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- Fri Jan 23, 2015 3:23 pm
- Forum: Railroad History
- Topic: Rail Laying
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6080
Re: Rail Laying
1. Natives as track layers? I've never heard of this before. Everything I know regarding to the natives in the wild west is that the natives are territorial and thus saw the railroads as an encroachment to their land (or country...). yes the Cheyene, the Comanche, Apache, Paiyute... you name it.. wa...
- Fri Jan 23, 2015 1:15 pm
- Forum: The Conference Table
- Topic: What Should Be Included in Next Version of RRT. Should There Be One.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7828
Re: What Should Be Included in Next Version of RRT. Should There Be One.
^ Wait! you're talking about the new RT3 patch. will you add more types of cargo? (for example.. Flour / bread, cannery)
- Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:54 pm
- Forum: The Conference Table
- Topic: What Should Be Included in Next Version of RRT. Should There Be One.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7828
Re: What Should Be Included in Next Version of RRT. Should There Be One.
If the efforts to build the new RT3 patches next to the 1.06 consumes significantly less efforts and time than building the the new one then go for it. Otherwise do the new RRT style game.. keeping the best features of the RT3 while adding some features 1. Game begins in 1800 (roughly with the begin...
- Sun Dec 21, 2014 10:20 am
- Forum: Railroad History
- Topic: Talk about BIG engines ...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11380
Re: Talk about BIG engines ...
It's gonna be a BIG TIME mountain engine if this thing goes to the real gameAdmiralHalsey wrote:I so want someone to make these for the game if just for fun.
too bad the early mallets were excluded from the game. especially the VERY first one built by Anatole Mallet himself.
- Sun Nov 16, 2014 9:10 pm
- Forum: Railroad History
- Topic: Union Pacific turbines
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3894
Re: Union Pacific turbines
Generic Diesels. By the time of Turbines....
And interesting enough the GE launched its first commercial giant diesels. the U50
And interesting enough the GE launched its first commercial giant diesels. the U50
- Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:12 am
- Forum: Railroad History
- Topic: Soviet Steamliners
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4940
Re: Soviet Steamliners
^ Semistreamlining? if frontal boiler has conical lit it will be Soviet daylight.
- Tue Oct 14, 2014 2:30 pm
- Forum: Railroad History
- Topic: 1800's railroad problems
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4516
Re: 1800's railroad problems
Few more on American RR history. This time about couplers. 1. What is the first coupling systems used by ANY Railroads in the US? Link & Pin or Chain and Buffer? 2. What is the first railroad to use Janney couplers? and when? before or after the completion of First Transcontinental? 3. In many c...
- Tue Oct 14, 2014 2:05 pm
- Forum: Railroad History
- Topic: Hump freight yard
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2968
Hump freight yard
Which nation was the first to use hump freight yard... which uses gravity to assist switching operations? British or Americans?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQwH9caXfuE Most of the time when I saw Railroad documentary on Youtube. I saw that American rairloads uses this type of freight yard. a VER...
- Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:43 am
- Forum: Railroad History
- Topic: Soviet Steamliners
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4940
Soviet Steamliners
Not only free-world has steam-powered streamliner trains in 1930s. Soviets also joined the streamlined consists http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-lINmZnNBc Very few examples. all were shrouded steamliners that able to break the 160 Kilometers per hour speeds (it's possible in a wide Russian gauge), t...
- Mon Oct 13, 2014 10:27 am
- Forum: Railroad History
- Topic: Conductor's duties
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8649
Re: Conductor's duties
Is the conductor a man who waves a flag/torchlights to the engineers to the front?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xf9CTEG5hE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xf9CTEG5hE
- Tue Oct 07, 2014 12:34 pm
- Forum: Railroad History
- Topic: Maine Two-foot Railroads
- Replies: 0
- Views: 11515
Maine Two-foot Railroads
Meowwwwwwwwwwwwwww~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHd5c5nc_UI Maine (along with neighbouring states in New England region) is a state in the U.S. that once has a network of 2-foot (or 60 centemetres) narrow gauge railways. The origin actually came from the Old World... In Wales. UK. there were mini...
- Wed Aug 27, 2014 2:18 pm
- Forum: Railroad History
- Topic: Early Railroad Passenger accomodations
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2109
Re: Early Railroad Passenger accomodations
And how long does it takes from Omaha to Sac those days? (AKA the first transcontinental)
If I took that train in the dawn, where in the route will it be the dusk? meow~
If I took that train in the dawn, where in the route will it be the dusk? meow~
- Mon Aug 25, 2014 3:18 pm
- Forum: The Conference Table
- Topic: Mafia game cities
- Replies: 0
- Views: 11081
Mafia game cities
Yep. It is about the Mafia series game. an open world 3PS criminal sim set in the golden age of the classic gangsters. featuring the two fictional cities in the U. S. ... 1. Lost Heaven 2. Empire Bay While it is clear that Empire Bay located by the Atlantic coast (and it is likely located in the Nor...
- Fri Aug 15, 2014 11:15 pm
- Forum: The Conference Table
- Topic: High speed steam car!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3526
Re: High speed steam car!
In this case. this vehicle uses LPG. obiviously a refinery product... still not appealing me. Here in Thailand the NGV Price per unit (Thailand uses Metric measurement system just like Continental Europe, the automotives however.. runs on the left lane like British commonwealth and Japan) is nearly ...
- Fri Aug 15, 2014 10:25 am
- Forum: RT III General Discussion
- Topic: Rail Mogul forum for RM crews only??
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3488
Re: Rail Mogul forum for RM crews only??
So you're sayin' that Rail Mogul is put -on hold-? or has it been canceled? meow~ From what i've read. the game itself seems to use the new graphic engine and if it reaches the completion, it will be RT3 refined + SMRR graphics. the locomotives in game seems to be the combinaitons of RT2 and RT3 wit...
- Fri Aug 15, 2014 10:15 am
- Forum: The Conference Table
- Topic: High speed steam car!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3526
Re: High speed steam car!
Since natural gas usually found on top of oil well. for me it is considered petroleum product though it exists independently and not extracted through crude oil distillation. If digitalized coal stoker is made (and cleaner 'firebox' is made lighter). It may free us from petroleum dependency. In Thai...
- Fri Aug 15, 2014 3:18 am
- Forum: The Conference Table
- Topic: High speed steam car!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3526
High speed steam car!
I'm not gonna believe this but look! http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/autopia/2009/07/british_steam_car03.jpg http://www.wired.com/2009/07/british-steam-car/ Ok it is tested in 2009 but what's the point of making steam car that claims 'to squeeze out every drops of fuel and water to maximum' if it ...
- Wed Aug 13, 2014 10:37 pm
- Forum: The Conference Table
- Topic: Transarctica
- Replies: 0
- Views: 11175
Transarctica
Old game. it is a game that made from a french post-apoc steampunk novel. it portrays the adventure in the world in the second ice age.. and the world where (gigantic?) coal-fired steam trains made a huge comeback! Yes player runs an armored train and fights its war against some kind of evil big emp...
- Wed Aug 13, 2014 10:22 pm
- Forum: The Conference Table
- Topic: New Railroad Game...Overdue
- Replies: 29
- Views: 18853
Re: New Railroad Game...Overdue
I did play RailNation browser railroad business sim game before. It works much more like Industrial sim rather than rail ones where player does Freight only. Originally the game features 'Europe only' locomotives (and some aren't supposed to do freight jobs... there are THREE Hudsons in that game an...
- Mon Aug 11, 2014 12:16 pm
- Forum: Railroad History
- Topic: Train Robberies
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9456
Re: Train Robberies
Interestingly. the last train robbery in the U.S. took place in 1950s. at the tunnel exit somewhere within Southern Pacific rights of way.. somewhere in or around Donner pass... perfect spots to rob... about 50 years before the 'Made in China' phenomenon. 1. What were the cargo loads the robbers loo...