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by Lone Cat
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...
by Lone Cat
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)
by Lone Cat
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...
by Lone Cat
Sun Dec 21, 2014 10:20 am
Forum: Railroad History
Topic: Talk about BIG engines ...
Replies: 9
Views: 11380

Re: Talk about BIG engines ...

AdmiralHalsey wrote:I so want someone to make these for the game if just for fun.
It's gonna be a BIG TIME mountain engine if this thing goes to the real game

too bad the early mallets were excluded from the game. especially the VERY first one built by Anatole Mallet himself.
by Lone Cat
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
by Lone Cat
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.

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by Lone Cat
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...
by Lone Cat
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...
by Lone Cat
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...
by Lone Cat
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
by Lone Cat
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...
by Lone Cat
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~
by Lone Cat
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...
by Lone Cat
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 ...
by Lone Cat
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...
by Lone Cat
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...
by Lone Cat
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 ...
by Lone Cat
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...
by Lone Cat
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...
by Lone Cat
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...