LNER Gresley B17/5 4-6-0
‘Can I have an A4?’
‘We have an A4 at home.’
Its like an A4! Except smaller! And less power! And it’s not as fast or as good!
So, for those of you who don’t know, to run their fancy new East Anglian service the LNER converted two of their B17s into these streamlined versions, designed to look like the larger, heavier A4s which were quite trendy at the time. The streamlining fit around the B17’s original boiler, and later on down the line they were converted back into their original shape. The streamlining had no practical benefit, it was purely an aesthetic gimmick.
And for some reason SteveM4 convinced me to make them.
So uh. Blame him. But also, enjoy. :]
(also note that due to the relatively short life of them, I added a bunch of ‘fictional’ liveries and followed the post-war habit of removing the side skirts from the A4s)
-LNER B17/5 in 5 liveries
-Liveries include LNER Green, LNER Wartime Black, LNER Garland Blue, BR Green & BR Blue.
-Full aging and recolour support. Detailed dirt and rust accumulates as the engine ages.
-Engines are sorted in depot menus to reduce purchase menu clutter.
-Reverse variants of all included engines.
-Small file size and .dds compressed textures, to help with load speed.
-Lods to reduce GPU load.
-Placeable rail assets (also with lods) allowing placement of the full engine, or just the tender or locomotive if you wish.
-Moddable engine numbers – edit the number of the train and the number will display on the side of the locomotive.
LNER B17/5 2-6-0 (all variants)
-Available from 1937 (additional liveries and variants will unlock over time)
-Available until 1960
Top Speed: 120 kph
Power: 1255kW
Tractive Effort: 101kN
Weight 125t
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Constructive feedback is always welcome, and I love reading your comments, so if you have any notes on what I can improve, or just want to leave a nice message, by all means please leave a post below!
Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.
