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Posted 10 May 2021 - 04:45 AM

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File Name: B&O 1858 4-4-0 and Tender, No.188
File Submitter: timmuir
File Submitted: 09 May 2021
File Category: Beta Test Files

BETA B&O 4-4-0 No.188

PART-1: Freight Trainset Test Consist for OPEN RAILS ONLY.

Here is Part 1, a small 1858-era Baltimore & Ohio RR 4-4-0 locomotive and tender, Number 188.

Part 2, in another zip upload, features 5 gondolas, loaded with rock and not, and three house cars, loaded and naught. Also includes a .con file in a CONSISTS folder.

Unzip, drag contents into your root folder, where you keep your TRAINS folder, and let overwrite.

Open Rails Only!

There are LODs assigned to most of the bits onboard these models. All models are treated to a good Polymaster run-through for making subobjects and LODs, at least once. Lots of steps to take!

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About the contents, all meshes were constructed and mapped in TSM Pro. All artwork and special effects are done in Paint Shop Pro7.4, using textures.com transparent "decals" for dusting, streaking, rusting and other layer effects and textures.
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From "B&O Power", by Sagel and Staufer:

Baltimore & Ohio RR 4-4-0 No.188 was built by Henry Tyson, Master of Machinery of the B&O at the Mount Clare shops in Baltimore in November of 1858. She was an exact copy of the 1857 Mason 4-4-0's already in service on the road.

No.188 was one of some 14 locomotives absconded and removed south by rebel forces for use in the confederate cause in June 1861. While in rebel service the engine was renamed Calvin Graves of the CSA (available by request).

At the war's end the engine was found on the North Carolina Rail Road in good condition and was returned to home rails on the B&O.

No.188 had 16x22-inch cylinders, 60-inch drivers, and weighted around 24 tons. She was renumbered 57 in 1884, and was retired in 1897.

No.188 was the first locomotive on the B&O to be painted black, and the only one known to be so, up until the 1880's, the typical color scheme on B&O engines at that time was Indian Red.

There is NO cabview. It opens in the sim in the front outside view (key 2). Inside cab view opens with the passenger cam, key 5. You can move side to side and up and down by pressing Alt and the arrow keys. Use Arrow keys for rotating the camera about it's axis. Page Up and Page Down keys move you forward and backwards within the cab, outside, and in combination with the arrow keys, underneath or overhead. Shift key speeds up and Ctrl key slows down the movement of the camera.

The windows open and close on the left side of the cab by pressing the Q key. The right side windows are keyed to Shift+Q.

It is recommended to use a vibration level of at least 1 ( Ctrl+V) while in the cab/passenger view to boost the "1860's Effect" of rough tracks over loosely developed road bed. This gives each car in the train a nice individual sway or bounce motion; seat of your pants rail roadin', if you will.

Shift+V raises or lowers the front coupler link, if this is important to you while double-heading engines or as a pusher. The former requires moving control to the second engine, pressing Ctrl+E ( Reverser and throttle at zero), then keying the front coupler into position. You can either stay in the second engine or move back to the first one using Ctrl+E.

These engines did not have brakes as built. The tender had brakes, but using the engine's reverser to slow and stop the engine with small amounts of throttle works well after some practice. I've had a lot of fun switching cars like this. After a few busted draw heads, I got better at it!


Credits:

The loco sounds (except whistle) are from Sandy River Tom's "Chili Bill Memorial 4-4-0", with permission, available at Elvas Tower Library.

If you have Andre Ming's North Arkansas route, I suggest aliasing to it's NA_required folder, in the '188's engine file. It's steam sound package fits very well with the model.

The whistle came from Jonatan Grönoset, hopefully with permission.

Thanks to John Ott for his assistance with the locomotive color scheme, helpful photos and information.

J.S. Bell, "Early Motive Power of the B&O RR", 1912.

Lawrence W. Sagle, "B&O Power", 1964.


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As author of this design, I advise that it is copyrighted, but royalty free. You may use it and edit it as you wish, but you may not distribute it for money, or include it in a paid distribution without permission from Tim Muir, who can be reached via personal message at Elvas Tower http://www.elvastower.com/forums/. You must include my name in your credits, as well as my copyright notices, and this entire Readme.txt, if you repaint it, use or derive files from it, or otherwise use or distribute these files.
Because this program is royalty free, it is provided WHERE IS, AS IS, WITH ALL FAULTS, and WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE or any other warranties. There is no liability by the authors in your use of this program, instead all liability is assumed by the user.

TWM

May 9, 2021

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Posted 02 May 2022 - 07:29 PM

Hello, Tim.
Still enjoying with this beautyful engine.
But is it correct, that all of coal and almost all of the water are completely used after 35-km ride with 6-car train upon almost light track profile? AI fireman, certainly.

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