USRA Standard Light Pack
—–===== HISTORY =====—–
When the United States joined the First World War, the railroads were nationalized, and the United States Railroad Administration was created. This administration created standardized equipment, including steam locomotives, as part of the USRA Standard. The steam locomotives it introduced were 0-6-0 and 0-8-0 switchers, a more versatile ‘light’ and a more powerful ‘heavy’ variation of 2-8-2 Mikados, 4-6-2 Pacifics, 4-8-2 Mountains and 2-10-2 Santa Fes, as well as 2-6-6-2 and 2-8-8-2 articulated locomotives. After its dissolution in 1920, some railroads continued building USRA derived designs, and a total of 97 railroads used locomotives based on the standard. Although over 3200 USRA based designs were produced, only around 24 exist today.
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—–===== MOD CONTENTS =====—–
USRA 0-6-0 Switcher
USRA 0-8-0 Switcher
USRA Switcher tender (for 0-6-0 and 0-8-0, has 4 variations)
USRA Light 2-8-2 Mikado (2 bell variations)
USRA Light 4-6-2 Pacific (2 bell variations)
USRA Light Medium tender (for Mikado and Pacific, has 2 variations)
USRA Light 2-10-2 Santa Fe (2 bell variations)
USRA Light 4-8-2 Mountain (2 bell variations)
USRA Light Large tender (for Santa Fe and Mountain, has 1 variation)
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—–===== CUSTOM SPECS =====—–
These mods feature toggleable meshes to aid modders who don’t have 3D modeling experience. For the larger locomotives, there are 2 different bell positions, for more custom spec options. Bell1 is located near the smokebox door, and Bell2 is located on top of the mid boiler area
0-6-0 SWITCHER:
SHIFT+1 for Feedwater heater v1, SHIFT+2 for Feedwater heater v2 – SHIFT+6 for Round numberplate, SHIFT+7 for Square numberplate – SHIFT+8 for Headlamp v2.
L for Headlight v1, SHIFT+L for Cab light, L+1 for Marker lights, L+3 for Headlight v2, L+4 for Headlight v3, L+5 for Headlamp1 (on by default), L+6 for Round numberplate (on by default).
0-8-0 SWITCHER:
SHIFT+1 for Feedwater heater v1, SHIFT+2 for Feedwater heater v2 – SHIFT+6 for Round numberplate, SHIFT+7 for Square numberplate – SHIFT+8 for Headlamp v2.
L for Headlight v1, SHIFT+L for Cab light, L+1 for Marker lights, L+3 for Headlight v2, L+4 for Headlight v3, L+5 for Headlamp1 (on by default), L+9 for Airpump position.
‘Bell1’ LOCOMOTIVES:
SHIFT+1 for Feedwater heater v1, SHIFT+2 for Feedwater heater v2 – SHIFT+6 for Round numberplate, SHIFT+7 for Square numberplate – SHIFT+8 for Headlamp v2
L for Headlight v1, SHIFT+L for Cab light, L+1 for Marker lights, L+3 for Headlight v2, L+4 for Headlight v3, L+5 for Headlamp1 (on by default), L+9 for Airpump position.
‘Bell2’ LOCOMOTIVES:
SHIFT+1 for Feedwater heater v1, SHIFT+2 for Feedwater heater v2 , SHIFT+3 for Feedwater heater v3, SHIFT+2 for Feedwater heater v4 – SHIFT+6 for Round numberplate, SHIFT+7 for Square numberplate – SHIFT+9 for Headlamp v2, SHIFT+9 for Headlamp v3
L for Headlight v1, SHIFT+L for Cab light, L+1 for Marker lights, L+3 for Headlight v2, L+4 for Headlight v3, L+5 for Headlamp1 (on by default), L+9 for Airpump position.
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—–===== ADDITIONAL INFORMATION =====—–
All items have livery support. I grant permission and encourage RL modders to make liveries, spec edits and kitbashes with these mods, so long as you provide credit, upload them as train mod LIVERIES and don’t claim them as your own. The purpose of this mod group is to provide modders with more ‘generic’ steam locomotive types to either recreate existing locomotives, or for fictional railroads.
This is the LIGHT version of the USRA pack, so it only contains the smaller locomotives. the HEAVY version will come out in the future.
Along with this pack, I have made builder’s plates and custom whistles from various railroads for you folks to use for this game, in whatever item you like. They’re found in this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XpxcCrED0aMkVi_k2ipHLkyek_3eALRJ
Extract the obj and wav files into the custom assets folder to use them in mods and liveries. Credit is appreciated, but not required.
Big thank you to the Rolling Line Discord server members for helping me with testing, advice and ideas for this pack! These mods wouldn’t have been as good without their contribution.
If you spot any errors with these items, please be sure to tell me about them in the comments. I will try to fix them as soon as possible.
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Hey everyone. I know you all have probably been expecting the NYC Hudsons, Niagaras, and SP Cab forwards, but I decided to bump those back a bit, since I would prefer to work on the USRA packs. I believe these will benefit modders and livery makers a lot, and I hope you enjoy them. Here’s the current order of items I want to work on:
USRA Standard Heavy pack (ideally heavy 2-8-2, heavy 4-6-2, heavy 2-10-2, heavy 4-8-2 + 2-6-6-2 and 2-8-8-2)
NYC Ghosts of the Rails Pack (various NYC Hudsons + Niagara redux)
AC-12 Redux
While I will have a lot free time until early february, these packs are very large projects, so they will most likely take a long time to complete. So, I will ask you all to PLEASE be patient. Do NOT keep asking me about them, they will be out as soon as they possibly can. It is also almost guaranteed that these items will come out after january. Thank you for your comprehension.
