My Old Kentucky Home Redeaux

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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.)

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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:

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

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

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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:
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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.

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

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

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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. :>)

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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