Louisville & Nashville J-3 2-8-2 1512

Louisville & Nashville J-3 2-8-2 1512

Louisville & Nashville received 18 J-3 class USRA light Mikes numbered 1500-1517 (Lima, 1919), then added 75 more numbered 1518-1592 (Alco, 1920-23). During the first World War, the United States government put the nation's railroads under the control of a government agency: the USRA (United States Railroad Administration). The lasting legacy of the USRA was a group of standard locomotive designs, which were used by railroads across the country. The locomotives were designed to use a minimum of materials to conserve vital materials for the war effort. To serve as many roles as possible, the USRA created a set of 12 standard steam loco designs.
The first to be delivered was Baltimore & Ohio 4500, a light 2-8-2 and the first of 100 engines numbered 4500-4599. This engine is currently on display at the B&O Railway Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. The USRA engines came very late: even 4500 served for only a few months before the war ended; many USRA engines were not delivered until after the war.
During the USRA era, the light 2-8-2 was the most common design with 625 delivered. Following the war, the design was copied by many railroads, including several that had not received any originals. Once these copies are factored in, there were 1266 light 2-8-2s. In those 1266 engines must be at least 40 skins that could be done. Well... get to it, then.
I fixed the dark cab number problem by making the cab numbers in white. There is a more accurate gold lettering file included if you wish to use it and think you can solve the problem, but odds are you won't see the cab number without a better fix.

USRA Light 2-8-2
Builder: Baldwin (this model), ALCo, Lima
Drivers: 63 inch
Cylinders: 26 by 30 inches
Weight: 292,000 pounds
Tractive Effort: 54,700 pounds
Cost: $53,600 (1918 dollars - $764,425 in 2009)

Author: Adam Gase

Louisville & Nashville J-3 2-8-2 1512
• config.txt 9.55KB
• readme.txt 2.28KB
sound
clank_loop_low.wav 62.30KB
dynamo.wav 41.75KB
piston_stroke1.wav 19.16KB
piston_stroke2.wav 19.34KB
piston_stroke3.wav 19.42KB
piston_stroke4.wav 18.56KB
stokereng.wav 23.11KB
• stack.tfx 532 bytes
• steamlococabindata.gs 10.36KB
• steamlocomotive0905.gs 7.54KB
usra_lmike_art
ebt_mike17_art_512.bmp 192.05KB
ebt_mike17_art_512_a.bmp 192.05KB
ebt_mike17_art_icon.bmp 24.05KB
ebt_mike17_art_icon_a.bmp 24.05KB
usra_lmike_art_512.texture.txt 85 bytes
usra_lmike_art_icon.texture.txt 87 bytes
usra_lmike_body
blw282.texture.txt 29 bytes
blw282.tga 4.00MB
cabebt.texture.txt 29 bytes
cabebt.tga 48.04KB
ebtdriver.texture.txt 32 bytes
ebtdriver.tga 192.04KB
env_metal.bmp 12.05KB
env_metal.texture.txt 32 bytes
glass.texture.txt 28 bytes
glass.tga 48.04KB
lod1.im 858.25KB
number gold.tga 192.02KB
number.texture.txt 47 bytes
number.tga 192.02KB
shadow1.texture.txt 49 bytes
shadow1.tga 256.04KB
windows-windows_a.texture.txt 51 bytes
windows.tga 192.04KB
windows_a.bmp 192.05KB
windowsint-windows_a.texture.txt 54 bytes
windowsint.tga 192.04KB