K4 available next month !

[ex-railwayman]

I liked the video and the screenshots, thank you for sharing them Gentlemen, i did want to ask where one can obtain the Pennsylvania coaches from, please, are they freebies, or, Payware ??

Cheerz. ex-railwayman.

[ArcticCatZRT]

I liked the video and the screenshots, thank you for sharing them Gentlemen, i did want to ask where one can obtain the Pennsylvania coaches from, please, are they freebies, or, Payware ??

Cheerz. ex-railwayman.

They come with the HSC route, they also come with the GG1 and the K4

[dejoh]

MontanaRails. Fantastic shots, really great.
Keep em coming

[johnmckenzie]

The IHH 9F which has been around forever has graphical wheelslip.

Or have a look at the default German BR52 for insane levels of wheelslip!

[Griphos]

Well, she's a beauty! Cab is not too dark at all. All the controls are mouse clickable. I raised the priority for the sounds in the proxyxml and didn't get any cutout during my first scenario, but there weren't any AI in it. (By the way, cars don't stop at crossings at South Yard!).

This is a keeper. I have the Duchess, and the external model on that is pretty stunningly detailed, but this one just feels right to me as a whole package.

[_o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha]

Nice little engine she is indeed! Looks sufficiently heavy, compact and powerful to impress. Is displayed in the park in the Curve!

There are a few things I noticed so far:
popping safety valves at 200 psi, but only a small whisp of steam and soft hiss. When the big #4 valve pops at 205 psi there should be a deafening roar and tower of steam escaping
trainline air brake pressure gauge in the HUD not working.
100% cutoff, is that really necessary?
ash pan glows when dampers are drawn
tender has water scoop but no control for it.
displays tractive effort in the Control List Dialog window, apparently maxes out at over 215 units

According to the simulation file in AI mode she is:
rated at 2400 KW power,
capable of 49 KN tractive effort, can reach 105 MpH
is manually fired (!)
has 4 safely valves

... more later ...

So far, a required DLC fo every US VE (virtual engineer). Hopefully, when the K4 does well, RSC will bring us more PRR steam, M1, I1, J1 are next on my wish list.

[MontanaRails]

Now this is impressive. We just got an update for the K4, just one day after release:

Railworks 3: Train Simulator 2012 - PRR K4 Steam Locomotive DLC Update Released
Product Update - Valve
Updates to Railworks 3: Train Simulator 2012 - PRR K4 Steam Locomotive DLC have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

- Fixed jumping wheel animation
- Reduced intensity of shadow below locomotive
- Fixed labels not appearing on 3D Can Controls
- Updated DLC Manual
- Fixed issues with scenarios
- Fixed brightness when in the cab

[MontanaRails]

Anyone find the speedometer?

[MontanaRails]

For anyone interested, heres some really nice historic footage of K4's in action, some double headed (skip to 3:40): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmtvA0yJyTU

[johnmckenzie]

There is another small glitch - look behind you on the footplate and the roof doesn't extend behind the cab!

[Shayfan1]

Is this the first official US Steamer RSC has done? In any case im not a rivet counter but IMHO they hit a home run with this one it is well worth the price in my book. Great job RSC

[Csxgp38-2]

Yes, it is their first US steam loco, the others released by them at one point were G-Trax. Very nice, the whistle loop needs some tuning, but other than that, I love getting to operate a PRR steam locomotive!

[jpetersjr]

I read once that not all steam engines in history had a speed gauge, this might be one of the ones that didn't have one.

[bpetit]

so how do they know how fast they were going?

[Csxgp38-2]

Staring out the window and counting the seconds to pass a tree? :P