USRA Light Mountain 4-8-2

USRA Light Mountain 4-8-2

As always thank you to Kilroy & Lskeetskeet for their awesome screenshots!
To end 2023 we start with a new locomotive class!
A Mountain to climb
Hello folks, and welcome back to the USRA era! We have the United States Railroad Administration’s (USRA) 4-8-2 Light Mountain.

READ THIS PLEASE!
As a heads up folks, you will find this locomotive in your buy menu under “multiple unit” under the steam category. The reason you see it under the multiple unit category is the Random numbers mod. For it to work, the locomotive must have a cargo space. That cargo is 1 passenger. So no, you are not crazy if you see this on your freight trains. This is the workaround for getting the random numbers to work. Honestly well worth it! Normally I’d say you must have a dependent mod active for the random numbers to work, but Meatballhero has allowed me to include the files! No dependents are necessary for this one! Also, you may want to set a max timer for your trains you want to sit and wait for full at stations.

Slight history
During the first world war, the federal government enacted the USRA as an experiment to nationalize the railroads during a wartime emergency. This lasted from December of 1917 to March of 1920. They introduced standardized locomotive and rail car classes known as the USRA Standard.
Changes occurred quickly once President Wilson issued the order for nationalization. All the railroads were organized into 3 divisions, East, West, and South. A reduction in passenger service occurred to help with the decongestion of freight. The current number of locomotives and rolling stock was augmented by new production of up-to-date and standardized types/designed to be the best that could be produced to replace outdated equipment.

These locomotives are excellent in mountain passenger service and fast freight!

Government Issued
I have 2 Light Mountains

Mountain:
-1 Version with Class lights and 1 version without class lights on the boiler.
– MC Couplers
– Superb sounds by Mrcheesecake as always!
– The Light Mountains will have random numbers in the 33##’s range.
– Both Locomotives have an asset version with a fixed number.
– These versions are generic with no road markings.
– 8 different camera views

Stats:
Availability- 1919
Speed – 70 MPH
Horsepower- 4,034
Tractive Effort – 53,900 LBF
Weight- 492,000 lbs.

What’s next?
This is the first of a few packs of Light Mountains! Next up will be the Missouri pacific. From there the SOO line and New Haven will appear.

Other Locomotives in the pipeline are the Heavy Mountain, Light Pacific, and Light Santa Fe, but these won’t be for a while.

HEADS UP
From this point, please understand that my mods are rather heavy in poly count. Sorry, I enjoy the detail. I put a lot of effort into these, to make them as best I can to be enjoyed. Sorry, if you don’t have enough disk space or computer power to run these. The models have LOD’s on them to help reduce poly count as you zoom out.