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« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2008, 08:18:33 pm » |
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That is interesting. I find it particularly interesting that just as there are occasional threads that pop up here and elsewhere by fans of Steampunk, saying "woe! The sky is fallen and a new wave of people invade!" they too are cautiously optimistic about a new wave of non-standard people interested in their hobby. If it means that more Steampunk fans will be encouraged to ask more Train/Steam fans about technology, and that Steam/Train fans will be less likely to back off in terror and ask for the men in white suits, then it's an excellent thing, and I'm glad that they see the positive side to it  |
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« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2008, 09:04:10 pm » |
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« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2008, 02:17:46 am » |
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Dear Bizarro,
I love old trains and would love to see more train and steampunk collaborations.
Vienna
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« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2008, 05:11:13 pm » |
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Trains are very steamy. The closest thing to a real life heavier than air ship and a submarine of the time.
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« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2008, 05:27:16 pm » |
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I think trains would be more Russian steampunk than airships or Zeppelins would. After all, the trans-sibirian railroad would make one cool setting for a massive train.
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« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2008, 06:13:12 pm » |
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« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2008, 06:22:29 pm » |
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For a while I was totally into making custom content for microsoft train simulator, to the extent that I was just mastering building and animating 3d train models for use in the sim. If I had kept it up and remembered how to do it, I would be making steampunk trains galore nowadays.
Perhaps it wouldn't take much to relearn it all...
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« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2008, 06:49:34 pm » |
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For a while I was totally into making custom content for microsoft train simulator, to the extent that I was just mastering building and animating 3d train models for use in the sim. If I had kept it up and remembered how to do it, I would be making steampunk trains galore nowadays.
Perhaps it wouldn't take much to relearn it all...
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« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2008, 07:54:58 pm » |
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My major contributions to MSTS was geting CPR to have "official" CPR MSTS content downloadable from the corporate website, as well as create the installation files. I also did a lot of license negotiations for various MSTS content creators, as well as provide support for the CPR content. I did create a new "3d" steam global smoke texture, as well as the NALW railgrinder train.
I don't know if I'm the only "real" railroader in this forum. Was retired after 33 years of service, and was fortunate enough to be invloved with the 2186 project.
Cheers
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« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2008, 11:59:36 pm » |
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« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2008, 02:40:38 am » |
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Just to clarify, these are the people who actually know how boilers and pistons and that odd kind of almost doglegish looking device that turns the train wheels work? And they now know how to find us, and vicer versa?
That's wonderful!
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« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2008, 03:06:24 am » |
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Just to clarify, these are the people who actually know how boilers and pistons and that odd kind of almost doglegish looking device that turns the train wheels work? And they now know how to find us, and vicer versa?
That's wonderful!
Yes, we are....(and I've been here for a while) Cheers Harold FYI, some obligatory restoration pics Boiler being worked on..   And sweating on a driver tire...  Cheers Harold |
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« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2008, 05:27:52 am » |
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Trains are very steamy. The closest thing to a real life heavier than air ship and a submarine of the time.
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