Engine Yard Content

04/22/10

Engine Yard Content

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These items will help fill out an engine yard. Includes turntables, roundhouses, and miscellaneous interactive refueling buildings. All items except turntables and roundhouses will automatically change track type to match the connected track, and so will support all track gauges.
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Fuel & Water
Turntables and Roundhouses
Other Miscellaneous Yard Structures

Fuel and Water

Screenshot	Description	Source file(s)
	Oil tank for refilling small oil-fired steam locomotives; such as those used on logging or short lines. Based on a Virginia & Truckee prototype in Carson City, NV, from about 1906 to 1950. rev 4 Mar 16th, 2008 - fixed product display ingame Version: TRS 2004 and later	Source files include GMAX for all three levels of detail, the .psd for the skin, and the twinkles file for the oil effect. (20MB)
	Small wood fuel shed; suitable for small locomotives. Auto-generates fuel; no manual reloading necessary. Holds about 2 cords when completely full. Version: TRS 2004 and later
	Covered wood rick - used to store wood fuel for locomotives during the Civil War era. Interactive industry; consumes cordwood (carried by the flat cars on the freight car page) and generates wood locomotive fuel (used by Ben's wood-fired locomotives). Version: TRS 2004 and later	GMAX source files (510K)
	Open wood rick - also used to store wood fuel for locomotives during the Civil War era. Like the version above, this is also industry interactive. These both store much less fuel than the wood fuel shed (below) Version: TRS 2004 and later	GMAX source files (370K)
	Wood Fuel Shed. Interactive industry; consumes cordwood (carried by the flat cars on the freight car page) and generates wood locomotive fuel (used by Ben's wood-fired locomotives). Based on V&T prototype in Virginia City, NV, from about 1876 to 1900's Version: TRS 2004 and later
	Watertank (Generic) Industry interactive to fill steam locomotive tenders with water. Features animated spout with water effects and a working gauge on the outside. This allows for a certain amount of repositioning before the animation starts. Capacity: 60000 gallons. Four levels of detail; 3022 / 1488 / 670 / 227 polygons Water effects by Prowler901 Thanks to Wulf for scripting assistance. Version: TS 2009 and later.	Updated July 16th to make the sound script code more correct.
	Old West Water tank - animated functional industry for filling steam tenders. Based on V&T tower in Virginia City, NV. Thanks to Prowler901 for the effects and help with the scripting! Version: TRS 2004 and later	gmax and psd files (4.6MB)
	Old West Quad Watertank. Used by Central Pacific, Virginia & Truckee, and others. Based on V&T water tank in Virginia City, NV, using plans in the Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette. Industry interactive to fill steam locomotive tenders with water. Capacity: 80000 liters. Three levels of detail; 420 / 196 / 20 polygons Many thanks to Prowler901 for the animated water effects and scripts! Version: TRS 2004 and later
	Old West Watertank 2. Used by Central Pacific, Virginia & Truckee, and others. Based on V&T water tank in Scales, NV, using plans in the Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette and the 1917 valuation survey. Industry interactive to fill steam locomotive tenders with water. Capacity: 14000 liters. Three levels of detail; 718 / 434 / 22 polygons Many thanks to Prowler901 for the animated water effects and scripts! Version: TRS 2004 and later
	V&T watertank (Reno) ca 1918 Based on V&T water tank in Reno, NV, using plans in the Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette and the 1917 valuation survey. Industry interactive to fill steam locomotive tenders with water. Capacity: 14000 liters. Three levels of detail; 718 / 434 / 22 polygons Version: TRS 2004 and later
	Civil War era dual water tank. Two tanks side-by-side, although only the tank on the left is functional. Version: TRS 2004 and later
	Another Civil War-era water tank. This has a second tank behind the first to increase the capacity. Version: TRS 2004 and later
	A third Civil War era tank. This is a single tank version, and like the others above, it will refill steam locomotive tenders. Version: TRS 2004 and later
	Bagby watertank. Based on the water tank at Bagby, CA, on the Yosemite Valley Railroad. This was the third tank on this site, and was active from 1939 until the road's closure in 1945. It was moved to El Portal for display in the early 1960's, and has just recently been restored. Industry interactive. Also features a small delay before the animation starts, to better allow repositioning of the locomotive tender under the spout. Version: TRS 2004 and later	Updated June 11, 2009 to fix an issue with AI drivers

Turntables and Roundhouses

Screenshot	Description	Source file(s)
	50' wooden 'A'-frame turntable and 4-stall roundhouse Based on the original Virginia & Truckee roundhouse in Virginia City; 1870-1876 configuration. 3 levels of detail for the roundhouse; 2158 / 1157 / 519 polygons 272 / 78 polygons for the turntable bridge. Version: TRS 2004 and later
	3' gauge 50' turntable with 5 tracks; based on the Nevada County Narrow Gauge turntable in Grass Valley, CA. A 42', single track version is also available (based on the table in Nevada City, CA). Both have two levels of detail for both the table and the pit. Version: TRS 2004 and later
	8-stall roundhouse and 50' A-frame turntable. Based on V&T prototype in Virginia City, NV. Supports night mode. Turntable and roundhouse are both also available separately. Version: TRS 2004 and later	Roundhouse and turntable gmax & psd files (2MB)
	Same roundhouse as above, but set for 3' narrow gauge, with a 65' iron turntable. Updated Aug 14, 2009 to fix track alignment issues. Also added more detail to the turntable. Version: TRS 2004 and later
	57' Iron turntable. Modeled after the Virginia City turntable (1896-1938). Suitable for turn-of-the-century short line railroads. Model based on the Auran Content Creation samples and plans published in the September / October 1982 Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette. 3 levels of detail; 826 / 594 / 86 polygons Requires rails_only_track_4m, kuid2:124060:38004 Also available in 3', 3.5', and 2' narrow gauge versions Version: TRS 2004 and later	GMAX source files (500KB)
	65' Iron turntable; 1 track Also available in 30" and 36" track versions Version: TRS 2004 and later
	65' Iron turntable; 8 tracks Also available in 30" and 36" track versions Version: TRS 2004 and later
	55' standard gauge cast iron turntable; based on the Virginia & Truckee Railroad turntable at Steamboat Springs from 1906?-1950. Suitable for turn-of-the-century short line railroads. The table itself survives today as part of a bridge across the Carson River, just east of Carson City. Version: TRS 2009 and later

Other Miscellaneous Yard Structures

Screenshot	Description	Source file(s)
	Shed, old boxcar Shed made from an old boxcar body. Three levels of detail; 1172 / 375 / 16 polygons Based on V&T structure in Carson City, NV Prototype was built from V&T boxcar 1005 and was in place from 1917 through 1938. Version: TRS 2004 and later
	Sand House Based on the V&T sand house at the Virginia City yards. Static object; not industry-interactive Version: TRS 2004 and later
	Virginia City Blacksmith Shop. Built in 1874, replacing the smaller, original building. Two levels of detail; 84 / 28 polygons Sound effect is from http://www.grsites.com Also available with a tan roof or a metal roof. Version: TRS 2004 and later
	Reno Blacksmith Shop. Based on V&T structure in Reno, NV. Probably built ca 1872 and removed sometime between 1922 and 1930. Low detail; 76 polygons. Sound effect is from http://www.grsites.com New version April 2, 2009 - fixed smoke location. Version: TRS 2004 and later
	Section crew bunkhouse. Two levels of detail; 66 / 22 polygons Based on V&T structure in Reno, NV Version: TRS 2004 and later
	16' x 20' tool house. 46 polygons Used for storing speeders, hand cars, etc. Based on V&T structure in Reno, NV Version: TRS 2004 and later
	Old West Car Shops This small shed is based on the original car shops for the V&T in Virginia City, Nevada, and is where the line's passenger cars Nos 5-8 were built. The shops were built in 1869, and probably lasted a short time into the 20th century. This building has 3 levels of detail (553 / 56 / 22 polygons), and would make a good miscellaneous yard building. Version: TRS 2004 and later	Gmax and .psd source files (4.5MB)

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