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Good Evening, I am looking for a MSTS model of the LMS "Turbomotive" locomotive? I saw mention of a model someone was working on for Trainz but have not seen any mention of a MSTS model of this unique locomotive.

Robert

Hi Robert, a Google search revealed that this locomotive was designed by William Stanier for the LMS and was built in 1935 and carried the number
46202 and used the 4-6-2 wheel set-up.
However it was rebuilt as a conventional locomotive in 1952 and now called the Princess Anne but after only 2 months in service it was the lead engine
of a double headed train involved in the Harrow and Wealdstone train crash on the 8th of October and was taken to Crewe where it was deemed beyond
repair and scrapped.
Another search result showed that in 2003 there was a promotional video made depicting it for MSTS but it seems that was never added to the list of
available locomotives and so unless someone creates it now it is clearly not available.

Bob

I have an LMS Turbomotive from that big pack of LMS locos and rolling stock by Pat Dalton, so the short answer is yes there is one available.

Hi Robert,
I can't tell you which file she's in (or even if you can unpack them individually!), but the whole pack is available in 22 files numbered from 16915 to 16936 from the UKTS library.



Cheers,
Ged

Thanks guys. I thought I saw a MSTS picture of it but could'nt find it in the library doing a general search.

Anyone know if there is a better Gas Turbine GT3 with proper cabview available for MSTS?

Robert

Hi Robert, in light of the above information I did a search in my huge Trainset folder and found two versions of this Locomotive, as Ged has
posted one the LMSR_7P_6202 came from Pat Daltons download files which contains a huge amount of stock and can only be installed using all
of them as they are spanned files.
I did find another one and this is listed as UK_Steam_LMS_Turbomotive and this must of come from a community CD possibly the Thames_Mersey_4.2
as all the files I have that start in a similar manner came from Community CD's.

Bob

Hi Bob,
You are quite correct
This loco also comes on the Thames-Mersey CD. There are a few differences between the files names, but it looks like the same model (ie one is not an upgrade on the other).

Cheers,
Ged

I am currently reading "How steam locomotives really work" by Semmens and Goldfinch ( it goes into quite some detail about more conventional locos) and it has a small section on the Turbomotive.
It had 2 turbines, a multistage forward turbine and a small turbine for reversing. Unlike a piston engine you cannot run a turbine in reverse. The forward turbine was mounted on the left between the bogie and the smokebox.
As the drive force was constant throughout, unlike the varying drive from pistons, it could deliver a greater drive force than its similar Princesses without the tendency for wheel slip.
I can really recommend the book to any who want to know a lot more on the technical side.
Garry