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Philadelphia & Reading "Susquehanna" Version 1.0 September 18th, 2022
Frank Musick

"Susquehanna" may be the only Winans camel for which drawings exist. A set of detailed illustrations were prepared for a German publication in 1862. Unlike many camels, she has a boiler jacket, giving the locomotive a somewhat stylish appearance. The tool boxes on the sides are also uncommon. Oddly enough she was shown with no headlight. This is strange to modern reckoning, but she is not the only camel so "non-equipped. Huntington & Broad Top's "Tuscarora" appears in photographs sans headlight. Cumberland & Pennsylvania camels also appear without headlights though I have not modeled them that way. The image of the wrecked C.E.Detwold doesn't seem to show a headlight. The omission appears to be the result of Winans' odd spark arrestor which leaves no room for a light on the front of the smokebox. While the Baltimore & Ohio engines circumvent this issue with offset lights, other lines did not follow suit.

WARNING: OpenRails ONLY!!! Pretty sure it won't work in MSTS.

OpenRails model of what may have been an 0-8-0 camel type built Winans & Gillingham for the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad in the mid 19th century. There is actually a rather detailed drawing from Germany of "Susquehanna" It appears in John Whites book ""The American Locomotive". It was cpublished in 1862 and illustrates changes made by Reading shops to Winans basic product.

Physics was originally created for Jon Davis built Rogers 1855 4-4-0 by Bill Hobbs March 12th 2007 and minor adjustments were made by Tim Muir on May 9th 2019. I borrowed them from Tim in May of 2022 and added some effects and lights to coincide with the Winans camel series of models. The performance parameters are beyond my skillset and probably need revision.

The cab view is 3D. None of the controls, however, operate. I have no clue which one does what. I just wanted a way to see out of the cab of a rather interesting locomotive. I have always used the keyboard controls when operating locomotives.

The model is high poly (especially the crew) and may cause framerate issues. I haven't had any issues, as long as I remember to shut down all the other apps I use to create these things. If there is an issue, the crew can be edited or commented out of the ENG file if needed...Either delete or comment them from the following lines....

ORTSFreightAnims (
MSTSFreightAnimEnabled (1)
FreightAnimStatic (
SubType(Default)
Shape( CamelCrew.s )
Offset( 0 0 0 )
FreightWeight( 0t )
Visibility ( "Outside" )
)

)

The same can be done in the tender WAG file

ORTSFreightAnims (
MSTSFreightAnimEnabled (1)
FreightAnimStatic (
SubType(Default)
Shape( CamelTenderCrewTwo.s )
Offset( 0 0 0 )
FreightWeight( 0t )
Visibility ( "Outside" )
)

)

The model has 3 levels of detail. I suppose that if the framerate performance is still poor, one could use some utility to eliminate the first LOD and use the second. It has no rivets, but may also be missing parts you might rather appear in the sim.

Installation Procedure:

Unzip P&RSUSQUEHANNA.7z into the OpenRails Trains\Trainset directory. The locomotive should appear in a consist editor as P&R Susquehanna.

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I thinks that's about it.
Regards,
Frank Musick