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Hi Folks, I have started work on my next map - My Old Kentucky Home Redeaux. The second map I ever attempted was the original My Old Kentucky Home map. I didn't think I would ever get it running. A very frustrating time. With help from a number of folks on this two sites, I finally got it running. It was a very different process from what I go through today. It was also amateurish compared to my more recent maps. So I have decided to give it another chance. This will involve a lot of changes. Some of the original work I can re-use, but there is also a lot of stuff that has to be re-worked.
The first engine that will be used on this map is the L & N Pacific number 155. This was recovered from the original map with a few updates to improve its look. (I really had no idea what an emsk file would do back then.)

The next engine that will be used on this map will be the Louisville & Nashville Mikado number 1760.

For my next engine for this map I cobbled together a Louisville & Nashville 2-8-4 number 1977. My first work with a 2-8-4.

The next engine for this map will be the Baltimore and Ohio 4-8-2 number 5557. With the size of this engine, a slightly larger tender was needed so I made a 6 axle tender for it to pull.

The next engine that will be used on this map is the Louisville and Nashville F7A-B 779.

This is a re-do. I pulled the LN F7 from the original map. I was doing some testing and getting some funny blinking from this engine. I started digging into the nif files and found all sorts of strange stuff. Well, I couldn't put up with the way the engine was acting so I re-made both the F7a and F7B files. Now the nif files makes sense and the odd stuff the engine was doing is gone. This is the resulting engines:

I brought this one back from the original map. I always liked the look of this engine - the Louisville and Nashville GP7 number 553.

The next engine was first used in Ohio Rails. This is the Baltimore & Ohio GP9 number 6517.

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Tue Jul 01, 2025 11:44 pm

This is a re-do. I pulled the LN F7 from the original map. I was doing some testing and getting some funny blinking from this engine. I started digging into the nif files and found all sorts of strange stuff. Well, I couldn't put up with the way the engine was acting so I re-made both the F7a and F7B files. Now the nif files makes sense and the odd stuff the engine was doing is gone. This is the resulting engines:
New_LN_779.jpg

Giving the old map a run. Only thing I noticed about this is the front L & N label moves around ever so slightly, but otherwise no blinky blink here.

Hi Folks. I spent about a week on this one. This is the Chesapeake and Ohio GP30 number 3001.

I have completed the next engine for this map - the Paducah and Louisville GP40-2 number 3808.

The last engine for this map is the SCL SD40-2 number 8050. Everything that I think I need for this map has been built and tested on my test map. Now I need to get to work on the actual map and start moving items over a re-test. It's a process. :>)

I have finally gotten all of the pieces for the map moved from my practice map to the actual map and re-tested. Next I have to develop goals for the map and begin testing for play. It's a long process and there is still much to do. Golf slows me down in the summer. Take care all, Slider