Darjeeling and Himalayan Railway Stock Pack

jefran · Post by **jefran** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:25 pm

The Garratt is certainly on my agenda - though it was hardly a conspicuous success on the DHR, and never came close to displacing the class B tank engines. Beyer Peacock obviously had great expectations as there was a very detailed write up in the contemporary engineering press (I read it all 70 years or so later!) and abundant material for a model - though I will probably go for the loco as hacked about by Tindharia works, with the chain drive reversing gear and the huge rerailing beam - and maybe, a couple of sander wallahs

JonPotter · Post by **JonPotter** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:06 pm

The screenshots are now in a new, easy to use gallery at http://www.bucksts.com/screenshotgallery.htm

JonPotter · Post by **JonPotter** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 4:14 pm

Adrian Shooter's B, the contemporary B and the coaches can be sampled for the first time (no screens up anywhere yet) at Train Sim Convention.

We are in negotiations to display the work at the Leighton Buzzard's Indain day on May 7th, where No. 19 will be visiting.

jefran · Post by **jefran** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 5:36 pm

Hmm - I must make an effort to get there - it's still a long way, but a sight nearer than Oxfordshire.

Meanwhile, here is the first of the named engines, "Queen of the Hills", the others will be "Mountaineer", "Himalayan Bird" (maybe with the brass bird on the cylinder lagging) and "Green Hills"

Click the image to zoom in

The engines share a common main .s file with overlays for all the variations - nameplates, numbers, tailrods, chimney caps, curved bit under the bunker (ex Raipur Forest engines) &c &c

kevmt · Post by **kevmt** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:40 pm

Hi Andy,

Looking really good

Cheers,

Kevin

CaptainBazza · Post by **CaptainBazza** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:23 am

I'm surprised that there isn't a route. I wonder if any of our international MSTS friends in India have made one? I have a very old set (pre WW2) railway stories, with an article which includes a photo of the zig-zag on this route.

Cheers Bazza

JonPotter · Post by **JonPotter** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:49 am

The route is simply too long to justify doing I'm afraid.

Looking great Andy

Frsimplex1993 · Post by **Frsimplex1993** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:24 pm

Btw, Some guys are doing the route for Trainz 2004.

jefran · Post by **jefran** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:36 pm

They are - and it looks a real labour of love with the number of buildings and other scenery items that they have created.

davidaward · Post by **davidaward** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:46 pm

Perhaps a smaller freelance DHR-esque route could be made for MSTS in the future to run this fantastic stock on..............

JonPotter · Post by **JonPotter** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:03 pm

That's what I was thinking. No route builder though, unless you're volunteeing Dave

davidaward · Post by **davidaward** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:28 pm

JonPotter wrote:That's what I was thinking. No route builder though, unless you're volunteeing Dave

Quite a bit on my plate at the moment Jon- with rather a large project to to start once Groudle's complete, but who knows what the summer will bring with no University stuff to worry about..............

JonPotter · Post by **JonPotter** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:26 pm

Wasn't suggesting, hence the wink - you and me both know what tasks lay ahead!!!

Jon

Rfairlie · Post by **Rfairlie** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:27 pm

JonPotter wrote:Wasn't suggesting, hence the wink - you and me both know what tasks lay ahead!!!

Jon

Mwwwhaaahaaahaaa

Nvincer · Post by **Nvincer** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:48 pm

JonPotter wrote:Wasn't suggesting, hence the wink - you and me both know what tasks lay ahead!!!

Jon

Ben