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Posted 21 April 2019 - 03:08 PM

File Name: Brush Falcon Diesel Locomotive (UK) with 3d cab
File Submitter: mrmosky
File Submitted: 21 Apr 2019
File Category: Diesel Locomotive models (new 1960-89) Open Rails only

I am uploading this here as well as on UKTS.

This is a revised version of the original by Chris Baily and others. Chris has kindly permitted
me to update the model.
I have added some better textures, with the colours based upon the video about "Falcon".
The biggest change is the addition of a 3d cab. This makes it Openrails only.
the original 2d cab has been deleted, but can be added back in if required. Then the cabview will
default to the 2d cab, and the 3d cab has to be selected using Alt1.
A lot of the controls are animated and operated using the mouse. The operator can change the
viewig position in the cab using Alt and arrow keys for left right up and down, and numberpad 3 and 9
for forward and backward.
The sounds are not the Class 47 as specified originally. Falcon had 2 Maybach engines, and so I have used
sound files from Western class found in the common sounds directory.
The locomotive brakes are strange at first. The engine brake works when running light, and the train brake
only operates when coupled to a train. The delay in application of the train brake is quite long, so allow
plenty of time to stop from speed. Also, it's important to initialise the brakes, using shift/ once coupled.
Together in the package is an activity for Falcon on the Thames trent V3 route. This is a re-run of the Leicester to
Paddington activity with Clive Heard's permission, but using the new version of "Falcon". It is a good activity as it requires several cab swaps
front to rear, which are accomplished using the ctrl E keys. This can only be done when stationary, and in neutral.
I have noticed that if the view is changed from in-cab to outside, and then back again, it sometimes puts you back
in the wrong cab. I don't know why. You can either wait until the next stop to switch cabs, or move back using the
3 and 9 keys.
This cab could be used with a Class 47, as they are similar.
Thanks to Stephen Wells for testing the loco and revising the activity.
Feedback and comments welcome.
Installation is as normal. Copy the Brush_Falcon folder into your TRAINS/TRAINSET folder. There are 2 consist files which need to be copied into the TRAINS/CONSISTS folder.
Then copy the activity files into the Thames Trent V3 ACTIVITIES folder.

Geoff
mrmosky@yahoo.co.uk


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Posted 27 May 2019 - 01:16 PM

I have now developed this cab to be suitable for a Class 47 diesel. I have uploaded it on UKTS, but if there is any interest, I will upload it here too.

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Posted 01 October 2023 - 11:06 AM

Hello.
I do have an interest.
Are destinctions between the Falcon prototype and serial Class 47 big, or not?

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Posted 02 October 2023 - 12:11 AM

Attached File  Class47_3D_2.JPG (216.38K)
Number of downloads: 1Hi Weter,

The colour scheme is different and some of the instruments and controls are different too. On the Class 47, there is a working AWS system (Automatic warning System), and the shadows in the cab are improved.

I will upload it in the next day or so.

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Posted 02 October 2023 - 06:15 AM

I have uploaded the Class 47 cabview, and it should be live shortly.

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Posted 02 October 2023 - 03:56 PM

My gratitude.
On screenshot, Your work looks great!
I guess, in post #4, You describe cabview's distinctions.
Would You, please tell about locomotive distinctions too: are Falcon and class 47 totally different machines, or they have similarities?
Currently, I realize that badly.

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Posted 03 October 2023 - 03:33 AM

Hi Weter,

Falcon was one of the prototypes for the Class 47 diesel locomotive. It had 2 Maybach diesel engines, with a combined power of 2150 Kw (2880Hp). The class 47 was eventually made with a single engine from Sulzer with 1920 Kw (2580 Hp).

There were 3 prototypes made by different consortia of companies to meet the British Rail specification for a type 4 locomotive which was to have a power in the range 2000 - 3000 Hp. The three prototypes were Falcon DP2 and Lion.

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Posted 03 October 2023 - 08:10 AM

Hello, Geoff.
Thanks once again: Looking at cab screenshots carefully, I see different brake valves, handbrake wheel, different controls arrangement.
Attached File  falcon16.jpg (218.77K)
Number of downloads: 0Attached File  class47_3d_2.jpg (216.38K)
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As for exterior, now it's more clear. I've seen DP2 MSTS model (looks like Deltic), but have no idea, what was Lion (or have forgotten).
Anyway, that's new and interesting for me information.

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Posted 03 October 2023 - 10:44 AM

Attached File  Lion.jpg (130.92K)
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Lion was constructed by BRCW in Birmingham. It was only on test for two years and then withdrawn and scrapped. It was very similar in styling to Falcon, although there were some construction differences.

Painted all in White, it was difficult to keep clean!

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Posted 03 October 2023 - 01:20 PM

At the time it was said (I think it was in Trains Illustrated / Modern Railways - I'm not sure if it would have been before or after it was renamed) that if you looked carefully Lion had a little egg stamped on it.

This joke only makes sense if you know that back then eggs sold in Britain had a lion stamped on them as proof of quality testing.

I'll get my coat......

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