DC into a ES44C4 and it would be prototypical. That's what I meant.

FYI to those who don't know. There are zero differences between ES44C4 and other ES44's. They use the same styling. The number of traction motors, and drive axles are what is different. It would be really easy to do one, because there would be zero skinning invovled, I've made one myself by simply downloading the ES44C4 enginespec from n8phu off the DLS, and applying them to the ES44 from JR, and simply finding the running numbers for the models. Takes about 10 mins to do really.

 

[22alpha]

We're not skinning or doing anything else with the current GEVO models. They are dated and Justin isn't happy with them any longer. These will be totally rebuilt including trucks and cabs in the future.

Thanks

Mike