Train Mods

[Trolca 15]

Thanks,

 

Here's something a little different. A Sponge Bob Rail freight engine. It replaces the original freight engine. A box car set and caboose will follow then it's back to River Haven.

 

 

 

The SBR logo.

 

[BarbulaM1 38]

I think SB is a little scary. And on a train. But it is the only trian I don't like of yours so they compensate for that one scary one.

[Trolca 15]

Here's the Spunge Bob Railroad. This download contains two engines, the following post contains two box car sets of two cars each and a caboose which is separate.

 

The engines are replacements for the original freight and steam engines.

 

 

[Trolca 15]

Here is the freight car set. See previous post.

[+Guest]

Wow, the LIRR trains are so-so(I suggest you go back to that link[NYCsubway.com] and go register on their subtalk forums because some posters there put pics of trains in the NYC area or elsewhere) and the SBR, I'm not going to talk about it(Spongebob in a train makes me laugh).

[wild_horse_in_the_sky 2]

Trolca,

I want to say thanks the Sponge Bob train you made was the one that my son requested. I just noticed it and showed him hes all excited. Thanks Trolca you just made my son's day. For the passed week that all he's talked about was the train you were going to make. The hours that the modders spend on making all the superb modds and trains and road make SIMTROPOLIS stand out as the best site on the web for superior add on for SIMCITY4.

Once again thanks

[Trolca 15]

I want to say thanks the Sponge Bob train you made was the one that my son requested.

 

I'm glad he liked it.

 

I know the Island cars aren

[6underground 11]

Hey, I wonder if i can make a request? Ive been despertly trying a hand at making a London underground subway train, Im not having any touble editing the images and reinstaliing them into the DAT. file, alli'd like to ask is are you working on or thinking of Working on the London Underground Trains, as im having a little trouble curving the roofs of the train and carriages..

[6underground 11]

I thought i'd post some new pictures up to show you all my progress, Notice how the front pulling train kinda gives the impression the roof is already curved (if only i knew how too do this, at the moment i don't);

Heres a side view of the London Underground Train:

And heres a closer look:

What i'd also love to do is assign two "Headlights" to the front of the train, and if possible make the windows glow up at night if at all possible?

If anyone has any comments your most welcome.

 

Nadolig Llawren!! (Merry Christmas) In welsh!

Cymru Am Byth!

[frogface 352]

im working on a docklands light rail train.

anyway a friendly bit of advice. use real photos as textures. that way it will look much much better.

[6underground 11]

Not sure if your reffering to my Lonond underground frogfrace? But anyways this is the first time ive EVER edited the train textures, I dont think it looks too bad, the front of the train is taken from a photo of the london underground while the sides exluding the the windows, were drawn and then modified using photoshop, since i searched for ages but i couldnt find a straight on angle of a london underground, but like i said its a work in progress...

[Trolca 15]

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On 12/14/2003 6:01:29 PM 6underground wrote:

Not sure if your reffering to my Lonond underground frogfrace? But anyways this is the first time ive EVER edited the train textures, I dont think it looks too bad, the front of the train is taken from a photo of the london underground while the sides exluding the the windows, were drawn and then modified using photoshop, since i searched for ages but i couldnt find a straight on angle of a london underground, but like i said its a work in progress...

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I'd say less than a third of my work is taken from photos in any mannor. It's not easy finding images taken from the correct angle and most images focus on the engines and not nearly as much on the rolling stock. One thing I think is helpful is using images of model trains instead of the real thing. Images can be found that highlight a single engine or car. In most cases these images are good profile shots instead of some extream angle.

 

I think you're off to a good start.

[6underground 11]

Cheers trolca, the Slog Continues..

[karon 0]

Trolca, great work.

I thought I could provide some insight regarding the LIRR trains...

Your model is based on a double-decker train which is used on limited runs, primarily to the points furthest away from NYC.  It's about 1 1/2 times the height of the standard train, which may be why the proportions don't look so hot....

 

 

 

The standard train, in terms of proportion, more closely resembles the SC4 train size.  The newest version, the M7, is here:

 

I'm not sure you can do anything with respect to the height of the model you already made, but I  hope this helps a little.  Anyway, keep up the good work!

[frogface 352]

an idea. For the second train couldnt the subway engine replace the passenger engine? they look pretty similar to me.

[Trolca 15]

Trolca, great work.

I thought I could provide some insight regarding the LIRR trains...

Your model is based on a double-decker train which is used on limited runs, primarily to the points furthest away from NYC.  It's about 1 1/2 times the height of the standard train, which may be why the proportions don't look so hot....

 

Looking at the picture, it doesn't appear to be any taller than any other train. If anything the extra hight looks like its taken up by the lower ground clearance. Another point is that the cars in my mod aren't double-deckers like those in that picture. I was thinking about making them but I wasn't sure what they're used for before you posted. I just didn't picture double-deckers as a commuter train. Is it two complete floors inside?

 

Here are replacements for the original tanker cars.

  

While these cars replace the original tankers, more will follow that have their own ID numbers.

[Trolca 15]

Here's a five tanker set with the River Haven colors and logo. These cars have their own ID numbers and shouldn't conflict with any other post Rush Hour mods I made.

   

  

[karon 0]

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On 12/16/2003 3:40:10 AM Trolca wrote:

Trolca, great work.

I thought I could provide some insight regarding the LIRR trains...

Your model is based on a double-decker train which is used on limited runs, primarily to the points furthest away from NYC.  It's about 1 1/2 times the height of the standard train, which may be why the proportions don't look so hot....

 

Looking at the picture, it doesn't appear to be any taller than any other train. If anything the extra hight looks like its taken up by the lower ground clearance. Another point is that the cars in my mod aren't double-deckers like those in that picture. I was thinking about making them but I wasn't sure what they're used for before you posted. I just didn't picture double-deckers as a commuter train. Is it two complete floors inside?

 

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You are correct that some of the extra height is made up by reducing the ground clearance, but this train is definitely 2-3 feet taller than the standard car.  I believe they were custom-designed to maximize their height through the existing East River tunnels.

They are also definitely double-decker commuter trains.  The lower level windows are about a foot above the platform when the train is in station.  When you walk in, there's about 4 steps down to the lower level and 4 steps up to the upper level, kind of like a split-level house.

I'll see if I can scare up some better pics for ya.

[Yugioh 3]

hey trolca can you please make some Yugioh trains and cars

[hello_SC4 1]

I hope you don't mind me asking, but what in the world are Yugiohs? Never heard of them, I also did a search on the web, only a card game named YuGiOh turned up...

 

I really like your skins trolca..

[karon 0]

Ok, Trolca, lucky for you it's a slow day at work...

 

Here's a better picture of the LIRR C3 train car that clearly shows the two decks:

 

 

Also, I found out, it's technically a bi-level, not a double-decker.  I made this little diagram:

 

 

The light green areas are the entry level, and is where the doors are.  There is some seating in ends of these sections.  The dark green areas are the upper and lower levels.  This shot of the interior is from the upper level and if you look carefully, you can see the entry level and some of its seating:

 

 

Hope this helps!  Back to work...

[Trolca 15]

Thanks for the bi-level car image. I should be able to do much better when I update the LIRR commuter train.

 

hey trolca acn you please make some Yugioh trains and cars

Yugioh

Do you mean you want a train with Yugioh as the road name (logo)?

[karon 0]

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On 12/16/2003 2:02:53 PM Trolca wrote:

Thanks for the bi-level car image. I should be able to do much better when I update the LIRR commuter train.

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You're quite welcome....looking forward to seeing the end result!

[yoseph 0]

Oh man! I love you guys! I can't wait until you finish the update!

[6underground 11]

Can't wait to see how that Bi=level train turns out, anyways, it hought i'd keep you posted with my project Trolca! Ive taken your advice and ditched the whole photograph input, there was too much of a clash between "Drawing" and Photo, if you get what i mean, anyways here's what ive done so far of the London Underground...

 

Still not 100% yet, Noticeably the front of the train, Will work on it more, Still havent had time to add all the Generics yet, but will do. Note* Still havent worked out to curve the roofs slightly...

At last!!! Jeez this image did not want to be uploaded! The windows are a bit low at the moment, but im getting there, Hope you like her so far!! P.S this JPEG picture blured the image slightly :-(

[Ma8thew 77]

They look a bit square at the momment! Sure you'll fix that though!

[6underground 11]

Thanks for the comment, You can find my project progress on the mods section of the forum, entitled : Project; Underground

[Trolca 15]

Here's the River Haven passenger train set.

 

The passenger engines have been updated to match the River Haven color scheme.

 

 

 

 

[dc_dragon 0]

Could you make a Bi-level train like this.


Thx.

[Gundam01 0]

I've got a little question. Where can I find the fsh data?

If the question already have been asked ,please show me where I can find the answer..