Wisconsin & Southern Railroad

[Railfanner87]

I see what the issue is in your rotation.... you only have one linear key. You need 361....

Try replacing your animation with this.

It rotates smoothly, but it like does a quick jab and then resets after like 15 degrees in both directions. Might have to do some more tweaks to the turntable in Blender...

[eric]

Ah... change this

animation ( 152 30

to

animation ( 3599 30

It's only animating to 152 or 15.2 degrees. Needs to be 3599 or 359.9 degrees....

[Railfanner87]

Ah... change this

animation ( 152 30

to

animation ( 3599 30

It's only animating to 152 or 15.2 degrees. Needs to be 3599 or 359.9 degrees....

Alright it can rotate fully now, thanks! Need to look into a fix for the locomotive to not be half-on the turntable for it to work

[Railfanner87]

Right, after some trial and error the turntable finally works! Thanks to y'all that pitched in to help!

Time to get back on modeling houses and stations

[eric]

Railfanner87 and Marek get the credit for the shape reworking...

I do want to share how the TSection geometry and shape animation math were fixed.... Google's Gemini AI gets almost all the credit here.

Turntables need a bridge piece that's about 0.2m smaller than the turntable deck. That's to have the small gap and prevent the bridge rails from visually moving thru the stationary rails. Creating a new track section is easy assuming you have some TSection allocation.... which I've had for a while making custom track shapes for my own projects.

TrackSection ( 38049
    SectionSize ( 1.5 24.81 )
)

Every turntable size needs a track shape with the number of attachment points. Next I plugged the TSection entry for the 37m turntable into Gemini and asked it to recalculate for the 25m turntable.... 18 is probably a bit much for a 25 foot turntable, but that's what the 37m had, and it lines up nicely for a 10 degree rotation.

TrackShape ( 37999
 FileName ( SR_WSOR_turntable_w_25m.s )
 NumPaths ( 18 )
 SectionIdx ( 1 0.0 -0.18 0.0 0 38049 )
 SectionIdx ( 1 -2.1706 -0.18 0.1899 10 38049 )
 SectionIdx ( 1 -4.2753 -0.18 0.7538 20 38049 )
 SectionIdx ( 1 -6.25 -0.18 1.6747 30 38049 )
 SectionIdx ( 1 -8.0348 -0.18 2.9244 40 38049 )
 SectionIdx ( 1 -9.5756 -0.18 4.4652 50 38049 )
 SectionIdx ( 1 -10.8253 -0.18 6.25 60 38049 )
 SectionIdx ( 1 -11.7462 -0.18 8.2247 70 38049 )
 SectionIdx ( 1 -12.3101 -0.18 10.3294 80 38049 )
 SectionIdx ( 1 -12.5 -0.18 12.5 90 38049 )
 SectionIdx ( 1 -12.3101 -0.18 14.6706 100 38049 )
 SectionIdx ( 1 -11.7462 -0.18 16.7753 110 38049 )
 SectionIdx ( 1 -10.8253 -0.18 18.75 120 38049 )
 SectionIdx ( 1 -9.5756 -0.18 20.5348 130 38049 )
 SectionIdx ( 1 -8.0348 -0.18 22.0756 140 38049 )
 SectionIdx ( 1 -6.25 -0.18 23.3253 150 38049 )
 SectionIdx ( 1 -4.2753 -0.18 24.2462 160 38049 )
 SectionIdx ( 1 -2.1706 -0.18 24.8101 170 38049 )
)

Lastly... using the animation section developed elsewhere for the 37m turntable, I asked Gemini to scale the linear_keys from a 36.9799m rotation to the 24.81m rotation....

The first output wasn't exactly smooth.... asking Gemini again because it was stuttering, Gemini revealed that the first attempt truncated decimal precision to 4 decimal places, and recalculated with 7 decimal places, which made all the difference.

linear_pos ( 361
linear_key ( 0 0 0 0 )
linear_key ( 10 0.216480 0 0.001889 )
linear_key ( 20 0.432872 0 0.007557 )
linear_key ( 30 0.649195 0 0.016999 )
linear_key ( 40 0.865239 0 0.030214 )
linear_key ( 50 1.080955 0 0.047214 )
linear_key ( 60 1.296375 0 0.067969 )
linear_key ( 70 1.511495 0 0.092477 )
linear_key ( 80 1.726190 0 0.120724 )
linear_key ( 90 1.940411 0 0.152727 )
linear_key ( 100 2.153535 0 0.188457 )
linear_key ( 110 2.366455 0 0.227914 )
linear_key ( 120 2.578401 0 0.271068 )
linear_key ( 130 2.789502 0 0.317957 )
linear_key ( 140 2.999901 0 0.368461 )
linear_key ( 150 3.209424 0 0.422666 )
linear_key ( 160 3.417855 0 0.480512 )
linear_key ( 170 3.625297 0 0.541999 )
linear_key ( 180 3.831776 0 0.607106 )
linear_key ( 190 4.037142 0 0.675815 )
linear_key ( 200 4.241618 0 0.748057 )
linear_key ( 210 4.444458 0 0.823862 )
linear_key ( 220 4.645856 0 0.903204 )
linear_key ( 230 4.845819 0 0.986083 )
linear_key ( 240 5.044355 0 1.072489 )
linear_key ( 250 5.241315 0 1.162354 )
linear_key ( 260 5.436577 0 1.255554 )
linear_key ( 270 5.630467 0 1.352194 )
linear_key ( 280 5.822452 0 1.452077 )
linear_key ( 290 6.012841 0 1.555395 )
linear_key ( 300 6.201384 0 1.662057 )
linear_key ( 310 6.387841 0 1.771978 )
linear_key ( 320 6.572355 0 1.885093 )
linear_key ( 330 6.754756 0 2.001387 )
linear_key ( 340 6.935478 0 2.120925 )
linear_key ( 350 7.113947 0 2.243577 )
linear_key ( 360 7.290231 0 2.369363 )
linear_key ( 370 7.464273 0 2.498177 )
linear_key ( 380 7.635832 0 2.630017 )
linear_key ( 390 7.805244 0 2.764797 )
linear_key ( 400 7.972173 0 2.902506 )
linear_key ( 410 8.136706 0 3.043144 )
linear_key ( 420 8.298711 0 3.186676 )
linear_key ( 430 8.458265 0 3.332849 )
linear_key ( 440 8.615234 0 3.481862 )
linear_key ( 450 8.769578 0 3.633633 )
linear_key ( 460 8.921235 0 3.788078 )
linear_key ( 470 9.070215 0 3.945136 )
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linear_key ( 490 9.359740 0 4.266779 )
linear_key ( 500 9.500305 0 4.431326 )
linear_key ( 510 9.637951 0 4.598371 )
linear_key ( 520 9.772658 0 4.767744 )
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linear_key ( 550 10.159020 0 5.290159 )
linear_key ( 560 10.281657 0 5.468894 )
linear_key ( 570 10.401150 0 5.649495 )
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linear_key ( 660 11.329707 0 7.361483 )
linear_key ( 670 11.416041 0 7.560133 )
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linear_key ( 690 11.578499 0 7.961623 )
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linear_key ( 880 12.394622 0 11.974241 )
linear_key ( 890 12.400295 0 12.190875 )
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linear_key ( 970 12.309695 0 13.912953 )
linear_key ( 980 12.281432 0 14.127599 )
linear_key ( 990 12.249444 0 14.341753 )
linear_key ( 1000 12.213697 0 14.555073 )
linear_key ( 1010 12.174249 0 14.768102 )
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linear_key ( 1090 11.726410 0 16.439167 )
linear_key ( 1100 11.654271 0 16.643224 )
linear_key ( 1110 11.578499 0 16.846061 )
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linear_key ( 1130 11.416041 0 17.247343 )
linear_key ( 1140 11.329707 0 17.446006 )
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linear_key ( 1160 11.146718 0 17.838383 )
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linear_key ( 1200 10.740354 0 18.602567 )
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linear_key ( 1220 10.517377 0 18.973545 )
linear_key ( 1230 10.401150 0 19.155981 )
linear_key ( 1240 10.281657 0 19.336495 )
linear_key ( 1250 10.159020 0 19.514930 )
linear_key ( 1260 10.033220 0 19.691242 )
linear_key ( 1270 9.904455 0 19.865363 )
linear_key ( 1280 9.772658 0 20.037166 )
linear_key ( 1290 9.637951 0 20.206686 )
linear_key ( 1300 9.500305 0 20.373727 )
linear_key ( 1310 9.359740 0 20.538356 )
linear_key ( 1320 9.216315 0 20.700346 )
linear_key ( 1330 9.070215 0 20.859871 )
linear_key ( 1340 8.921235 0 21.016839 )
linear_key ( 1350 8.769578 0 21.171243 )
linear_key ( 1360 8.615234 0 21.322978 )
linear_key ( 1370 8.458265 0 21.472049 )
linear_key ( 1380 8.298711 0 21.618086 )
linear_key ( 1390 8.136706 0 21.761527 )
linear_key ( 1400 7.972173 0 21.902157 )
linear_key ( 1410 7.805244 0 22.039775 )
linear_key ( 1420 7.635832 0 22.174465 )
linear_key ( 1430 7.464273 0 22.305988 )
linear_key ( 1440 7.290231 0 22.434735 )
linear_key ( 1450 7.113947 0 22.560454 )
linear_key ( 1460 6.935478 0 22.683115 )
linear_key ( 1470 6.754756 0 22.802558 )
linear_key ( 1480 6.572355 0 22.918719 )
linear_key ( 1490 6.387841 0 23.031926 )
linear_key ( 1500 6.201384 0 23.141798 )
linear_key ( 1510 6.012841 0 23.248262 )
linear_key ( 1520 5.822452 0 23.351458 )
linear_key ( 1530 5.630467 0 23.451195 )
linear_key ( 1540 5.436577 0 23.547695 )
linear_key ( 1550 5.241315 0 23.640710 )
linear_key ( 1560 5.044355 0 23.730458 )
linear_key ( 1570 4.845819 0 23.816736 )
linear_key ( 1580 4.645856 0 23.899605 )
linear_key ( 1590 4.444458 0 23.978897 )
linear_key ( 1600 4.241618 0 24.054621 )
linear_key ( 1610 4.037142 0 24.126701 )
linear_key ( 1620 3.831776 0 24.195379 )
linear_key ( 1630 3.625297 0 24.260436 )
linear_key ( 1640 3.417855 0 24.321857 )
linear_key ( 1650 3.209424 0 24.379622 )
linear_key ( 1660 2.999901 0 24.433733 )
linear_key ( 1670 2.789502 0 24.484206 )
linear_key ( 1680 2.578401 0 24.531068 )
linear_key ( 1690 2.366453 0 24.574228 )
linear_key ( 1700 2.153549 0 24.613653 )
linear_key ( 1710 1.940428 0 24.649369 )
linear_key ( 1720 1.726214 0 24.681356 )
linear_key ( 1730 1.511516 0 24.709600 )
linear_key ( 1740 1.296395 0 24.734100 )
linear_key ( 1750 1.080963 0 24.754825 )
linear_key ( 1760 0.865243 0 24.771814 )
linear_key ( 1770 0.649236 0 24.785026 )
linear_key ( 1780 0.432873 0 24.794457 )
linear_key ( 1790 0.216480 0 24.800118 )
linear_key ( 1800 0 0 24.802006 )
linear_key ( 1810 -0.216480 0 24.800118 )
linear_key ( 1820 -0.432873 0 24.794457 )
linear_key ( 1830 -0.649236 0 24.785026 )
linear_key ( 1840 -0.865243 0 24.771814 )
linear_key ( 1850 -1.080963 0 24.754825 )
linear_key ( 1860 -1.296395 0 24.734100 )
linear_key ( 1870 -1.511516 0 24.709600 )
linear_key ( 1880 -1.726214 0 24.681356 )
linear_key ( 1890 -1.940428 0 24.649369 )
linear_key ( 1900 -2.153549 0 24.613653 )
linear_key ( 1910 -2.366453 0 24.574228 )
linear_key ( 1920 -2.578401 0 24.531068 )
linear_key ( 1930 -2.789502 0 24.484206 )
linear_key ( 1940 -2.999901 0 24.433733 )
linear_key ( 1950 -3.209424 0 24.379622 )
linear_key ( 1960 -3.417855 0 24.321857 )
linear_key ( 1970 -3.625297 0 24.260436 )
linear_key ( 1980 -3.831776 0 24.195379 )
linear_key ( 1990 -4.037142 0 24.126701 )
linear_key ( 2000 -4.241618 0 24.054621 )
linear_key ( 2010 -4.444458 0 23.978897 )
linear_key ( 2020 -4.645856 0 23.899605 )
linear_key ( 2030 -4.845819 0 23.816736 )
linear_key ( 2040 -5.044355 0 23.730458 )
linear_key ( 2050 -5.241315 0 23.640710 )
linear_key ( 2060 -5.436577 0 23.547695 )
linear_key ( 2070 -5.630467 0 23.451195 )
linear_key ( 2080 -5.822452 0 23.351458 )
linear_key ( 2090 -6.012841 0 23.248262 )
linear_key ( 2100 -6.201384 0 23.141798 )
linear_key ( 2110 -6.387841 0 23.031926 )
linear_key ( 2120 -6.572355 0 22.918719 )
linear_key ( 2130 -6.754756 0 22.802558 )
linear_key ( 2140 -6.935478 0 22.683115 )
linear_key ( 2150 -7.113947 0 22.560454 )
linear_key ( 2160 -7.290231 0 22.434735 )
linear_key ( 2170 -7.464273 0 22.305988 )
linear_key ( 2180 -7.635832 0 22.174465 )
linear_key ( 2190 -7.805244 0 22.039775 )
linear_key ( 2200 -7.972173 0 21.902157 )
linear_key ( 2210 -8.136706 0 21.761527 )
linear_key ( 2220 -8.298711 0 21.618086 )
linear_key ( 2230 -8.458265 0 21.472049 )
linear_key ( 2240 -8.615234 0 21.322978 )
linear_key ( 2250 -8.769578 0 21.171243 )
linear_key ( 2260 -8.921235 0 21.016839 )
linear_key ( 2270 -9.070215 0 20.859871 )
linear_key ( 2280 -9.216315 0 20.700346 )
linear_key ( 2290 -9.359740 0 20.538356 )
linear_key ( 2300 -9.500305 0 20.373727 )
linear_key ( 2310 -9.637951 0 20.206686 )
linear_key ( 2320 -9.772658 0 20.037166 )
linear_key ( 2330 -9.904455 0 19.865363 )
linear_key ( 2340 -10.033220 0 19.691242 )
linear_key ( 2350 -10.159020 0 19.514930 )
linear_key ( 2360 -10.281657 0 19.336495 )
linear_key ( 2370 -10.401150 0 19.155981 )
linear_key ( 2380 -10.517377 0 18.973545 )
linear_key ( 2390 -10.630467 0 18.789052 )
linear_key ( 2400 -10.740354 0 18.602567 )
linear_key ( 2410 -10.846874 0 18.414078 )
linear_key ( 2420 -10.950198 0 18.223847 )
linear_key ( 2430 -11.050106 0 18.031940 )
linear_key ( 2440 -11.146718 0 17.838383 )
linear_key ( 2450 -11.239920 0 17.643093 )
linear_key ( 2460 -11.329707 0 17.446006 )
linear_key ( 2470 -11.416041 0 17.247343 )
linear_key ( 2480 -11.499097 0 17.047458 )
linear_key ( 2490 -11.578499 0 16.846061 )
linear_key ( 2500 -11.654271 0 16.643224 )
linear_key ( 2510 -11.726410 0 16.439167 )
linear_key ( 2520 -11.795105 0 16.233959 )
linear_key ( 2530 -11.860167 0 16.027582 )
linear_key ( 2540 -11.921586 0 15.820256 )
linear_key ( 2550 -11.979385 0 15.611680 )
linear_key ( 2560 -12.033621 0 15.402127 )
linear_key ( 2570 -12.084226 0 15.191539 )
linear_key ( 2580 -12.131093 0 14.980145 )
linear_key ( 2590 -12.174249 0 14.768102 )
linear_key ( 2600 -12.213697 0 14.555073 )
linear_key ( 2610 -12.249444 0 14.341753 )
linear_key ( 2620 -12.281432 0 14.127599 )
linear_key ( 2630 -12.309695 0 13.912953 )
linear_key ( 2640 -12.334208 0 13.698059 )
linear_key ( 2650 -12.354944 0 13.482650 )
linear_key ( 2660 -12.371946 0 13.267026 )
linear_key ( 2670 -12.385175 0 13.051268 )
linear_key ( 2680 -12.394622 0 12.834608 )
linear_key ( 2690 -12.400295 0 12.618195 )
linear_key ( 2700 -12.402181 0 12.403954 )
linear_key ( 2710 -12.400295 0 12.190875 )
linear_key ( 2720 -12.394622 0 11.974241 )
linear_key ( 2730 -12.385175 0 11.757827 )
linear_key ( 2740 -12.371946 0 11.541786 )
linear_key ( 2750 -12.354944 0 11.326027 )
linear_key ( 2760 -12.334208 0 11.110582 )
linear_key ( 2770 -12.309695 0 10.895521 )
linear_key ( 2780 -12.281432 0 10.680879 )
linear_key ( 2790 -12.249444 0 10.466723 )
linear_key ( 2800 -12.213697 0 10.253139 )
linear_key ( 2810 -12.174249 0 10.040212 )
linear_key ( 2820 -12.131093 0 9.828135 )
linear_key ( 2830 -12.084226 0 9.616641 )
linear_key ( 2840 -12.033621 0 9.405995 )
linear_key ( 2850 -11.979385 0 9.196383 )
linear_key ( 2860 -11.921586 0 8.987747 )
linear_key ( 2870 -11.860167 0 8.780104 )
linear_key ( 2880 -11.795105 0 8.573622 )
linear_key ( 2890 -11.726410 0 8.368388 )
linear_key ( 2900 -11.654271 0 8.164396 )
linear_key ( 2910 -11.578499 0 7.961623 )
linear_key ( 2920 -11.499097 0 7.760205 )
linear_key ( 2930 -11.416041 0 7.560133 )
linear_key ( 2940 -11.329707 0 7.361483 )
linear_key ( 2950 -11.239920 0 7.164364 )
linear_key ( 2960 -11.146718 0 6.968064 )
linear_key ( 2970 -11.050106 0 6.774187 )
linear_key ( 2980 -10.950198 0 6.582035 )
linear_key ( 2990 -10.846874 0 6.391629 )
linear_key ( 3000 -10.740354 0 6.203102 )
linear_key ( 3010 -10.630467 0 6.016581 )
linear_key ( 3020 -10.517377 0 5.832049 )
linear_key ( 3030 -10.401150 0 5.649495 )
linear_key ( 3040 -10.281657 0 5.468894 )
linear_key ( 3050 -10.159020 0 5.290159 )
linear_key ( 3060 -10.033220 0 5.113702 )
linear_key ( 3070 -9.904455 0 4.939525 )
linear_key ( 3080 -9.772658 0 4.767744 )
linear_key ( 3090 -9.637951 0 4.598371 )
linear_key ( 3100 -9.500305 0 4.431326 )
linear_key ( 3110 -9.359740 0 4.266779 )
linear_key ( 3120 -9.216315 0 4.104724 )
linear_key ( 3130 -9.070215 0 3.945136 )
linear_key ( 3140 -8.921235 0 3.788078 )
linear_key ( 3150 -8.769578 0 3.633633 )
linear_key ( 3160 -8.615234 0 3.481862 )
linear_key ( 3170 -8.458265 0 3.332849 )
linear_key ( 3180 -8.298711 0 3.186676 )
linear_key ( 3190 -8.136706 0 3.043144 )
linear_key ( 3200 -7.972173 0 2.902506 )
linear_key ( 3210 -7.805244 0 2.764797 )
linear_key ( 3220 -7.635832 0 2.630017 )
linear_key ( 3230 -7.464273 0 2.498177 )
linear_key ( 3240 -7.290231 0 2.369363 )
linear_key ( 3250 -7.113947 0 2.243577 )
linear_key ( 3260 -6.935478 0 2.120925 )
linear_key ( 3270 -6.754756 0 2.001387 )
linear_key ( 3280 -6.572355 0 1.885093 )
linear_key ( 3290 -6.387841 0 1.771978 )
linear_key ( 3300 -6.201384 0 1.662057 )
linear_key ( 3310 -6.012841 0 1.555395 )
linear_key ( 3320 -5.822452 0 1.452077 )
linear_key ( 3330 -5.630467 0 1.352194 )
linear_key ( 3340 -5.436577 0 1.255554 )
linear_key ( 3350 -5.241315 0 1.162354 )
linear_key ( 3360 -5.044355 0 1.072489 )
linear_key ( 3370 -4.845819 0 0.986083 )
linear_key ( 3380 -4.645856 0 0.903204 )
linear_key ( 3390 -4.444458 0 0.823862 )
linear_key ( 3400 -4.241618 0 0.748057 )
linear_key ( 3410 -4.037142 0 0.675815 )
linear_key ( 3420 -3.831776 0 0.607106 )
linear_key ( 3430 -3.625297 0 0.541999 )
linear_key ( 3440 -3.417855 0 0.480504 )
linear_key ( 3450 -3.209424 0 0.422659 )
linear_key ( 3460 -2.999901 0 0.368456 )
linear_key ( 3470 -2.789502 0 0.317954 )
linear_key ( 3480 -2.578401 0 0.271057 )
linear_key ( 3490 -2.366453 0 0.227893 )
linear_key ( 3500 -2.153549 0 0.188445 )
linear_key ( 3510 -1.940428 0 0.152726 )
linear_key ( 3520 -1.726214 0 0.120703 )
linear_key ( 3530 -1.511516 0 0.092458 )
linear_key ( 3540 -1.296395 0 0.067958 )
linear_key ( 3550 -1.080963 0 0.047195 )
linear_key ( 3560 -0.865243 0 0.030211 )
linear_key ( 3570 -0.649236 0 0.016998 )
linear_key ( 3580 -0.432873 0 0.007556 )
linear_key ( 3590 -0.216480 0 0.001889 )
linear_key ( 3600 0 0 0 )
)

The structure for the linear_key: angle x 10 of rotation followed by the X Y and Z offsets for the start of the 24.81m bridge track section.

Last piece of the recipe... the turntable.dat entry that goes in your route

Turntable(
WFile ( "w-000598+000465.w" )   <---- World file name
UiD ( 1919 )                    <---- UID of the turntable object is viewable in TSRE
YOffset ( 0 )                   <---- no need to change
ZOffset ( 12.405 )              <---- the length of the bridge track divided by 2
TrackShapeIndex ( 37999 )       <---- from the TSection trackshape
Animation ( "BRIDGE" )          <---- from the actual shape heirarchy
Diameter ( 25 )                 <---- how long ORTS needs to calculate for length
)

All pun intended, there's a lot of moving parts to get these animated.... I'm sharing the math here so that the next time someone wants to get something right sized for their route, they'll be able to figure it out.

The resulting shape looks awesome, and hopefully it can get some re-use by others.

Bananarama are you OK with the updated shapefile be published using your naming convention to keep it consistent? The only other option in that size is an XTracks 27m turntable which is visually awful.... yours is truly a piece of art.

[CSRX]

If that is possible, I may need a smaller turntable for Bartlett, NH. I think that was only 15m's long.
But then again, I don't recall how big that roundhouse use to be either?

Scratch that, from what I've found with Google images, it never had a turntable.

But, 15m still comes in handle for North Conway and St. Johnsbury. So I guess that question still stands if it's possible for other changes.

[eric]

The math is certainly reproduceable. More curious what you would be putting on a roughly 48ft turntable.

[CSRX]

The math is certainly reproduceable. More curious what you would be putting on a roughly 48ft turntable.

GP7's and small steam engines. North Conway is the only one that remains, and it is used to turn the 0-4-0 (or was before the new owners dismissed this locomotive) and the GP7, 9, 35 and 38's. I imagine this one is actually 60 foot length.

[eric]

I thought Geeps were 55 feet long, Early F's around 50 feet.

[derekmorton]

GP7

55 ft 11 in (17.04 m GP9 56 ft 2 in (17.12 m) GP30 56 ft 2 in (17.12 m) GP35

56 ft 2 in (17.12 m)

GP38 wikipedia

59 ft 2 in (18.03 m)

[CSRX]

As long as the wheels fit on the turntable, but as I mentioned, it appears there never was one in Bartlett, instead several switches for the six roundhouse bays, and they just used the old Wye to turn power.

So, disregard my question.

[Railfanner87]

Here's some pretty-much-done locomotives I got modeled using the Danny Beck freeware stuff that was uploaded on the FL by Peter O'Neill. The headlight and flintstone wheel replacements were done by PWillard. The SD60M needs to be numbered for a few units and I gotta decide on sounds and cabviews.

trio.jpg

[eric]

it appears there never was one in Bartlett, instead several switches for the six roundhouse bays

Doing some research on northern WI and the upper peninsula of MI, I found a few converted like that after diesel modernization.

They couldn't keep the turntable pits clear in winter, so they filled them in and put in a couple switches.

[CSRX]

Doing some research on northern WI and the upper peninsula of MI, I found a few converted like that after diesel modernization.

They couldn't keep the turntable pits clear in winter, so they filled them in and put in a couple switches.

This would make sense, though, judging by the layout, I don't know if the turntable would have been practical, as the roundhouse itself is sitting right next to the old passing siding. Would have been very tight and very small, and honestly, I haven't found much photo evidence that confirms there used to be a turntable.
Ah, I'll keep digging.

Anyways. Neat to see a smaller turntable produced for this route. Crazy the things we manage to do. I feel like it would have been a massive struggle trying to do stuff like this in 2001.

[Railfanner87]

Not much progress due to makin 3D cabs and refurbishing Danny's freeware locomotives. Here's some PoIs added in Milton and Janesville.

MiltonHouse.jpg UnionDepot.jpg Janesville.jpg