[bpratt]

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File Name: D&RGW K-28 locomotive 476
File Submitter: bpratt
File Submitted: 18 Feb 2011
File Category: NG Steam Locos

Number 476 was one of a batch of ten 2-8-2 outside frame locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company in 1923. These were the first new narrow gauge locomotives that the D&RGW ordered after coming out of receivership and being reorganized from the D&RG Railroad.

Because of the smoothness of their ride and the air pump mounted on the smokebox front, these locomotives were soon nicknamed by their crews as “Sports Models”. Because of their relatively large 44” drivers which allowed them to reach 40 mph, they soon replaced the antiquated 4-6-0 T-12s on passenger trains throughout the D&RGW system.

During WW II the US Army requisitioned seven of the ten locomotives for use on the White Pass and Yukon Railroad in South East Alaska. At the end of the war, all seven were shipped to Seattle, WA where all but 472 were scrapped because of their worn out condition. 472 was shipped to an Army depot at Ogden, Utah but was scrapped shortly afterwards. The three K-28s that did not go to Alaska (473, 476, and 478) remained on the D&RGW and are still in use today by the Durango and Silveton Narow Gauge Railway.

This model was built from Alco erecting drawings obtained from “The John Maxwell Collection, from data obtained during three visits to the Durango and Silverton shops and museum for measurements and pictures, from many pictures from Herb Kelsey's collection, pictures from the K-28 “Quick Pic Book”, as well as pictures from numerous other publications and persons.

It was built “off and on” over a 16 month period by a team of four people. Howard Saunders did most of the initial physics, file and texture adjustment, and testing; Herb Kelsey was a constant source of technical data and pictures, and did file adjustments and extensive testing; Tom Warb, supplied the customized crew and did much final testing; and I did the building and swept the shop floor. It was built using 3D Canvas.

This release contains three versions of 476, one as it was during 1937 when it had the Royal Gorge/Moffat Tunnel Herald, but no doghouse; the second is the 1939 version which is the same except it has a doghouse; and the third which has the “Flying RioGrande” lettering and doghouse. Other numbers and versions will be released in the future if sufficient interest is shown.

To install, save the two zip files to a location of your choice and unzip them.  This will produce two folders, “K-28_476_1930s” (containing the 1937 and 1939 versions of 476) and “K-28_476_1942” (containing the 1942 version of 476).  Copy these two folders to the TRAINSET folder(s) of the simulator, or the mini route(s) where you wish to run the engines.  You should have “D&RGW K-28 476 1937,” “D&RGW K-28 476 1939,” and “D&RGW K-28 476 1942” in your ConBuilder list or your Activity Editor.  Build the consist of your choice and enjoy

I hope you all enjoy it, Bill

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[atsf37l]

The tenders can be found in the Wagons section of ConBuilder or Activity Editor as "TENDER D&RGW 476 19xx." Have fun!

[motor1]

I have noticed a weird thing with the 476. When it's in motion, the cowcatcher moves with the wheels.

[captain_bazza]

The catcher must be linked to the leading bogie instead of the pilot beam.

Cheers Bazza

[atsf37l]

motor1, on 25 February 2015 - 02:17 PM, said:

I have noticed a weird thing with the 476. When it's in motion, the cowcatcher moves with the wheels.

You're running it in OR and there is a glitch. A new ORTS version should be coming out soon. :lol2:

[jared2982]

This issue is known and is a somewhat easy fix. This is caused be a mis-naming of a part in the hierarchy. The pilot was mislabeled by the export program to Wheels1. OR therefore thinks that it is a wheel and applies animation to it. You can correct this by decompressing the she .s file and renaming the Wheels1 to something else like Pilot. There are two objects labeled as Wheels1 in the hierarchy and I do not recall which one needs to be changed. Change one and if that does not fix the issue change it back and the change the other, or just wait for the updated OR version.

[motor1]

I am attempting to find the mislabeling, but I can't find it because it's in another language.

[jared2982]

It is compressed. You can uncompressed it using shape file manager (my preferred method). There are other ways also.

[atsf37l]

Not for the faint of heart. Unless you really know what you're doing I wouldn't dabble with the shape file. Wait for the OR version.

But if you do decide to try, then back it up to a safe location first. :D