K&L Trainz Steam Locomotive pics!

If you missed the Live Stream I did last week....then you missed out :D

I'll probably do another during this week. Got some more stuff done!

Also, that MSTS model uses a whistle from an old Semaphore Records recording of the I1 pulling an MOW train down Horse Shoe Curve. It's scary as hell sounding for sure!

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That's one of the rare recordings of the whistle sounding the way it was supposed to. They had tendency to be horrendous squeakers. Most of the 3 chimes that ended up on the i1sa's were old from older 4-4-0s and 4-4-2s that were being retired and scrapped. So the whistles had many decades of constant usage. This whistle was most likely a "newer" or at least cleaner one. Im sure the slightest imperfections in the older whistles were amplified by the engines higher boiler pressure. I chose to go with a whistle similar to the one on the Horse Shoe Curve recording where it shrills.
 
Could be, or even a restoration would be neat, like what they are trying doing with Louisiana & Arkansas 503.

I know they have a cosmetic restoration planned, but i don't think they will restore her to operation anytime soon. Some counties in New York State are a nightmare to deal with when it comes to stuff like insurance and all that kinda thing thats required to run steam excursions on the mainline.
 
Most of the 3 chimes that ended up on the i1sa's were old from older 4-4-0s and 4-4-2s that were being retired and scrapped. So the whistles had many decades of constant usage.

Really? I guess that explains why the whistle in the recording sounds a bit like 1223's, but it kinda sounds like a combination of that & 1361's whistle
 
I'd honestly wait longer and have a better pack than have it now when it's unfinished or incomplete. I seem to recall Steve saying we would get some freight cars with this pack, which I imagine will only add to the time it takes to complete and release everything.

-Ben
 
I'd honestly wait longer and have a better pack than have it now when it's unfinished or incomplete. I seem to recall Steve saying we would get some freight cars with this pack, which I imagine will only add to the time it takes to complete and release everything.

-Ben

Steve has already shared shots of his N5C caboose and GLa hopper models for this pack. :D
 
Spent some time working on an interior for the PRR N5c Caboose. It's nothing special, but still an interior none-the-less.

 
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How much extra would be if you throw in the smell of creosote, coal, oil, steam and greases . :hehe: Chewing tobacco and smoking cigarettes with cheep whisky for flavor would be a topper :hehe::hehe:


Superb work Steve

Matt
 
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