Lehigh Valley K6B Black Diamond
The Lehigh Valley’s premier passenger service, the Black Diamond, had several Pacific type 4-6-2’s that were streamlined to help drive popularity.The Lehigh Valley’s premier passenger service, the Black Diamond, had several Pacific type 4-6-2’s that were streamlined in the hard times of the 30s to help drive popularity. They were designed by Otto Kuhler and had sister units, K5’s streamlined in the John Wilkes scheme which ran in northern PA.
Lehigh Valley was famous for shipping coal, which helped initiate the name "Black Diamond" which ran from NYC to Buffalo, NY through the New York and Pennsylvania mountains.
Features
- Different color lights
- Approx. 45k tris altogether
- Max speed: 75mpha
- 41,533 lbf
- 3869 hp
- Available: 1937, no end date (for heritage lines)
- custom whistle and bell
- ‘wheels’ animation for syncronized gear animations with the wheels
- For matching coaches, check out NA4U’s coach: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2035694754
Planned updates:
-Recolorable scheme
Known Issues
-no known issues at the moment
Thanks to NA4U for the awesome logo.
Update 1.5
- Second Scheme! Postwar, available 1947
- Let your computer breathe easy, LODs are here! Now each scheme has 3 lods
- Fixed that weird drifting issue
- ASSETS! GIVE ME ASSETS!! So I did. Each scheme has its own asset.
- SOUNDS! BY CHEESECAKE! DELICIOUS SOUNDS! Now with custom chuffs, bell and whistles [at stations!] taken from an authentic Lehigh Valley whistle. Thanks MrCheesecake.
- As stated, whistles at stations are here! Enjoy that whistle!
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