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  • BrandonS261
    Senior Member



    • Apr 2019
    • 307
    • Twin Cities
    • ORTS

    #1

    New or ongoing projects in the coming year 2026

    Hey everyone,

    I just thought I would start a new thread that everyone could contribute in and that is what projects are you wanting to do or are continuing into the new year?

    As for me I have numerous projects I have been working on but would like to wrap a few of them up in the next year and some new projects I would like to start.

    I currently have been on a kick to build passenger cars for the Milwaukee Road 261 and I will continue to do so in 2026. However I have many other projects up my sleeves that many do not know about.

    A few on the top of my list that I would love to get completed in 2026 are as followed.

    SP GS1 4-8-4. This project has been in the works for some time and I still need to finish the tender and add a few more details to the locomotive it's self. I started this project about a year ago to help out a team in Open Rails when it comes to oil firing and hope to have it completed in the middle of next year if time allows.

    The next one on my list is the Rock Island R67B 4-8-4. This one has also been in the works for years but I never got around to finishing it. There will be a coal and oil versions as the Rock Island had both.

    The third project on the list is one that has also been an off and on project for some time and that is US Sugar 148 4-6-2. This locomotive I stared to build for a friend of mine who is also very active in the Train Sim community and has released a few of his own projects.

    A forth project I started this year that I would also like to get farther on is CP 2816 4-6-4. This project I stared after chasing the locomotive quite a few times in 2024 during its multi content tour and feel an updated version is very much needed for Open Rails.

    This last I have had up my sleeve for some time that I would like to get done is one I feel would get the most popularity and that is the NKP and PM 2-8-4 that I would like to also get done. Yes this would include the famous Berks we all know and love along with a few others. Maybe a C&O 2716 thrown in there as well?.😉

    When it comes to passenger car projects the list is endless but my main goal right now is to keep plugging away on the MILW 261 fleet as they are very wildly known in the excursion industry and travel all over the country.

    There are two more projects that I would like to get farther on or start this year and that is the Reading T1 4-8-4 and the Iowa Interstate QJ's 6988 and 7081.

    Yes I know my list is quite large and hoping I am able to at least take a section of it and release some of these projects that have been sitting on the shelf and getting a little dusty.

    What are some of your projects you have been working on that will carry into the next year or some new projects you would like to start?

    Brandon
    Last edited by BrandonS261; 12-30-2025, 12:52.
  • Orbita
    Senior Member

    • Oct 2020
    • 324
    • Somewhere on the NYC Water Level Route surrounded by corn
    • English, Limited French
    • MSOR

    #2
    One of these days, I'd like to repaint the TS Conrail GP40's into NYC/PC colors. Whenever I get an opportunity to.
    Kyle

    NYC - Road of the Future

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    • Darkhorse427
      Senior Member


      • Mar 2012
      • 284
      • Eugene Or.
      • ORTS

      #3
      After a setback that basically made me have to start over, i am still creeping along on my progress with the Fictional Utah Belt route. The route is based on the Model Railroad by Eric Brooman. I will post some screens of some of the progress so far.

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      • bootednancy
        Senior Member

        • Jun 2003
        • 549
        • New Jersey, United States

        #4
        Looking for the Long Island Rail Road route to be completed to Montauk and Greenport. Route was started by Vince Cockeram, but only goes as far as Lynbrook, Hempstead and Oyster Bay. Let's expand the route to the Eastern, non electric Zone. I am not nor want the MTA era.....Vince did a great job on the 1940-1960 era alone, WHY ruin it with a "State Take-over" by the "Holy Ronan M-pire". I can supply track charts, personal information if any route builder wants to go at it

        Doug
        Doug

        Happiness is when the AI-trains appear where you want them to

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        • prawnfriedrice
          New Member
          • Dec 2025
          • 5
          • Melbourne, Australia
          • General

          #5
          Gradually coming to a grip with making TSRE's Route Editor work as I progress my work on the Port Melbourne Light Rail route - I made this account as my other account was registered to my lesser used email and was more so of a shared one - I'm looking at trying to get more terrain and scenery done in the route and then I can move to expanding the route to contain more and more of Melbourne's tram system! It's a long task I have ahead of myself as I also have to balance studies and extracurriculars but I feel that I'll be able to finish at least the first bit of this project soon enough.

          As for Melbourne's tram vehicles I probably won't get around to making them unless someone takes on the job of doing so.

          Wishing everyone well for 2026

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          • Whatever2006
            Senior Member

            • Aug 2022
            • 615
            • Philippines
            • English, Nonsensical Things and Passive Spitefulness.
            • General

            #6
            My projects at the moment I'm doing are in the following:

            Doing 4 additional numbers of the Santa Fe GP60s, I did all of them but I haven't packed one of them with the others and update my file in the library.

            Doing some additional numbers for the Santa Fe SD40s, SD40us and C41-8Ws, along with including something for the C41-8Ws which is been missing for a long while.

            That's what I have from me, although I'm working out on doing some additional numbers for the ATSF SD40 in the Bookend livery, but I would focus on the Freight Warbonnet as well. 🙃

            Also note to myself, release ATSF C44-9W #666 into the File Library at some point.
            Motto: Loneliness stands by with me and my own isolation.

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            • ossie
              1000 Post Veteran and Moderator



              • May 2010
              • 1298
              • Melbourne, Australia
              • MSOR

              #7
              It'll be "modern era" autoracks for me. If the motivation holds there will be packs for BNSF (family), CN, CP, CR, CSX, FXE, KCS, NS, TFM, UP (family) and a mixed pack with some FEC, PW, NKCR & TTX.
              Last edited by ossie; 12-31-2025, 05:33.
              Cheers!
              Pete

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              • eric
                9500 Post Veteran and Administrator



                • Dec 2002
                • 9583
                • NS MP245.4 CNO&TP South District
                • English, SQL
                • General

                #8
                I might dust off Packerland.... it's long been sitting on the shelf behind the back burner, so to speak.

                Getting back into scenery building in Blender is also something that will go along with that.
                If you like what you see here at Trainsim.com, be it the discussions and knowledge in the forums, or items available in our library, I hope you'll consider a paid membership to help support keeping the site operating.... Thanks!

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                • CSRX
                  13500 Post Veteran



                  • Oct 2005
                  • 13646
                  • Lincoln, ME
                  • English
                  • ORTS

                  #9
                  Originally posted by ossie
                  It'll be "modern era" autoracks for me. If the motivation holds there will be packs for BNSF (family), CN, CP, CR, CSX, FXE, KCS, NS, TFM, UP (family) and a mixed pack with some FEC, PW, NKCR & TTX.
                  All this attention to rolling stock from you lately, may actually get me focused on my route that I have put off for the past two or three months.. whoops.
                  -Shawn K-
                  MEC Mountain Subdivision - Trackwork 70%, Scenery 35%
                  ​

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                  • ossie
                    1000 Post Veteran and Moderator



                    • May 2010
                    • 1298
                    • Melbourne, Australia
                    • MSOR

                    #10
                    Originally posted by CSRX

                    All this attention to rolling stock from you lately, may actually get me focused on my route that I have put off for the past two or three months.. whoops.
                    149-1499551_cracking-whip-whip-clipart.jpg

                    Cheers!
                    Pete

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                    • Whatever2006
                      Senior Member

                      • Aug 2022
                      • 615
                      • Philippines
                      • English, Nonsensical Things and Passive Spitefulness.
                      • General

                      #11
                      Not the whiplash treatment 😭, I guess I gotta make a move with my projects related to the ATSF diesel locomotives...
                      Motto: Loneliness stands by with me and my own isolation.

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                      • EvolutionMan
                        Member

                        • Jul 2025
                        • 79
                        • ORTS

                        #12
                        If time allows, I plan on making a few sets of locomotives and some sets of freight and passenger cars (each of which will be based on a specific theme and/or era). Perhaps a few different things could be in the mix as well, depending on what happens.

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                        • superheatedsteam
                          Senior Member


                          • Jun 2004
                          • 764
                          • Perth, WA, Australia.

                          #13
                          These are the models that get most (but not all) of my modelling attention on an ongoing basis. The further left the model, the closer to release.

                          Cheers,

                          Marek.

                          OR_WIP.jpg


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                          • CSRX
                            13500 Post Veteran



                            • Oct 2005
                            • 13646
                            • Lincoln, ME
                            • English
                            • ORTS

                            #14
                            I still have my attention focused on some Xbox live games and Run8 for the moment. Some day. Maybe I'll start off the new year getting back at it, but I'll be honest, it will be in use for ORTS 1.5.1 and nothing higher.. shrugs.
                            -Shawn K-
                            MEC Mountain Subdivision - Trackwork 70%, Scenery 35%
                            ​

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                            • johnnyboy99
                              Senior Member


                              • Nov 2014
                              • 373
                              • General

                              #15
                              what i'm considering is numerous 1960's-1990's freight cars. Most being repaints, some having custom freight animations, some maybe being all-new models

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