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Back at it again with a CD&N F40PH! The CD&N ordered 40 of the "Screamers" for their long-haul passenger services after seeing what Amtrak could do with them, and how reliable they were. They were painted in a scheme that differentiated them from the ubiquitous freight locomotives. In the early 2000's they were modified to have a separate HEP generator, thus prolonging the life of the 16-645E3 prime mover, as they were subject to wear and tear after long hours at Notch 8.

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You might be asking yourself, "Why does it resemble an Amtrak F40?" Because I'm lazy and didn't want to repaint the black roof line, and I think it looks cool :)
 
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Funny how American railfans define locos between the most precise details ever, yet here in Australia with the Tangara T sets, a fleet made up of 2 completely different types (originally the T and G sets until 2010, they have different door releases, luggage racks, seats, motors, front ends, and are even numbered differently) are all just summed up by being called "Tangos" or T Sets". I'm basically the only person who calls the converted G set trains "T1 Sets".
 
griffinjim said:
Funny how American railfans define locos between the most precise details ever, yet here in Australia with the Tangara T sets, a fleet made up of 2 completely different types (originally the T and G sets until 2010, they have different door releases, luggage racks, seats, motors, front ends, and are even numbered differently) are all just summed up by being called "Tangos" or T Sets". I'm basically the only person who calls the converted G set trains "T1 Sets".
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You're right, take the MotivePower MP40PHTT4C, and try saying "empeefortypeeaychteeteeforecee." The MP stands for "Motive Power," the 40 is the horsepower in hundreds (but it's really 5400 hp), the P means "passenger," the H means "HEP Equipped," the first T could be "train," the second stands for "Tier," the 4 is obvious and the C is "credit." You get "Motive Power 4000(5400) HP Passenger HEP Equipped Train Tier 4 Credit." It really is no different to the better designation of "MP54PH."
 
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DARTrider said:
You're right, take the MotivePower MP40PHTT4C, and try saying "empeefortypeeaychteeteeforecee." The MP stands for "Motive Power," the 40 is the horsepower in hundreds (but it's really 5400 hp), the P means "passenger," the H means "HEP Equipped," the first T could be "train," the second stands for "Tier," the 4 is obvious and the C is "credit." You get "Motive Power 4000(5400) HP Passenger HEP Equipped Train Tier 4 Credit." It really is no different to the better designation of "MP54PH."
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In Australia we barely ever call trains by their engines, only by their class name. It's much easier to learn and remember them that way.
 
griffinjim said:
In Australia we barely ever call trains by their engines, only by their class name. It's much easier to learn and remember them that way.
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In America, railroads classify by number or engine model. For example, the Union Pacific railroad owns 1000+ SD70M type locomotives. This is commonly referred to as the Class or Model depending on what railroad you're on or what state you're in. The first batch of 1000 are numbered in the 4000-4999 series.

Canadian Railroads do things differently, and make up their own class system on top of the model designation. For example, the SD75M's owned by the Canadian National Railway are classified as "GF-643a."

Everything stands for something. In SD40-2, the SD stands for Special Duty, the 40 is the model number and the -2 is the electronics configuration. EMD has many model types, but the most common ones are GP and SD. GP means general purpose (switching, road freights, locals) and SD means Special Duty (drag freights, intermodals). A decrease in 1 (ex. SD39) means it is run with a 12-cyl turbocharged engine, a decrease by 2 (ex. SD38) means it has a roots-blown (no turbocharger) 16-cyl engine. An increase by 5 means a higher horsepower model (ex. SD45).

There are other designations like M for Wide Cab, T for Tunnel Motor, e for Enhanced, X for eXperimental, AC for AC traction, DC for DC traction, F and E for cowl locomotives, PH for passenger with HEP and DD for Double Diesel
I can remember simple designations like E8A, SD50, GP35, SD24, etc. but harder ones like AC4400CW or SD9043MAC are a bit confusing.
 
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DARTrider said:
Canadian Railroads do things differently, and make up their own class system on top of the model designation. For example, the SD75M's owned by the Canadian National Railway are classified as "GF-643a."
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Kinda simple when you break it down too:

G - General Motors/EMD
F- Freight gearing
6- 6 Axle
43- Horsepower (4,300 HP)
a- Model Designation/Series

 
DARTrider said:
People like you guys ruin it for us. We do it for FUN, for PASSION, not to please lazy rivet counters.
My reskins are of the best quality I can make. I don't have the money for cool software like Photoshop, and I am certainly not an artist, but I enjoy my work.
I don't see y'all posting reskins, so stop complaining about mine and focus on your own. We reskinners, modelers and such enjoy our work and being stomped on by some leading community members isn't ideal.

Trainman10, you're a part of NARM, so I'd expect you to treat novice and amateur reskinners with respect and congratulate them for their efforts. This has soured my opinion of you as a person greatly.

Please think before you post. Offer constructive criticism. Offer to help me. At least tell a white lie! If you can't hold yourself, try to be NICE about it! Thank you!

at least my skins are better than gramma's...
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I posted a picture to help you get the correct colors and what they actually look like. I wasn't being a d**k either, just pointed out the errors and gave you a IRL photo to help you.
 
Older model custom-built that's a mix of several different locomotives, its an ok model but nothing compared to today's standers. Don't think I'll be reselling it just not something anyone would want.
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The CN logo looks stretched on the nose, but it looks alright! I think that would make a good freeware and I think that engine might also look good with a widecab version.
 
Shorten the nose up and it could pass as a MLW C636


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If anyone is good with Attachment Maker I'm having a devil of a time switching the 9's to LHF
 
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First of all, TrainMan10, there are better ways to offer constructive criticism than what you said. Think before you type next time, human decency shouldn't disappear the second you get behind a screen.

Secondly, to everybody on here who can't make content of their own for whatever reason such as myself, and specifically to the jerk who attacked DART in the first place, we should ALL be thankful that there are creators who have the passion and time and patience to make things that we ALL can appreciate and use, no matter how long they've been on the scene for. (And quite frankly, DART's creativity beats JR and NARM any day of the week.) I for one can't wait to have the whole CD&N fleet in my roundhouse as well as whatever else gets released.

DART, thank you again for another bang up job with something the vast majority of us have no clue how to do, I for one would pay a good amount of money for those CD&N F40s, and I'll even help you lobby to reskin whatever passenger stock you deem fit to accompany them.

Let's keep it civil everybody and enjoy the new year :)
 
applegathc said:
(recedes into small hole until my provinces railway's aren't being done dirty)
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My repaints are mostly for me. I know they aren’t JR quality and that’s ok with me. Someone else may like them and be inspired by them to do better or try and match my work.

As far as being ‘done dirty’, at least they are being represented in Trainz when most people would just do CP/CN
 
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