Drangus

Hey all! Here's a Fall 2024 update on my IC Iroquois Prairielands route!

Pictured above is North Gilman, which is now complete! North Gilman was a refueling station for the IC that featured a water tower, a quartet of water columns, and a pair of twin coal towers (seen here) that towered high above the plains. Once I finish Gilman's south end, I'll release an update containing that content sometime around the beginning of December 2024. Afterward, I'll head way up north to finish Kankakee, IL and Bradley, IL.

Back in September, I released a pack of repaints for the reefer that was released as part of Machine Rail's IC Mikado pack. There are 24 repaints in this pack featuring general use refrigeration cars as well as reefers for beer, dairy, fruit, meat, and soft drink products. Everything you need for that pack is immediately below this text.
20th Century Freight Mega Pack - Reefers (Freeware): https://www.trainsimcommunity.com/mods/c1-train-sim-classic/c10-reskins/c25-north-american/c28-rolling-stock/i5159-20th-century-freight-mega-pack-reefers
Illinois Central Lima Mikados & Freight Fleet (Payware): https://www.machine-rail.com/product-page/icrr-1923-lima-mikados-great-freight-fleet

Another update is that I've commissioned a new locomotive for running on the IC Iroquois Prairielands. It's the IC's 2600 4-8-2s, and this series of mountains was the largest and most powerful example of a 4-8-2 locomotive every built. They were used to haul express freight between Chicago and New Orleans, as well as to St. Louis and Memphis in between. One of them, IC No. 2613 pulled excursion trains in the 1960s before being retired. For this reason, heavyweight baggage and chair cars will be part of the pack. Machine Rail will be the ones building this pack, and I've included their preliminary mockup drawing of the model (a work-in-progress) above!

Stay tuned for more updates soon!

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