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Nice shots, folks.







Cheers,
SM

I hope SOMEONE reskins the JR CN SD40 into the CN GTW SD40-3 Grey scheme... so they ARE acceptable in 2016, CN retired their SD40s a while a go, the last one went in 2006 :hehe:

CPRailSD40-2 said:

I hope SOMEONE reskins the JR CN SD40 into the CN GTW SD40-3 Grey scheme... so they ARE acceptable in 2016, CN retired their SD40s a while a go, the last one went in 2006 :hehe:

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its been tried before, but that shade of gray has been known to cause most (if not all) computers to crash.

Have you tried out rgcx's freight cars on the DLS? They could make more variety!

john2002 said:

Have you tried out rgcx's freight cars on the DLS? They could make more variety!

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I'm sure kimo, along with everyone else knows very well about his cars from the other 500 posts you made about them

Nice stuff Trainboi! I assume the units are ALCO based on the amount of smoke produced lol? Nonetheless stellar work!

They are Baldwins, which is the most underrepresented type of locomotive in Trainz.

Also, what route is that? It looks like lots of fun to operate.

Where did you get the SD40 from, Enzo?

Just outside of Cincinnati, in the town of Zammer, Ohio, the LE&E's mainline to Cincinnati crosses the Cincinnati Central Belt, the Charleston, Asheville, and Louisville, and the Levi and Appalachian. Here, we see a LE&E Detroit to Cincinnati general merchandise freight hit the diamonds in the summer of 1964. The gates appear to be out of order for maintenance today, so the guard is out holding traffic today. Much like how the PRR owned stock in the Wabash, the LE&E owned a 20% share in the CA&L from 1921 to 1973, just enough to ensure that the road didn't fall into the hands of the L&A after a fierce bidding war. Following the acquisition, the L&A built a mainline to Toledo, deep into LE&E territory, intending to capitalize on the LE&E's auto traffic from Detroit to Cincinnati. Interestingly enough, as the L&A and LE&E would go on to become close allies under new leadership in the 1930's through the 1970's the CA&L carried on without LE&E influence until 1973, when the stock was sold as part of the LE&E's receivership.

Next up, a LE&E NW2 takes two Belt Line EF-4s from their main repair shops in South Cincinnati to the L&A's paint booth in their repair shops. Jointly owned by the CA&L, LE&E, OR&NW, and the L&A, the Cincinnati Central Belt line served many roles. Operating primarily as an interurban for most of the early 20th Century, the line was jointly bought for it's strategic land on the banks of the Ohio River in downtown Cincinnati. This land would give way to the new Cincinnati Central Depot, home of the four aforementioned roads from 1929 until 1958, when the OR&NW and CA&L cut back passenger service to Cincinnati, and the L&A and LE&E both agreed to operate as tenants out of CUT instead of sharing the increased overhead costs of their own station. The Cincinnati Belt, in addition to operating it's own boxcabs, niles interurban cars, station switchers, and two sets of massive single ended EF-4 "Big Joe" electrics, also leased power from the LE&E when traffic warranted, as shown by today's NW2 on the point of the short engine move.

Just as a quick edit/side note, CA&L is Charleston, Asheville & Louisville. Not Cincinnati, lol.

Although it does have a main line to Cincy.

-Ben

CNSD40MRT said:

Where did you get the SD40 from, Enzo?

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It is older RRMods Payware.

Matt

Jackson I tip my hat to you good sir, quite impressive, very beautiful.

john2002 said:

Have you tried out rgcx's freight cars on the DLS? They could make more variety!

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No offense to anyone but those freight cars have blurry lettering.

A few pictures from Scratchy's latest release.

Really nice man

Nice Greetings

Epo