Welcome to the Carson Car Shops

Specializing in creating content for N3V's Trainz Railroad Simulator; focusing primarily on Old West content in general, and the Virginia & Truckee Railroad in specific.

News:

June 22nd 2025

I completed a set of Dodge Brothers touring cars, and am in the process of uploading them to the DLS. These models represent a 1916-1919 model, and come in 5 colors.

May 27th 2025

I fixed some minor mesh issues on a couple more CP/UP cars. I also uploaded some new versions of the single-stall engine house in Reno. The engine house models, too, have been a long time coming (on and off since 2017), and cover the period from 1916 until it was destroyed by fire May 1 1950.

May 6th 2025

I (finally) completed and uploaded a series of pattern store houses, with versions covering the Virginia and Truckee's lifetime. This building is where the pattens for the foundry were stored. I also finished off the closed version of the McKeen motorcar house. These models all date back to a presentation I did back in 2016, and required a bit of upgrading before release....

March 18 2025

I uploaded a small shed in Carson City used for storing V&T motorcar No. 23 from 1917 until 1933. Then, it was used to store a bus from the V&T transit co. I also updated my YARNish concrete roads to PBR textures, and added a version with a black center stripe.

February 24th 2025

Completed a model of the Standard Oil of California shed and pump house in Minden, as well as some repaints for other oil companies.

February 11th 2025

Uploaded a model of the iron breaking tower in Carson City, two models of an early 'auto camp' (motel) in Minden, an update to my 1918 Dodge truck models, and several commercial buildings in Minden. Also uploaded last year's presentation - a redo of the history of the Virginia City yards as well as converting the other presentations to .pdf for easier browser viewing.

January 12th, 2025

I found and fixed a script initialization issue while working on animated couplers, and so took a quick break from the couplers and updated the stub switch and switch stand assets. These should set to the correct default once placed now.