SD90 Cab

Here are a few pictures of what I've been working on. It is an SD90MAC cab which could also probably be used as an SD80MAC one too.FrontLeftBack (Right)The pictures which I've been working from came off of this site http://home.hetnet.nl/~canadianpacific/Motive%20Power%20Page.htm and Al Krug's site, as well as the picture pack uploaded to the file library by Rob Eull. Please excuse the blue streaks around the windows as I'm still "trimming" the alpha channel. The FIRE display (or a similar facsimile thereof) is not finished yet. I may have to rethink it because of the size of the brake gauge number fonts, but other than that, what do you think?

Mike Karlik
www.trainsimstation.com

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VERY nice...very realistic.I can't wait for it.Stuart D. Guberman
Chief Operations Officer
Atlantic Coastal Railway
http://www.atlanticrail.com
President, The ACR LocoWorks
http://www.acrlocoworks.net

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Very nice work. And thanks for the link. I have been looking for that site again for ages (I lost my Favorites link during a reinstall several months ago and have been looking for the site ever since).Ray

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Nice job! I don't know how difficult it would be to remove it, but I believe the hotplate and pot corral (in the second image) are only sold to CN and CP (and some Australian roads).krswen

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I didnt notice the hot plate till you said something about it. But it is a good looking cab.

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What route is that?
Zach, future Trinity Railway engineer(I'm only eleven)

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Thanks guys. Yeah, only the Canadian Railroads have the hotplates on the conductor's desk. I hope to make another left view that has the desk like this for the UP SD90MAC.The screenshots were taken on Raton Pass.

Mike Karlik
www.trainsimstation.com

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sd70mac666
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Jan-13-03, 09:18 AM (EDT)

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Looks good but I would change the view out the rear.That's an AC4400 hood in that view.Todd

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Hmmmmmm ... right you are. I missed that.krswen

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All right, well, I've done some work, changed the AC4400CW back view to an SD90MAC, added a non-CP left view (courtesy of Al Krug) and added some controls and displays and whatnot.CPNon-CPIt should be ready soon.

Mike Karlik
www.trainsimstation.com

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Looks great Mike. I assume the diagrams I sent you were helpful - Andrew

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Hi, Mike.
My friend took a whole pile of pics of CP Ac4400 cab. If they could be of use to you i could pass 'em along.
He took out back window, lookin left from engineer seat and other angles.Nice cabs BTW!

Rob.
Mile 21.0 CN Oakville Sub.

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For the train and engine brake controls why not use one that shows the whole module? The one that you have now is not in scale with the rest of the controls.Looks funny.You have a very large braing module and a very small engine control module.that's all that i see that could be changed.Overall it's an excellent cabview.

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A picture from an SD70MAC was just posted on Trainorders. I hope this is what you are looking for.........Kyle

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Kyle are you going to make a cabview like this one?

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No, not me, I may do some night modifying though . Last I heard Sam Spade of NALW still has the EMD cab package in the works though. It will be worth the wait, as is all of his/their works.On a side note, I did fool around with CSX_7327 to see what it would look like with orange guages instead of green. The screenshot doesn't do it justice though. Later Kyle

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woah. that pic of the SD70MAC cab.. he is loading REAL good if he is pulling that many amps in Run 4 (if i read that right) probably not, so i'm guessing he is in Run 8 with a coal train..

Brian E. Bundridge
Seattle, Wa

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If he's pulling that many amps in run four then he has a problem.he's gonna break a knuckle real soon.But then look at his speed.53mph.He's chugging right along with a heavy load.

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If you look closely, that is 5.3. If I had to guess, which I totally am, I'd say he is on an uphill grade, pulling a heavy load, and needed the high amperage to keep the train moving. Looking below the 5.3 indication you can see a 4. Who knows what that is? Is it a digital accelerometer or the throttle notch indication? I would say notch 4, putting out those kinds of amps, at that speed isn't too out of place.Regards,
Dan Zollner - 3DTrains
http://www.3dtrains.com

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>If you look closely, that is 5.3. If I had to guess, which
>I totally am, I'd say he is on an uphill grade, pulling a
>heavy load, and needed the high amperage to keep the train
>moving. Looking below the 5.3 indication you can see a 4.
>Who knows what that is? Is it a digital accelerometer or
>the throttle notch indication? I would say notch 4, putting
>out those kinds of amps, at that speed isn't too out of
>place. That's an accelerometer under the digital speedo. Showing "4" would mean that he is gaining 4 MPH per minute. These things do NOT show a steady state however. They bounce around a lot, but after a bit you can figure out which way your speed is going and how much you are gaining/losing.Judging by his hand postition, I would say he has her in 8.Todd

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Hey Kyle, I don't know if you will get this or not...but the IC uses a BIG RED speedo on most of its units. You can see them forever OUTSIDE the unit!@!!I would LOVE to have the "night vision" cabs!!!
NICE work!!Kelley D. Ellison



CSX A-Line Chief lighting engineer
NALW Lighting engineer
Dekosoft Lighting engineer

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Woha, an SD70MAC with analogue instruments? Who operates those?

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Andrew,Oh, yes, I almost forgot. Thanks for the diagrams! They were indeed very helpful.Rob,I would love to take a look at your AC4400CW pictures.Claude,Yeah, I know. Actually, the reverser/throttle plate and controls are from the default Dash 9 and are really too small. I was thinking about how to fit the independent in there. I might be able to work it out.Kyle,Thanks for the picture.

Mike Karlik
www.trainsimstation.com

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That cab looks great. When will it be ready to go to the file libaray for download. Blaine

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That's not a SD70MAC desktop.AC locomotives do not have ammeters.Todd

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http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?f=2&i=116072&t=115806
The person who posted the photo said it was CSX 748, which is a MAC, but obviously he was mistaken. Anyway the photo was posted here for reference to the the size of the Braking Controls, as mentioned above.

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A comment on the wipers if I may.........If they operate at the same time (do they?) they will bump into each other. Perhaps the single wiper on the right needs to be placed to the left.It's a great looking cab for sure!

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I'm not sure how they work exactly, but that is indeed how the windshield wipers are laid out on the SD90. Take a look at this picture which I have gotten off the site mentioned in the original post. I have circled the wipers in green (as well as do some other things...). That is what the wipers look like.Oh, and Rob, am I still okay to use your picture for the left view in the CP cab?

Mike Karlik
www.trainsimstation.com

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OK.....thanx for the foto.You done did good!!I'll have to see these wipers in action!

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I like the looks of your cab, there! I had the good luck to be offered a cab ride in an SD90MAC, and sure enough I got some pictures. You can see them at http://pages.sbcglobal.net/msts-ic/pages/SD90MACtour.html .Email me if you want to use any of them--I'm thinking the close up of the control desk might be of use to you. . .

troub
MSTS: Illinois Central
IC Route Update information coming soon. . .

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Thanks for the pictures Troub, but I just uploaded the cab a little while ago. But actually, your pictures confirmed that what I had been making for the cab was correct, as I only had a few pictures to work from and I kinda had to improvise. But it looks right and so that's good.To everyone: The cab has been uploaded. The only thing I changed was adding an independent brake lever at the extreme right of the cab and added a digital load meter readout.Look for 'em.

Mike Karlik
www.trainsimstation.com

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Very nice Mike!My friend was wondering your email for the AC4400 cab photos...Thanks for such a great cab!!!

Rob.
Mile 21.0 CN Oakville Sub.

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My E-Mail address is mskarlik@cox.net.

Mike Karlik
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Is that just a heavily compressed .jpg, or do the alphas really look like that?-Jeff

Union Pacific is my drug.

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Looks good!

Robert Learmont, Future and Current BNSF Engineer ( I have driven a locomotive but I am only 11 and 11/12 years old.

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How about the Ice computer screen?

Robert Learmont, Future and Current BNSF Engineer ( I have driven a locomotive but I am only 11 and 11/12 years old.

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Very nice.Keep up that great work.
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Jonathan Lewis
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