MBTA Cars
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@Peter - the Type 6 and Type 7 cars up on the DLS are LRVs, not the heavy rail cars Susan is looking for.
I remember Jaleel was working on some Redline cars, but I don't know if he ever finished the project. The preliminary models looked great.
Being from the Boston area (well quite a few miles north), I've ridden all of the lines in Boston. They were all built at different times, and all have unique rolling stock. This is what makes this system so unique, and would be a lot of fun to model.
John
I remember Jaleel was working on some Redline cars, but I don't know if he ever finished the project. The preliminary models looked great.
Being from the Boston area (well quite a few miles north), I've ridden all of the lines in Boston. They were all built at different times, and all have unique rolling stock. This is what makes this system so unique, and would be a lot of fun to model.
John
@JCitron im all so from Boston and ridden all of the lines that's why im asking and it would be a great addition for TC and TRS2006. Also cam i see pics of Jaleel's red line.
@PerRock im the worst content creator/re-skinner ever lol
to everyone that replies heres wat im looking for:
Blue Line Old/New/Both
Red Line
@PerRock im the worst content creator/re-skinner ever lol
to everyone that replies heres wat im looking for:
Blue Line Old/New/Both
Red Line
Susan,
I think the cars for the Blue Line and Orange Line are essentially the same. The older cars are the Hawker-Siddley cars from Canada. The difference being of course the pantograph for the Blue Line for the surface line out to Wonderland.
This line was once the "Narrow Gauge", or the Boston, Revere Beach, & Lynn, which once ran Mason Bogey 24" steam locos with heavyweight Laconia parlor cars! Later on they electrified with the help of General Electric and put trolley poles on the heavyweight cars. When they went out in the 1940s, the plans were to incorporate their system into the Boston Elevated. This happened in the 1950s when Logan Airport opened.
The Red Line cars are much bigger, in fact some of the widest and largest subway cars in the world. This is a relatively new line, which was built in the 1910s. The original line was called the Cambridge Subway.
Now if we could find some Hawker-Siddley cars, I could easily reskin them. This is an easy task compared to making something from scratch, which I'm not good at either. My brother can, but he's busy with other projects at the moment and wouldn't be able to do it in any reasonable amount of time.
John
I think the cars for the Blue Line and Orange Line are essentially the same. The older cars are the Hawker-Siddley cars from Canada. The difference being of course the pantograph for the Blue Line for the surface line out to Wonderland.
This line was once the "Narrow Gauge", or the Boston, Revere Beach, & Lynn, which once ran Mason Bogey 24" steam locos with heavyweight Laconia parlor cars! Later on they electrified with the help of General Electric and put trolley poles on the heavyweight cars. When they went out in the 1940s, the plans were to incorporate their system into the Boston Elevated. This happened in the 1950s when Logan Airport opened.
The Red Line cars are much bigger, in fact some of the widest and largest subway cars in the world. This is a relatively new line, which was built in the 1910s. The original line was called the Cambridge Subway.
Now if we could find some Hawker-Siddley cars, I could easily reskin them. This is an easy task compared to making something from scratch, which I'm not good at either. My brother can, but he's busy with other projects at the moment and wouldn't be able to do it in any reasonable amount of time.
John
There are actually three layouts on the DLS for the MBTA; MBTA F line, Lechmere MBTA, and MBTA Trolley LIne. . They are very old and need work to get them running but might act as a starting point.
Search "mbta" under layouts on the DLS. Make sure all boxes are ticked as these layouts were made in 200 or earlier.
I will be interested in seeing what you produce
Cheers..
Search "mbta" under layouts on the DLS. Make sure all boxes are ticked as these layouts were made in 200 or earlier.
I will be interested in seeing what you produce
Cheers..
Just a ? what Gmax should i get for building Subway Station or Stations in general and a link would be good and how would i put it into trainz like rumour3 did help would be appreciated. Oh and trains i would like to start making my own and re-skin some if there is a way to get the actually train into the system to re-skin it. For that MBTA stuff.
Thank You.:wave:
Thank You.:wave: