Railworks America

Dont mean to be stepping on Mike's toes, but Buzz's post here viewtopic.php?f=6&t=21463 about new user projects etc for Train Sim made me realise I hadnt seen any info on Mike's new project posted here. (shamelessly poached from Farcebook )

Always start with the wheels;


Front Engine;


Now all he is looking for is somebody to catch up with it in action and recorded some good quality sounds - any takers? I would offer, but I am 15,000 miles away but I guess I will see it in action at some point. Could be both restored 4014 oil burner and as built coal burners. Will be an outstanding addition, knowing Mike's fidelity to his projects and it will look great on Alpen's Heritage Sherman Hill

Mike's attention to detail is unparalleled.

99.9% of users would not be able to rivet count where a castle nut would be prototypical vs a regular hex nut, but Mike stays true to the prototype all the same.

BoostedFridge wrote:99.9% of users would not be able to rivet count where a castle nut would be prototypical vs a regular hex nut, but Mike stays true to the prototype all the same.

Which is why rivet counters like me can run his content with pride!

Yeah I noticed that as 4014 went by me at thirty MPH today.

buzz456 wrote:Yeah I noticed that as 4014 went by me at thirty MPH today.

Did you record any sounds? Mike is looking for some.

AmericanSteam wrote:

buzz456 wrote:Yeah I noticed that as 4014 went by me at thirty MPH today.

Did you record any sounds? Mike is looking for some.

No sorry.

At 30mph, you wouldn't have gotten anything good anyway. The Doppler Effect would have messed it up.

Guess who...(or what)

I got it "Tom Thumb"?

I do hope he at least makes a coal tender version so we can put a mile long freight behind it and charge up sherman hill shaking the rails apart

EngineerJohn wrote:I do hope he at least makes a coal tender version so we can put a mile long freight behind it and charge up sherman hill shaking the rails apart

Mike said he was dating his Big Boy model to the 1945 variant, so a coal variant is confirmed.

Coal firing will be a whole new challenge... I like it!

At this rate he may as well chop a few wheels off and a few feet of boiler and make a challenger too

EngineerJohn wrote:At this rate he may as well chop a few wheels off and a few feet of boiler and make a challenger too

It’s already in the line of sight. First the FEF-3, then the Big Boy. A Challenger would complete the collection of UP’s big 3.