Railway Assets Pack

[Eight Ball]

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Drop in "Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Mods\tech"

They're all prefixed with "RAP". There are 2 variants for each loco/carriage: one for use on the Syria and Persian Gulf map, one for the Caucasus and NTTR. Trains don't seem to work on the South Atlantic map. Not tested on Normandy or The Channel.

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Edited February 5, 2023 by Eight Ball

[Admiral189]

Great Addition Eightball! Keep up the good work.

[Eight Ball]

Thanks Admiral

 

[Esac_mirmidon]

Eight "The Mod Man" Ball

Always rising the bar. Thanks mate four your restless work improving DCS.

Edited February 4, 2023 by Esac_mirmidon

[Rudel_chw]

9 hours ago, Eight Ball said:

Still need some work but it should be ready soon.

 

Great work, looking forward to trying them as I'm a huge railroad fan 

[buur]

vor 29 Minuten schrieb Rudel_chw:

 

Great work, looking forward to trying them as I'm a huge railroad fan 

Drive able trains? Sounds interesting for a late evening chilling ....

[Eight Ball]

Thanks everyone. First post updated with a download link.

@buur No, they are not driveable. As far as I know it's not possible. They're just targets

[jonsky7]

That's fantastic.

Any chance of some with WW2 vehicles on? Please.

[Rudel_chw]

11 hours ago, Eight Ball said:

Not tested on Normandy or The Channel

 

The Mod seems to work ok on The Channel 

 

 

Wish ED added better view options to find the trains on the Map.

[Presidium]

They look A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!!!!!
The locomotive is so cool and the wagons textures are amazing!!! GREAT JOB!!! 
Another magnificent addition!!
It's incredible while ED insists in making rainbows, halos, clouds, and pressure systems you keep doing trucks, 4WD, police cars and that kind of nasty stuff...
(please somebody in ED hire this kid before he goes to Microsoft!!!!)

[Eight Ball]

1 hour ago, Rudel_chw said:

The Mod seems to work ok on The Channel

Thanks for the info.

Are they sunk into the ground?

That's why I provided 2 variants. On the Syria map the tracks are slightly elevated, if you place one of the default train it will ride at ground level and will appear sunk into the tracks.

On the Caucasus and NTTR map the tracks are at ground level

And on the Persian Gulf map the track are also elevated. A bit higher than on the Syria map so the train will appear slightly sunk into the tracks.

@jonsky7Thank you. No plans for WWII stuff at the moment. Maybe if I find suitable 3D models on sketchfab.

@Presidium Thanks! The wagons textures are pretty nice indeed, all credit goes to the original author.

I'm pretty sure 95% of ED's staff could do what I do and since they don't have a physical office anymore they don't even need a coffee boy

Edited February 5, 2023 by Eight Ball

[Otulf]

Thank you very much Eight Ball!

What a nice addition to DCS!

Who does not like trains?

 

Best regards:

Otulf

[Morpheus]

Encore Merci !!!! Thank You Again !!!

[jonsky7]

Sincerely not trying to come across as pushy, but I found these on sketchfab. I have no idea if they fit the criteria, they seem to be free and certainly look good enough for the back of train.

Cheers

Axis
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/tank-tiger-2-f23650309a294143a7811737ca314219

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/jagdpanther-v2-9e193292367748a696f6bb02b4f04bdb

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/pzkpfw-vi-tiger-1-dfd7156c43124d1c9ff77d895c647142


Allied
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/sherman-m4-dd2d6bb5403b43779e7ade1d93d21961

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/m4-sherman-bd310e0431c54c47aeb6210e422c2f75

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/infantry-tank-mkiv-churchill-crocodile-ce63b8864f6345dd8b5b6b2c7ad49641

[Eight Ball]

3 hours ago, jonsky7 said:

Sincerely not trying to come across as pushy, but I found these on sketchfab. I have no idea if they fit the criteria, they seem to be free and certainly look good enough for the back of train.

Thanks.

Unfortunately none of the allied tanks are available for download. The Tiger 2 is also too high poly. The Tiger 1 is great, the jagpanther textures are a bit meh but I guess it could work.

[MegaTherion666]

this is a fantastic addition!
I can't believe the timing, as I was just messing around trying to stack static panzers on flatbed railcars the other day (they clip through). 
I'll 2nd the notion of a WWII variant -- most of all, I'd _love_ to see something like this https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/schwerer-gustav-2k-a412a347b48b47a9ba965a3807decc37 

how and where do we donate? -- I'd be willing to grease some wheels for this sort of thing

[ROCKET 1-1]

thanks !!

[tmansteve]

Many thanks Eight Ball. Will be adding this to a new mission tonight. These are the things that need to be added by ED. Without this, there is no immersion. Without you guys doing this, missions would get boring.

Fantastic stuff

[corbu1]

Thank you @Eight Ball!

That‘s an other great addition to DCS for the community! Really Beautiful!

[Chap2012]

@Eight BallAny chance you were going to add more trains cars? It would be cool to have some train cars that have URAL, HUMVEE, BMP, ETC. 

[HighOffBoresight]

You've done it again! These mods are such a great addition to DCS! Thanks @Eight Ball!

[ggrewe]

Hi Eight Ball

Firstly - thanks very much for all your wonderful mods, they are so innovative and clever - its an inspiration to use them in mission creation. I love your ground & sea mods with their unique viewer perspective to enjoy DCS from a different interactive mode.

I know you are super busy creating these great mods - but if you ever got round to adding a WWII component to this mod - here is some inspiration / material:

Would make sense to mainly add German vehicles especially for new Normandy 2.0 map, as targets for P-47, Mosquito etc.

What is the ED policy on using their models, i.e. adding the existing WWII tanks onto the rail flatbeds - or is this a no no?

 

There are existing FLAK wagons in game, but not yet implemented by ED, not sure why - as have been in game for over a year - but not usable yet?

When they get implemented, would be great to add to your potential mod to make targets that bites back!

dr_50ton_flat_wagon_flak18

dr_50ton_flat_wagon_flak30

dr_50ton_flat_wagon_flak38

 

VIDEO:

Some video of US WWII train attacks     :  American warplanes strafing enemy trains during World War Two

Video of German tank movement by rail:  Railway Transportation of a Panzer Division

               Took up to 80 trains of 55 wagons each. to transport one German Panzer division during WWII 

 

BOOKS:

I read an excellent book by Richard Freiherr von Rosen called Panzer Ace: The Memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer Commander from Barbarossa to Normandy, where he describes an attack by P47s on his Tiger II unit (PzAbt503) while offloading from rail cars near the Normandy front (Aug 1944)

PICS

[Spanker79]

On 7/3/2023 at 10:00 PM, ggrewe said:

Hi Eight Ball

Firstly - thanks very much for all your wonderful mods, they are so innovative and clever - its an inspiration to use them in mission creation. I love your ground & sea mods with their unique viewer perspective to enjoy DCS from a different interactive mode.

I know you are super busy creating these great mods - but if you ever got round to adding a WWII component to this mod - here is some inspiration / material:

Would make sense to mainly add German vehicles especially for new Normandy 2.0 map, as targets for P-47, Mosquito etc.

What is the ED policy on using their models, i.e. adding the existing WWII tanks onto the rail flatbeds - or is this a no no?

 

There are existing FLAK wagons in game, but not yet implemented by ED, not sure why - as have been in game for over a year - but not usable yet?

When they get implemented, would be great to add to your potential mod to make targets that bites back!

dr_50ton_flat_wagon_flak18

dr_50ton_flat_wagon_flak30

dr_50ton_flat_wagon_flak38

 

VIDEO:

Some video of US WWII train attacks     :  American warplanes strafing enemy trains during World War Two

Video of German tank movement by rail:  Railway Transportation of a Panzer Division

               Took up to 80 trains of 55 wagons each. to transport one German Panzer division during WWII 

 

BOOKS:

I read an excellent book by Richard Freiherr von Rosen called Panzer Ace: The Memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer Commander from Barbarossa to Normandy, where he describes an attack by P47s on his Tiger II unit (PzAbt503) while offloading from rail cars near the Normandy front (Aug 1944)

PICS

It would be a nice addition indeed.
Let's hope @Eight Ball will look into this!

[Slippa]

Eightball these look great. Cheers for doing them.

Can I add my vote of encouragement for the bits and bobs for WWII please? Though I own a lot of the modern jets and helis I can never get out of the vintage warbirds for long and having more bits in the box for the era is always a good thing.

Don’t know if you’ve seen it but Waterman is also working on a rail network for DCS. The more the merrier. 

Modders are the Christmas elves of DCS to me and much appreciated by many. Cheers for doing the work.

[Rene Coulon]

Hi Guys,

 

Has anyone tried to Download this awsome MOD recently...

 

I get a notifications saying its not possible ?