These are some prototype photos courtesy of Felix G. – coming soon along with a revision of the hoppers. Felix is working his scripting magic on the mini-quads!
Generic Ore Car Model Added
and Iron Range, DM&IR, download, Duluth, freeware, Missabe, Rolling Stock, Trainz // 24.03.2012Due to many requests I put a basic, generic, ore car model in the rolling stock section. It represents a low-sided steam-era car that would have been purchased by another road for a variety of bulk hauling purposes. It is not prototypical, for that you need to purchase one of the payware models. If you [...]
DMIR Service Cars Are Ready
Uncategorized // 14.03.2012Finally, after much work the DMIR service cars are ready!! All are based closely on prototypes and include alphanumbers, Chameleon, Numberit, custom loads, custom trucks, 4 lod’s and much more. Much thanks goes to Felix Groebli who created all of the scripts and helped significantly with suggestions, coding the assets, and troubleshooting . All also [...]
Missabe Service Cars Manual
Uncategorized // 09.03.2012Download the manual here – or wait to load via Google Docs DMIR Ballast Hoppers and sand cars
Lake Superior and Ishpeming hoppers are in production
Uncategorized // 20.12.2011The LS&I had/has several hundred Ex DMIR hoppers on their roster. Though they do have some low-sided models most have high extensions that are similar to the DMIR versions that service the Thunderbird mine in Minnesota. I have some prototype models manufactured with the correct LS&I extensions, low standard hose (as opposed to the DMIR [...]
Missabe Mini-Quads and Low-sided cars are here
Uncategorized // 19.12.2011In the late 1920’s the Duluth, Missabe, and Iron Range Railroad (DMIR) begin to receive modern style Minnesota ore cars that, with little innovation, were constructed in the thousands over the next fifty years. Nicknamed ‘Jennies’ these distinctive railcars became icons of the Upper Great Lakes region with some of the earliest examples remaining in [...]
DMIR Ore Cars In Production!!
and Iron Range, DM&IR, download, Duluth, Progress, Rolling Stock, Trainz // 12.11.2011Prototypes are running in the game Trainz – have to fix many issues I hope to initially offer two variations: 1) Taconite; Enough mini-quads with unique skins/numbers for a 100 unit train – meaning 100 unique cars. ARN or something won’t work (as far as I can tell) because the prototype #’s are to complex. [...]
Northland Restaurant 1905, Duluth MN, USA
and Iron Range, and Northern, Duluth, freeware, Missabe, Object, Scenery, vintage photo // 11.09.2011I have just added another building from Duluth at the turn of the last Century – the Northland Restaurant – based on this vintage photo from 1905 With 3 lod levels, nightmode, and smoke. Available on my download page And always drink Moose Beer
Boarding Cars Are on the Way
and Northern, DM&IR, DM&N, Missabe, Progress, Reskin, Rolling Stock, Trainz, vintage photo // 09.09.2011Based loosely on the Duluth, Missabe, and Northern cars shown on p. 64 of Harold King’s the Missabe Road, and other period Great Lakes lines. According to the rail register from the early 1900′s these cars came in sets of 8 numbered A-G. The initial GMAX mesh comes courtesy of Carson Car Shops. And here [...]
Recent Articles
Steaming taconite loads, coming soon
These are some prototype photos courtesy of Felix G. – coming soon along with a revision of the hoppers. Felix is working his scripting magic on the mini-quads!
Continue →Generic Ore Car Model Added
Due to many requests I put a basic, generic, ore car model in the rolling stock section. It represents a low-sided steam-era car that would have been purchased by another road for a variety of bulk hauling purposes. It is not prototypical, for that you need to purchase one of the payware models. If you [...]
Continue →DMIR Service Cars Are Ready
Finally, after much work the DMIR service cars are ready!! All are based closely on prototypes and include alphanumbers, Chameleon, Numberit, custom loads, custom trucks, 4 lod’s and much more. Much thanks goes to Felix Groebli who created all of the scripts and helped significantly with suggestions, coding the assets, and troubleshooting . All also [...]
Continue →Missabe Service Cars Manual
Download the manual here – or wait to load via Google Docs DMIR Ballast Hoppers and sand cars
Continue →Lake Superior and Ishpeming hoppers are in production
The LS&I had/has several hundred Ex DMIR hoppers on their roster. Though they do have some low-sided models most have high extensions that are similar to the DMIR versions that service the Thunderbird mine in Minnesota. I have some prototype models manufactured with the correct LS&I extensions, low standard hose (as opposed to the DMIR [...]
Continue →Missabe Mini-Quads and Low-sided cars are here
In the late 1920’s the Duluth, Missabe, and Iron Range Railroad (DMIR) begin to receive modern style Minnesota ore cars that, with little innovation, were constructed in the thousands over the next fifty years. Nicknamed ‘Jennies’ these distinctive railcars became icons of the Upper Great Lakes region with some of the earliest examples remaining in [...]
Continue →
DMIR Ore Cars In Production!!
Prototypes are running in the game Trainz – have to fix many issues I hope to initially offer two variations: 1) Taconite; Enough mini-quads with unique skins/numbers for a 100 unit train – meaning 100 unique cars. ARN or something won’t work (as far as I can tell) because the prototype #’s are to complex. [...]
Continue →Northland Restaurant 1905, Duluth MN, USA
I have just added another building from Duluth at the turn of the last Century – the Northland Restaurant – based on this vintage photo from 1905 With 3 lod levels, nightmode, and smoke. Available on my download page And always drink Moose Beer
Continue →Boarding Cars Are on the Way
Based loosely on the Duluth, Missabe, and Northern cars shown on p. 64 of Harold King’s the Missabe Road, and other period Great Lakes lines. According to the rail register from the early 1900′s these cars came in sets of 8 numbered A-G. The initial GMAX mesh comes courtesy of Carson Car Shops. And here [...]
Continue →
