[timmuir]

The "Hollys" are in the last stages of completion before going beta, shown here lined up outside the shops at Pacific Traction Works awaiting installation of brand new cabviews:


There are now these cars awaiting their cabs:

PE:
637 w/19.5 ft and 23.5 trolley height - Front coupler swung to the side and locked.
653 " " " " " " Front coupler centered for MU'ing on the front.
655 Ditto - Front coupler swung to the side and locked.
-The original 655 is at the orange Empire Railroad Museum awaiting trucks and wheels to be operated again on rails. It is now on rubber tires.
5049 w/19.5 ft and 23.5 trolley height -Front coupler centered for MU'ing on the front.
5099 " " " " " " Front coupler swung to the side and locked.

Portland Traction Co. ( Oregon):
4015 w/19.5 ft and 23.5 trolley height - Front coupler swung to the side and locked.

I am also working on animation of the windshield wipers. But they go all the time regardless, while in the passenger view. Need to work that out too. Anyone know how to nullify the anims inside the passenger view?

[timmuir]

PE Right-of-way signs for anyone interested. PM me for details how to get.

Excerpt from the Readme:

Now these PE signs are accessible in the Route Editor, under the classification "PE_ROW" in the object selector drop-down box.

The wire signs,i.e. the oval stop and speed signs, and triangle stop signs are to be hung from trolley span-wires. It is assumed that the user will be using these on a tram or trolley route equipped with "catanary" with span wires "supporting" the trolley wire.(see included jpegs for example usage). These wire-signs have their pivot-points directly in their centers, so will be buried halfway in the terrain on first click. They are a bit tedious to position them to "hang" off the wire, but some practice will help make this less of a chore.

The oval stop sign, ( PE_Rnd_Stop.s ), is assumed to be used as an absolute stop for all traffic, while the triangular "Car Stop" ( PEcarStop.s ) is used for indicating passenger car stops only.

There are two types of railroad crossing signs, or "crossbucks" included in this pack. ( A_Xbuck.s ) is a plain white post crossing sign, while ( PE_Xbuck.s ) is marked "Pacific Electric" on the post.

The "Derail" post was used to mark where a derail switch was located at a point adjacent to its' switchstand.

Two more wire signs, "Breaker" and "Power Off". The former was to indicate a point in the trolley contact wire that could be cut off by a knife-switch located in a box mounted on the span-pole, to isolate a section of the trolley wire for maintenance or emergencies. The latter was to inform the car operator to shut off power ( put the controler in "off" position) for certain reasons, such as entering yard throats (observed application of this sign).

The other signs are pretty self-explanatory.

Photos of the prototypes for these signs and indications were found in the following books:

"Pacific Electric in Color II" by P. Allen Copeland , Morning Sun Books, 1999.
"Interurbans Specials Nos-28,36,37,38- Cars of the Pacific Electric" by Ira Swett, 1965.
"Interurbans Special No-39, Pacific Electric Album" by Ira Swett, 1965.
"Interurbans Special No-60, Lines of Pacific Electric, Southern & Western Districts", by Jim Walker, 1975.

My sincerest appreciation to these authors for their exemplary works, which are highly recommended to the serious traction fan.

[ckawahara]

Very, emphasis of every letter of the word, nice. Sure does add a finishing tough of realism to those screens.

Craig

[timmuir]

Thanks, Craig.