Transport Fever 2

Transport Fever 2

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GSR 4-6-0 'Maedb' (Ireland)
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Vehicle: Locomotive
Tags: steam, irish
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30 Jan, 2021 @ 3:01pm
30 Jan, 2021 @ 3:03pm
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GSR 4-6-0 'Maedb' (Ireland)

Description
It's pronounced Meave

Here's a big green 4-6-0 that isn't Henry.

Pray tell, what is a maedbebdbdb?
This engine was one of 3 built for the Great Southern Railway in Ireland, and was the largest and most powerful class of steam locomotive on the emerald isle. The huge 4-6-0s ran on the Irish gauge of 5ft 3in, and also take advantage of the Irish loading gauge.

This thing would dwarf any British 4-6-0 bar possibly a King Class, but even then it would be close.

Due to this being a game, and me not wanting to create a whole other track system for just one engine, I have narrowed its wheels and scaled it down a wee bit to fit on Standard Gauge track. It looks a bit off compared to the real one as it has a lot of overhang, but it should give off the idea that this is BIG.

Contents of mod
1 huge Irish engine
Custom soundset
Custom dirt/rust
Fully colourable (looks good in black btw)

Hey this mod looks different than your other ones... what gives?
Oh no you rumbled me oh heck.

Okay, some background. Every single one of my mods up until now once started out as a vanilla game mesh that I poked and prodded into shape. This is because I lacked the knowledge and skill to create UV and texture maps.

Being stuck at home and taking 4 weeks off of work over Christmas gives you time to learn things. My first attempt was on the Claud Hamilton, where the splashers were custom done. Then the Traction Engine was about 50/50... Maedb is 100% from scratch.

Okay 95%, because I am NOT making wheels and rods if they already exist. I stole them from my Royal Scot mod (but with some new animation).

So what has this got to do with this mod
Nothing, just proud of myself. Now go subscribe and make my time worthwhile.

As I am now doing mods this way, they will probably be less frequent but much higher quality. The reason it looks arse in screenshots is because I run TpF2 in potato mode otherwise it dies.
11 Comments
Josef 18 Feb, 2023 @ 1:25pm 
This is beautiful! I'm going to try make the 201 Class locos
Bow-Tied Engineer 5 Feb, 2021 @ 6:49am 
I love this, and I'll be using this a lot if the stats are even halfway decent.
and even if they aren't, I'll probably use this because that's a nice engine!
Chucky Dickens 1 Feb, 2021 @ 4:15pm 
Oh my gosh- I've been in this! Stood in the cab in the museum. A gorgeous locomotive from a by-gone era.
Thank you, Steve. Thank you.

Uploaded a few pics, if you care to see
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/profiles/76561198076593811/images/
BritishRail60062 1 Feb, 2021 @ 3:55pm 
Great to see some Irish trains for this game. I will be using this right away :).
Spud607 1 Feb, 2021 @ 2:28pm 
Any chance of the GNR(I) V class compund 4-4-0s? (also a 5 foot 3" gauge pack would be incredible btw *wink wink*)
GrafLukas 31 Jan, 2021 @ 11:56pm 
Looks quite excellent! Thumbs up!

However, are there some green parts like rods and covers left in green on the red version?
WarHoundTitan 31 Jan, 2021 @ 10:51pm 
Cool This is the 2nd Irish Rail train i seen on here! the other being the DART, Great Work love to see more irish Content and More Irish Rail Needed Thankyou.
Legdig 31 Jan, 2021 @ 2:41pm 
Shame its not 5'3 but its worth it to be able to play with this engine!
Chameroin 31 Jan, 2021 @ 4:59am 
Nice one! More Irish rail pls
power man 31 Jan, 2021 @ 1:36am 
fantasically amazing