Lehigh Valley K6B Black Diamond

Lehigh Valley K6B Black Diamond

The Lehigh Valley’s premier passenger service, the Black Diamond, had several Pacific type 4-6-2’s that were streamlined to help drive popularity.The Lehigh Valley’s premier passenger service, the Black Diamond, had several Pacific type 4-6-2’s that were streamlined in the hard times of the 30s to help drive popularity. They were designed by Otto Kuhler and had sister units, K5’s streamlined in the John Wilkes scheme, which ran in northern PA.

Lehigh Valley was famous for shipping coal, which helped initiate the name “Black Diamond” which ran from NYC to Buffalo, NY through the New York and Pennsylvania mountains.

Features
Different color lights
Approx. 45k tris altogether
Max speed: 75mpha
41,533 lbf
3869 hp
Available: 1937, no end date (for heritage lines)
custom whistle and bell
‘wheels’ animation for syncronized gear animations with the wheels

Planned updates:
Recolorable scheme

Known Issues
no known issues at the moment

Thanks to NA4U for the awesome logo.

Update 1.5
Second Scheme! Postwar, available 1947
Let your computer breathe easy, LODs are here! Now each scheme has 3 lods
Fixed that weird drifting issue
ASSETS! GIVE ME ASSETS!! So I did. Each scheme has its own asset.
SOUNDS! BY CHEESECAKE! DELICIOUS SOUNDS! Now with custom chuffs, bell,s and whistles [at stations!] taken from an authentic Lehigh Valley whistle. Thanks MrCheesecake.
As stated, whistles at stations are here! Enjoy that whistle!