Elvas Tower: Southern Pacific "S-8" 0-6-0 Repaint. - Elvas Tower

SOUTHERN PACIFIC RR 0-6-0 1124
Tim W.Muir, builder and painter.

!For OPEN RAILS ONLY!

Rebuilt in Train Sim Modeler Pro from the old Northern Pacific Ry L-9 Class 0-6-0 as a base. It is an older model with new parts and some new artwork.


Some weathering and effects textures are from sources found at Textures.com. For those interested in weathering resources, I suggest the "Decals" category at their website. These can be cloned at low opacities onto new layers over your original artwork. I download the largest images.



Features:
"Q" key opens the left hand side windows. "Shift Q" opens the right side windows. "Shift V" raises the roof ventilator. "V" operates the bell animations. "P" opens the left front door, while "Shift-P" opens the right front door. These keys once more pressed reverses these actions.

The tender has the passenger view (key 5), set at the very front so that it puts you, the user, just behind the cab. "Ctrl+V" operates the "vibration" of the train (rocking, swaying,bouncing and nosing) and works well in this passenger view, simulating a rough ride on the tender apron.


About the model.

Based on the Southern Pacific S-8 class 0-6-0 switchers, this is a very loose interpretation, as it retains the fatter NP boiler, but is loaded with SP styled details taken from photos of various engines of the class. It is roughly the same as the NP L-9s.