BraselC5048
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I've been in trainz for almost 20 years now, and have accumulated a bunch of unreleased stuff as well. Unfortunately, there's a bit of a lack of a more "recent" 3 foot gauge shay.
Geared steam I know of:
Slugsmasher's 3 truck - have a steam e-spec version, but it's pretty dated in detail terms, but usable.
A climax somebody made way back in UTC, and other really, really old stuff. Needless to say, no longer really usable.
Trainboi1's updates of said climaxes - usable, but still don't look particularity good.
Bdaneal's 2 truck class B - comes in both standard and 3 ft gauge, a bit dated in detail terms but not too bad.
Bdaneal's Uintah 0-6-2's - not strictly geared but useful, but rather dated, I mean no disrespect - they came out a really long time ago, and were great by the standards of the time!
Zapperjet's 3 truck shay (Cass) - nice, but standard gauge. Likely will modify one to personal preferences at some point down the read.
Zapperjet's 3 truck WM shay - big, nice, but standard gauge.
Zapperjet's class C climax - Have an unreleased version I fine-tuned several years ago. Amazing, but standard gauge. My first go-too for standard gauge geared steam.
Zapperjet's class C climax (released by somebody else) - also know of that one.
Zapperjet's Class A shay (unreleased, but I only have to write the e-spec, which is just a matter of putting the time in to do it) - amazing, just the right level of detail, 3 foot gauge. Only problem is the "Class A" part - 2 cylinder shays are small, and it's simply not powerful enough for many uses.
Trainboi1's 2 truck Williamettes - actually too new, and standard gauge anyway.
Essentially, in 3 ft gauge there's a 3 truck shay almost too old to use, a two truck shay that's better, and an amazing two truck shay that's too small. Hopefully I'm missing some NG36 geared steam from roughly the 09-TANE days? (Or a Uintah 0-6-2?) (Ironically the inverse of how it was 15-20 years ago.)
Thanks.
Geared steam I know of:
Slugsmasher's 3 truck - have a steam e-spec version, but it's pretty dated in detail terms, but usable.
A climax somebody made way back in UTC, and other really, really old stuff. Needless to say, no longer really usable.
Trainboi1's updates of said climaxes - usable, but still don't look particularity good.
Bdaneal's 2 truck class B - comes in both standard and 3 ft gauge, a bit dated in detail terms but not too bad.
Bdaneal's Uintah 0-6-2's - not strictly geared but useful, but rather dated, I mean no disrespect - they came out a really long time ago, and were great by the standards of the time!
Zapperjet's 3 truck shay (Cass) - nice, but standard gauge. Likely will modify one to personal preferences at some point down the read.
Zapperjet's 3 truck WM shay - big, nice, but standard gauge.
Zapperjet's class C climax - Have an unreleased version I fine-tuned several years ago. Amazing, but standard gauge. My first go-too for standard gauge geared steam.
Zapperjet's class C climax (released by somebody else) - also know of that one.
Zapperjet's Class A shay (unreleased, but I only have to write the e-spec, which is just a matter of putting the time in to do it) - amazing, just the right level of detail, 3 foot gauge. Only problem is the "Class A" part - 2 cylinder shays are small, and it's simply not powerful enough for many uses.
Trainboi1's 2 truck Williamettes - actually too new, and standard gauge anyway.
Essentially, in 3 ft gauge there's a 3 truck shay almost too old to use, a two truck shay that's better, and an amazing two truck shay that's too small. Hopefully I'm missing some NG36 geared steam from roughly the 09-TANE days? (Or a Uintah 0-6-2?) (Ironically the inverse of how it was 15-20 years ago.)
Thanks.
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