Sr1 progress - engine room

Today I added few details and ABB transducer to ATC-rack.

Sr1 progress - engine room

Added pantograph valve to ceiling. Basically you have only one handle per locomotive that you can attach to either  pantograph valves at opposite ends or grounding switch at the middle. Thus in principle you cannot raise pantograph while the locomotive is grounded and cause short circuit.

Sr1 progress - engine room

Added few details to air frame #2. Those levers are related to safety device and towing the locomotive.

Sr1 progress - engine room

Added basic structure to compressed air section # 2. Yellow box in middle is center unit for ATC.
I also modelled urinal which is speciality of Sr1 locomotives.

Hkb progress

Finalized wheel sets.

Building Sr1 interior

Added blower electric motor and started to shape compressor.

Hkb - progress

Added even more details and started modelling wheel supports.

Hkb - progress

Added few details.

Hkb

Today I started to make Hkb-wagon as test load for physics testing of Sr1. Hkb has been used in finnish freight trains for many decades in numerious cargo roles. Nowdays they can often be found as safety buffers between locomotives and tank wagons containing hazardous materials.

Sr1 progress - cabin expansion

Since the new version of Train Simulator allows more cabin camera viewpoints I am expanding this project to full prototypical setup where you have to toggle all levers and knobs yourself on cold start. On left side  you can see the heart of the locomotive:  main 5771 kVA transformer from Soviet Union.

(If you have any photographs of this corridor or maintenance corridor I will gladly accept any pictures to my email: sama1@hotmail.fi in finnish or english.)

Sr1 progress - it lives!

Today I managed to move the locomotive first time in game with very basic controllers and no sound. Time to move to the next stage: sounds and functionality. TS2014's FOV slider is nice toy to play with: