UK Content - what do we need?

[paulkay21]

Apologies in advance...

but in the 1960s the network was crawling (literally?) with green DMUs. I know that they are not everyones cup of tea but they are decidedly lacking in Trainz.

Unfortunately I would think that they are an absolute pain to build.

Still if anyone has the desire and capability...

Cheers
Paul

 

[rumour3]

IKB - thank you for confirming what I had heard. I believe Ely is the shortest - although it would be rivalled by Quy where I think there may have been a station but haven't checked.

Ray

Not sure whether the station name was Quy or Stow Cum Quy, but it did have a station on the Cambridge - Mildenhall branch. Lord-Claud-Hamilton has made an excellent representation of it that is available on the DLS: http://www.auran.com/TRS2004/DLS_viewasset.php?AssetID=136737

R3

 

[robd]

@andi06

A link to some pics of Sarah Siddons interior:

http://citytransport.info/Sarah-Siddons.htm

Rob.

 

[jnjkerbin]

Very welcome, Ray.

I have never heard of Quy, but there could be other 3 letter place names in the UK, with a railway station.

I know Ayr has a station.

IKB.

There is also Ore and Rye, both in South East england, as well as the rather obscure IBM station in Scotland. Really! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_railway_station :hehe:
Joe

 

[IsambardKingdomBrunel]

Joe,

Rye i know of but not Ore.

IBM is secret..........Intercontinental Ballistic Missile station.

IKB.

 

[jnjkerbin]

Joe,

Rye i know of but not Ore.

IBM is secret..........Intercontinental Ballistic Missile station.

IKB.

:hehe:
Joe

 

[ray_whiley]

Not sure whether the station name was Quy or Stow Cum Quy, but it did have a station on the Cambridge - Mildenhall branch.

Yes, I remember it was Stow cum Quy - closed. There was also Eye - also closed - in Suffolk. Perhaps I should have said the shortest name for a station in England still open was Ely - but perhaps Rye is still there?

That's enough - let's get back to the original topic! Coal staithes almost finished plus a matching embankment to make an approach. Just 'mining' - I mean miming - some coal!

Ray

 

[tankbob]

looking forward to the staithes have found some track plans from old pits and wagon ways i feel a new route comming on lol

thanks bob

 

[jnjkerbin]

Perhaps I should have said the shortest name for a station in England still open was Ely - but perhaps Rye is still there?

It is.
Joe

 

[Mick_Berg]

She had to steal some shoes, and she has no make-up or jewellery but she managed to escape......wonderful picture......

Andi, when are you going to release these? You're driving me crazy!!!!!!
Whose shoes (I presume you meant bogeys) did she steal, would they be suitable for "O" stock?
I actually travelled on a Sarah Siddons-hauled train when I was a kid. Got on at Farringdon, off at Kings Cross.
:udrool: :mop: :udrool: :Y: :clap:
Mick Berg.

 

[Mick_Berg]

Andi06 I cud kiss you........ Been wanting one of those for ages, nearly given up hope and she looks very nice too. The only problem is that I have tooooooo much route work to start a London underground Route :''(.

Thank-ooooooo

:Y::Y:

Andy

I have made a 50's Widened Lines route, that's why I'm so keen to get this wonderful stuff from Andi06. It will improve the route enormously. All I need now is some pre-1959 LU stock.
Mick Berg.

 

[andi06]

I only started on Sarah last week so you will need to be patient.

The bogies are from my 5Bel Motor Brake, wheelbase and sideframes are wrong but other than that its quite close so I will probably edit it to make a new bogie. I doubt that it would fit later sub surface stock but you could try, there are always the D Stock bogies.

The rest of my new stock and updates have been waiting on some minor modifications to ACS from Bloodnok. I have these now so they just need to be checked out.

 

[wasp1]

Pre BR content

Hi all,

A am impressed with the great content we have today being created by these selfless members who have fantastic ability to build for Trainz.
My layouts cover England int he 1960 era in rural Devon/Cornwall.
There is a lot of fantastic content already out there for us who can't build. The great add-ons from the S&C the cars, trucks, tractors and people plus the huge range of content from Domsarto, Angela, Bob Sanders, Ultra Trees, JVC, Tafweb, Pofig etc etc.
Like Deano5 earlier I am after stuff that appears to be either gone due to old content. There were road and street signs I used and would love to have again with the ability to place names on them. Street content, the old UK bins, more farm implements, old rusty farm stuff. Iknow there is a lot around but specific farm clutter.
A few more 1950/60 UK people in street scenes, sweeping, climbing ladders, selling goods and some old market square scene stuff. Old stalls and fish mongers etc.

Again thanks for the great content guys and girls and keep up the great content.

Ray

 

[SodorProductions]

Hm, has anyone ever considered making Aerolite for Trainz? She's the NER X1 replica on display at the NRM.

And to "Thomas" fans reading this thread and post- no, Aerolite and "Whiff" are not the same. HiT did that as a joke, and it's a very offensive ones to railfans who know the engine's history. Making a saloon engine a rubbish-hauling engine...it's dishonourable!

 

[jayholland]

Signal boxes, stations etc

I agree that there is a sad dearth of earlier content in the way of buildings, structures etc. I am trying to build a reasonably accurate representation of the Cuckoo Line in East Sussex, in the 1950s. There was not much suitable content, so I decided to try to build my own. I am still very much a learner with gmax, so my stuff is quite simple and probably not that good, but it may be of some use. I have succeeded in producing a number of items relating to the line itself and also generally to the south-east UK. I have recently released some of these to the DLS. I started by re-skinning (with his kind permission) Kemplen's models of LBSCR buildings into SR colours. I have now added several bridges, abutments, walls, the tunnel portal, the little platform signal box (in two versions), the two delicate swan-neck gas lamps, the water crane (ex Horsted Keynes) the large and imposing Station Hotel to the right of the station (should actually be just up the road, out of shot - it is modelled on the ones still extant at Horam and Mayfield), the cottage next to it, a couple of oast houses and so on. More stuff is on my 'to do' list. Any particular requests or suggestions welcome.

 

[Paulsw2]

I've downloaded this really nice SR stuff. Great reskin of the Kemplen LBSC assets! But, have you checked the overbridge as I seem to recall it was too low for trains to go under?

Paul

 

[jayholland]

Low bridge

Yes, it is a bit on the tight side, but you can fit a train under it with care and a bit of juggling about. All the original LBSC assets in this set appear to be about 25% underscale. I discovered this because I wanted a mirror image of the station house for Heathfield, so I decided to make one, working from the original drawings which are still kept in the house itself. It was only when I exported the basic mesh to Trainz I discovered the discrepancy....

 

[Mick_Berg]

How about a LU Battery Loco?

To get back to the original purpose of this thread - another selfish request from me, a LU battery loco. There was a nice one made for MSTS, but there isn't one for Trainz, except my own which is dreadful and will never see the light of day. There are lots of nice ventilation grilles on this loco to practice your bump mapping skills...............
This one is in yellow, for me it would need to be red, circa 1965. I used to see these occasionally transferring 1938 LU Tube stock from Wellington Carriage Sidings in Highgate to Drayton Park near Finsbury Park, over the otherwise disused (and non-electrified) Finsbury Park to Highgate line. This was stopped in 1968 when the road bridge over the line at Crouch End Hill was deemed to be unsafe. And of course they were often seen pulling maintenance trains on the regular underground, usually late at night.

Mick Berg.

 

[hope5]

We need an east lancashire pug 0-4-0ST, And a peckett and son's peckett 0-4-0ST And maybe a freeware class 56, Complete with muck and grime for those merry go round coal routes.
(edit) Some pictures to illustrate what i mean.

I couldn't dig out a decent picture of a pug.

 

[johnwhelan]

We need an east lancashire pug 0-4-0ST. And maybe a freeware class 56, Complete with muck and grime for those merry go round coal routes.

Can you dig out a couple of photos and possibly a plan or two? It might encourage some one to have a look.

Thanks John