Elvas Tower: Chicago, MIlwaukee, St.Paul & Pacific 0-6-0 No.1199 - Elvas Tower

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, St.PAUL & PACIFIC RR 0-6-0 1199
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.

There is an alternate tender texture (cmspt1.ace) included, with the old and rare Chicago, Milwaukee and St.Paul rectangle with "To Puget Sound Electrified" logo. Be sure to save the old texture in a safe place if you want to use the older emblem.

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.


History of the locomotive.

Based on the CMStP&P I5 class 0-6-0 switchers, this is a very loose interpretation, as it retains the fatter NP boiler, but is loaded with Milwaukee styled details taken from photos of various engines of the class. It is roughly the same as the NP L-9s. This version has a small "m" after the I5 designation on the cab sides, to denote it's modified by muir.