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jspinella2000 (15 posts)
Aug-15-01, 10:05 AM (EST) "New Garratt Locomotive" Hi all. After Modeling the Rocket I decided to model a larger loco. Since I live in NSW I have decided to model the
AD-60 class Beyer Garratt (4-8-4 + 4-8-4) locomotive. Here is a picture of it on my Aussie route (also under construction).
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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: New Garratt Locomotive jspinella2000 Aug-15-01 1 RE: New Garratt Locomotive fhornuk Aug-15-01 2 RE: New Garratt Locomotive cjmaclean Aug-15-01 3 RE: New Garratt Locomotive RailHig Aug-15-01 4 RE: New Garratt Locomotive SCL Aug-15-01 5 RE: New Garratt Locomotive Euston Aug-15-01 6 RE: New Garratt Locomotive jspinella2000 Aug-16-01 13 RE: New Garratt Locomotive ACyLum Aug-15-01 7 RE: New Garratt Locomotive johninchicago Aug-15-01 8 RE: New Garratt Locomotive CactusBoy Aug-15-01 9 RE: New Garratt Locomotive cfired Aug-15-01 10 RE: New Garratt Locomotive Hussar Aug-15-01 11 RE: New Garratt Locomotive jspinella2000 Aug-16-01 12 RE: New Garratt Locomotive Xacto Aug-16-01 14 RE: New Garratt Locomotive cjmaclean Aug-16-01 15 RE: New Garratt Locomotive Euston Aug-16-01 16 RE: New Garratt Locomotive OwainGlyndwr Aug-16-01 17 RE: New Garratt Locomotive ianm42 Aug-16-01 18 RE: New Garratt Locomotive jspinella2000 Aug-18-01 24 RE: New Garratt Locomotive angus987 Aug-17-01 19 RE: New Garratt Locomotive jspinella2000 Aug-17-01 20 RE: New Garratt Locomotive angus987 Aug-17-01 21 RE: New Garratt Locomotive OkrasaGhia Aug-18-01 22 RE: New Garratt Locomotive jspinella2000 Aug-18-01 23 RE: New Garratt Locomotive OkrasaGhia Aug-20-01 25 RE: New Garratt Locomotive jspinella2000 Aug-20-01 26

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jspinella2000 (15 posts)
Aug-15-01, 10:08 AM (EST) 1. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" I forgot to say: if all goes well this loco will be available next week. I have to take a visit to the railway museum to snap up some photographs of the cab for the cabview.
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fhornuk (25 posts)
Aug-15-01, 10:08 AM (EST) 2. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" WOW! Stunning looking loco!! Can't wait for that one to be ready, especially as the Beyer Peacock factory was less than 20 miles away from where I live!!Cheers,Bill Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
cjmaclean (156 posts)
Aug-15-01, 12:00 PM (EST) 3. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" Gee, WHOW! That's the most intriguing-looking steam add-on I have seen so far! VERY good job!!!!!!! I hope she will be as powerful as she looks ...
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RailHig (45 posts)
Aug-15-01, 12:42 PM (EST) 4. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" Amazing!! I can't wait to drive it! Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
SCL (44 posts)
Aug-15-01, 12:51 PM (EST) 5. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" That is a really nice looking model. Excellent stuff!BTW - are you taking suggestions for your next offering? How about a Lickey Banker for the Marias Pass ;)Cheers
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Euston (144 posts)
Aug-15-01, 01:59 PM (EST) 6. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" Yeehaa - looking GREAT.How well does it corner?Euston

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jspinella2000 (15 posts)
Aug-16-01, 08:23 AM (EST) 13. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" Hi Euston
It corners quite well. You will find the headout view very interesting around corners.
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ACyLum (109 posts)
Aug-15-01, 03:40 PM (EST) 7. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" That's great! I really liked your Rocket, and when you had photos of this one before, I thought - what a challenge!Speaking of which - people are really clamouring for a Big Boy or challenger - you should give it a try.....people keep requesting it from me, but it's not my thing - like streamlined steam!! Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
johninchicago (28 posts)
Aug-15-01, 04:54 PM (EST) 8. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" I second Cyrus' request. There is tremendous interest in large US *freight* steam (wouldn't even need to be articulated, but a big loco from the golden age of steam (1940-1950s) like a Birkshire, or a Northern for example.Great job on the Rocket Joseph!Best,
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CactusBoy (112 posts)
Aug-15-01, 08:40 PM (EST) 9. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" Cool. Considering I just found these files in MSTSCrosbyGarrett.s
CrosbyGarrett.sd
CrosbyGarrett_r.s
CrosbyGarrett_r.sd
Think there's already a Garrett in msts?
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cfired (16 posts)
Aug-15-01, 09:48 PM (EST) 10. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" Can't wait to try it.Now I can slice and dice 2 x as many bambi's on the Marias' Pass..... Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Hussar (8 posts)
Aug-15-01, 11:25 PM (EST) 11. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" I think you will find CrosbyGarret is a place name. Our UK friends would know.
Great job on the Rockett Joseph, but post here in future please. It was a real battle to get it from the UK site. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
jspinella2000 (15 posts)
Aug-16-01, 07:32 AM (EST) 12. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" Just a little update:
The model is complete and textures are nearly complete. Eng and wag files are complete. Still to be done is the cab views which will be done on Sunday night after my visit to Therlmere Railway museum to take photos. I will upload this loco to a few more sites than I did with the Rocket. I have been having upload problems.
Here is another screenshot:
As to taking requests for my next loco... I have a whole list prepared of locos I really want to see in the sim. Sorry.
Regards
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Xacto (281 posts)
Aug-16-01, 09:07 AM (EST) 14. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" Wow! Fantastic job on the model and the texturing Joseph, the colors are wonderful. I'm looking forward to being able to see it in person in the sim.Thanks,Cliff Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
cjmaclean (156 posts)
Aug-16-01, 09:50 AM (EST) 15. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" Man, the first pic was already a great appetizer, but the second one really made me HUNGRY!!!!!!!! Joseph, in my view you are already worthy of a praise just for your idea to model a machine as "non-standard" as your Garratt. I'm getting tired of all those Geep repaints, and am longing for fresh meat ...!What were those Aussie Garratt locos mostly used for anyway, freight or passenger service? Were the class 60's standard or broad gauge?And, is somebody planning to make some matching cars for this loco as well?
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Euston (144 posts)
Aug-16-01, 01:43 PM (EST) 16. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" Its a pity there are no really heavy steam loco. sound f.x. I assume this engine will use the standard Scotsman.If the download is below 4 Mb, I'll download a copy ASAP.Looking forward to your next release (could you drop us a hint eg. what country)Euston

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OwainGlyndwr (37 posts)
Aug-16-01, 01:56 PM (EST) 17. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" A real beast of a loco and a beauty as well,british design of course.I dont run any non british stuff on msts ,but this one is definately going to be an exception to the rule,well done.best regards,
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ianm42 (240 posts)
Aug-16-01, 02:09 PM (EST) 18. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" Well, it does not look too different to the LNER Garratts. The LMS ones had the rotating tenders though, but ....Ian M. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
jspinella2000 (15 posts)
Aug-18-01, 10:54 AM (EST) 24. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" The AD-60 class were Freight only locos. Although a couple did pull some enthusiast passenger trains in the 60s or 70s. The garratt is standard guage.Joseph Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
angus987 (7 posts)
Aug-17-01, 02:27 AM (EST) 19. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" That looks like such great work, can't wait for it. Can I ask you what route you are modeling, I'm a NSW guy and would love some aussie scenery, also I was wondering which trains you were considering modeling, and if they included 3801Adam
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jspinella2000 (15 posts)
Aug-17-01, 07:56 PM (EST) 20. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" Hi Adam
This is just a freelance route so that I have some Aussie scenery to run my aussie trains on. No particular prototype.
I'm actually in the process of creating 3801 right now and may be released next week.
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angus987 (7 posts)
Aug-17-01, 10:57 PM (EST) 21. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" Joseph That's awesome, You are going to bring joy to heaps of aussie trainsimmers-myself included! Thanks very much for doing this stuff. Adam
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OkrasaGhia (37 posts)
Aug-18-01, 10:31 AM (EST) 22. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" Looking very nice!
I know this is not inline with the purists but would it be possible with a version featuring automatic couplers? It is very close in apperance to many Garrats running in southern Africa and those had automatic couplers thus it wouldn't be that for off.

//Okrasa
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jspinella2000 (15 posts)
Aug-18-01, 10:50 AM (EST) 23. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" Actually the NSW AD-60 Garratt had both Chain and auto coupling. I'm not sure how I am going to represent this in the sim though. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
OkrasaGhia (37 posts)
Aug-20-01, 06:22 AM (EST) 25. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" One way to do it is to use transperacy.
Model both buffers and the automatic coupler. Then by setting the alpha layer in the texture you can select either buffers or automatic coupler (or both?).

//Okrasa
Chief Engineer


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jspinella2000 (15 posts)
Aug-20-01, 07:25 AM (EST) 26. "RE: New Garratt Locomotive" Oh no Sorry that is not what I meant.
I meant that the Garratt had both Chain and knuckles on the buffer beam at the same time. So it could be either automatic or chain coupled. I was meaning I was wondering if I can have both in the eng.file . I have found the answer to this and it is yes.
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