Steam-Outline Diesels

[hholdenaz]

Has it ever occurred to all you Trainz-users that nobody has ever made a diesel engine with the outline of a steam engine? Of course, you'll all thinking that we could just copy a steam engine and somehow turn it into a diesel, but to me, that would be too easy, and without permission in some cases, illegal. What we need is a steam-outline diesel from scratch.

 

[narrowgauge]

What do you mean by 'steam-outline diesel'? All Trainz steam locos work from code values that are is essentially the same as those for diesels.

I think you need to explain a little more.

Peter

 

[frogpipe]

I think the idea is a Diesel powered loco that LOOKS like a Steam Engine.

Now as to why.....

 

[hholdenaz]

I think the idea is a Diesel powered loco that LOOKS like a Steam Engine.

Now as to why.....

Well, if we wanted to create a railway that had such locomotives like the Scarborough North Bay Railway...

 

[captainkman]

The earliest locos were sort of using this principle. They had diesel enginespecs and diesel-style enginesounds, but they looked like a steam locos and sounded like one too with whistle hornsounds and their diesel-style enginesound having chuffs in it.

Examples include the locos by Blue and MrTrain, which were built for Trainz 1.3 and UTC, before peoper steam specs and sounds were introduced.

Kieran.

 

[PWeiser]

Silly - or did you mean this?

First off, it should be pointed out that like all other model locomotives (except live steam), Trainz locos are actually electric. Don't believe it? Issue your steamer or diesel a command that lowers both pantographs in-game and watch it stop dead. (g)

Ahem. But seriously, were you thinking more of something like C&O 500 (2-D+D-2) and N&W 2300 Jawn Henry which were Baldwin coal-fired steam turbine locos with bodies somewhat resembling a road switcher? 500 strongly resembles a very squared-off steamer (with tender blended in) atop Centipede running gear; 2300 doesn't resemble anything else, but imagine a Kraus-Maffei crossed with half a VGN EL-C and all corners left sharp. Either would be easy to model, given minimal scale drawings.

Other than that, a shrouded Hiawatha steamer would come close if you hid the drivers; make it cab-forward with a streamlined cab...

 

[hholdenaz]

First off, it should be pointed out that like all other model locomotives (except live steam), Trainz locos are actually electric. Don't believe it? Issue your steamer or diesel a command that lowers both pantographs in-game and watch it stop dead. (g)

Ahem. But seriously, were you thinking more of something like C&O 500 (2-D+D-2) and N&W 2300 Jawn Henry which were Baldwin coal-fired steam turbine locos with bodies somewhat resembling a road switcher? 500 strongly resembles a very squared-off steamer (with tender blended in) atop Centipede running gear; 2300 doesn't resemble anything else, but imagine a Kraus-Maffei crossed with half a VGN EL-C and all corners left sharp. Either would be easy to model, given minimal scale drawings.

Other than that, a shrouded Hiawatha steamer would come close if you hid the drivers; make it cab-forward with a streamlined cab...

I didn't know that actually.

BUt I was thinking more along the lines of these:

In addition:

As you can see, they look like steam engines, but have no smoke. That's because inside, they are actually diesels.

 

[Vern]

I think they forgot to use the straighten tool on the track in that first image above...

I can see where the OP is coming from in connection with assets for miniature railways, but in truth a bigger priority is better and more accurate implementation of steam loco physics in Trainz, so we can enjoy the equivalent of the Jinty and City of Truro recently released for RW...